Son of John and Hannah (Howe) Simmons.
Enlisted in Co. F, 21st Massachusetts Infantry, on 19 Aug 1861 and was mustered out on 30 Aug 1864.
He was married at the time of his death, and the informant on his death certificate was his daughter.
After his death, his wife, Victoria Jane (Waldron) Simmons, received a pension based on his service.
From the "Boston Journal," (Boston, Massachusetts), 6 May 1912:
The Rev. Charles E. Simmons, for twenty-eight years chaplain of the Worcester county jail, died at his home in Worcester last night, aged 78 years.
He served throughout the Civil War in the Twenty-first and Thirty-sixth Massachusetts Volunteer Regiments.
For ten years before his appointment as chaplain of the jail, the Rev. Mr. Simmons was blind, but after establishing a Baptist Church, he regained his sight.
Enlisted in Co. F, 21st Massachusetts Infantry, on 19 Aug 1861 and was mustered out on 30 Aug 1864.
He was married at the time of his death, and the informant on his death certificate was his daughter.
After his death, his wife, Victoria Jane (Waldron) Simmons, received a pension based on his service.
From the "Boston Journal," (Boston, Massachusetts), 6 May 1912:
The Rev. Charles E. Simmons, for twenty-eight years chaplain of the Worcester county jail, died at his home in Worcester last night, aged 78 years.
He served throughout the Civil War in the Twenty-first and Thirty-sixth Massachusetts Volunteer Regiments.
For ten years before his appointment as chaplain of the jail, the Rev. Mr. Simmons was blind, but after establishing a Baptist Church, he regained his sight.
Son of John and Hannah (Howe) Simmons.
Enlisted in Co. F, 21st Massachusetts Infantry, on 19 Aug 1861 and was mustered out on 30 Aug 1864.
He was married at the time of his death, and the informant on his death certificate was his daughter.
After his death, his wife, Victoria Jane (Waldron) Simmons, received a pension based on his service.
From the "Boston Journal," (Boston, Massachusetts), 6 May 1912:
The Rev. Charles E. Simmons, for twenty-eight years chaplain of the Worcester county jail, died at his home in Worcester last night, aged 78 years.
He served throughout the Civil War in the Twenty-first and Thirty-sixth Massachusetts Volunteer Regiments.
For ten years before his appointment as chaplain of the jail, the Rev. Mr. Simmons was blind, but after establishing a Baptist Church, he regained his sight.
Enlisted in Co. F, 21st Massachusetts Infantry, on 19 Aug 1861 and was mustered out on 30 Aug 1864.
He was married at the time of his death, and the informant on his death certificate was his daughter.
After his death, his wife, Victoria Jane (Waldron) Simmons, received a pension based on his service.
From the "Boston Journal," (Boston, Massachusetts), 6 May 1912:
The Rev. Charles E. Simmons, for twenty-eight years chaplain of the Worcester county jail, died at his home in Worcester last night, aged 78 years.
He served throughout the Civil War in the Twenty-first and Thirty-sixth Massachusetts Volunteer Regiments.
For ten years before his appointment as chaplain of the jail, the Rev. Mr. Simmons was blind, but after establishing a Baptist Church, he regained his sight.
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