Find A Grave contributor Judith D
Raised niece Lena M Simmons 81457406
Find A Grave contributor, Jonathan Eisenberg
Nelson Simmons (81457436)
"In 1850, according to Nelson's [Coy Simmons] obituary in the Ionia paper, his father [Lyman Simmons] 'left the state of New York for Michigan, settling in Berlin township, where he purchased land from the government. There he hewed trees from the forest to make the log house, cleared the farm and raised . . . seven children.' Later the log house was replaced by a more modern frame house and other improvements added. Nelson and his brothers, Scott and Frederick, joined their father in farming." SIMMONS KINFOLK, Vol. 3, No. 4, p. 45 (Oct. 1977)
Contributor: Jonathan Eisenberg (49750227)
Ionia Daly Sentinel Standard July 8, 1921:
Nelson Simmons, prominent Ionia County farmer, died this afternoon at 2:30 of heart failure.
Mr. Simmons lived on the same farm since 6 months of age.
Three children, Vernon, Lyman of Orleans, and Lena Simmons.
Nelson Simmons was born in the township of Wheatfield, Niagara county, New York, May 31, 1819, died at his home in Berlin township, Ionia county, Michigan, July 8, 1921, 72 years one month and eightdays.
In 1850 his father, Lyman Simmons, left the state of New York for Michigan, settling in Berlin township, where he purchased land from the government. There he hewed trees from the forest to make the log house, cleared the farm and raised to manhood and womanhood seven children, Nelson being the second, of this family a brother, Rev. Fred Simmons, of Sheridan, and two sisters, Mrs. Anna Moon of Orange, and Mrs. Ida Jennings, of Fort Smith, Ark., survive.
Later the log house was replaced by the more modern frame house, and the other improvements added year by year. On October 25, 1871, he was married to Emmeretta Gibson of Middleville, Michigan. With a team of horses and a double buggy they took their honeymoon trip. Soon after another house was built upon the farm and here they have lived for nearly fifty years. This is the first break in the family ties. In early life he joined the Methodists, the services being held in the Benedict school house. Later the LeValley church was built, where he was a faithful and conscientious member.
On Sunday morning his pew was seldom vacant no matter how bad or stormy the day until sickness deprived him of the church work he loved. Although never associated with public affairs his life was spent for others. No task was too hard for him to undertake it for the welfare of his family or neighbors.
He passed to his reward very suddenly after an illness of four months as peacefully and quietly as he had always lived. There are left to mourn the loss of a devoted husband and indulgent father, his wife, two sons, Vernon L., who lived on the home farm in the house his grandfather built; and Lyman J., who resides in Orange township; Leona May, a niece who has been cared for and loved as a daughter, three grandchildren, a brother, two sisters and a host of other relatives and friends.
The funeral services were held at the home on Sunday afternoon, Rev. E. L. Sutcliffe officiating. The music was rendered by Miss Anna Benedict and Mrs. Josie Backer, Mrs. Albert Hinds at the piano. The large assemblage of friends and neighbors gave silent tribute to the respect and esteem in which he was held. He was tenderly laid to rest in Balcom Cemetery by his two sons, his grandsons, Alden and Harold Simmons, and two neighbors, Myron Griswold and J. A. Wick.
Raised niece Lena M Simmons 81457406
Find A Grave contributor, Jonathan Eisenberg
Nelson Simmons (81457436)
"In 1850, according to Nelson's [Coy Simmons] obituary in the Ionia paper, his father [Lyman Simmons] 'left the state of New York for Michigan, settling in Berlin township, where he purchased land from the government. There he hewed trees from the forest to make the log house, cleared the farm and raised . . . seven children.' Later the log house was replaced by a more modern frame house and other improvements added. Nelson and his brothers, Scott and Frederick, joined their father in farming." SIMMONS KINFOLK, Vol. 3, No. 4, p. 45 (Oct. 1977)
Contributor: Jonathan Eisenberg (49750227)
Ionia Daly Sentinel Standard July 8, 1921:
Nelson Simmons, prominent Ionia County farmer, died this afternoon at 2:30 of heart failure.
Mr. Simmons lived on the same farm since 6 months of age.
Three children, Vernon, Lyman of Orleans, and Lena Simmons.
Nelson Simmons was born in the township of Wheatfield, Niagara county, New York, May 31, 1819, died at his home in Berlin township, Ionia county, Michigan, July 8, 1921, 72 years one month and eightdays.
In 1850 his father, Lyman Simmons, left the state of New York for Michigan, settling in Berlin township, where he purchased land from the government. There he hewed trees from the forest to make the log house, cleared the farm and raised to manhood and womanhood seven children, Nelson being the second, of this family a brother, Rev. Fred Simmons, of Sheridan, and two sisters, Mrs. Anna Moon of Orange, and Mrs. Ida Jennings, of Fort Smith, Ark., survive.
Later the log house was replaced by the more modern frame house, and the other improvements added year by year. On October 25, 1871, he was married to Emmeretta Gibson of Middleville, Michigan. With a team of horses and a double buggy they took their honeymoon trip. Soon after another house was built upon the farm and here they have lived for nearly fifty years. This is the first break in the family ties. In early life he joined the Methodists, the services being held in the Benedict school house. Later the LeValley church was built, where he was a faithful and conscientious member.
On Sunday morning his pew was seldom vacant no matter how bad or stormy the day until sickness deprived him of the church work he loved. Although never associated with public affairs his life was spent for others. No task was too hard for him to undertake it for the welfare of his family or neighbors.
He passed to his reward very suddenly after an illness of four months as peacefully and quietly as he had always lived. There are left to mourn the loss of a devoted husband and indulgent father, his wife, two sons, Vernon L., who lived on the home farm in the house his grandfather built; and Lyman J., who resides in Orange township; Leona May, a niece who has been cared for and loved as a daughter, three grandchildren, a brother, two sisters and a host of other relatives and friends.
The funeral services were held at the home on Sunday afternoon, Rev. E. L. Sutcliffe officiating. The music was rendered by Miss Anna Benedict and Mrs. Josie Backer, Mrs. Albert Hinds at the piano. The large assemblage of friends and neighbors gave silent tribute to the respect and esteem in which he was held. He was tenderly laid to rest in Balcom Cemetery by his two sons, his grandsons, Alden and Harold Simmons, and two neighbors, Myron Griswold and J. A. Wick.
Find A Grave contributor Judith D
Raised niece Lena M Simmons 81457406
Find A Grave contributor, Jonathan Eisenberg
Nelson Simmons (81457436)
"In 1850, according to Nelson's [Coy Simmons] obituary in the Ionia paper, his father [Lyman Simmons] 'left the state of New York for Michigan, settling in Berlin township, where he purchased land from the government. There he hewed trees from the forest to make the log house, cleared the farm and raised . . . seven children.' Later the log house was replaced by a more modern frame house and other improvements added. Nelson and his brothers, Scott and Frederick, joined their father in farming." SIMMONS KINFOLK, Vol. 3, No. 4, p. 45 (Oct. 1977)
Contributor: Jonathan Eisenberg (49750227)
Ionia Daly Sentinel Standard July 8, 1921:
Nelson Simmons, prominent Ionia County farmer, died this afternoon at 2:30 of heart failure.
Mr. Simmons lived on the same farm since 6 months of age.
Three children, Vernon, Lyman of Orleans, and Lena Simmons.
Nelson Simmons was born in the township of Wheatfield, Niagara county, New York, May 31, 1819, died at his home in Berlin township, Ionia county, Michigan, July 8, 1921, 72 years one month and eightdays.
In 1850 his father, Lyman Simmons, left the state of New York for Michigan, settling in Berlin township, where he purchased land from the government. There he hewed trees from the forest to make the log house, cleared the farm and raised to manhood and womanhood seven children, Nelson being the second, of this family a brother, Rev. Fred Simmons, of Sheridan, and two sisters, Mrs. Anna Moon of Orange, and Mrs. Ida Jennings, of Fort Smith, Ark., survive.
Later the log house was replaced by the more modern frame house, and the other improvements added year by year. On October 25, 1871, he was married to Emmeretta Gibson of Middleville, Michigan. With a team of horses and a double buggy they took their honeymoon trip. Soon after another house was built upon the farm and here they have lived for nearly fifty years. This is the first break in the family ties. In early life he joined the Methodists, the services being held in the Benedict school house. Later the LeValley church was built, where he was a faithful and conscientious member.
On Sunday morning his pew was seldom vacant no matter how bad or stormy the day until sickness deprived him of the church work he loved. Although never associated with public affairs his life was spent for others. No task was too hard for him to undertake it for the welfare of his family or neighbors.
He passed to his reward very suddenly after an illness of four months as peacefully and quietly as he had always lived. There are left to mourn the loss of a devoted husband and indulgent father, his wife, two sons, Vernon L., who lived on the home farm in the house his grandfather built; and Lyman J., who resides in Orange township; Leona May, a niece who has been cared for and loved as a daughter, three grandchildren, a brother, two sisters and a host of other relatives and friends.
The funeral services were held at the home on Sunday afternoon, Rev. E. L. Sutcliffe officiating. The music was rendered by Miss Anna Benedict and Mrs. Josie Backer, Mrs. Albert Hinds at the piano. The large assemblage of friends and neighbors gave silent tribute to the respect and esteem in which he was held. He was tenderly laid to rest in Balcom Cemetery by his two sons, his grandsons, Alden and Harold Simmons, and two neighbors, Myron Griswold and J. A. Wick.
Raised niece Lena M Simmons 81457406
Find A Grave contributor, Jonathan Eisenberg
Nelson Simmons (81457436)
"In 1850, according to Nelson's [Coy Simmons] obituary in the Ionia paper, his father [Lyman Simmons] 'left the state of New York for Michigan, settling in Berlin township, where he purchased land from the government. There he hewed trees from the forest to make the log house, cleared the farm and raised . . . seven children.' Later the log house was replaced by a more modern frame house and other improvements added. Nelson and his brothers, Scott and Frederick, joined their father in farming." SIMMONS KINFOLK, Vol. 3, No. 4, p. 45 (Oct. 1977)
Contributor: Jonathan Eisenberg (49750227)
Ionia Daly Sentinel Standard July 8, 1921:
Nelson Simmons, prominent Ionia County farmer, died this afternoon at 2:30 of heart failure.
Mr. Simmons lived on the same farm since 6 months of age.
Three children, Vernon, Lyman of Orleans, and Lena Simmons.
Nelson Simmons was born in the township of Wheatfield, Niagara county, New York, May 31, 1819, died at his home in Berlin township, Ionia county, Michigan, July 8, 1921, 72 years one month and eightdays.
In 1850 his father, Lyman Simmons, left the state of New York for Michigan, settling in Berlin township, where he purchased land from the government. There he hewed trees from the forest to make the log house, cleared the farm and raised to manhood and womanhood seven children, Nelson being the second, of this family a brother, Rev. Fred Simmons, of Sheridan, and two sisters, Mrs. Anna Moon of Orange, and Mrs. Ida Jennings, of Fort Smith, Ark., survive.
Later the log house was replaced by the more modern frame house, and the other improvements added year by year. On October 25, 1871, he was married to Emmeretta Gibson of Middleville, Michigan. With a team of horses and a double buggy they took their honeymoon trip. Soon after another house was built upon the farm and here they have lived for nearly fifty years. This is the first break in the family ties. In early life he joined the Methodists, the services being held in the Benedict school house. Later the LeValley church was built, where he was a faithful and conscientious member.
On Sunday morning his pew was seldom vacant no matter how bad or stormy the day until sickness deprived him of the church work he loved. Although never associated with public affairs his life was spent for others. No task was too hard for him to undertake it for the welfare of his family or neighbors.
He passed to his reward very suddenly after an illness of four months as peacefully and quietly as he had always lived. There are left to mourn the loss of a devoted husband and indulgent father, his wife, two sons, Vernon L., who lived on the home farm in the house his grandfather built; and Lyman J., who resides in Orange township; Leona May, a niece who has been cared for and loved as a daughter, three grandchildren, a brother, two sisters and a host of other relatives and friends.
The funeral services were held at the home on Sunday afternoon, Rev. E. L. Sutcliffe officiating. The music was rendered by Miss Anna Benedict and Mrs. Josie Backer, Mrs. Albert Hinds at the piano. The large assemblage of friends and neighbors gave silent tribute to the respect and esteem in which he was held. He was tenderly laid to rest in Balcom Cemetery by his two sons, his grandsons, Alden and Harold Simmons, and two neighbors, Myron Griswold and J. A. Wick.
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