Life History

Notes

• 1860 Federal Census, Pike County, Alabama, 13 June, Eastern Division, PO Jasper, Page 15 (191), House/Fam #98
  Bethel Simmons 53 M Farmer $400 Real Estate $2360 Personal b NC Cannot read or write [born abt 1807]
  Mary Simmons 36 F b SC Cannot read or write [born abt 1824]
  George B Simmons 5 M Ala [born abt 1850]
  
  The child name George in the 1860 census is the closest match to a child in the 1870 census named Jessey B.  George was the last child in the famliy in 1860 and has the same middle initial, and the age matches.
  
  1870 Federal Census, Pike County, Alabama, 7 June, p 24, PO Troy, Hse/Fam #163
  Simnons [sic], Bethel 63 M W Farm Laborer $500 Real Estate $500 Personal Estate b South Carolina Cannot read or write [b abt 1807]
  Simnons, Mary 52 F W  Keeping House South Carolina Cannot read or write [born abt 1819]
  Simnons, Jessey B 18 M W  At Home Alabama Cannot write [born abt 1852] [George B?]

Sources

• 1. 1860 Federal Census, Pike County, Alabama
  • 13 June, Eastern Division, PO Jasper, Page 15 (191), House/Fam #98
• 2. 1870 Federal Census, Pike County, Alabama
  • 7 June, p 24, PO Troy, Hse/Fam #163