"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7Q5-4PL : accessed 17 May 2017), Merle Simmons, Chanute, Neosho, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 7, sheet 8A, line 25, family 211, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 713; FHL microfilm 2,340,448.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRKT-HW9 : accessed 17 May 2017), Merlo Simmons, Ward 3, Chanute, Chanute City, Neosho, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 67-9A, sheet 25B, line 50, family 630, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1249.
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V3ND-1ZH : 20 May 2014), Merle Simmons, Jul 1974; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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