Hershel Leroy Simmons

Male 1880 - 1942  (62 years)


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  • Name Hershel Leroy Simmons 
    Born 22 Apr 1880  Shenandoah, Page, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    AFN S1S8-FP 
    Died 21 Sep 1942  Pendleton, Umatilla, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6, 7
    Buried 25 Sep 1942  Pilot Rock, Umatilla, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9, 10, 11
    Person ID I2626  Wagner-Thomas | Hallmark
    Last Modified 11 Jan 2014 

    Family Jessie Iris Wegner,   b. 14 Sep 1890, Pilot Rock, Umatilla, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Feb 1967  (Age 76 years) 
    Married 18 May 1917  Pendleton, Umatilla, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 13, 14, 15
    Children 
     1. Living
    Last Modified 22 Nov 2014 
    Family ID F637  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 22 Apr 1880 - Shenandoah, Page, Iowa, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 18 May 1917 - Pendleton, Umatilla, Oregon, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 21 Sep 1942 - Pendleton, Umatilla, Oregon, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 25 Sep 1942 - Pilot Rock, Umatilla, Oregon, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • 1880 BIR: IA-Shannadoah, Hershel Leroy Simmons was born April 22, 1880 to LaFayette and Alice Smith Simmons

      1917 MARRIAGE: Roy Simmons married Jessie Wegner 18 May 1917, 1 son-Maurice Simmons bn 21 June 1918." - no places shown.

      1930 CENSUS: OR,Umatilla Co-Pilot Rock: Anc.com Img 1, pg 276, Apr 2, Dw 14,14-Elmer Street:
      SIMMONS, LeRoy-head 58/IA (IL,IA) md at 45, laborer-odd jobs
      Jessie-wife 39/OR (GY,OR)md at 26, no occupation

      1942 HIST: 1955 letter from Iva Pound to Mary Marks, Eads doc #: "Hershel Simmons died 1942...we were living at Milton at the time.

      1942 DEATH: OR,Umatilla Co-Pendleton, Hershel Leroy Simmons died September 21, 1942 at the State Hospital in Pendleton, buried 25 September, no place shown.

  • Sources 
    1. [S188] Family Rcds: WEGNER, Jessie (Simmons,Pickering).
      Hershel LeRoy Simmons was bn at Shannadoah IA. Mr Simmon's name is Lafayette, his mother's name is Alice Smith. Roy's birth 22 Apr 1880. Roy died 21 Sep 1942.
      March & April 1961 letter from Jessie Pickering to June Hallmark, Eads doc #92 & 88

    2. [S248] Family Rcds: HALLMARK, June B Smith.
      Hershel Leroy Simmon born 22 April 1880 in Shennadoah,Page, Iowa, son of Lafayette Simmon and Alice Smith
      Family group sheet in June's handwriting, in blue bk of remembrance in brown suit case belonging to Grace Michael Smith

    3. [S155] Oregon,Umatilla-Pendleton: Skyview Cemetery Headstone Inscription.
      Roy H. Simmon 1880- 1942 [no places shown]
      photo taken

    4. [S177] Family Rcds: POUND, Iva Wegner Royse.
      "Roy died State Hospital in Pendleton,Oregon"

    5. [S177] Family Rcds: POUND, Iva Wegner Royse.
      "Roy Simmons died Sept 21 1942." - no place shown.
      1955 letter from Iva Wegner Royse Pound to Mary Gray Marks, doc #87b

    6. [S248] Family Rcds: HALLMARK, June B Smith.
      Hershel Leroy Simmon died 21 September 1942 [no place shown]
      Family group sheet in June's handwriting, in blue bk of remembrance in brown suit case belonging to Grace Michael Smith

    7. [S164] Oregon,Umatilla,Pilot Rock Cemetery head stone.
      Roy H. Simmon 1880 - 1942 [no places shown]
      photo taken

    8. [S177] Family Rcds: POUND, Iva Wegner Royse.

    9. [S188] Family Rcds: WEGNER, Jessie (Simmons,Pickering).
      "I think he [Roy] was buried on the 25 of September," no year or place shown.
      1961 letter from Jessie to June Smith Hallmark, Eads doc #88

    10. [S164] Oregon,Umatilla,Pilot Rock Cemetery head stone.
      L. R. [H.L.?] Simmon Sept. 21 - 1942 [also written on sheet: born - 1880]
      Small sheet of notebk paper from Mary Gray Marks, Eads doc #3, now in June's blue bk of remembrance in Grace Smith's brown suit case

    11. [S248] Family Rcds: HALLMARK, June B Smith.
      Hershel Leroy Simmon buried Pilot Rock,Umatilla,Oregon
      Family group sheet in June's handwriting, in blue bk of remembrance in brown suit case belonging to Grace Michael Smith

    12. [S177] Family Rcds: POUND, Iva Wegner Royse.
      "Jessie Wegner md Roy Simmons, 1 son-Maurice Simmons bn 21 June 1918," no place shown.
      1955 letter from Iva Wegner Royse Pound to Mary Gray Marks, doc#87b

    13. [S165] Family Rcds: SMITH, Grace Michael.
      "Jessie I Wegner married Roy Simmons" no date or place shown
      Family group sheet in brown Bk of Remembrance in suitcase belonging to Grace

    14. [S188] Family Rcds: WEGNER, Jessie (Simmons,Pickering).
      "My marriage date was 18 day of May 1917. Roy's full name: Hershel Leroy Simmons. We were md at the Christian Church in Pendleton OR."
      March 1961 letter from Jessie Wegner Pickering, Weston OR, to June Hallmark, Eads doc #92

    15. [S248] Family Rcds: HALLMARK, June B Smith.
      Hershel Leroy Simmon md Jessie Iris Wegner 18 May 1917, Pendleton,Umatilla, Oregon
      Family group sheet in June's handwriting, in blue bk of remembrance in brown suit case belonging to Grace Michael Smith