Individual Details

"Benjamin Fletcher Simmons was a very caring man. Not only did he raised his own children, but he raised children that were orphaned or abandoned by their parents. These children included, Arthur Bowie, Ben Simmons Jones (nickname Cooter, son of Stella Simmons Jones), Finus Ozier, Pauline Hall, Jack Hall, Lena Harris, Martha Ellen Harris, and Maude Harris, who died at a young age. The 1900 census lists the Harris girls as nieces of Benjamin. Lena Harris married Wallac Lassiter. Martha Harris married Sam Hall." (Barbara Daugherty, barjene3@juno.com, 2005.)

Birth	May 3, 1860	Brooksville, Hernando County, Florida
Marriage	December 21, 1883	Tupelo, Jackson County, Arkansas - Lucy James Rotenberry
Marriage	December 27, 1902	Tupelo, Jackson County, Arkansas - Lula Ellen Taylor
Death	May 1, 1939	Tupelo, Jackson County, Arkansas
Burial		Walnut Grove Cemetery, Newport, Jackson County, Arkansas

Spouse	Lucy James Rotenberry (1863 - 1900)
Child	James Felix Simmons (1885 - 1968)
Child	Eleanor Cornelia Simmons (1887 - 1967)
Child	Walter Saxon "Sac" Simmons (1888 - 1959)
Child	William Lafayette Simmons (1890 - 1939)
Child	Mary Theodora Simmons (1892 - 1965)
Child	Lon Bowen Simmons (1895 - 1963)
Child	Aaron Neil Simmons (1896 - )
Child	Benjamin Fletcher Simmons (1899 - 1963)

Spouse	Lula Ellen Taylor (1883 - )
Child	Virginia Elizabeth Simmons (1903 - )
Child	Stella Simmons (1910 - 1929)
Child	Elsie Lou Simmons (1917 - 1921)

Father	Capt. Holman Felix Simmons (1824 - 1893)
Mother	Mary Theodora Saxon (1834 - 1917)
Sibling	Mary "Mollie" Simmons (1856 - )
Sibling	Jane Simmons (1862 - 1880)
Sibling	Holman Snell Simmons (1866 - )
Sibling	Robert Terry Simmons (1868 - 1947)
Sibling	Henry B. Simmons (1871 - )