Hi all, I am searching for the parents of Henry SIMMONS. According to his obituary, which appeared in the Garden Grove (Iowa) Express: He was born in Goshen, NY on May 11, 1804. At the age of 14 he left home and went to New York City where he remained 38 years chiefly engaged in the mercantile business. In the spring of 1856 he moved to Republic, Ohio. In March 1858 he moved to Garden Grove, Iowa. It appears that both Henry and his wife were members of the Episcopal Church at the time of their deaths. His gravestone in Garden Grove has the above birth date and has death date of 19 Mar 1882. According to _Ancestors and Descendants of Captain Frans Janse Bloodgood, Vol I Revised..._ by George M. Bloodgood, 1980: Henry married on 12 Aug 1835 Louisa Bloodgood, who was the dau. of John Bloodgood and Rachel Simmons. In NYC directories I have found a Henry Simmons with a drygoods store at 84 Hudson (at Franklin) and 100 Hudson (NYC) from 1837 to 1855. This is only about 8 blocks across town from where John Bloodgood had lived at 22 Mott, according to the Bloodgood book above. I've checked _Early Records of the Presbyterian Church of Goshen 1767-1885_ and found nothing. In the 1810 NY census for Orange Co., I found several Simmons families, but none appeared to be in Goshen. Any help or ideas would be appreciated. Thanks, Howard hswain@ix.netcom.com