Simons, William A.

SIMONS

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Date: 7/2/2021 at 20:49:08

History of Warren County, Iowa from Its Earliest Settlement to 1908, by Rev. W. C. Martin, Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1908, p.845

WILLIAM A. SIMONS
W. A. Simons, a prosperous and progressive agriculturist of Lincoln Township, whose home is on section 28, has spent his entire life in Warren County, his birth occurring here April 17, 1872. He is a son of David N. Simons, a prominent citizen of this county, whose sketch appears on another page of this volume. Upon his father’s farm our subject spent the years of his minority, early acquiring an excellent knowledge of all the duties which fall to the lot of the farmer, and in the meantime he also acquired a good practical education in the common schools and the Ackworth Academy.
On the 18th of March 1896, in Lincoln Township, Mr. Simons marred Miss Edith Buchanan, a daughter of Alexander Buchanan, one of the substantial farmers of Allen Township, who is represented elsewhere in this work. She was born in Illinois but grew to womanhood in this county, and by her marriage has become the mother of one child, Mary.
After his marriage Mr. Simons located on one of his fathers farms and he is now engaged in the operations of two hundred and sixty acres on section 28, Lincoln Township. He is very progressive in his methods of carrying on his work and is meeting with well deserved success in his farming and stock-raising. In business affairs he has always been found trustworthy and reliable and his labors are meeting with a merited reward. His political support is given the Republican Party but he has never sought nor desired office, preferring to give his undivided attention to his farming interests. A Methodist in religious belief, he attends services at the Farmers Chapel, while his wife is a member of the Friends Church at Ackworth. They are well known and highly esteemed people and have a host of warm friends in the community where they reside.