Francis Marion Simmons
- Born: 5 Dec 1852, Red River city, Grayson, Texas, USA
- Marriage (1): Malinda Cordelia Hagewood on 4 Aug 1873 in Missouri
- Died: 7 Mar 1915, Beaver, Carroll, Arkansas at age 62
General 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.
Francis married Malinda Cordelia Hagewood, daughter of Thomas Hagewood and Nancy Jane Reynolds, on 4 Aug 1873 in Missouri. (Malinda Cordelia Hagewood was born on 12 Jul 1856 in Republic, Greene, Missouri, USA and died on 10 Feb 1910 in Ponce de Leon, Stone, Missouri.)
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