Jesse Mercer Simms, deceased, was born in the state of Georgia in the year 1813. At the age of twenty-two years he married Miss Elizabeth Jane White in an adjacent county. In the year 1857 he moved with his family to Hopkins County, Texas. They were the parents of three children-two girls and one boy. The eldest, Miss Martha Almira, married John PHillip. Orr, a distant relative, and raised a large and respectable family in Hopkins County. The youngest, Miss Penelope Ousley, married Rev. James Christian, a Baptist preacher and a splendid gentleman.
His son,Thomas Levi Simms married Miss Fannie Hill Minter at the age of twenty-four years; She was a daughter of Uncle Joe Minter, an old Texan whom all loved for his many noble qualities of heart and soul. By this marriage eleven children were born, nine of whom are living.
His son,Thomas Levi Simms married Miss Fannie Hill Minter at the age of twenty-four years; She was a daughter of Uncle Joe Minter, an old Texan whom all loved for his many noble qualities of heart and soul. By this marriage eleven children were born, nine of whom are living.
Jesse Mercer Simms, deceased, was born in the state of Georgia in the year 1813. At the age of twenty-two years he married Miss Elizabeth Jane White in an adjacent county. In the year 1857 he moved with his family to Hopkins County, Texas. They were the parents of three children-two girls and one boy. The eldest, Miss Martha Almira, married John PHillip. Orr, a distant relative, and raised a large and respectable family in Hopkins County. The youngest, Miss Penelope Ousley, married Rev. James Christian, a Baptist preacher and a splendid gentleman.
His son,Thomas Levi Simms married Miss Fannie Hill Minter at the age of twenty-four years; She was a daughter of Uncle Joe Minter, an old Texan whom all loved for his many noble qualities of heart and soul. By this marriage eleven children were born, nine of whom are living.
His son,Thomas Levi Simms married Miss Fannie Hill Minter at the age of twenty-four years; She was a daughter of Uncle Joe Minter, an old Texan whom all loved for his many noble qualities of heart and soul. By this marriage eleven children were born, nine of whom are living.
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