Born in Pike County MS.
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Monroe Simmons
and Candacy (Brumfield) Simmons
Sister of
Alma (Simmons) Branch
Wife of
Dewitt Branch
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 87
in Franklinton, Washington Parish
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Jun 2015
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Biography
Della was the daughter of William Morgan Simmons and Candacia Brumfield, daughter of Jack Brumfield. Della married the widower of her sister, Alma. He was Dewitt Edgar Branch. They had three children, Mildred, Alma and Dewitt Jr.
Edna Simmons Campbell said in the 1950's that Della was in possession of her grandfather, Jerimiah Jackson Simmons' family bible.
Sources
- Silver Creek Simmons Family page 323
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Della by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Della:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Della by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Della:
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~3.12%
Teresa Fortenberry
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T303365 [compare], FTDNA kit #419935
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~1.56%
William Fortenberry :
23andMe, GEDmatch QS7332580 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A205686 [compare], Ancestry member georgiaboy29
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~1.56%
Micah Fortenberry :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member mlfort81
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~1.56%
Wanda (Gee) Rice :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T744151 [compare], FTDNA kit #B265790
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~1.56%
A. J. Gee :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T811086 [compare], FTDNA kit #847421
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~0.78%
S Wroten :
23andMe, GEDmatch JN3948391 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch HQ608628C1 [compare]
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~0.78%
Michael Wroten :
23andMe, GEDmatch XN9414382 [compare]
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~0.78%
L. Williams :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Jeanette (Wallace) Simpson :
AncestryDNA
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