BIO: W. T. Simmons, Bullitt Co., Ky

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Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 7th ed., 1887, Grant Co.

W. T. SIMMONS was born September 22, 1823, in Bullitt County, Ky., and is a son of James and 
Mary (Winston) Simmons.  James Simmons, a native of Bullitt County, was a Methodist 
preacher.  His father, Robert Simmons, was a native of Maryland, and a farmer in Bullitt 
County, Ky.  W. T. Simmons was educated at the county schools, and, when eighteen years of 
age, moved to Grant County, where he studied and practiced law until 1885.  He now
owns 500 acres of well improved land.  He was judge of the county court from 1874 to 1878.  
In 1853 he married Eugenia Price, of Boone County, Ky., a daughter of WIlliam T. and ELiza 
(McHenry) Price.  Eight children have been born to this marriage:  W. H.; Cora, wife of W. 
N. Hogan, of Grant County, who has four children; Lizzie, wife of Joe Homer, a merchant
of Covington; J. E.; Eugenia; W. T., a lawyer in Grant County; Harry R. and Lena.  Mr. 
Simmons is a Mason, a member of the I.O.O.F., politically a Democrat, and is a member of the 
Methodist Church.

Simmons Winston Price McHenry Hogan Homer
Bullitt-KY MD