Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891
BIOGRAPHIES
Page 650
WILLIAM R. SIMMONS

William R. SIMMONS, a farmer located on section 10, of Raglan Township, came to Harrison County in the spring of 1884, when he bought forty acres of partly improved land, to which he added other improvements including the building of a house 16x24 feet. He remained on this place three years and then bought the place he now occupies, consisting of one hundred and twenty acres, upon which he built suitable buildings and set out an orchard of two hundred trees.

Mr. SIMMONS was born in Appanoose County, Iowa in 1849, and is the son of William M. and Camellia SIMMONS, whose children were as follows: Charles, William R., Dock, Elizabeth, Janette, Sarah, Emma; and Perlina, deceased.

Our subject lived in Appanoose County until eighteen years of age, and then went to Missouri where he engaged in the manufacture of chairs. While digging a well which required the blasting of rock, he met with an accident, which caused blindness. He was united in marriage March, 1877, to Sarah DODDRILL, daughter of William and Amanda DODDRILL, natives of Ohio, who were the parents of ten children: George, and Emily, deceased; James, Rebecca; William, Mahulda, and Reuben, deceased; Elizabeth, Daniel and Sarah.

Our subject and his wife are the parents of the following children: Mahulda, Milton R., Emma J., Sarah R., Jessie L., William E., and Charles A. Mr. and Mrs. SIMMONS are acceptable members of the Christian Church.

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