Simmons Family of Waldo County, Maine
I am posting this for a non-computer friend. She is the daughter of Charles 'Edgar' Simmons and Margaret (Macleod). Their children were born in the first half of the 1900's. Margaret was the daughter of Harry A. and Maud (Freese) MacLeod, born in Charlestown or Chelsea, Mass. Maud died in Belmont, Me. Charles 'Edgar' Simmons' grandparents were William and Diantha A. (McLoud) Simmons, a blacksmith, who was in the 1870 Census of Brooks, Waldo Cty., Me. Diantha was the daughter of William and Clara (Rawlins) McLoud. She was born 28 May 1841 in Maine [in various records, her birthplace is given as Corinna, Ripley, or Knox, Maine]. In the 1870 Census of Knox, Me., William Simmons was born circa 1807 to 1809.He resided in Belmont, Maine, coming from Brooks, Me.The children of William and Diantha were Charles Albert Simmons, born 24 Nov. 1865 and died 19 Oct. 1939 in Belmont, Me.He married Minnie E. Howard, daughter of Simon P. and Oraville E. (Wadsworth) Howard of Belmont, Me.and George Simmons.William Simmons had a first wife, Mary J., who died 22 April 1863, aged 43 yrs. 9 mos. and is buried in the Rose Cemetery in Brooks, Me.Their children in the 1850 Census of Brooks were:William A., aged 20, John D., aged 18, Sarah J. aged 14, and Thomas M., aged 1 yr.Because this is the beginning of research of my friend, we don't have a lot of information.We would appreciate any info.God bless.Isabel Morse Maresh.