Elbert County GaArchives Photo Person.....Gaines, William Simmons c 1895 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Barron Bradford BarronRB@aol.com September 1, 2010, 11:43 am Source: My Grandmother's Belongings Name: William Simmons Gaines Date Of Photograph: c 1895 Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/elbert/photos/gaines24534ph.jpg Image file size: 183.5 Kb William Simmons Gaines (10/19/1853 – 1/11/1940) William Simmons Gaines was the son of Richard Alexander Gaines (6/24/1829 – 5/23/1918) and Mary Ann Jane Adams (6/5/1833 – 11/2/1919) who were married on 1/13/1853 in Elbert County, Georgia. Both Richard Alexander Gaines and Mary Ann Jane Adams Gaines are buried at Concord United Methodist Church. William Simmons Gaines married Mary Cassie Teasley (c.1862 – 1/15/1918) on 2/6/1877 in Elbert County, Georgia. Daughters Mamie Gaines (c. 1878 – c. 1909) and Annie Gaines (8/1880 – 10/17/1959) resulted from their marriage. According to the book “Francis Gaines of Albermarle County, Virginia and Elbert County, Georgia” compiled by Thomas R. Gaines, M.D. of Anderson, South Carolina, William “Simmons and his wife separated early in life and he went back, taking one or both daughters, to live with Uncle Alex and Aunt Jane the rest of his life.” Uncle Alex and Aunt Jane refer to his parents mentioned above. William Simmons Gaines went by the name “Simmons”. Mary Cassie Teasley Gaines went on to marry a J. H. Vickery in Hart County on 11/23/1886. [Mrs. M. C. Gaines married J. H. Vickery on 23 Nov 1886 Source: Hart Co., GA Marriages, 1854 to 1898, by Savannah River Valley Genealogical Society, ©1990]. There is no evidence that William Simmons Gaines ever remarried. He is buried at the Concord United Methodist Church cemetery in Elbert County, Georgia. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/elbert/photos/gaines24534ph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Photo has been resized/compressed for use in the USGenWeb Archives Project ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~