Thanks for posting the page on the Simmons family Mara. Most of what you have is accurate but there are a few changes. Those will be what I post on this Simmons family. The information I posted on the Thomas Simmons family is what I have so far and can be considered updated material. The information comes from Census returns and other information given on the family. Now on with Thomas Simmons children. Lewis Simmons my Great Great Grandfather. Lewis Simmons b-1808 in Bertie County NC. d-Oct.2,1866 in Grantsburg district Johnson County M-Sarah Ann Ervin abt in 1829 in Lincoln or Wayne Co.Tenn. Sarah's parents were Hezekiah Ervin and Mary Polly Simmons Children: 1)Nancy Simmons B-1831-1832 in Wayne Co. Tenn. D-before 1867 in Simpson Dist.Johnson County Husband was a Mr Kerley 2)Hezekiah Simmons SEE NOTE BELOW. 3)James H. Simmons B-1830 Wayne Co. Tenn. d-abt 1866 married-Lucinda C. Gray Jan.5,1854 Goreville, Ill Johnson County 4)Mary Jane Simmons b-1833 in Cape Giradeau,MO. d-? married-Benjamin F. Poor March 19,1851 in Johnson County, Ill 5)Rachel Elizabeth Simmons B-Feb.8,1834 in Cape Giradeau,MO D-Sept.1,1910 in Grantsburg Johnson,CO married-William Thomas Modglin April 16,1853 in Johnson County B-Oct.3,1833 in Grantsburg Ill D-July 18,1916 in Metropolis Ill Children: 1)Nancy J. Modglin married W. J. Miller 2)Sarah C. Modglin married A.D. Howell 3)Fanny B. Modglin Married William B. Bivens 4)Ida M. Modglin married Robert Leonard Whitsides 5)Female 6)Female 7)Female 8)Female 9)Female 6)Thomas Levi Simmons B-1836 in Illinois or MO. D-? Crittenden County Kentucky M-Rebecca Allard Aug.26,1846 Johnson CO. Children: 1)Sarah Jane Simmons B-April 12,1858 D-Feb.25,1936 Saline Co. M-Johnson Henry Reed March 11,1877 2)Morris Benjamin Simmons B-abt 1870 3)Indiana Simmons B-Dec.11,1876 Pope County D-May 11,1874 Marion Co.MO. married-Robert Harp July 29,1897 Crittenden Co. Kentucky 4)Emily E. Simmons B-Feb.20,1875 married-Rueben Hogue 5)Armintha Simmons 6)Marion Frank Simmons and Sarah Guinn 7)Cordelia Ann Simmons married George Guinn 8)Simeon Obed Simmons 9)Lewis J. Simmons 7)William Henry Simmons B-March7,1838 Simpson Ill D-March 7,1901 Simpson Ill M-Emily A. Morris B-June 4,1845 D-March 29,1929 Children: 1)Minnie M. Simmons B-Jan.15,1876 D-Jan.15,1893 2)Celia Leora Simmons B-Dec.23,1862 D-Oct.7,1884 married-George W. Dixon B-Aug.29,1858 D-Nov.28,1914 3)Charley D. Simmons B-Feb.26,1870 D-Dec.6,1885 8)Sarah Ann Simmons B-Sept.15,1840 Simpson Ill My GG-Grandmother D-March 12,1915 Simpson Ill 1st Marriage-Elias C. Gilbert May 25,1859 Johnson CO. D-June 21,1864 in the Civil War Burried in Johnson County children: 1)Female 2)Male 3)Janie Gilbert married a Mr Snider 2nd Marriage-John Calvin Simmons son of Peter Simmons and Cynthia Harvey. John B-Jan.21,1846 Simpson Ill. D-May 9,1878 Simpson Ill. Children: 1)Male 2)Female 3)Cynthia E. Simmons married John Guinn NOTE 4)Monroe Simmons married Judith Hadden 5)Martha Simmons married James Grant 3rd marriage-Jeremiah Joseph O'Brien B-Aug.4,1836 Wicklow co. Ireland Dublin D-May 24,1932 Simpson,Ill 1 child Rebecca Jane O'Brien who married Richard Layfayette Simmons. Richard was a desendant of Peter Simmons and cynthia Harvey 9)Catherine Simmons B-Sept.10,1845 Simpson Illinois D-Oct.31,1926 Simpson Ill. Married Lewis Simmons June 30,1864 Johnson County. Lewis Simmons parents were Peter Simmons and Cynthia Harvey Lewis was B-Jan.4,1844 Simpson Ill D-Jan.5,1915 Simpson Ill. Children: 1)Minnie Leora Simmons and Ivory Morris 2nd husband Oscar Toler 2)Mary Elizabeth Simmons & Dr. T. Bass Kerley 3)William Calvin Simmons & Mindoza Priscilla Scott 4)Flora C. Simmons 5)Flaura J. Simmons 6)Louisa Simmons & George W. Mckee 2nd wife of Lewis Simmons b-1808 Bertie County Jemima Abbott July 17,1852 Children: 1)Mary Simmons & John H. Howell 2)Lewis Garrett Simmons & Elizabeth Alice Poor Children: 1)Mabel Simmons 2)Gracie Simmons 3)Lucinda Simmons & Joseph Williams 4)Benjamine Simmons 5)Lydnea Siddy Simmons 6)Elias Simmons & Sarah A. Shoemaker 7)Francis M. Simmons & Ella Mae Hogg Notes: 1)This is not a exact list there may be mistakes. I have tried to include as much as correct information as possible. 2)Hezekiah Simmons; There were two Hezekiah Simmons. One married Nancy Veach and lived in Johnson county. The other married a Martha Jane Kinion and lived in Cape Giradeau Mo.. One was the son of Lewis Simmons and Sarah Ann Ervin and the other was the son of Wiley Simmons and Mary Ann Ervin. 3)Monroe Simmons; The information that Mara posted listed Monroe Simmons as the son of Peter Simmons. But the Obituary of Sarah Ann Simmons who married Jeremiah Joseph O'Brien say it is her son. The article in the Vienna Times on Peter Simmons death says that Peter Simmons sat down for dinner and felt fine at his sons Monroe's house. It should be Grandson because John Calvin Simmons son of Peter married Sarah Ann Simmons and had Monroe. After Peter got up from the table after about 15 minutes he droped dead. Although the death was cancer of the face, it sounds more like heart failure to just drop dead. They may have not been able to find a cause and blamed the canncer. Lewis Simmons came of age in Wayne county Tenn.. He married in either Wayne county Tenn. or went to Lincoln County Tenn. where Hezekiah Ervin and Mary Polly Simmons were and married there. Wiley Simmons also wennt with Wiley. Mary Ann Polly Ervin was a daughter of Hezekiah & Mary Polly Simmons. Mary Polly Simmons was a daughter of James Simmons and Katherine Millinder. James Simmons amy have been a brother to Thomas Simmons, They were about the same age. In 1832 Wiley and Lewis went to Cape Giradeau Mo. and took their families there to meet Hezekiah Ervin. Hezekiah moved there the same time. James Simmons died in lincoln county Tenn. in 1828. In 1836 Wiley and Lewis move to Johnson County Illinois. Peter Simmons stays with dad Thomas in Waynne county Tenn. until about 1846 when they sold all their land in Wayne county and move to Johnson Counnty. More of Thomas Simmons sons later Greg Simmons