Husband: Salathiel Abraham Simmons
Born: ca 1881 in Ritchie Co, WV 1 Census: 1940 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Resided: 1924 at Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 2 Census: 1920 at Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1909 in Ritchie Co, WV 1 Father: Mother:
Wife: Tabitha Jane Beck 3 Married: Apr-17-1909 at Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 1
Born: Feb- -1890 in Doddridge Co, WV 4,1 Census: 1940 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Resided: 1924 at Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 2 Census: 1920 at Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 5 Census: 1900 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Father: John Beck (1851 - ) Mother: Julia ___ (1866 - )
F Child 1: Tracie Simmons Born: ca 1910 5 Census: 1920 at Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 5
F Child 2: Laura Mae Simmons Born: Sep-30-1911 in Doddridge Co, WV 6,7,8 Died: Feb-15-1945 at Beason (Pennsboro), Ritchie Co, WV 9,7 Buried: in Wilson Cemetery, Beason (Pennsboro), Ritchie Co, WV 10,11 Cause of death: uterine cancer 12 Resided: 1932 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 8 Census: 1920 at Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 5 Husband: Harley Raymond Elder b. May- 9-1912 d. 1969 Married: May- 7-1932 in Ritchie Co, WV 8
F Child 3: Delphia Ann Simmons Born: Mar-27-1913 in Wheat, Wetzel Co, WV 13,8,5 Died: Apr- 9-2002 in Chillicothe, Ross Co, OH 14 Buried: in Wilson Cemetery, Beason (Pennsboro), Ritchie Co, WV 14,11 Resided: in Chillicothe, Ross Co, OH 14 Resided: 1945 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 13 Resided: 1936 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 8 Census: 1920 at Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 5 Husband: Robert W. Jeffries b. Dec-11-1916 d. Jan-23-1945 Married: Feb- 8-1936 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 8 Husband: Harley Raymond Elder b. May- 9-1912 d. 1969 Married: Sep- 3-1945 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 13
M Child 4: Charles Burgess Simmons
Born: Nov-29-1915 at Oxford, Ritchie Co, WV 15
Died: Dec-10-1944 in World War II 16
Buried: in Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Holland 17,18,16
Census: 1920 at Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 5
Military: enlisted 11/27/1943 Pfc, 330th Regt, 83rd Inf Div, WW II (KIA in Battle of the Bulge, Purple Heart) 16,19,18,17
M Child 5: James Louis Simmons Born: May-13-1918 in Doddridge Co, WV 8,20 Died: Sep-25-1997 20 Resided: in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 21,8 Census: 1940 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1920 at Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 5 Wife: Inez Ruby Grimes b. Sep-25-1926 d. Oct-28-1993 Married: Feb-18-1956 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 8
M Child 6: Warren G. Simmons Born: Dec- 8-1920 in Doddridge Co, WV 8,22,20 Died: Jul-30-2001 in Warren, Trumbull Co, OH 22,20 Buried: (ashes) in Jones (aka Vincent) Cem, near Five Forks (Pullman), Ritchie Co, WV 23 Resided: in Cortland, Trumbull Co, OH 21 Resided: 1948 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 8 Census: 1940 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Military: Pfc, US Army Air Force, World War II 23,22 Wife: Joan Vincent b. Jul-12-1929 d. Apr-26-2005 Census name: Joanne Vincent Married: Feb- 8-1948 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 8
F Child 7: Edith L. Simmons Born: Dec- 4-1922 in Doddridge Co, WV 24 Died: Mar- 9-1924 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 24,14 Buried: in Kinney Cemetery, Nutters Fork, Doddridge Co, WV 24,14 Cause of death: pneumonia 24
M Child 8: Carl Simmons Born: ca 1925 25 Census: 1940 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
M Child 9: Orland Kenneth Simmons Also known as: Kenneth Simmons 14,26,25 Born: May-28-1928 in Beason (Pennsboro), Ritchie Co, WV 14 Died: Nov-20-2013 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 27 Resided: in Ellenboro, Ritchie Co, WV 14,26 Resided: 1966 near Chillicothe, Ross Co, OH 8 Census: 1940 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: Sheppard's Nursing Home in Ellenboro (retired) 14 Wife: Beatrice Louise Williamson b. Jan-11-1928 d. Apr- 2-2012 Married: Apr-30-1966 in Belmont, Pleasants Co, WV 8
F Child 10: Mary Simmons Born: ca 1931 25 Resided: 2002 in Chillicothe, Ross Co, OH 26 Census: 1940 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: ___ Pelfrey
M Child 11: Living
Sources: (1) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (2) Obituary of daughter. (3) Marriage record of son. (4) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) (5) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). (6) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. (7) Headstone (year only) (8) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (9) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (10) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (11) Findagrave.com. (12) Ritchie County Death Records, Harrisville, WV. (13) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (14) Obituary. (15) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (16) West Virginia Veterans Memorial Archives Database, http://www.wvculture.org/history/wvmemory/wvvetmem.html. (17) American Battle Monuments Commission, http://www.abmc.gov, Plot N Row 10 Grave 9. (18) World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas [database on-line], Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration (NARA) (19) U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. (20) Social Security Death Index. (21) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (22) Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 (online), Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. (23) National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator, U.S. Veterans Gravesites (www.ancestry.com) (24) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=419357&Type=Death. (25) 1940 Census, Ritchie County, WV. (26) Obituary of sister. (27) Obituary - Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital.