Family Group Number STR(8)9#2

Genealogy of George and Hazel Mullins

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Billie Sandifer and Elizabeth Simmons

Husband’s Name William Y (Billie Y) Sandifer

Date of Birth May 1792

Date Baptized Silver Creek Baptist Church, Pike Co

Date of Marriage c1820

Place of Burial William Y Sandifer Cemetery, Pike Co

Religion Baptist deacon July 30, 1838

Wife’s Maiden Name Elizabeth Simmons

Date of Birth January 2, 1801 in South Carolina

Date of Death January 27, 1881

Place of Burial William Y Sandifer Cemetery, Pike Co

Place of Residence Near Mt Zion church, one mile north of the state line

6 children in order of birth:

1. Name William E Sandifer

Name of spouse Louisa Carter, 6 children

Birth 1821

Married December 3, 1846

Death 1908

Burial Sandifer Cemetery, Emerald community, Pike Co

2. Name Richard Monroe Sandifer

Name of spouse Elizabeth F Dickerson, 1 son

Birth March 13, 1823

Death February 7, 1889

3 Name James J Sandifer

Name of spouse Jane A (Gency) Thodus

Birth May 3, 1825

Married February 3, 1848

Death July 15, 1896

Burial William Y Sandifer Cemetery, Pike Co

4 Name John W Sandifer

Name of spouse Jane Strickland, 5 children

Birth May 3, 1825

5 Name Mary Ann Milberry Sandifer

Name of spouse Isaac (Ike) Rhodus, 4 children

Birth 1828 or 1829

Married February 18, 1830

6 Name Nancy C Sandifer

Name of spouse James L Varnado, 1 son

Death Died in child birth

Family Group Number STR(8)9#3

Bill Simmons and Nancy Hope

Husband’s Name William Simmons

Date of Birth April 7, 1802 South Carolina

Date of Marriage October1824

Date of Death 1867 in Pike Co, Ms

Place of Residence East of Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Pike Co

Occupation Farmer

Religion Baptist deacon

Name of Father Richard Simmons

Name of Mother Ann Tyler

Wife’s Maiden Name Nancy Hope

Date of Birth Oct 2, 1807 near French Broad River in east Tennessee

Date of Death July 17, 1888

Religion Baptist deaconess

Name of Father James Hope

Name of Mother Isabelle Smith

The children are listed in STR(7)5

8 children in order of birth:

1. Name Solomon O Simmons

Name of spouse Sophronio Varnado, 9 children

Birth August 4, 1825 near Mt Zion Church, Pike Co

Married Nov 29, 1849 lived in Emerald community, Pike Co

Death April 24, 1908

Burial S O Simmons Cemetery, Pike Co

2. Name Talitha (Zyletha) Simmons, 7 children

Name of spouse Ephraim Prescott

Birth 1826

Married October 22, 1846 and lived near Magnolia, Ms

Death October 28, 1893 near Magnolia, Ms

Burial 3 miles southeast of Magnolia, Ms

3 Name Nancy Simmons

Name of spouse Jacob M Ott, 2 children

Birth August 2, 1827 Mississippi

Married Lived 12 miles east of Osyka, Ms

Death September 4, 1910

Burial Osyka, Ms

4 Name Isabelle Simmons

Name of spouse Newton B Varnado 12 children

Birth December 13, 1831 in Pike County, Ms

Married January 8, 1852 and lived near Mt Zion Church

Death October 3, 1889

Burial Newton Varnado Cemetery

5 Name Samantha Simmons

Birth 1836 or 1837

Married She became blind and never married

6 Name Ann Adarine Simmons

Name of spouse William (Bill) D Coney, 6 children

Birth July 12, 1839

Married Lived east of Magnolia

Death June 15, 1922

Burial 5 miles east of Magnolia, near Lovic Felder home

7 Name Cyrus S Simmons

Name of spouse Rosa E Tate, 11 children

Birth November 3, 1841

Married January 31, 1867

Death 1920

Burial Tylertown, Ms

8 Name Celissa O Simmons

Name of spouse William Pink Andrews, 2 sons

Birth September 29, 1847

Death July 22, 1911

Burial McComb Cemetery, McComb, Ms

Family Group Number STR(8)9#4 1^st

John Simmons and Polly Hope

Husband’s Name John Simmons

Date of Birth September 8, 1803 in South Carolina

Date Baptized Probably Silver Creek Baptist Church, Pike Co

Date of Death June 29, 1881

Place of Burial Perhaps Barto, south of Holmesville, Pike Co

Place of Residence East of Osyka, Ms near Mt Zion church

Name of other wives 2) Clarenda N Varnado McElveen, 3 chn; 3) Mary Amelia Tisdale

Name of Father Richard Simmons

Name of Mother Ann Tyler

Wife’s Maiden Name 1) Mary (Polly) Hope

Date Baptized July 30, 1838 Mt Zion Baptist Church

Date of Death Perhaps 1850 in child birth

Place of Residence Probably Gladhurst community, Pike Co

Name of Father James Hope

8 children in order of birth:

1. Name Richard James Simmons

Name of spouse Nancy Miller, 6 children

Birth April 1, 1826

Married February 15, 1849 in Pike Co

Death September 23, 1903 in Newton Co, Texas

Burial Old Union Cemetery, near Newton, Texas

2. Name Thomas Jefferson Simmons

Name of spouse 1) Louisa C Addison, 1 son; 2) Elizabeth Fendlason, 7 chn

Birth September 1827

Married 1) 1852/3, 2) May 19, 1862

Death January 5 or 6, 1879

Burial near Canaan Baptist Church in Washington Parish, La.

3 Name Silas M Simmons

Name of spouse Rachel M Varnado, 4 children

Birth December 12, 1830

Death April 24, 1911

Burial Mt Zion Church, Pike Co, Ms.

4 Name Emeline E Simmons

Name of spouse John Bond, 14 children

Birth January 13, 1837

Married December 14, 1854 in Pike Co, Ms.

Death July 19, 1889 near Oakdale in western Louisiana

Burial Bond Family Cemetery, Allen Parish, La.

5 Name Sofronio Simmons

Birth c1838

6 Name Isabelle Simmons

Name of spouse Frances M Redmond, 7 children

Birth March 2, 1842

Married c1867

Death July 30, 1924

Burial Woodlawn Cemetery, Summit, Ms

7 Name William E Simmons

Birth 1843 or 1844

Death August 8, 1862 while in Confederate service

Burial Hughes graveyard, near Washington-Tangipahoa line

8 Name Nancy (Nannie) Simmons

Name of spouse Elisha C Andrews, 8 children

Birth June 4, 1846

Death July 9, 1885

Burial Barto, south of Holmesville, near Alva Walker home

Family Group Continuation

Husband’s Name John Simmons

Wife’s Name Clarenda N Varnado McElveen

9 Name Clarenda A Simmons

Name of spouse Leonard T Varnado, 12 children

Birth September 15, 1851

Death October 14, 1909

Burial Spring Creek, La.

10 Name Henry J Simmons

Birth c1853

Death Probably died as a youth

11 Name Frances (Fannie) Simmons

Name of spouse John Seaborn Varnado, 7 children

Birth 1853

Death 1927

Burial Osyka, Ms

Family Group Number STR(8)9#5

Henry Simmons was a small boy when his parents came to what is now Pike County, Mississippi, in 1811 or 1812. When Henry was nine years old his father went away as a soldier to Alabama and never came back. Henry’s father, Richard, died at a military camp north of the City of Mobile. His mother, Ann Tyler Simmons, did not remarry but her family in South Carolina sent her a couple of slaves to help with the crops. She continued to manage the farm with five young sons and five daughters.

In 1826, when he was 21 years old, Henry helped organize Salem Baptist Church some twelve miles from his home near what later became the town of Magnolia. In 1828 he was received by letter into the Silver Creek Baptist Church near his home. Most of his family attended the Silver Creek Church. In 1831, when he was 26 years old, he was elected clerk of this church. He served as delegate to the local association three times between 1833 and 1836.

In 1834 he and his wife joined the Bogue Chitto Baptist Church in northern Pike County and about six months later the church licensed him to preach. In July 1835 he and his wife returned to the Silver Creek Church where in 1837 he was ordained to the ministry. In July 1838 he was on the presbytery that organized the Mt Zion Baptist Church a short distance from his mother’s home. For this purpose ten members of the Silver Creek Church were granted letters of dismissal. Most of the ten were close relatives of Henry. Henry stayed as a member and trustee of the Silver Creek Church and helped patent the forty acres on which the present church building stands.

In November 1838 he and seven other members of the Silver Creek Church were given letters of dismissal and again he moved to the northern part of Pike County where he may have been involved with the Bogue Chitto church. However by 1860 he and his wife had moved to near Toro in Sabine Parish on the western border of Louisiana. He had a number of relatives there who settled around the Mt Carmel church. These included the Sibley family and George W Addison. It is possible that Henry and his wife traveled to Sabine Parish with a nephew, Richard J Simmons and his family.

He was welcomed by the local Baptist association when it met in Anacoco in 1859. He and his wife were received by letter into the Toro Baptist Church, east of Florien, in February 1859 and were dismissed in September 1864. By 1862 he was the pastor of the Pleasant Hill church. In November 1863 he helped organize the Mt Carmel church and accepted the call to be its pastor as well. By then he was in his late fifties.

Henry died in March 20, 1865 while serving in Sabine Parish. He left no children and it is not known where he is buried.

Family Group Number STR(8)9#6

Tom Simmons and Barcenia Hope

Husband’s Name Thomas Simmons

Date of Birth May 11, 1806 in South Carolina

Date of Marriage September 10, 1828

Date of Death August 9, 1880

Place of Burial Providence Camp Ground Methodist Church, Copiah Co

Place of Residence Barnwell District, SC; Pike Co, Ms; moved to Rockport community of Copiah Co, Mississippi about 1845

Occupation Minister of the gospel

Religion Methodist

Name of Father Richard Simmons

Name of Mother Ann Tyler

Wife’s Maiden Name Barcenia Hope

Date of Birth May 4, 1813

Date of Death March 1, 1885

Place of Burial Providence Camp Ground Church near Rockport, Ms

Place of Residence Pike County and Copiah County, Mississippi

Religion Methodist

Name of Father James Hope

11 children in order of birth:

1. Name Dr. Franklin W Simmons

Name of spouse Betsy Ryan, 3 children

Birth October 12, 1829

Death October 14, 1909

Burial Runge, Texas

2. Name Thomas Wesley Simmons

Birth September 29, 1831

Death October 1, 1851

Burial Providence Camp Ground Methodist Church, 14 miles east of Wesson, Mississippi

3 Name Emily Simmons

Birth November 21, 1833

Death August 16, 1843

Burial Probably in Pike Co, Ms.

4 Name Sarintha Simmons

Birth April 21, 1836

Death August 27, 1843

Burial Probably in Pike Co, Ms.

5 Name David W Simmons

Name of spouse Fannie Bowie, 6 children

Birth April 26, 1838 Pike Co, Ms.

Married October 18, 1874

Death February 1904 Copiah County, Mississippi

6 Name Daniel W Simmons

Birth March 28, 1841 Pike Co

Death August 18, 1856

Burial Providence Camp Ground Methodist Church, Copiah Co

7 Name William W Simmons

Name of spouse Mrs Pernecy Hayes, 2 children

Birth August 24, 1843

Death March 2, 1924

Burial Gloster, Ms

8 Name Mary M Simmons

Name of spouse James Joseph Watts, 9 children

Birth September 6, 1846

Married November 6, 1867

Death January 21, 1911

Burial Bahala Chapel Methodist Church, Lawrence Co, Ms

9 Name Richard Washington (Dick) Simmons

Name of spouse 1) Whitelaw, no chn; 2) Mrs Dora Ross Cooper, 1 son

Birth August 14, 1849

Death 1912

Burial At or near Florence, Ms

10 Name Isabelle Ann (Belle) Simmons

Name of spouse Milloy Sigrest, 7 children

Birth October 16, 1851

Married c1868

Death February 25, 1934

Burial Shiloh Methodist Camp Ground near Pelahatchie, Ms

11 Name Hugh Hope Simmons

Name of spouse 2 children

Birth August 10, 1854

Death 1938 near Ardmore or Wilson, Oklahoma

Burial Moved to Texas while a young man

Family Group Number STR(8)9#7

George Simmons and Mary Ann Sibley

Husband’s Name George Simmons

Date of Birth Feb 8, 1808 in SC

Date Baptized January 11, 1840

Date of Marriage February 11, 1830

Date of Death April 25, 1862

Place of Burial George Simmons family Cemetery, Pike Co

Place of Residence East of Bala Chitto Creek, north of Osyka-Progress Road

Occupation Farmer

Religion Baptist

Name of Father Richard Simmons

Name of Mother Ann Tyler

Wife’s Maiden Name Mary Ann Sibley

Date of Birth March 24, 1809 near Savannah, Georgia

Date Baptized 1837 at Beulah Baptist Church

Date of Death July 20, 1889 in Columbus W Simmons home

Place of Burial George Simmons family cemetery, Pike Co

Religion Baptist

Name of Father Reddick Sibley

Name of Mother Polly Albritton

9 children in order of birth:

1. Name Jefferson E (Jeff) Simmons

Name of spouse 1)Epsa Ann Corley, 1 daughter; 2) Mrs. Nancy E Sibley; 3) Martha Rebecca (Becky) Finley, 2 children

Birth November 12, 1830 Pike Co, Ms.

Married 1) November 2, 1865, 2) 1871, 3) December 25, 1885

Death June 17, 1919

Burial Pritchard Family Cemetery, near Harrisonburg, La.

2. Name Mary Elizabeth Simmons

Name of spouse John Goff Leggett,

Birth March 9, 1832

Married May 26, 1857

Death March 22, 1895

Burial Leggett community, Pike Co

3 Name Richard Montgomery Simmons

Birth January 27, 1834

Death July 11, 1836

4 Name Martha Simmons

Name of spouse Edward K Tisdale,

Birth November 26. 1836

Married December 24, 1857

Death January 18, 1923

Burial Osyka, Ms

5 Name George Boardman Simmons

Birth April 19, 1839

Death July 17, 1862 wounded at Cold Harbor

Burial In or near Richmond, Virginia

6 Name Reddick Fulton Simmons

Name of spouse Cordelia Dickey Raborn, 6 children

Birth February 18. 1841

Married November 25, 1869

Death September 1, 1883

Burial Heard Graveyard near Harrisonburg, La.

7 Name Marcus Aurelius Simmons

Name of spouse Cordelia Varnado

Birth March 15, 1843

Married October 10, 1865

Death October 25, 1919

Burial Harrisonburg, Catahoula Parish, La.

8 Name Columbus Waldon (C W)Simmons

Name of spouse Sarah McQueen

Birth January 7, 1845

Death June 29, 1917

Burial Star Hill, south of St Francisville, La.

9 Name Robert L Simmons

Name of spouse Sarah Louise Fortenberry, 9 children

Birth September 10, 1847

Married August 31, 1871

Death February 27, 1939

Burial Magnolia, Ms

Family Group Number STR(8)9#8

Jack Strickland and Nancy Simmons

Husband’s Name John (Jack) Strickland

Date of Birth February 28, 1800 Georgia

Date Baptized Silver Creek Baptist Church

Date of Marriage c1825

Date of Death Between 1858 and 1880

Place of Burial Tangipahoa Parish, La.

Place of Residence Pike Co, Ms and Tangipahoa Parish, La.

Religion Baptist

Name of Father Perhaps Robert Strickland, Sr

Wife’s Maiden Name Nancy Simmons

Date of Birth December 1809 in South Carolina

Date of Death After 1880

Place of Residence Pike Co, Washington Parish (now Tangipahoa Parish)

Name of Father Richard Simmons

Name of Mother Ann Tyler

14 children in order of birth:

1. Name David Strickland

Name of spouse Nancy L Settoon, 11 children

Birth September 2, 1826

Death May 20, 1900

Burial Stevens Cemetery near Independence, La.

2. Name Solomon Strickland

Birth January 3, 1828

3 Name Richard Strickland

Birth September 3, 1829

4 Name James Strickland

Name of spouse Laura L White, 7 children

Birth May 31, 1831

Death December 17, 1895

Burial Stevens Cemetery

5 Name Louisa Strickland

Name of spouse John White, 1 daughter

Birth July 21, 1832

6 Name John Strickland

Birth April 21, 1834

7 Name Lusetta (Lucetta) Strickland

Name of spouse Alexander Z Lee, 11 children

Birth June 8, 1836

8 Name Izilla Strickland

Birth September 5. 1838

9 Name Lucetta Strickland

Birth August 5, 1840

10 Name Mosilla (Mosella) Strickland

Birth May 20, 1842

11 Name Harvey Strickland

Birth February 26, 1844

12 Name Mary Strickland

Birth July 4. 1846

13 Name Emerson Strickland

Name of spouse Lavenia Robertson, 5 children

Birth August 12, 1848

Burial Thomas David Robertson home, w of Independence, La.

14 Name Elam Strickland

Birth April 11, 1850

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