Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Simmons, Benjamin O., 1910 

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BENJAMIN OWEN SIMMONS

DEATH B.O. SIMMONS

   The sad death of Mr. B.O. Simmons which occurred last Sunday night a few 
minutes after 8 o'clock has cast a gloom over the neighborhood.

   He was buried at Sebrell in the old Simmons burying ground where a large 
concourse of relatives and friends paid their last tribute of respect.

   An old friend of his Mr. John I. Turner read the burial service.  During 
the filling in of the grave that beautiful song, "Asleep in Jesus" was 
rendered by his friends.  He leaves a wife and eight children, out of them 
Mrs. J.N. Rowe, is his first wife's daughter, seven grandchildren, two 
brothers, A.M. Simmons of Upson, Va. and C.H. Simmons of Branchville, two 
sisters, Mrs. R.T. Spain of Chub, Va. and Mrs. J.A. Smith of Dendron, Va.

   He was a member of Oak Grove M.E. Church, Littleton, Va. and was a devoted 
husband and a kind and faithful parent.

   He served four years in the Civil War, belonging to the Third Va. Infantry 
Pickett's Division.

   He was 68 years old June 22, 1910.*


Benjamin O. SIMMONS, farmer, Confederate veteran, 
b. 21 Jun 1842, Southampton Co., d. 6 Mar 1910, 
interred in the SEBRELL-SIMMONS family cemetery (Plot 11*), Sebrell, 
donated obit, newspaper unknown 

Additional information: 

*This phrase is problematic, as his monument gives 21 Jun 1842 - 6 Mar 1910. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 4 (IV-3): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol4.txt 

Notwithstanding, his wife was widowed by the enumeration of the 1910 Census 
   (Jerusalem Dist., Southampton Co., VA, sheet 14B) 

Find-A-Grave Memorial #14497561 includes a photo of his monument and 
   a summary of his military service- birth & death dates from stone. 

His marriages - 

Benjamin O. Simmons, 31, single, b. & res. Southampton Co., 
   sn/o Thomas & Martha Simmons, Farmer 
Sarah Louisa Bryant, 21, single, b. & res. Southampton Co., 
   dt/o John & ___ Bryant 
m.lic. 19 Jan 1874, Southampton County, by clerk L.R. Edwards 
m. 22 Jan 1874, Southampton County, by Jno: R. Jones 
(Southampton Co. MB2:238) 

Benj. O. Simmons, 42, widowed, b. & res. Southampton Co., 
   sn/o Thos. & M.A. Simmons, Farmer 
Rebecca F. Williams, 22, single, b. & res. Southampton Co., 
   dt/o F.E. & Mahala Williams 
m.lic. 20 Jan 1886, Southampton County, by clerk J.B. Prince 
m. 20 Jan 1886, at the Residence of Mrs. Williams, Southampton, 
   by Th.C. Barrett 
(Southampton Co. MB5:529) 

His widow applied for a pension 24 Apr 1928.  She was living in Petersburg 
   with her son A.T. 

She is buried in Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg.  Her obit 
   ("Tidewater News," May 14, 1943) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/s552r1ob.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
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