CHARLES W. SIMONTON
In Portland, Maine, on the 18th of February, 1833, Charles W. Simonton was born, his father being Benjamin Simonton, a native of Maine, who fought in the War of 1812. His mother, Anne Buck, was born in Dorchester, New Brunswick. Charles remained in Maine until twenty years of age, when he moved to Illinois, and resided, in Henry county, until the year 1872, when became to Cass county, Iowa. His mother died in April, 1883, aged eighty-three years, while his father died in January, 1883, being at the time of his death about eighty-seven years old. In Illinois, Charles was united in marriage with Hannah E. Watrous on the 24th of April, 1869. By their union they have been blessed with five children, whose names are: Sarah M., aged fourteen; Arthur R., aged eleven; Nellie E., aged nine; Melville C, seven; and Eddie B., four. Mr. Simonton is the owner of one hundred and sixty acres of land on section 10, in Franklin township.
Contributed by Lisa Varnes-Rex from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pp. 797.
