Adam Simonton (1798 - 1885)

Born 8 Oct 1798 in Loveland, Clermont County, Ohio

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Ford) Simonton — married 23 May 1826 in Warren, Ohio, United States

Descendants

Died 5 Nov 1885 at age 87 in Lincoln, Logan County, Illinois

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Biography

Adam was born in 08 Oct 1798 in Loveland, Clermont County, Ohio. He was the son of Theophilus Simonton and Mary Sale. In 1826, he married Elizabeth Ford, and they had the following children:

• Hiram John Simonton (1827-1895)
• Theophilus Simonton (1830-1918)
• Richard Simonton (1832-1924)
• Amanda Simonton (1834-1925)
• Andrew Jackson Simonton (1836-1911)
• James Ford Simonton (1837-1906)
• Adam William Simonton (1839-1934)
• Mary Elizabeth Simonton (1842-1889)
• John Higgins Simonton (1844-1923)
• Susan A Simonton (1848-1848)
• Charlotte Jane Simonton (1852-?)

Adam passed away in 05 Nov 1885 in Logan County, Illinois.

Obituary

Died November 5, 1885

Three score and ten years is the allotted span of life, but grandfather Simonton passed seventeen years beyond that. He died, Thursday, at the home of his son 'Andy', after a long period of feeble health. The funeral services took place Friday, Elder Holton officiating in a short talk at the home. Dr. A. M. Miller, Sinnett Rankin, Simon Rock and John S. Small were the pall bearers.

Adam Simonton was born at Loveland, Clermont County, Ohio, October 8, 1798. That county was on the frontier then and swarmed with lurking savages, privations and hardships. Mr. Simonton suffered his share of these.

At the age of fifteen, after the garrison had made their gallant defense of Ft. Meigs and were relieved to go home, he was placed in charge of a detachment to escourt [sic] home the company commanded by his father. The escourt group was composed of lads about his own age, and they treaded the two hundred miles from the Ohio River to the Fort, and back, with nothing to guide them but blazed trees. Ambushed Indians threatened them all along their journey, but the lads faltered not, and guided their fathers safely home.

He married Miss Elizabeth Ford in Warren County, Ohio, on May 24, 1826. They came to Illinois in 1863. In 1820 he cast his first vote, and never failed to vote at every presidential election until his death, and was always identified with Democracy.

Nine children and the aged wife survive. His death is the first one that has occurred in the family for thirty eight years. James of Edgar, Nebraska, Theophilus of Miamisburg, Ohio, and John of Paxton, were present for the funeral.

Sources

• "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XD42-K3T : 10 December 2017), Adam Siminton and Elizabeth Ford, 24 May 1826; citing Warren, Ohio, United States, reference 2492; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 384,263.
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX78-9CN : 4 April 2020), Adam Simonton, Hamilton, Warren, Ohio, United States; citing family 1251, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXV6-W4V : 12 September 2017), Adam Simonton, Lincoln, Logan, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 42, sheet 144A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,227.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QK12-ZBL1 : 15 December 2015), Adam Simonton, 1885; Burial, Lincoln, Logan, Illinois, United States of America, Old Union Cemetery; citing record ID 143536799, Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143536799/adam-simonton.
• "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8JB-68G : 15 August 2019), Adam Simonton in entry for Theophilus Simonton, 18 Feb 1918; citing Miamisburg, Montgomery, Ohio, reference fn 12089; FHL microfilm 1,984,230.
• "Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFQG-LV1 : 13 March 2018), Adam Simonton in entry for John Higgins Simonton, 04 Dec 1923; citing Leonard, Oakland, Michigan, United States, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing; FHL microfilm 1,973,045.
• "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQ9J-Q2R : 8 March 2018), Adam Simonton in entry for Amanda Walker, 08 Feb 1925; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,487,771.
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