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Westley Neil Simmons Paternal Grandmother Ralphus Hawkins Susan Jane Erwin
Isham Simmons Clara Smith Hawkins
Nona

Westley Neil Simmons

Paternal Grandmother

Ralphus Hawkins

Susan Jane Erwin

Isham Simmons

Clara Smith Hawkins

Nona "Ona" Simmons

Born: Feb 1884 in Arkansas, USA

Married: 29 May 1901 to James Guest Woodruff county, Arkansas

Children: Ola (1902)

Married: After 1902 to King

Children: Lena (abt. 1905)

Census

Census Year Name Age Location Place of Birth Education or Employment
1900 1900 Census of Pumpkin Bend Township, Woodruff county, Arkansas. Simmons Onnie 16, born Feb 1884 Pumpkin Bend Township, Woodruff county, Arkansas Born in Arkansas, parents born in Tennessee and Arkansas. Farm Laborer

Marriage of Nona Simmons and James Guest

Marriage of Nona Simmons and James Guest, 1901

Bond for Marriage License

James Guest with principal, E. V. Smith. 25 May 1901. James Guest and Miss Nona Simmons.

Marriage Affidavit

E. V. Smith of Woodruff, swears that Jim Guest, 38 years old, and Miss Nona Simmons, 16 years old can marry. Consent of parents accompanies application. 25 May 1901.

Marriage License

James Guest of McCrory, Woodruff, Arkansas, 38 years old and Miss Nona Simmons of McCrory, Woodruff, Arkansas, 16 years old. 25 May 1901.

Certificate of Marriage

Charles N. Henri weds couple 29 May 1901.

Certificate of Record

1 June 1901

Ona's Daughters

Older Guess and Lena King, daughters of Ona Simmons
Fred Burgess

Caption: Older Guess and Lena King, daughters of Ona Simmons.

Inferred Facts

Onnie aka Ona aka Nona Simmons married a James Guest 29 May 1901 and had a daughter about 1902 named Ola Guest. After some time she married a King and had a daughter named Lena King. By 1910, she may have died because Ola Gess is living with her uncle William Floyd Simmons in both the 1900 census and in a family portrait.

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