Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: John W. Simmons    
                Born: Mar-18-1835          in Pendleton Co, (W)VA  1,2
                Died: Jan- 9-1898           2
              Buried:                      in Pleasant Hill Church (aka Layfield) Cem, Co Rt 26/2, near Cokeleys, Ritchie Co, WV  3
             Resided: 1856                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  1
              Father: Abraham Simmons 
              Mother: Margaret ___ 
                Wife: Elizabeth A. Orrahood   4  
             Married: Oct-31-1856          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  1
                Born: Dec-10-1836          in Hardy Co, (W)VA  2,1
              Buried:                      in Pleasant Hill Church (aka Layfield) Cem, Co Rt 26/2, near Cokeleys, Ritchie Co, WV  5
             Resided: 1856                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  1
              Census: 1850                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
              Father: Alexander Orrahood III   (1801 - 1892) 
              Mother: Mary Elizabeth "Polly" Feaster   (1812 - 1883) 
           F Child 1: Huldah Catherine Simmons      
       Also known as: Huldy C. Simmons 6
                Born: Oct-10-1864           7,8,9
                Died: Sep-13-1928          in Ritchie Co, WV  10,9
              Buried:                      in IOOF (Egypt) Cemetery, Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV  3
              Census: 1900                 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Husband: George T. Layfield  b. Jul-21-1862  d. Feb-28-1941  
             Married: Aug-  -1883          in Ritchie Co, WV  6
           F Child 2: Nora A. Simmons      
                Born: Apr-29-1875           7,11,9
                Died: Mar-12-1960          in Ritchie Co, WV  12,9
              Buried:                      in IOOF (Egypt) Cemetery, Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV  3
              Census: 1920                 in Ritchie Co, WV  13
             Husband: William Warren Layfield  b. Feb- 6-1874  d. May-16-1962  
             Married: Jan-30-1898          in Ritchie Co, WV  11

Sources:
(1) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 
(2) Headstone. 
(3) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(4) Death record of daughter. 
(5) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995, headstone has birth date, but death date is blank, p. 
322. 
(6) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. 
(7) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. 
(8) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Grant District) 
(9) Headstone (year only) 
(10) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1918-1940, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Nov 1998) 
(11) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) 
(12) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1956-1970, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1999) 
(13) 1920 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Grant District). 







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