This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Simmons Drew Nelson Thomas Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/4RB.2ACE/3204.1.1 Message Board Post: Hello Thomas family member its nice to make your acquaintance. I am sorry I dont know much about Tompkins NY records etc. I have found no marriages that have interested me on ancestrys data sets of NY. I have managed to verify all of this line back to Michael Thomas via vital records .You are the first person Ive come across looking into these folks and I would welcome any additianal information you have to offer and of course will site you as contributer. I will happily share what I have with you if that is of interest to you. We live in Niles Berrien county Michigan which is near Chicago Illinois. Do you live there in NY.? Name Polly Ann Young Date of death: 17-Feb-1871 Ledger Page: 136 Record Number: 27 Place of death: Hart County of Death: Oceana Sex: Female Race: White Marital Status: Married Age: 36 years Cause of Death: Fever Birthplace: New York Occupation: None Father's Name: Thomas, Michael Father's Residence: New York Mother's Name: Unknown, Mother's Residence: Date of record: 27-May-1872 Polly wed first Phineas Simmons (CANT FIND MARRIAGE RECORD BUT THE LINE IS VERIFIED VERIFIED BY DAUGHTER ELLAS DEATH CERT.)(later Polly wed Philip Young) Phineas died of disease in the war of the states child of interest Ella R simmons the spouse of John George Drew she passed away in Wisconsin child of interest Myrtle Drew wife of John Nelson (coi) Magnes Anna Nelson and Magnes is my wifes great great .grandmother. more Name: Phineas A Simmons , Enlistment Date: 07 August 1862 Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE Side Served: Union State Served: New York Unit Numbers: 1303 1303 Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 07 August 1862 at the age of 34 Enlisted in Company A, 1st Dragoons Regiment New York </cgi-bin/sse.dll?&ti=0&db=hdsregiment&f0=1303&f11=Union> on 07 August 1862. Died of disease Company A, 1st Dragoons Regiment New York DIED =Union> on 29 October 1862 in Suffolk, VA Name: Phineas A. Simmons Company: A Unit: 19 N. Y. Cavalry. Rank - Induction: Private Rank - Discharge: Private Allegiance: Union Name: Phineas A. Simmons Widow: Polly A. Simmons Comments: P. A. Young, Gdn. CIVIL WAR PENSION INDEX 1861 -1934 Name: Polly A Simons Age in 1860: 27 Birth Year: abt 1833 Birthplace: New York Home in 1860: Perry, Wyoming, New York Gender: Female Post Office: Perry Center Name: Ella Simmon Estimated Birth Year: abt 1855 Age in 1870: 15 Birthplace: New York Home in 1870: Hart, Oceana, Michigan Family and neighbors: Race: White Gender: Female Post Office: Hart