Name: upcowv -- Upshur County, WV Families

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Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. Gilmore SIMONS: Birth: 3 MAY 1830 in Lewis Co., WV. Death: 14 OCT 1919 in Johnson Co., IN


Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. Caroline SIMONS: Birth: 17 OCT 1831 in Lewis Co., WV. Death: 1 APR 1912 in French Creek, Upshur Co., WV

  2. John Brady SIMONS: Birth: 16 SEP 1833 in Lewis Co., WV. Death: 19 JUL 1930 in French Creek, Upshur Co., WV

  3. Virginia SIMONS: Birth: 29 AUG 1835 in Lewis Co., WV. Death: 24 JAN 1919 in French Creek, Upshur Co., WV

  4. Anzina SIMONS: Birth: ABT 1838 in Lewis Co., WV.

  5. Jacob D SIMONS: Birth: 1840 in Lewis Co., WV. Death: SEP 1864 in Charleston, NC

  6. Closson E SIMONS: Birth: 1842 in Lewis Co., WV. Death: JUL 1864 in Andersonville, GA

  7. Vernila SIMONS: Birth: 2 MAY 1844 in Lewis Co., WV. Death: 2 APR 1883 in Upshur Co., WV

  8. Leonard Reger SIMONS: Birth: 29 JUN 1849 in Lewis Co., WV. Death: 1 APR 1948 in French Creek, Upshur Co., WV


Notes
a. Note:   1840 census for Lewis Co., VA (WV). Microfilm#: M704-566. Enumerated: June 1, 1840:
  PG#142, LN# 7:
  Elias SIMONS is head of household. He has one male in the ages of 0-5; one male in the ages of 5-10; one male in the ages of 10-15; and one male in the ages of 30-40. He also has two female in the ages of 0-5; one female in the ages of 5-10 and one female in the ages of 30-40. No male or females slaves. No free black male or female slaves. Making a total of eight people living in his household in 1840. He has one male listed for Argiculture (he was a farmer). No pensioners. No white person who were deaf, dumb, blind or insane. No black male or females of the same category. No one graduated from a University or School for any reason listed. There was one white person of ages 20+ that were illiterate in his household.
  "Upshur Brothers of the Blue and the Gray" by Betty Hornbeck, page 144:
  "Two of the 43 Upshur County men to die in the South were brothers, Jacob Simons born 1840, who died September 1864 in Charleston, NC and Closson Simons born 1842, who died July 1864, place of death not definitely known but believed to be Andersonville.
  Both were sons of Elias and Nancy Brady Simons, whose home was situated on the divide from Stone Coal and Slab Camp. At the time of their capture, Jacob was 23 years old and Closson, 21. They died of starvation and maltreatment, but the rest of the Simons family, three boys and four girls, lived to be more than fourscore years."
  Upshur County Census, 1860, by Thomas J Liggett, page 26:
  Elias Simons, farmer age 58
 Nancy Simons, wife age 51
 John B, son age 23
 Virginia, dau age 25
 Anzina, dau age 22
 Jacob D, son age 20
 Clawson E, son age 18
 Vernila, dau age 16
 Leonard, son age 10
  1870 Census, Upshur Co., WV, by Wes Cochran, copyrighted January 1987. Banks District, page 7:
  104-101:
  Elias SIMON age 66 born VA Occupation: Farmer
 Nancy age 53 born VA Occupation: Keep House
 Leonard R age 20 born VA Occupation: Farmer

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