Mary Margaret Simmons (b. August 23, 1843, d. June 03, 1911)
Mary Margaret Simmons (daughter of Asa Simmons and Martha Helen Scoggins) was born August 23, 1843 in Troup Co., Ga, and died June 03, 1911 in Byers, Clay Co., Tx.. She married John Edward Davis on January 07, 1868 in Harris Co., Ga.
Notes for Mary Margaret Simmons: Mary Margaret Simmons married John Edward Davis in Harris County, Georgia on January 7, 1868 by, W. C. Wisdom, Justice of Peace of Hamilton, Harris County, Georgia. All of their children except the youngest, Mary Lou Davis, was born in Harris County, Georgia. Mary Lou was born in Chambers County, Alabama. They lived in Chambers County, Alabama, near the town of Stroud. They were stock farmers and raised tobacco. In 1882 the Davis family left Stroud, Alabama and moved by covered wagons, one pulled by a team of oxen and the other by a team of mules, to near Franklin, Robertson County, Texas. There they raised livestock and cotton. A Son was born to the Davis family, near Franklin, Robertson County, Texas, Grover Cleaveland Davis. In their move from Stroud, they drove a herd of cattle and some extra horses and some mules through as they came along on the move. In 1892 the Davis family moved from Robertson county, Texas to Archer County, Texas. They Purchased a section of land one mile north of Holliday, Texas. They stock-farmed until John Edward Davis's death on November 5, 1899. He was buried on what was known as the "coldest Friday". It was so cold that kerosene froze solid in the kerosene lamps, according to Willis Howze and Ben Suggs. They were the two men that set up with the body of John Edward Davis. Mr. howze and Mr. Suggs both said "that all the kerosene burned out of the lamp when it thawed out." After the death of John Edward Davis and his burial in the Holliday cemetery, the family moved on a place northeast of Wichita Falls, Texas. The place was called "Root Farm" and was southwest of a community and the small town of Charlie, Texas.
More About Mary Margaret Simmons: Burial: June 1911, Holliday, Archer County, Texas. Record Change: March 03, 2000
More About Mary Margaret Simmons and John Edward Davis: Marriage: January 07, 1868, Harris Co., Ga.
Children of Mary Margaret Simmons and John Edward Davis are:
+Ola Isabella Davis, b. October 08, 1868, Harris Co., Ga., d. December 30, 1950, Robertson Co., Tx.
+Asa Edward Davis, b. October 25, 1868, Harris, Ga., d. November 06, 1950, Silver City, Nm Buried In Holiday, Tx..
William Henry Davis, b. November 02, 1872, Harris, Ga., d. November 13, 1948, Lubbock, Tx..
Lizzia Davis, b. March 27, 1877, Harris, Ga., d. date unknown, Elestra, Tx..
+Alonzo Davis, b. March 27, 1877, Harrie, Ga., d. November 27, 1960, Bailey Co., Tx.
+Mary Lou Davis, b. November 28, 1880, Chambers Co., Al, d. February 16, 1968.
Mary Margaret Simmons (b. August 23, 1843, d. June 03, 1911)
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