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Below is a family biography included in The History of Lawrence County, Missouri published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1888. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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Joseph Allen Simmons, farmer and stock raiser, was born January 6, 1836, in Trimble County, Ky., and is a son of Samuel and Amanda (Williams) Simmons, both of whom were born and lived and died in Kentucky. The grandfather s name was Samuel, and he was a son of William Simmons, who was a Revolutionary soldier. The grandfather lived to be 107 years of age, and died about 1857. Joseph Allen Simmons removed from Kentucky to Indiana in 1861, thence to Illinois in 1863, and in l868 came to Lawrence County Mo He was married February 1, 1872, to Mrs. Janetta Mann (nee Moody), widow of O. P. Mann, by whom she had five children. Mr. Mann was a soldier in the United States army, and died July 22, 1861. She was born in Kentucky June 5, 1828. Mr. Simmons is the father of one child, Mary Ann, who is married to Perry Williams, and resides in Henry County, Ky.
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