Thomas Jefferson Simmons   Washington Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Carolyn B. Henderson



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Source:  Cemetery Records: Louisiana, Vol. VII, p. 84 Documented
and compiled by Mrs. Zuma Fendlason Magee and Mrs. Dixie Sylvest Moss,
Contributed by Mrs. Dixie Sylvest Moss.

Thomas Jefferson Simmons  b. Sept. 26, 1827
    md. May 18, 1862      d. Jan. 6, 1879

Copied from "Bola Chitto" Simmons book by W. W. simmons

The above Thomas Jefferson Simmons was a farmer and school 
teacher.  Captain in La. Militia in civil War.   Was elected 
to State Legislature of La. 1878, but died Jan. 6, 1879 at 
Franklinton, La.  the day he was to have been seated in State Legislature.

He married Elizabeth Fendlason, twin to Norman
Fendalason.  There were children of Daniel Fendlason of
South Carolina and Catherine McLain, also of South Carolina.
Elizabeth Fendlason   b. Oct. 15, 1841
                      d. Mar. 9, 1928
Seven children were born to this union.  Two of these died
young. Other five chronologically listed with their families:  (nothing
was listed)

In 1885 his widow married Ben T. Fisher.  He died Oct. 17, 1913