===================================================================== Match: Boles Source: KSCHAUTA@rootsweb.com From: kdhx6@swbell.net Subject: Re: [KSCHAUTA] John & Leah Simmons From: Don Tharp <detict@cox.net> To: kschauta@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2009 8:47:34 AM Subject: Re: [KSCHAUTA] John & Leah Simmons Found in the 1880 census, Belleville Twp, Chautauqua County, Kansas John Simmons self, male, married, white, age 42, born in KY, occ: farmer, father born in MO, mother born in VA. Also his sister was living with the family. See list at bottom of this message. Most of the material below can be found on the Genealogy Trails Chautauqua County, Kansas web site. http://genealogytrails.com/kan/chautauqua/ Please go there and just type in Simmons in the search engine window. Also material for other surnames Conley, Garrels, Boles, etc., can be found using the search engine. Some of it might be of use to you. Found marriage certificates for Ollie, m. J. C. Conley in 1887, Chautauqua county, KS. Ida m. Charles Garrels in 1887, Osage Agency. Dora m. Sterling B. Boles in 1891, Osage Nation. Emma m. William N. Boles in 1891, Osage Nation. Lulu m. William H. Merrick in 1891, Osage Nation. Also Lulu m. Joshua W. Stephens in 1893, Indian Territory, could be same Lulu if first husband died. Or, the first marriage never took place as the marriage certificate was not returned to the Chautauqua County court house for recording. If you would like copies of the above marriage certificates I can send them to you free of charge via an email attachment. Please let me know. It appears as if the family moved to Oklahoma in the mid to late 1880s and you would be better served by seeking them in Oklahoma after that 1880 time frame. However, many of the Boles family are buried in the Elgin cemetery so evidently they lived very close to the Kansas/Oklahoma border. BOLES, Albert 1891 1894 ’ÄúSon’Äù BOLES, Charles Edward 8 Feb 1893 29 Oct 1984 WW I BOLES, Dora E. 1873 1899 BOLES, Emma D. 1871 1898 ’ÄúMother’Äù BOLES, Ida L. 04 Jul 1898 d/o S.P. & D.A. (6 m, 14 d) BOLES, Jesse J. 31 Jan 1894 21 Jul 1972 KS, Pfc., Evac. Hosp. 19, WW I BOLES, M. A. (38 y, 5 m, 14 d) BOLES, Melvin 18 Jun 1898 s/o S.P. & D.A. (2 y, 6 m, 4 d) BOLES, Price 1862 1938 BOLES, Susan 10 Jan 1823 02 Mar 1899 BOLES, William N. 1855 1947 ’ÄúFather’Äù Found obit for a daughter of Emma January 1990 ======= MRS. DILLA TODD Dilla (Boles) Todd of Pawhuska, OK. passed away at Sedan City Hospital. Funeral s services were conducted at the Johnson Chapel in Pawhuska with burial in the Elgin Cemetery. The Rev. Dois Nix officiated. Mrs. Todd was born November 4, 1896 in Indian Territory, now Northern Osage County, to William M. and Emma (Simmons) Boles. On September 14, 1916 she married George 0. Todd in Pawhuska. He died in 1958. Mrs. Todd was a member of the First Christian Church. Surviving are one son, George Todd of Augusta; three daughters, Margie Myers of Sedan, Dorothy Blake of Elk City, and Elsie May Hill of Ponca City, OK.,14 grandchildren, 28 great’Äî grandchildren, and 22 great-greatgrandchildren. ====== The above children of Mrs. Todd might have information that would be of use to you. The census record is below. John SIMMONS Self M M W 42 KY Occ: Farmer Fa: TN Mo: VA Leah C. SIMMONS Wife F M W 43 TN Occ: Keeping House Fa: NC Mo: TN Ollie E. SIMMONS Dau F S W 17 MO Occ: At Home Fa: KY Mo: TN Ida A. SIMMONS Dau F S W 12 KS Occ: At Home Fa: KY Mo: TN Emma D. SIMMONS Dau F S W 9 KS Fa: KY Mo: TN Dora A. SIMMONS Dau F S W 7 KS Fa: KY Mo: TN Lulu SIMMONS Dau F S W 5 KS Fa: KY Mo: TN John F. SIMMONS Son M S W 6M KS Fa: KY Mo: TN Elizabeth TEDDER SisterL F W W 54 TN Fa: NC Mo: TN [Found a widow of civil war veteran, Elizabeth Tedder on the 1883 pension rolls in Chautauqua county, also found an Elizabeth Tedder buried in El Cado cemetery. This cemetery is just inside the KS/OK line. Happy hunting, Don Tharp At 04:11 AM 5/30/2009, you wrote: >I understand that John Simmons moved his family >to Chautauqua Co, KS about 1875. >In 1880 they lived @ Belleville, Chautauqua Co, >Kansas, the girls also lived in the Elgin area, >not sure if John & Leah did. Three of the girls, >Ida, Dora & Emma married the Boles brothers, Wm, >Sterling & Melvin. I haven't had any luck finding them on the census. >Any information would be grateful. >Margaret