John A. SIMMONS & Mary Ann E. BEDARD

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John A. SIMMONS
Mary Ann E. BEDDARD

Husband: John A. SIMMONS
Birth: 1828/9, Greene Co., NC
Occupation: farmer
Father: James SIMMONS
Mother: Nancy FORREST

Marriage:

Wife: Mary Ann / E. BEDDARD / BEDARD
Birth: 1829/30, NC
Occupation: homemaker
Father: Moses BEDDARD / BEDARD
Mother: Ms. __?__

Children — born in Greenville Twp., Pitt Co., NC:

1. Moses SIMMONS, b. 1853/4
2. Marcellus W. SIMMONS, b. 1855/6
3. Sarah M. SIMMONS, b. 1858/9
4. Mary J. SIMMONS, b. 1860/1
5. William Nathaniel SIMMONS, b. 13 Jul 1862
6. Martha SIMMONS, b. 1867/8

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Sources (n.b., Pitt Co. was form in 1760 from Beaufort Co.; Greene Co. was formed in 1799 from Glasgow Co.; Pitt and Greene Cos. are adjacent):

1. Jordan R. Dodd, ed. 1993. KY, NC, TN, VA, WV Marriages: Early to 1850. Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-229): not found, but there are no Greene or Pitt Co., NC, marriages on the CD.

2. 1860 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #164 of 183): Greenville P.O., Pitt Co., NC, Roll 653_910, p. 85A, PN 173, 1409/1373, enumerated 3 Sep 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

J A Simmons 31 M Farmer 300 100 No Ca

M E    " 30 F

Moses " 6 M

M W    " 4 M

S M    " 1 F

The only other SIMMONS in Pitt County is Henry SIMMONS.

3. 1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #34 of 98): Greenville P.O., Greenville Twp., Pitt Co., NC, Roll M593_1155, p. 140B, PN 34, 251/253, enumerated 27 Jul 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Simons Jno A 43 M W Farm hand North Carolina

______ Mary E 40 F W Keeping house "

______ Marcellus 14 M W Farm hand "

______ Sarah 10 F W "

______ Mary J 9 F W "

______ William 7 M W "

______ Martha 2 F W "

Listed three households from Mary's father, Moses BEDDARD.

4a. 1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #44 of 61): Greenville Twp., Pitt Co., NC, Roll T9_978, p. 403D, PN 43, SD 1, ED 128, enumerated 1 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1880: for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

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27 27 Simmons John W M 53 / Farming / / NC NC NC

For whatever reason, John and his wife have separated (see next source).

4b. 1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #41 of 59): Pactolus Twp., Pitt Co., NC, Roll T9_978, p. 433A, PN 41, SD 1, ED 12, enumerated 18/19 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1880: for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

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392 368 Turnadge James W M 34 / Farmer / / NC NC NC

________ Procilar? W F 45 Wife / Keeping House / / NC NC NC

________ John W W M 13 / / / NC NC NC

Simmons M A W F 50 Sister in Law / NC NC NC

_______ Mary J W F 18 Dau / NC NC NC

James TURNADGE's wife is Priscilla BEDDARD. Where are William and Martha? Neither is in the census of Pitt County. We know William survied, but did Martha?

5. 1890 Census: the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

6. Participant in the SIMMONS Y-chromosome DNA Surname Project at FamilyTreeDNA.

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