George McIntosh Troupe Simmons
Personal and Family Information
George was born in 1836 in Alabama, the son of Holman Freeman Simmons and Sarah Eliza Hawkins Burns.
He died on 14 Apr 1897 in Bushnell, Flordia.
His wife was Anne Eliza Gough, who he married on 11 Feb 1864 in Sumner County, Florida. Their six known children were Mary Eliza Theresa (1865-1959), James Robert (1869-1928), Felix Emmett (1872-1936), Susan Agnes (1874-1901), Annie (Snow) Belle (1877-1965) and Troupe Augustine (1880-1911).
Pedigree Chart (3 generations)
Events
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| Birth | 1836 |
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| Death | 14 APR 1897 |
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| Census | 21 DEC 1850 |
| Place: | Tallediga, Talladega, Alabama |
| Age: | 14 b Ala |
| Address: | dwelling 1850, family 1896
with parents and 6 siblings |
| Agency: | 1850 census Ala |
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Census 1850 Alabama, Talladega County
| Source: | Census 1850 Alabama, Talladega County |
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| Date: | DEC 1850 |
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| Publisher: | US Federal Census |
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| Census | 1 JUL 1870 |
| Place: | Sumter County, Florida |
| Address: | Sumterville PO, dwelling 629 family 535
Simmons, George W age 30 wm farmer born Georgia
__ Ann age 25 fw keeping house, born Georgia
__ Jane age 4 fw keeping house born Georgia |
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| Census | 4 JUN 1880 |
| Place: | Sumter County, Florida |
| Age: | 44 |
| Address: | 7th Precinct, dwelling 40, family 42
with wife Annie E, 2 sons, 4 daughters |
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| Burial | 1897 |
| Place: | Bushnell, Sumter County, Florida |
| Address: | Evergreen Cemetery
Find A Grave Memorial# 14044639
http://franmuse.com/sumter/biograph.htm |
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| Will | 12 APR 1897 |
| Place: | Sumter County, Florida |
| Address: | Florida, Wills and Probate Records, 1810-1974 for George M T Simmons
Sumter Wills, Vol 2, 1861-1929 pages 85 thru 88. Names two sons and 3 daughters, son in law exectuor
attached as Transcribed 20 Jan 2020 by Arthur F Bowie, Bentonville Ark. |
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Will- Simmons, George MT
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| Other Event | ABT 1865 |
| Type: | Military Service |
| Address: | Dr & Surgeon, with Brother H Felix
Co F, 8th Flordia Infantry, CSA |
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Military Record of Capt Felix Simmons
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Attributes
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| Occupation | | first permanent doctor in Bushnell Flordia area |
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Multimedia
Notes
Note 1
Dr. George McIntosh Troup Simmons is named after two of his mother's relatives: George Michael Troup who was a Governor of Georgia about 1825 and William McIntosh who was a Chieftain of the Wind Clan in the Creek Nation.
George was sent to college to become a doctor and surgeon. In 1862 he went to Flordia with Henry Clay to join bother Holman Fleix Simmonss' Company F, 8th Flordia Infantry, Confederate Army. He was mustered in on May 17, 1862 and assigned to the Talladelga Hospital in Alabama as an assistant surgeon.
On February 11, 1864, on a furlough back to Florida, he married Anne Eliza Gough. After the war George returned to Flordia and his wife who was pregnant with their first child.....
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Sources
- Census 1850 Alabama, Talladega County
| Source: | Census 1850 Alabama, Talladega County |
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| Date: | DEC 1850 |
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| Publisher: | US Federal Census |
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