| Birth: | Jan. 20, 1854
Pollocksville
Jones County
North Carolina, USA | | Death: | Apr. 30, 1940
New Bern
Craven County
North Carolina, USA | 
US Congressman, US Senator. He was elected as a Representative from North Carolina to the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1887 to 1889. In 1901, he was elected as a Senator from North Carolina to the United States Senate, serving for thirty years until he left office in 1931. Following the sinking of the luxury liner "RMS Titanic" in 1912, he served on a Congressional committee looking into the disaster. (bio by: Evening Blues)
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Children:
Ella Simmons Meadows (1887 - 1968)*
Isabelle Simmons Patterson (1889 - 1968)*
*Calculated relationship
Search Amazon for Furnifold Simmons | | | Burial:
Cedar Grove Cemetery
New Bern
Craven County
North Carolina, USA |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Originally Created by: Evening Blues
Record added: Nov 03, 2003
Find A Grave Memorial# 8056338 |
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From Who's Who in the World, 1912--Lawyer, admitted to the bar in 1875. Married in 1875 to Eliza Humphrey, of Golsboro, N. C. Remarried in 1886 to Belle Gibbs of Hyde Co, N. C.
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JH
Added: Oct. 4, 2012 |
rest in peace, life is but a vapor but your memory will never fade
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stone☨seeker
Added: Jun. 14, 2012 |
Happy birthday
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Carol
Added: Jan. 20, 2012 |
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