Tag: robert reuben simmons
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The Story of Will Smith
The Smith family history as descended through Narcissus “Narcis” Simmons Lang, daughter of Robert “Reuben” Simmons and Frances Smith, and Narcissus’ son Seldon Albert Lang. Related by Bob Ann Breland. “Seldon Lang remembers that he was told by his mother that Ward Smith’s father (Will Smith) was an Indian fighter. He had been reared by…
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Robert Reuben Simmons and Frances Smith
Robert “Reuben” SIMMONS was born about 1820 to William Seldon SIMMONS. He is believed to have been born in NC, but he is also given as born in AL in the census, and Delores Tousineau reports that his son Middleton’s death certificate gives both Robert Reuben SIMMONS and Frances SMITH being born in West Virginia.…
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Photo of Robert Reuben Simmons
Robert Reuben Simmons abt. 1820 – 1903 Robert Reuben was the greatgrandfather of Ethel Simmons Hennesy, husband of Frances Smith Simmons. This is the photocopy off which I was to work in reconstructing an image of Robert Simmons. Image courtesy of Bob Ann Breland. I played with it a little below. So many early photos…
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Simmons-Lang History on the Simmons
“William Simmons, thought to be William Seldon Simmons, although we have found no records to verify it, had at least two sons. Robert ‘Reuben’ Simmons and ‘Jim’ Simmons and probably several (maybe three) daughters. “William apparently died before Robert ‘Reuben’ and his wife, Frances Smith Simmons, came to the Mississippi Territory via Alabama from North…