Posted on: Page Co. Ia Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ia/Page?read=156 Surname: SIMONS, HAMMOND ------------------------- Donna, I saw your query and the names of Hammond and Simmons/Simons which I believe connect to my families. Hammond is not a direct line, but Simons is. There are several half-brother, half-sister connections on both of these families. John Hammond if he is father to Elisha by first wife Fanny (unknown),and maybe Peremelia Ann Simmons or Simons might be daughter of Hosea Simons & Mary Sprague? Hosea died in Page Co. IA. I have yet to prove that and I need to get a will on him, if there is one. I only have 4 known children for Hosea, but age differences leave a poss- ibilty for other children. I will find my Hammond family sheets and see if I have any Elisha on them. John Hammond was in Tyler Co. VA/WVA for a while, later to OH and Audrain Co. MO, if he is related to Elisha. Does any of this sound like it fits to your Hammond-Simmons? Donald