Individual Details

Cora Anne Simmons

(22 Apr 1849 - 23 Nov 1873)

Cora was sixteen when she married Jerry, and she gave him five children before she died in childbirth with their sixth child in1873 at age twenty-four. Cora and the infant are buried together at Bell Fountain Cemetery in Panaol County.

Events

Birth22 Apr 1849Tennessee, USA
Residence1850District 2, Fayette, Tennessee, USA
Marriage26 Aug 1865Panola, Texas, USA - Jeremiah "Jerry" Roberson Alexander
Residence1870Residence Post Office: Pulaski - Beat 4, Panola, Texas, USA
Death23 Nov 1873Panola, Texas, USA
BurialDe Berry, Panola, Texas, USA

Families

SpouseJeremiah "Jerry" Roberson Alexander (1845 - 1927)
ChildAlbert Augustus "Gus" Alexander (1866 - 1943)
ChildArthur William Alexander (1868 - 1940)
ChildJohn Bunyon Alexander (1869 - 1869)
ChildMatthew J. Alexander (1871 - 1889)
ChildRedonia "Dona" Alexander (1871 - 1924)
ChildInfant Alexander (1873 - 1873)

Endnotes

1. Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Year: 1870; Census Place: Beat 4, Panola, Texas; Roll: M593_1601; Page: 315B.

2. Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave™ Index, 1600s-Current (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).

3. Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Year: 1850; Census Place: District 2, Fayette, Tennessee; Roll: 877; Page: 251a.

4. Ancestry.com, Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013), Texas Department of State Health Services; Austin Texas, USA.

5. Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Year: 1850; Census Place: District 2, Fayette, Tennessee; Roll: 877; Page: 251a.

6. Ancestry.com, Texas, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1817-1965 (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016).

7. Ancestry.com, Texas, U.S., Marriage Index, 1824-2017 (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005), Texas Department of State Health Services; Austin, Texas.

8. Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Year: 1870; Census Place: Beat 4, Panola, Texas; Roll: M593_1601; Page: 315B.

9. Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave™ Index, 1600s-Current (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).

10. Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave™ Index, 1600s-Current (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).