This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SIMMONS, NEWHOUSE, HILL, DUDLEY, JOHNSON, DUNNIGER, BRINKLEY, CROSSNO Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/TgB.2ACE/2162 Message Board Post: Looking for any info about ancestors or descendants of Benjamin P. SIMMONS, b. 1864, or his siblings and children listed below. Benjamin was the brother of my grandfather, Andrew M. SIMMONS. Parents of Benjamin were John SIMMONS, b. 1814; d. 1890, Obion Co., TN; Buried Simmons Cemetery, Obion Co. and Matilda NEWHOUSE, b. 1833. Siblings of Benjamin were Henry Emerson, b. 1860; Andrew M., b. 1862, m. Sarah Elzada HILL; A.S., b. 1867; H. Leonidas, b. c1868; Charles M. (may have been called "Doc", b. 1873; and Lecie, b. 1874, m. Jessie CROSSNO. I believe Benjamin was married 3 times. 1st wife: Isabella Angeline JOHNSON, (dau. of Alexander JOHNSON and Melvina BRINKLEY) married 7 Oct 1883 in Obion Co., TN. Children of Ben and Ange: 1.) Ada/Alva SIMMONS, b. c1891 2.) Jefferson SIMMONS, b. c1887 2nd wife: Geneve/Geneva Z. UNK., b. c1876; d. 1916; Buried: Cane Creek Cemetery, Obion Co., TN. Children of Ben and Geneve: 3.) Fannie SIMMONS, b. c1898; Married UNK DUDLEY; Children: Hazel DUDLEY, b.. c1917 and Prentice DUDLEY, b. c1919. 4.) Bessie SIMMONS, b. 1897; d. 1899; Buried: Cane Creek Cemetery, Obion Co., TN. 5.) John F. SIMMONS, b. c1900; Married: Ethel UNK; Child: Chester SIMMONS, b. c1918. 6.) Dewey SIMMONS, b 1902; d. 1994, Martin, Weakley Co., TN; Married: Laverne UNK. Children: Paul, Grace, and David. 7.) Mattie SIMMONS, b. c1904 8.) Minnie SIMMONS, b. c1909 Third wife: Ula/Eula UNK DUNNIGER, b. c1874; Dau. of Ula: Willie DUNNIGER, b. c1910. Benjamin and Ula were living in Martin, Weakley Co., TN on Fonville Ave. by 1920. He was a minister and performed the wedding ceremony of my parents in 1925. I'd appreciate additions or corrections to any of this information. Thanks very much. Brenda