Census
| Census Year | Name | Age | Location | Place of Birth | Education or Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1860  |
Simmons Isham | 5 | Willow Spring Township, Howell county, Missouri | Born in Tennessee | |
1870  |
Simmons Isham C. | 15 | DeView, Woodruff county, Arkansas | Born in Tennessee | Farm Laborer |
1880  |
Simmonds Isom | 26 | Barnes, Woodruff county, Arkansas | Born in Mississippi, parents born in Tennesssee. | Farmer, is living with 24 year old brother, James. Also note two entries in this census. I assume Barnes is the earlier location since they live close to Clara's parents here. |
1880  |
Simmons Isham | 25 | DeView, Woodruff county, Arkansas | Born in Tennesssee, parents born in Tennessee. | Farmer, is living with 24 year old brother, James. |
Marriage Record of Isham C. Simmons and Clara Hawkins
State of Arkansas
County of Woodruff
To any person authorized by
law to Solemnize Marriage Greeting: You are
hereby commanded to Solemnize the Rite and
publish the Bans of Matrimony between Mr Isham
C. Simmons of the County of Woodruff and State
of Arkansas aged 25 years and Miss Clara
Hawkins of the County of Woodruff and
State of Arkansas aged 17 years - according
to law and do you officially sign and return
this license to the parties herein named.
Witness my hand and official
seal this 14 day of January 1880.
I, H. T. Raney, do herby certify
that on the 15th day of January 1880, I did duly
and according to law as commanded in this fore
going license Solemnize the Rite and publish the
Bans of Matrimony between the parties therein named.
Witness my hand - This 15 day
of January 1880
H. T. Raney
Filed and recorded January 26, 1880
"Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQBF-KN5 : 18 March 2019), Isham C. Simmons, 15 Jan 1880; citing Marriage, Woodruff, Arkansas, United States, county offices, Arkansas; FHL microfilm 1,019,386.
Family Portrait Between 1880 and 1883
Isom, Clara, and Neal Simmons
Death
Death is assumed to be about 1886. His last son was James Houston Simmons born 1886. Clara married Wallace Fryer 9 Oct 1887 and had a child with him about 1887.