William Samuel SimmonsAge: 78 years1871–1949
- Name
- William Samuel Simmons
- Given names
- William Samuel
- Surname
- Simmons
 Birth | September 19, 1871 30 |
 Marriage | Margaret A Sutherlin — View this family unknown |
 Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 6 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Birth of a son#1 | William Vodra Simmons 1896 (Age 24 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 26 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Marriage of a parent | William Henry Harrison Simmons — Ann C Shemwell — View this family about 1902 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Annie Simmons January 7, 1903 (Age 31 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Roscoe Simmons July 17, 1904 (Age 32 years) |
| Death of a wife | Margaret A Sutherlin 1904 (Age 32 years) |
| Death of a father | William Henry Harrison Simmons November 15, 1916 (Age 45 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 44 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 45 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 46 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 58 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Death of a brother | Sephus Mansfield Simmons July 14, 1942 (Age 70 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 70 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 74 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | December 3, 1949 (Age 78 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Owens Chapel Cemetery |
 Last change | May 28, 2018 – 15:58:10 by: Barry Shemwell |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William Henry Harrison Simmons Birth: June 8, 1841 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: November 15, 1916 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Susan Armstrong Death: |
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Marriage: May 17, 1867 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
Sephus Mansfield Simmons Birth: September 4, 1870 29 — Cadiz, Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: July 14, 1942 — McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
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1 year himself |
William Samuel Simmons Birth: September 19, 1871 30 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: December 3, 1949 — Graves, Kentucky, United States |
| Father’s family with Ann C Shemwell |
| father |
William Henry Harrison Simmons Birth: June 8, 1841 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: November 15, 1916 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
| step-mother |
Ann C Shemwell Birth: January 15, 1869 68 37 — Kentucky, United States Death: 1910 |
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Marriage: about 1902 — |
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1 year half-sister |
Annie Simmons Birth: January 7, 1903 61 33 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
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18 months half-brother |
Roscoe Simmons Birth: July 17, 1904 63 35 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: April 15, 1977 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Margaret A Sutherlin |
| himself |
William Samuel Simmons Birth: September 19, 1871 30 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: December 3, 1949 — Graves, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Margaret A Sutherlin Birth: 1866 Death: 1904 |
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Marriage: — |
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| son |
William Vodra Simmons Birth: 1896 24 30 — Kentucky, United States Death: |