Family Group Number STR(7)5#5

Genealogy of George and Hazel Mullins

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In his book “Bala Chitto Simmons Family” Hansford Simmons states that Samanthe Simmons was a daughter of William Simmons and Nancy Hope.This family lived in the Emerald community of Pike County, Mississippi, in the second half of the 19^th Century. They had eight children including Solomon O Simmons, their first child and my ancestor. Samanthe was born in 1836 or 1837 and, according to Hansford Simmons, became blind and never married. She joined the Mt Zion Baptist Church in November 4, 1857 along with her sister Ann and was listed as a member there as late as 1878.

Her father William Simmons died in 1867 and her mother, Nancy, died in 1888 at the home of her son-in-law, William Coney, about five miles east of Magnolia near the old Lovic Felder home. It is likely that Samanthe lived with her mother until her mother died and probably then stayed on in the Coney home with her married sister, Ann.

Family Group Number STR(7)5#6

Bill Coney and Ann Simmons

Husband’s Name William D (Bill) Coney

Date of Birth April 10, 1839

Date of Death September 13, 1902

Place of Burial Near the old Lovic Felder home east of Magnolia

Place of Residence Five miles east of Magnolia, Mississippi.

Wife’s Maiden Name Ann Adarine Simmons

Date of Birth July 12, 1839

Date Baptized November 4, 1857 Mt Zion Baptist Church

Date of Death June 15, 1922

Place of Burial Five miles east of Magnolia

Place of Residence Grew up around Emerald community, died near Magnolia

Religion Baptist

Name of Father William Simmons

Name of Mother Nancy Hope

6 children in order of birth:

1. Name Dr Walter Clarence Coney

Name of spouse Caroline Beard, 1 son and 2 daughters

Birth August 17, 1867

Death July 8, 1933

Burial Harrisonburg, La.

2. Name William Otis (Chic) Coney

Name of spouse Mary Andrews, 1 daughter

Birth October 1, 1868

Death October 5, 1926

Burial Magnolia, Ms

3 Name Maggie Dean Coney

Birth November 14, 1869

Death December 30, 1869

Burial Near her parents

4 Name Oscar E Coney

Name of spouse Betty Lenoir, 7 children

Birth September 3, 1872

Death July 4, 1952

Burial Magnolia, Mississippi

5 Name Lena Daisy Coney

Name of spouse Lovic Samuel Felder, 6 children

Birth August 6, 1879

Married December 28, 1898

6 Name Lillian L Coney

Birth June 15, 1881

Death December 29, 1889

Burial Near her parents

Family Group Number STR(7)5#7

Cyrus Simmons and Rose Tate

Husband’s Name Cyrus S Simmons

Date of Birth November 3, 1841

Date of Marriage January 31, 1867

Date of Death 1920

Place of Burial Tylertown, Ms

Place of Residence Emerald community, Pike Co; Tylertown, Ms

Occupation Woods foreman for Fernwood Lumber Company

Name of Father William Simmons

Name of Mother Nancy Hope

Wife’s Maiden Name Rosa E Tate

Date of Birth December 27, 1847

Date of Marriage January 31, 1867

Date of Death 1935

Place of Burial Tylertown, Ms

Name of Father T E Tate of Osyka, Ms

11 children in order of birth:

1. Name Irene Adelia Simmons

Name of spouse Sandy Alexander Simmons, 9 children

Birth January 29, 1869

Married September 18, 1889

Death December 21, 1938

Burial Tylertown, Ms

2. Name William Tate Simmons

Name of spouse Alice Allmand, 3 children

Birth January 9, 1872

Married December 25, 1908

Death August 17, 1916

Burial Tylertown, Ms

3 Name Lucy Coraleen Simmons

Birth September 23, 1873

Death March 1, 1896

Burial Buried near Cyrus Simmons home, moved to Tylertown

4 Name Alice Blanchette Simmons, 5 children

Name of spouse Will D Curtis

Birth October 26, 1875

Married December 29, 1897

Death 1935

Burial McComb, Mississippi

5 Name Louis Arthur Simmons

Name of spouse Ada Thornhill, 6 children

Birth July 20, 1877

Death August 5, 1957

Burial Magnolia, Ms

6 Name Clara Belle

Name of spouse Dr. Ripley Waller Travis, 1 daughter

Birth November 14, 1879

Married June 20, 1900

Death July 19, 1957

Burial Tangipahoa, La.

7 Name Dixie Simmons

Name of spouse Lewis Beard

Married May 2, 1909

Death June 24, 1961 in Mobile, Alabama

Burial Tylertown, Ms

8 Name May Lucille Simmons

Birth January 20, 1887

Death 1901

Burial Near her parents

9 Name Oscar Dewitt Simmons

Name of spouse 1) Era Magee, 3 dtrs; Minnie Prescott, no children

Birth December 19, 1881

Death 1960

Burial Tylertown, Ms

10 Name Smith Hope Simmons

Name of spouse Maud Stout, 3 children

Birth January 20, 1884

Married April 1908

Death 1967 in Largo, Florida

11 Name Lila Dean Simmons

Name of spouse J E Lee, 2 sons

Birth January 25, 1891

Married June 30, 1912

Death In the City of New Orleans

Burial New Orleans, La.

Family Group Number STR(7)5#8

Pink Andrews and Celissa Simmons

Husband’s Name William Pinckney (Pink) Andrews

Place of Residence Whitestown community, Pike Co

Occupation Probably in the mercantile business

Wife’s Maiden Name Celissa O Simmons

Date of Birth September 29, 1847

Date of Death July 22, 1911

Place of Burial McComb, Ms.

Place of Residence Pike County, Mississippi

Name of Father William Simmons

Name of Mother Nancy Hope

2 children in order of birth:

1. Name George W Andrews

Name of spouse Lillie Kell, no children

Burial Hollywood Cemetery, McComb, Mississippi

2. Name Fred Clifton Andrews

Name of spouse 1) Georgia Chamberlian, 1 son; 2) Pauline Overcash, 4 chn

Birth April 11, 1879

Death August 221, 1954

Burial Magnolia, Mississippi

Family Group Number STR(7)7

Bill Hinson and Caroline Strickland

Husband’s Name William Hinson

Date of Death Before June 14, 1892

Name of Father John Hinson

Wife’s Maiden Name Caroline Strickland

Date of Birth September 18, 1840

Date of Death April 12, 1917 Pike Co

Name of other husbands 1) David Knippers

Name of Father Henry Strickland

Name of Mother Clarissa Varnado

The children are listed in STR(6)4

Children in order of birth:

1. Name Conway Hinson

Name of spouse Sally Holmes

Burial Lived in Tylertown, Ms

2. Name William Lee Hinson

Name of spouse 1) Carrie D Strickland, 2) Eli McElveen

Married 1) Nov 24, 1887

3 Name Clarissa Elmer Hinson

Name of spouse Jefferson Davies Rimes

4 Name Ella J (Jane) Hinson

Name of spouse Fleet Sandifer

5 Name Sophronia Caroline Hinson

Name of spouse George Johnson Simmons

Birth December 12, 1873

Married November 20, 1890

Death August 24, 1956

Burial S O Simmons Cemetery, Pike Co

6 Name Lecture Ann (Lec) Hinson

Name of spouse William (Bill) Hall

Death Lived in Silver Creek community, Pike Co

7 Name Purseville B A Hinson

8 Name Henry Hinson

Name of spouse Lucy Williams

Family Group Number STR(8)1#2

Henry Strickland and Clarissa Varnado

Husband’s Name Henry Strickland

Date of Birth March 9, 1805 Georgia

Date of Marriage Jan 18, 1829 Pike County, Mississippi

Date of Death Dec 2, 1870 or 1879 Pike Co, Mississippi

Place of Residence Pike Co, Ms; Tangipahoa Parish, La

Occupation Farmer

Name of parents See the discussion after the list of children

Wife’s Maiden Name Clarissa Varnado

Date of Birth April 1, 1814 or 1815 Mississippi

Date of Death Sept 10, 1864 or 1869

Place of Residence Near site of Osyka, Pike Co, Mississippi

Name of Father Samuel Varnadoe, Sr

The children are listed in STR(7)1

Children in order of birth:

1. Name Samuel Strickland

Birth January 13, 1830

Death Died as an infant from an intestinal disease

2. Name Mary Strickland

Birth August 6, 1832

Death Died as an infant from whatever killed her brother

3 Name Elizabeth Strickland

Birth February 23, 1835

Death Died as an infant from the same thing as the others

4 Name Zilla Ann Strickland

Name of spouse Robert Kennedy

Birth March 5, 1835

Death May 7, 1896

5 Name Frances Sylvester Strickland

Name of spouse Emily Courtney

Birth January 28, 1839 Mississippi

Married 1861

Death February 13, 1917

Burial Frank Strickland Cemetery, Pike Co

6 Name Caroline Strickland

Name of spouse 1) David Knippers, 2) William Hinson

Birth September 18, 1840 Mississippi

Death April 12, 1917 Emerald community, Pike Co, Ms

Burial Hinson-Knippers Cemetery, Pike Co

7 Name Green Walton Strickland

Name of spouse Elizabeth Knippers

Birth February 10, 1843 Pike Co

Married January 26, 1865 and moved to Sabine Parish with the Knippers clan

Death March 2, 1904

Burial Mt Carmel Baptist Church, Sabine Parish, La.

8 Name Angeline Strickland

Birth June 3, 1844

9 Name Henry Marcus Strickland

Name of spouse Mary Ann Russell

Birth November 28, 1845

Married Lived in Sabine Parish, La

Death November 12, 1917

10 Name Richard Strickland

Name of spouse 3+ children

Birth May 3, 1847 Mississippi

Married Lived below in State Line in Louisiana

11 Name Robert Calloway (Dock) Strickland

Name of spouse Sarah Jane Varnado

Birth November 9, 1848

12 Name Josephine Serena Strickland

Birth July 15, 1850

13 Name Jane Strickland

Birth September 3, 1853

14 Name Martha Emiline Strickland

Birth October 18, 1856

Two candidates for the parents of the Henry Strickland (who married Clarissa Varnado) have been suggested. The most likely parents were Henry Strickland and Ruth Thompson (Strickland Family STR(9)1A#3). It is likely that two of their children came to the area of Pike County, Mississippi: Elizabeth who married Edward White and Henry who married Clarissa Varnado. It is possible that at least one other son, Jeremiah who married Matilda Varnado, also came from Georgia to Mississippi after the death of Ruth’s first husband, Henry Strickland Senior. There is a discussion of this in the Strickland Family STR(9)1A#3 file. The other suggested parents were Solomon Strickland and Sarah Roberts. This family is discussed in the Strickland Family STR(9)1B file.

Family Group Number STR(8)7

Tom Knippers and Peggy Lamberth

Husband’s Name Thomas Theopolis (Tom) Knippers

Date of Birth Holland or Germany

Date of Marriage July 8, 1828 St. Helena Parish, La.

Place of Burial Lambert Cemetery, St Helena Parish, W of Kentwood

Place of Residence Greensburg community, St Helena Parish

Occupation Farmer

Wife’s Maiden Name Margaret Deseria (Peggy) Lamberth

Date of Birth 1804 Orangeburg District, South Carolina

Date of Marriage July 8, 1828

Place of Burial Montgomery Cemetery, Natchitoches Parish, La.

Place of Residence Left SC in 1816 with her father for Alabama; left Alabama with her child for Sabine Parish, Louisiana after her husband’s death

Name of other husbands 1) David Hildebrand

Name of Father Frederic (Fred) Lamberth, born 1770 in England

Name of Mother Mary Loof, born Holland in 1761

The children are listed in STR(7)4

8 children in order of birth:

1. Name Anthony Frank (Ant) Knippers

Birth 1829

Burial Montgomery Cemetery, Natchitoches Parish, La.

2. Name David Sylvester Knippers

Name of spouse 1) Sarah Jane Roberts, 2) Caroline Strickland, 2 chn

Birth November 14, 1831 St. Helena Parish

Married 1) January 30, 1855

Death April 10, 1862

3 Name Elizabeth (Lizzie) Knippers

Name of spouse Green Walton Strickland

Birth c1834 St. Helena Parish

Married January 26, 1865 St. Helena Parish

Death Before 1900

Burial Mt. Carmel Baptist Church, Sabine Parish

4 Name Mary Rosena (Rose) Knippers

Name of spouse John A Hayes, 12 children

Birth January 16, 1833 Greensburg community, La.

Married August 29, 1853 Greensburg, La.

Death December 3, 1917

Burial Mt Carmel church, Florien community, Sabine Parish

5 Name Harvey Benton (Harve) Knippers

Name of spouse 1) Kizzie A Hughes; 2) Margaret Seal (Meg) Hildebrand

Birth December 18, 1837 St Helena Parish

Married 1) October 1857 La.; 2) after 1877

Death October 16, 1927

Burial Mt Carmel Church, Florien, Sabine Parish, La.

6 Name Mary Elizabeth (Ann) Knippers

Name of spouse David (Dave) Goodman

Birth 1840 St. Helena Parish

Married May 9, 1862 St. Helena Parish

Death February 21, 1877

Burial On farm in Warren community, Sabine Parish

7 Name Thomas B Knippers

Birth March 1, 1844

Death August 31, 1861 killed near Jonesboro, Georgia

Burial Left for dead on the field of battle

8 Name Lewis Wilford (Dock) Knippers

Name of spouse 1) Mary Ann (Mae) Waskon, 4 chn; 2) Elbinia (Ellen) Graham, 1 daughter; 3) Mary E Mitchell, 7 children

Birth March 1, 1844 St Helena Parish

Death April 11, 1913

Burial Lewis L Knippers cemetery, Sabine Parish

This information is taken from the book by Prentiss Knippers titled “Descendants of Thomas Theopolus Knippers and Margaret Deseria Lambert of Holland and South Carolina and Allied Families”. Mr. Knippers lived in Tylertown, Mississippi, and although the book was published privately, libraries in that area should have it.

According to Mr. Knippers, Thomas Theopolis Knippers was born in Amsterdam, Holland around 1801. When he was twelve he was a stow-away on a ship that left Amsterdam for New Orleans. After arriving in New Orleans the captain placed Tom on the auction block to recover the costs of his passage. This was the usual practice and Tom would be indebted to the farmer that paid the debt. Tom became what we call “an indentured servant”. A Mr. Green, who owned a large plantation near Greensburg, Louisiana, paid Tom’s debt to the ship’s captain and Tom went to Mr. Green’s farm to work off his debt.

In 1818 the Lamberth family from Holland arrived in the area. The oldest daughter, Margaret, married Tom Knippers in 1828 and they raised a family of nine children. In 1866 Tom Knippers died and his widow left with most of her children for Sabine Parish in Louisiana. She is bured in Natchitoches Parish near Many, Louisiana.

There are a number of Knippa families in Central Texas. These families are descended from German immigrants to Texas and pronounce the “K”. The descendants of Thomas Knippers are found in southwestern Mississippi and western Louisiana and do not pronounce the “K”.

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

Abram Addison and Rebecca Simmons

Husband’s Name 1) Hiram (Abram) Addison

Date of Marriage 1820

Date of Death 1834

Place of Residence Pike County, Ms

Wife’s Maiden Name Rebecca Simmons

Date of Birth May 26, 1799

Date Baptized 1837 Silver Creek Baptist church, Pike Co

Date of Marriage 1) 1820

Date of Death 1883 in home of Martha E Addison Bond

Place of Burial Maybe in a field SE of Tangipahoa, La.

Place of Residence Pike Co, Mississippi; Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

Religion Baptist

Name of other husbands 2) Benjamin Sandifer

Name of Father Richard Simmons

Name of Mother Ann Tyler

5 children in order of birth:

1. Name Richard H Addison

Name of spouse Zilla Ann Mullins, 8 children

Birth September 17, 1821

Married February 1,1844

Death May 24, 1889

Burial In fields south of East Fork Baptist church, Tangipahoa, La.

2. Name George Washington Addison

Name of spouse 1) Lucinda E Miller, 8 chn; Mrs. Mary Duggan Sibley, 2 sons

Birth August 10, 1824

Married 1) 1845 or early 1846, 2) 1877

Death February 6, 1886

Burial Mt. Carmel near Florien, La.

3 Name Martha E Addison

Name of spouse James Bond, 2 children

Birth December 25, 1829

Married December 14, 1848

Death March 18, 1892 in Charlie McDaniel’s home

Burial Elijah McDaniel Cemetery, near Montpelier, La.

4 Name James W Addison

Birth January 18, 1832

Married May have married a widow late in life, no children

Burial Osyka Cemetery, Ms

5 Name Louise C Addison

Name of spouse Thomas Jefferson Simmons, one son

Birth May 19, 1834

Married 1852 or 1853

Death Soon after 1854

Family Group Number STR(8)9#1 2^nd

Ben Sandifer and Rebecca Simmons

Husband’s Name Benjamin (Ben) Sandifer

Date of Marriage 1838

Date of Death 1850

Religion Mt Zion Baptist church, Pike Co

Wife’s Maiden Name Rebecca Simmons

Date of Birth May 26, 1799 Barnwell District, South Carolina

Date Baptized August 31, 1837 Silver Creek Church, Pike Co, Ms.

Date of Marriage 1) 1821, 2) 1838

Date of Death December 2, 1883 at Mrs. Elizabeth Bond’s home

Place of Burial In a field in Tangipahoa Parish, La.

Name of other husbands 1) Hiram (Abram) Addison

Name of Father Richard Simmons

Name of Mother Ann Tyler

2 children in order of birth:

1. Name Ann L Sandifer

Name of spouse James John (Jim) Rhodus, 5 children

Birth April 7, 1839

Death August 10, 1903

Burial One mile north of Mt Zion Church near their old home

2. Name Hansford D Sandifer

Name of spouse Malinda Jane Hucabee, 8 children

Birth January 1, 1841

Married About 1866

Death September 29, 1908

Burial East Fork church, 15 miles west of McComb, Ms

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