Glynn Walter Simmons

Census

Census Year	Name	Age	Location	Place of Birth	Education or Employment
1920	Glenn Simmons	1	Pumpkin Bend Township, Woodruff county, Arkansas	Born in Arkansas, parents born in Arkansas
1930	Glenn Simmons	12	Public Road, Pumpkin Bend Township, Woodruff county, Arkansas	Born in Arkansas, parents born in Arkansas

1940 Census

I've searched the 1940 census for him several times without luck. He SHOULD be in Jonesboro, Arkansas at this time and I have looked at every single page of the census for that city. He SHOULD be at the Civilian Conservation Corp camp in that city and the camp is listed at this time but only names 4 residents. Each CCC camp supposedly held hundreds of residents so this could be the problem. I need to get his records from the NARA but copy fees range from 20 to 70 dollars and that is just way too expensive.

Timeline

My grandfather, Glynn, kept meticulous records of the facts of his life. Some of this was due to the stringent questionaires he had to fill out for the Department of Defense. With these records combined with my own research, I was able to create this little timeline of his life.

• • 1918 Born: McCrory, Woodruff county, Arkansas

  • 1920 Residence: Pumpkin Bend, Woodruff county, Arkansas, USA 1920 census of Woodruff county, Arkansas

  • 1925-1935 Education: Pumpkin Bend Grammar School (through to the 9th grade) Department of Defense security questionaire filled out in 1963.

  • 1930 Residence: Pumpkin Bend, Woodruff county, Arkansas, USA 1930 census of Woodruff county, Arkansas

  • 1935-1938 Education: McCrory High School, McCrory, Woodruff county, Arkansas

  • 1936-1938 Occupation: Clerk at Meat Market and Grocery Store in McCrory, Woodruff county, Arkansas

  • 1937-1938 Residence: McCrory, Woodruff county, Arkansas, USA

  • 1938-1939 Education: Attended night school at Arkansas State A&M Jr. College in Magnolia, Hempstead county, Arkansas

  • 1938-1940 Occupation: Lead man at CCCamp (Civilian Conservation Corps) July 1938 to July 1940. 1. Department of Defense security questionaire filled out in 1963. Soil Conservation Service and Civilian Conservation Corps, Arkansas. Experience in soil conservation, reforestation, surveying and mapping, 2 years. 2. A&M College Form

  • 1938-1940 Residence: C C Camp, Arkansas

  • 1939-1940 Education: Attended night school at Arkansas State College in Jonesboro in Jonesboro city, Craighead county, Arkansas

  • 1940-1941 Occupation: Orderly at Kenilworth Hospital in Kenilworth, Illinois

  • 1940-1941 Residence: YMCA resident, Wabash St., Chicago, Cook county, Illinois

  • 1941 Occupation: 'Helper' at Chicago Athletic Club in Chicago, Illinois

  • 1941-1941 Residence: Kenilworth, Cook county, Illinoise

  • 1941-1942 Occupation: Mechanic at Linde Oxygen in East Chicago, Lake county, Indiana

  • 1941-1942 Residence: East Chicago, Lake county, Indiana

  • [1942] Residence: Lake county, Indiana WWII Enlistment Record, National Archives and Records Administration, U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946

  • 1942 Military: Kansas city, Kansas 26 Oct 1942

  • 1942-1945 Military: U.S. Army service in Asia, India and Burma

  • 1945-1946 Occupation: Junior Clerk at Prest-o-lite Co in Dallas county, Texas

  • 1946 Occupation: Self Employed as a Carpenter

  • 1946 Marriage: Forest Avenue Baptist Church, Dallas, Texas

  • 1946-1949 Residence: 8520 Dunlap Dr., Dallas, Texas

  • 1946-1947 Education: Arlington St. College in Texas

  • 1947-1949 Residence: A&M College campus, P. O. Box 872, College Station, Brazos county, Texas, USA

  • 1947-1949 Education: A&M College of Texas

  • 1949 Education: Earned Degree, Bachelor of Science in Agriculture June 1949 form Texas A&M College

  • 1949-1950 Occupation: Lab tech at Waples-Platter Co. in Fort Worth, Texas

  • 1949-1955 Residence: 1645 Oak St., Grand Prairie, Texas

  • 1950 Occupation: Quality control Man at White Swan Foods in Fort Worth, Texas

  • 1950-1951 Occupation: Quality Control Man at Stokely-Van Camp Foods in Dallas, Texas

  • 1951-1960 Occupation: Leadman Electrician at Chance Vought Aircraft in Dallas, Texas

  • 1955-1957 Residence: 2217 San Francisco, Dallas, Texas

  • 1957-1959 Residence: Kingtree St., Lancaster, California

  • 1960 Event: It was around this time, while working for Chance Vought Aircraft that he became legally blind and had to abandon his electricians career. He could no longer see the colors of the wires, he said.

  • 1959-2002 Residence: 2217 San Francisco, Dallas, Texas

  • 1961 Occupation: Salesman at M&? Bldg. Sales Co in Dallas, Texas

  • 1961 Occupation: Self Employed Carpenter in Dallas, Texas

  • 1961-1965 Occupation: Foreman at TMC Systems (Tex) Technical Material Corporation at Garland, Dallas county, Texas

  • 1961-1963 Membership: DadIs Club, Casas View School, Dallas, Dallas county, Texas

  • 2002 Died: Dallas, Texas

Enlistment Record

Name: Glynn W Simmons
Event Type: Military Service
Event Date: 6 Feb 1942
Event Place: Cp Grant, Illinoise, US
Race: White
Birth: 1918
Education: 1 year of college
Occupation: Floormen and floor managers, stores
Marital Status: Single, no dependents

"United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8YG-JP4 : 5 December 2014), Glynn W Simmons, enlisted 06 Feb 1942, Cp Grant, Illinois, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.