Henry
Radford
Simmons
Born in Gonzales County, Texas, USA
Ancestors 
Son of James M Simmons
and Martha Jane (Posey) Simmons
Brother of
John Harrison Simmons, James M. Simmons, Viola (Simmons) Branum, Nevada M (Simmons) Gush, Ellen Simmons and Charles Edmond Edmund Simmons
Husband of
Elizabeth Cornelia Simmons
— married
[date unknown] (to about 10 Aug 1899) in Giddings, Texas, USA
Descendants 
Father of
Gertie (Simmons) Stewart and Ruth Elba (Simmons) Hooten
Died
at about age 36
in Lee County, Texas, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Sep 2016
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Biography
Henry was born in 1878. He passed away in 1914.
The 1910 census shows Henry and his family living in Lee county, TX. Henry's sons, Tump Lee "Blackie" and Wayne Luther "Brownie" were fairly famous musians in the early part of the 1900's in the Dallas/Fortworth area. "Blackie Simmons and the Blue Jackets" have an article that can be found on the Texas Handbook online (tshaonline.org) According to the tshaonline.org article on Blackie, Henry was killed by a county deputy sheriff for moonshining.[1] Henry was married to Elizabeth Cornelia Phillips. Buried in Mesquite Cemetery
Research Notes
His daughter Gertrude Odell Simmons was born 1905 was my grandmother.
Sources
- ↑ Handbook of Texas Online, Jerry C. Drake, "BLACKIE SIMMONS AND THE BLUE JACKETS," accessed June 18, 2020, http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/xgb04
- 1880 United States Federal Census
- 1910 United States Federal Census
- family information
- Find A Grave: Memorial #23013066
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Henry by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Henry:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Henry by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Henry:
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~12.50%
~25.00%
Sheri Stewart 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A652447 [compare], Ancestry member 4srstewart
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A658447 [compare], FTDNA kit #B67151
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~12.50%
~12.50%
Linda Rose :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A201084 [compare], Ancestry member Linda_Rose
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~6.25%
~12.50%
J Cole :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member mailjcole
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~6.25%
~6.25%
Marie (Conyers) Meyer :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch a325196 [compare], Ancestry member malocoba1
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Simmons-7366 and Simmons-7352 appear to represent the same person because: Same parents and dates
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