James Simmons Jr

Birth:  04 June 1797, South Carolina

Residence:  1820, Marion County, Mississippi; Federal Census
Residence:  1830, Perry County, Mississippi; Federal Census
Residence:  1845, Perry County, Mississippi; Mississippi State & Territorial Census Collection
Residence:  1850, Copiah County, Mississippi; Federal Census
Residence:  1860, Lawrence County, Mississippi; Federal Census
Residence:  1870, Beat 6, Lincoln County, Mississippi; Federal Census

Death:  21 March 1871, Mississippi
Burial:  Brookhaven, Lincoln County, Mississippi

Father:  James Simmons Sr
Mother:  Ellenor Lee

Married:  Lucinda Turner Green
1819, Mississippi

Children:
i.    Mary Ellenor Simmons, born 09 April 1820 in Perry County, Mississippi; married Duncan McPhail
ii.   Lucinda Elizabeth Simmons, born 15 May 1823 in Perry County, Mississippi; died 20 May 1871; married William F. Briggs
iii.  Reuben Green Simmons, born 03 August 1824 in Perry County, Mississippi; died 1896 in Texas; married Mahala Easterling
iv.  William James Simmons, born 01 October 1825 in Perry County, Mississippi; died 11 October 1842 in Perry County, Mississippi
v.   John Franklin Simmons, born 12 November 1826 in Perry County, Mississippi; died 05 February 1830 in Perry County, Mississippi
vi.  Nancy Ann Simmons, born 18 September 1828 in Perry County, Mississippi; died 14 August 1908; married James R. Hennis
vii. Sarah Virginia Simmons, born 26 June 1830 in Perry County, Mississippi; died 08 October 1907; married Squire William Dale
viii. George Whitfield Simmons, born 26 September 1831 in Perry County, Mississippi; died 06 February 1898 in Utica, Hinds County, Mississippi; married Sarah Lucinda Jane Cooper
ix.   Charles Pinkney Simmons, born 01 August 1833 in Perry County, Mississippi; died 28 August 1861 in Bull Run, Virginia (Civil War Casualty)
x.   Martha Jane Simmons, born 06 April 1837 in Perry County, Mississippi; died 08 June 1922 in Gatesville, Coryell, Texas; married Zephiniah E. Summers
xi.  Jackson Green Simmons, born 11 April 1839 in Perry County, Mississippi; died 26 April 1839 in Perry County, Mississippi
xii.  Maranda Catherine Simmons, born 21 September 1840 in Perry County, Mississippi; died 05 November 1842 in Perry County, Mississippi
xiii. Charity Green Simmons, born 03 February 1843 in Perry County, Mississippi; died 15 December 1921 in Lincoln County, Mississippi; married Martin Van Kees

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Blog Post- Tombstone Tuesday:  James Simmons Jr & Lucinda Turner Green

Tombstone Tuesday: James Simmons Jr & Lucinda Turner Green

LUCINDA T. GREEN

Wife of 

JAMES SIMMONS

BORN

July 23, 1798

DIED

Dec. 29, 1872

JAMES SIMMONS

BORN

June 4, 1797

DIED

Mar. 21, 1871

James Simmons Jr was my 3rd great grand uncle.  He was the son of James Simmons and Ellenor Lee.  He immigrated with his father and brother, Silas Simmons, from South Carolina into Mississippi in the early 1800's.  James Simmons Jr and his wife Lucinda Turner Green are buried in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Brookhaven, Lincoln County, Mississippi.

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The photos above were submitted to Find A Grave by Michelle Woodham.  Click here for the link.