TX Family Groupsheet for Benjamin Pope SIMMONS Family Submitted by: Rhea Wamel ARCULEER Email address: *********************************************** Copyright by submitter. All rights reserved. http://www.fgs-project.com/copyright.html *********************************************** Husband: Benjamin Pope SIMMONS Birthdate: 12 Aug 1842 Birthplace: Bullitt County, KY Death date: 3 May 1922 Place of death: Bastrop, TX Father: Humphrey SIMMONS Mother: Emily Ann POPE Marriage date: 22 Dec 1871 Marriage place: Bastrop, TX Wife: Mary "Mollie" Hamilton WHITE Birthdate: 17 Oct 1850 Birthplace: Bastrop, TX Death date: 23 Mar 1916 Place of death: Bastrop, TX Father: Hamilton WHITE II Mother: Tabitha Hutchings CHILDREN Child No. 1: Ernest SIMMONS Sex: M Birthdate: 1873 Birthplace: Bastrop, TX Death date: 1910 Place of death: New Mexico Marriage date: 1848 Marriage place: Chickasaw Nation Indian Territory Spouse's name: Maude Luella PATE Child No. 2: William SIMMONS Sex: M Birthdate: 1874 Birthplace: Bastrop, TX Death date: Apr 1901 Place of death: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 3: Mary SIMMONS Sex: F Birthdate: 1876 Birthplace: Bastrop, TX Death date: 4 Dec 1902 Place of death: Marriage date: Jan 1901 Marriage place: Spouse's name: Heck H. LITTON Child No. 4: Lee SIMMONS Sex: M Birthdate: 14 Dec 1878 Birthplace: Bastrop, TX Death date: 30 Nov 1935 Place of death: Bastrop, TX Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Gem MONCURE Child No. 5: John SIMMONS Sex: Birthdate: 1880 Birthplace: Bastrop, TX Death date: May 1900 Place of death: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 6: Edna SIMMONS Sex: F Birthdate: May 1882 Birthplace: Bastrop, TX Death date: Apr 1904 Place of death: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Allie NANCE Child No. 7: Ross SIMMONS Sex: M Birthdate: Apr 1884 Birthplace: Bastrop, TX Death date: 1947 Place of death: Bastrop, TX Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Willie VOSS Child No. 8: Clay SIMMONS Sex: M Birthdate: 16 Nov 1884 Birthplace: Bastrop, TX Death date: 6 Mar 1943 Place of death: Bastrop, TX Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 9: Silas Taylor SIMMONS Sex: M Birthdate: 29 Jan 1887 Birthplace: Bastrop, TX Death date: 12 Jan 1973 Place of death: Austin, TX Marriage date: 10 Apr 1911 Marriage place: Travis County, TX Spouse's name: Lannie Ethelyne DAVIDSON Child No. 10: Laura Hamilton SIMMONS Sex: F Birthdate: 6 Mar 1890 Birthplace: Cedar Creek, TX Death date: 6 Jun 1976 Place of death: Smithville, TX Marriage date: 1908 Marriage place: Cedar Creek, TX Spouse's name: Otto F. WAMEL Documentation: SOURCES: Family Records, Bastrop County Records, Jennifer Simmons Brubaker, and Meledie Gregory. NOTES: Ernest could also be known as Earnest or Emmit and has conflicting birth information of Oct 1872. Mary has conflicting birth information of 10 Oct 1875. Lee has conflicting birth information of 14 Dec 1877 and his cause of death is listed as a fall from a tree. Clay served in WWI as TX Fireman 3 CL US and his cause of death is listed as tuberculosis. Laura has conflicting birth information of 9 Mar 1891. Benjamin Pope Simmons served in the Civil War as bugler/private in the 6th Texas Cavalry, Company B, CSA. He enlisted 12 Sep 1860 at Camp Barto, TX and served 12 months. He was Constable for the 3rd Precinct of Bastrop County from 1874 through 1878.