James W STROUD John A STROUD Louisa STROUD Charles STROUD Mary STROUD Joseph Edward STROUD Sarah Emma STROUD Bethel SIMMONS Emma SIMMONS Edna SIMMONS Elbert SIMMONS Eli Josephus SIMMONS Mini tree diagram

Sarah Frances WIGGINS2,3,1,4,5,6,7,8

2nd Jan 1833 - 6th Aug 1914

Life History

2nd Jan 1833

Born in Georgia.2,3,1,4,5,6,7

(most likely)

about 1850

Married James W STROUD in Alabama.3

about 1851

Birth of son John A STROUD in Alabama.9,5,10

about 1854

Birth of son Louisa STROUD in Alabama.5

about 1855

Birth of son Charles STROUD in Alabama.2,5

about 1857

Birth of daughter Mary STROUD in Alabama.2,5

about 1859

Birth of son Joseph Edward STROUD in Coffee County, Alabama.8,5,2

about 1861

Birth of daughter Sarah Emma STROUD in Coffee County, Alabama.2,6

after 1861

Death of James W STROUD in Coffee County, Alabama.2

Mar 1872

Birth of daughter Emma SIMMONS in Pike County, Arkansas.4,7,6

about 1873

Birth of daughter Edna SIMMONS in Pike County, Alabama.6

about 1875

Birth of son Elbert SIMMONS in Pike County, Alabama.6

22nd Jun 1877

Birth of son Eli Josephus SIMMONS in Pike County, Alabama.11,7,4,12

after 1880

Death of Bethel SIMMONS in Pike County, Alabama

after 1880

Death of son John A STROUD in Rockwall County, Texas

1st Jun 1880

Death of son Charles STROUD in Kaufman County, Texas

6th Aug 1914

Died in Pike County, Alabama

after 6th Aug 1914

Buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Troy, Pike County, Alabama.1

Other facts

 

Married Bethel SIMMONS

 

Born in South Carolina

Notes

  • Some undocumented genealogies provide her full name with the maiden name as Wiggins, but I have not seen much documentation for her. I have not been able to verify any maiden name, and likewise for other researchers in the Stroud Alabama branch.

    1860 Federal Census, Coffee County, Alabama, 3 August, p 122, Hse/Fam #816
    James W Strowd 25 M Farmer $300 Real Estate $350 Personal b SC [born abt 1735]
    Frances Strowd 24 F Georgia Cannot Read or Write [born abt 1836]
    John A Strowd 9 M AL Attended School [born abt 1851]
    Louisa Strowd 6 F AL Attended School [born abt 1854]
    Charles Strowd 6 M AL [born abt 1856]
    Mary Strowd 3 F AL [born abt 1857]
    Joseph Strowd 1 M AL [born abt 1859]

    1870 Federal Census, Coffee County, Alabama, 2 August, Township 6, PO Elba, page 62, Hse/Fam #68
    Stroud, Sarah 39 F W Keeping House $160 Real Estate $120 Personal Estate b GA
    Stroud, Charles A 15 M W At Home born AL
    Stroud, Mary 13 F W At Home born AL
    Stroud, Joseph 11 M W At Home born AL
    Stroud, Sarah 9 F W At Home born AL

    Sarah married widowed Farmer Bethel Simmons.  They are enumerated together in the 1880 census.

    Sarah Frances Simmons
    Birth Jan. 2, 1833
    Death Aug. 6, 1914
    Wife of Bethel Simmons.
    Burial Spring Hill Cemetery, Troy, Pike County, Alabama
    Created by Nancy (Folmar) Reykdal Jan 01, 2013
    --  Find A Grave Memorial# 102904798, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=SIM&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=3&GScntry=4&GSsr=2081&GRid=102904798&&ftm=1

    They were enumerated together in the 1880 census, then in 1900 Sarah is again a widow.

    In 1880, it looks like the one Stroud child, Ema (Emma) is the same child named Sarah Stroud in the 1870 census.  She was reported as 9 years old in 1870, and Ema is 20 in 1880.  She is the only Stroud child in the new Simmons blended household, matching Sarah Stroud's status as the youngest child in her widowed mother's 1870 household.

    1880 Federal Census, Pike County, Alabama, 29 June, Beat #14, District 149, page 56, Hse #371, Fam #372
    Simmons, Bethel  W M 71 Head Farmer Can't Read or Write GA SC SC [b abt 1809]
    Simmons, Sarah F W F 47 Wife Keeping House Can't Read or Write AL SC KY [b abt 1833]
    Simmons, Sarah  A W F 20 Dau At Home Can't Read or Write AL NC GA [b abt 1860]
    Stroud, Ema [Sarah?] W F 20 Stepdau At Home Can't Read or Write AL NC GA [b abt 1860]
    Simmons, Ema W F 10 Dau At Home Can't Read or Write AL GA GA [b abt 1870]
    Simmons, Edney W F 7 Dau AL NC GA [b abt 1873]
    [The following would be the children of Sarah Simmons, the first born after the marriage in August 1914]
    Simmons, Elbert  W M 5 Son AL NC GA [b abt 1875]
    Simmons, Eli  W M 2 Son AL NC GA [b abt 1878]
    Taylor, James B M 50 Servant AL -- -- [b abt 1830]

    The daughter Ema Simmons matches most closely the individual in Bethel's home in 1870 whose name was written as Simmons, Graves Nancy, age 9.But with Bethel at age

    1900 Federal Census, Pike County, Alabama, 22 June, Spring Hill, District 137, page 11B,  Hse #206, Fam #207
    Simmons, Frances Head  W M June 1833 67 Widow 11 children/6 living GA GA GA Farmer Owns
    Simmons, Emma Dau W F Mar 1872 28 Single AL AL GA Farm Laborer
    Simmons, Josephus C Son W M June 1878  21 Single AL AL GA Farm Laborer

    1910 Federal Census, Pike County, Alabama, 12 May, Spring Hill, District 142, page 18B, Hse #347, Fam #348
    Simmons, Sarah Head F W 77 Widow 11 children/6 living GA SC NC No Occup
    Simmons, Emma Dau F W 40 Single AL AL GA No Occup
    Simmons, Joecephus Son M W 32 Single AL AL GA Farmer

Sources

  • 1. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
  • 2. 1870 Federal Census, Coffee County, Alabama
    • 2 August, Township 6, PO Elba, page 62, Hse/Fam #68
  • 3. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
  • 4. 1900 Federal Census, Pike County, Alabam
    • 22 June, Spring Hill, District 137, page 11B,  Hse #206, Fam #207
  • 5. 1860 Federal Census, Coffee County, Alabama
    • 3 August, p 122, Hse/Fam #816
  • 6. 1880 Federal Census, Pike County, Alabama
    • 29 June, Beat #14, District 149, page 56, Hse #371, Fam #372
  • 7. 1910 Federal Census, Pike County, Alabama
    • 12 May, Spring Hill, District 142, page 18B, Hse #347, Fam #348
  • 8. Ancestry Trees
  • 9. 1870 Federal Census, Pike County, Alabama
    • 7 June, p 24, PO Troy, Hse/Fam #163
  • 10. 1880 Federal Census, Rockwall County, Texas
    • 10 June, District 32, page 3, Hse/Fam #21
  • 11. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
    • Memorial #51717540, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Simmons&GSiman=1&GScnty=80&GRid=51717540&
  • 12. 1880 Federal Census, Pickens County, South Carolina
    • 29 June, Beat #14, District 149, page 56, Hse #371, Fam #372

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