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David Philip Simmons

David Philip Simmons

Male 1815 - 1894  (78 years)

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  • Name David Philip Simmons 
    Born 24 Dec 1815  Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 20 Dec 1894  Urbana, Dallas, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Bowers Chapel Cemetery, Urbana, Dallas, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I20762  Tofterå Slettemoen
    Last Modified 8 Dec 2018 

    Father Benjamin Franklin Simmons,   b. 1766, Bute County, NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1843, Red River city, Grayson, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Jean McBride,   b. 1782, Guilford, NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Sep 1816, Marshall, TN Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 34 years) 
    Married 24 Sep 1798  Guilford, NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Marriage bond Sep 24th 1798
      Bondsman: David McGahay
      Witness: Thomas Moore
    Family ID F7121  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Elizabeth Smiley,   b. 18 May 1819, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Feb 1893, Urbana, Dallas, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Married 1837  Greene County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Mary Jane Simmons,   b. 24 Oct 1839, Butler, Bates County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 May 1927, Hickory County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
     2. Benjamin Franklin Simmons,   b. 10 Apr 1842, Hickory County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Aug 1920, Stark, Hickory County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     3. David Smiley Simmons,   b. 1843, Grayson, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1880, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 38 years)
     4. John Beiderlinden Simmons,   b. 4 Dec 1848, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1870, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 22 years)
     5. William J. Simmons,   b. 12 Jan 1849, Grayson, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jun 1922, Marionville, Lawrence, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
     6. Francis Marion Simmons,   b. 5 Dec 1852, Red River city, Grayson, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Mar 1915, Beaver, Carroll, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
     7. Margaret Elizabeth Simmons,   b. 1 Aug 1853, Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Hugh Lafayette Simmons,   b. 30 Mar 1855, Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jan 1930, Malta Bend, Saline, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     9. Daniel Ross Simmons,   b. Jan 1860, Porter, Christian, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1860-1870, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 9 years)
    Last Modified 8 Dec 2018 
    Family ID F6717  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • 1850 Grayson, TX, five children.

      The 1870 census for Washington, Dallas, Missouri has David (born Tennessee) and Elizabeth (born Kentucky) Simmons with four children John (21 - born Missouri), Francis (19 - born Texas), Margaret E (16 - born Missouri) and Hugh L. (14 - born Missouri).


      David is buried in Bower's Chapel Cemetery, nr. Urbana, Dallas, Missouri along with several members of the family. His tombstone gives b: 24 Dec 1815 - d: 20 Dec 1894. Elizabeth is beside him with dates b: 8 May 1819 d: 15 Feb 1893. Son, Benjamin F. and wife, and daughter, Mary Jane Simmons Lindsey are also there. Source:: A Reading of Dallas County Missouri Cemeteries 1834-1977 vol 1 compiled by Dallas County Historical Society from gravestones.