Simmons-Truax-Godbout-Ames Family Tree
Elijah Thomas Simmons
1820 - 1900 (80 years)
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Name Elijah Thomas Simmons Birth 30 Jul 1820 Fulton, Euphrates Co, NY 
Gender Male Death 29 Dec 1900 Waukegan, IL Burial Lake Mound Cemetery, Zion, IL Person ID I14 Simmons/Truax Family Trees Last Modified 6 Jul 2020
Father Rouse Simmons, b. 11 Aug 1775, Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island d. 21 Oct 1839, NY (Age 64 years) Mother Eleanor Bacte, b. About 1782, NY d. 24 Dec 1851, NY (Age ~ 69 years) Marriage RI or NY; moved from RI to NY before children born Family ID F22 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Sally Lowry, b. 8 Aug 1823, Fulton, Euphrates Co, NY d. 13 Oct 1888, Benton, Lake County, IL (Age 65 years) Marriage 3 May 1846 Benton, Lake County, IL Children + 1. Marcus L. Simmons, b. 16 May 1848, Fulton, Euphrates Co, NY d. 1 Feb 1930, Rockford City, Winnebago, IL (Age 81 years)+ 2. Bradford Elijah Simmons, b. 12 Oct 1857, Benton, Lake, IL d. 13 Feb 1936, Zion, Lake, IL (Age 78 years)3. Peter Rouse Simmons, b. 17 July 1859, Waukegan, IL d. 2 Mar 1936, Waukegan, IL (Age 76 years)Family ID F5 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 22 May 2020
Family 2 Amoret Eliza Shaw, b. 7 Jul 1833, Marcy, Oneida Co, NY d. 12 Dec 1910, Waukegan, IL (Age 77 years) Marriage 21 Nov 1889 Waukegan, IL Family ID F4 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Jul 2017
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Notes - My grandfather Loren Thomas told my father that Elijah died when he fell out of a cherry tree. Somehow, knowing the Simmons men, it doesn't surprise me that Elijah was climbing a tree at the ripe old age of eighty! My own father was still climbing ladders into his eighties, and would probably have attempted to climb a tree if necessary, with no real fear. I have a feeling Elijah had that signature mix of Simmons spark and stubbornness that I saw in my own father!
- My grandfather Loren Thomas told my father that Elijah died when he fell out of a cherry tree. Somehow, knowing the Simmons men, it doesn't surprise me that Elijah was climbing a tree at the ripe old age of eighty! My own father was still climbing ladders into his eighties, and would probably have attempted to climb a tree if necessary, with no real fear. I have a feeling Elijah had that signature mix of Simmons spark and stubbornness that I saw in my own father!
