Francis Marion Simmons

1852 - 1915  (62 years)

• Name	Francis Marion Simmons
  Born	5 Dec 1852	Red River city, Grayson, Texas, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	7 Mar 1915	Beaver, Carroll, Arkansas
  Person ID	I20746	Tofterå Slettemoen
  Last Modified	4 Dec 2020

  
  

  Father	David Philip Simmons,   b. 24 Dec 1815, Tennessee ,   d. 20 Dec 1894, Urbana, Dallas, Missouri, USA  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Mary Elizabeth Smiley,   b. 18 May 1819, Kentucky ,   d. 15 Feb 1893, Urbana, Dallas, Missouri, United States  (Age 73 years)
  Married	1837	Greene County, Missouri, USA
  Family ID	F6717	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Malinda Cordelia Hagewood,   b. 12 Jul 1856, Republic, Greene, Missouri, USA ,   d. 10 Feb 1910, Ponce de Leon, Stone, Missouri  (Age 53 years)
  Married	4 Aug 1873	Missouri, USA
  Children	1. John Wesley Simmons,   b. 1 Oct 1874, Urbana, Dallas, Missouri ,   d. 1 Oct 1922, Reeds Spring, Stone, Missouri  (Age 48 years)   2. Nancy Elizabeth Simmons,   b. 28 Jul 1877, Hickory County, Missouri, USA ,   d. 2 Feb 1960, Branson, Taney, Missouri  (Age 82 years)   3. Ora Ellen Simmons Cloud,   b. 8 Aug 1880, Ponce de Leon, Stone, Missouri, USA ,   d. 23 Jan 1941, Depew Township, Depew, Creek, Oklahoma, USA  (Age 60 years)   4. Bertha Mae Simmons Benscoter,   b. 1886, Ponce de Leon & Washington Townships, Stone, Missouri ,   d. 1947, Miami, Ottawa, Oklahoma, United States  (Age 61 years)   5. William T. Simmons,   b. 3 Sep 1888, Ponce de Leon & Washington Townships, Stone, Missouri ,   d. 27 Oct 1918, Webb City, Jasper, Missouri  (Age 30 years)   6. Claude B. Simmons,   b. Feb 1893, Stone, Missouri, USA ,   d. 18 May 1918, Quapaw, Ottawa, Oklahoma, United States  (Age ~ 25 years)   7. Amy Jane Simmons McDonald,   b. 9 Oct 1894, Ponce de Leon, Stone, Missouri ,   d. 20 Jan 1974, Commerce, Ottawa, Oklahoma  (Age 79 years)
  Last Modified	7 Jan 2012
  Family ID	F6714	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Malinda Cordelia Hagewood and Francis Marion Simmons Francis was a methodist Preacher, he and his wife, Malinda, lived northeast of Abesville in Stone County, Missouri, just below the Stone-Christian County line. He helped build a huge log church in Christian County where he preached.

  
  

  Documents

  Francis Simmons Homestead Certificate 1896 160 acres secured in Stone County, Missouri. Francis and Malinda, lived northeast of Abesville in Stone County, MO, just below the Stone-Christian County line.

  
  

• Notes

  1860 Porter, Christian, Missouri 1880 census for Lincoln, Dallas, Missouri has F.M. and Malinda Simmons with children John W. and Nancy. F.M. is a farmer born in Texas, both his parents born in Tennessee. 1900 census for Ponce de Neon & Washington Townships, Stone, Missouri, FM Simmons is a farmer living with his wife MC and four youngest children. 1910 census for Ponce de Leon, Stone, Missouri has Francis with sons Claud and William and daughter Bertha, plus two grandhildren, Otho and Charley. Daugher Amy (15) is a servant with the Flood family on the neighbouring farm. Family history says he was a preacher: Methodist Preacher, he and his wife, Malinda, lived northeast of Abesville in Stone County, MO, just below the Stone-Christian County line. He helped build a huge log church in Christian County where he preached.