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George SIMMERS, b 1756 Chester Co Pa d 04-29-1836
  Tarentum Pa
wifes name unknown (this data supplied from family bible)
Sons:
1. Joseph Simmers
  son:
  George Simmers
   daughter:
   Sarah Simmers marr. John Criswell)

2. George Simmers m Mary Irons;
  child:
  William Simmers b 7-30-1840
  Cole Rain Forge, Huntington Co PA
  d 04-09-1919 Flinton, Cambria Co Pa
  m 10-27-1860 Blair Co Pa
  marr. Mary Reffner;
{Sgt.Major, and 2nd Lt. William Simmers, Company G 153rd PA:

Author:Simmers, William.
Title:The volunteers manual, or, Ten months with the
153d Penn'a Volunteers [microform] : being a concise
narrative of the most important events of the history of the
said regiment / by William Simmers, and Paul Bachschmid.
Published:Easton, Pa. : D.H. Nieman, printer, 1863.
Description:52 p. ; 22 cm.
LC Call No.:Microfilm 87/7121 (E)
Notes: Call number of original: E527.5.153d.
Master microform held by: DLC.
Microfilm. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress
Photoduplication Service, 1987. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
Control No.: 4321386

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Author: Simmers, William. [from old catalog]
Title: The volunteer's manual.
Published: Easton, Pa., D.H. Neiman, printer, 1863.
Description: 52 p. 22 cm.
LC Call No.: E527.5 153d
Subjects: Pennsylvania infantry. 153d regt., 1862-1863.
[from old catalog]
United States -- History -- Civil war, 1861-1865
-- Regimental histories -- Penn. inf. -- 153d. [from old
catalog]
Other authors: Bachschmid, Paul, [from old catalog] joint
author.
Control No.: 9136688}
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  children: Nettie M Simmers;
  Margaret M Simmers;
  George Simmers;
  Robert Frederic Simmers;
  Mary E Simmers;
  Jane Simmers;
  Sibby A Simmers;
  John F Simmers;
  William Winfield Simmers;
>William Winfield Simmers b 10-27-1874 Flinton Cambria Co pa
  d 9-19-1944 Altoona Blair Co pa
married Hulda May Reed Mountain 01-23-1900 Gallitzin Cambria Co Pa
  their children were: Paul Franklin Simmers;
  Dalvin Ordell Simmers;
  daughter Simmers;
  Dennis Wilson Simmers;
  Regis Frederick Simmers;
  Ivan Wiliam Simmers :
  Mercedes Simmers;
  Marjorie Simmers;
  Carl Clayton Simmers;
  Alma May Simmers;
  Zane Oliver Simmers....

History of Butler County Pennsylvania - 1883
Chapter 4 -- Advent of the White Man as a Settler

FIRST SETTLERS IN THE SEVERAL TOWNSHIPS
Buffalo -- George BELL, Robert ELLIOT, 1796; Benjamin SARVER,
Joseph SIMMERS, John HARBISON,
Robert CARSON, Thomas FLEMING.

"The farm now owned by Jacob SIMMERS was settled
in 1796, by Mrs. Mary STEELE and her son John and
daughter Mary, who came from Westmoreland County.
After residing here for a time, John STEELE returned
to Westmoreland County. Jane became the wife of
Joseph SIMMERS, whose father, George, a German, was
an early settler in Allegheny County. Joseph SIMMERS
was killed by being thrown from a horse about the year
1820. In those days, the nearest salt works were at
Conemaugh, and it was customary for the settlers to go
there and exchange their produce for salt and other supplies,
carrying their loads by means of horses and pack-saddles.
Mr. SIMMERS and one of his neighbors, Mr. ELLIOTT, were about
setting out on one of these expeditions, SIMMERS carrying a
dressed hog on one horse and leading another horse behind. The
horse which he rode took fright at sight of the carcass of the
hog and became unmanageable. Though an expert horseman, he was
thrown to the earth and trampled upon, receiving such injuries
that he died before he could be carried home. This calamity
occurred in sight of the house. The widow and her young children
were thus left with no one to provide for them; but their
kind-hearted neighbors freely lent their assistance, gathering
from distances of five and six miles to cut and haul a winter's
supply of wood, or perform some other act to relieve the family
from cold and want.

The children of Joseph and Jane SIMMERS were six in number --
James Simmers, Winfield Township; George Simmers, Buffalo;
Martha Simmers(SHANNON), died in Buffalo; Jacob Simmers,
on the old homestead; Mary Simmers(ROSS) and
Catherine Simmers(HUNNEL), Buffalo.

Probably there had been an Indian encampment on the SIMMERS farm
before the white settlers came, or perhaps hostile tribes may
have there encountered each other and fought. Hundreds of flint
arrowheads have been found near a spring a short distance from
Jacob SIMMERS' house. After the family settled here, wolves and
bears used to prowl around the house, and frequently at evening
the small of meat cooking attracted them very near.

There was far more sociability in early days than at present.
Neighbors five miles apart frequently exchanged visits. Everybody
was acquainted with all the residents of his neighborhood, and
usually on intimate terms with them. "Neighborhood" then meant
anywhere within a radius of from six to ten miles.

John and Massey HARBISON were among the first settlers. Their
location was on the WEAVER farm, near the county line. The
narrative of Massey HARBISON's sufferings from Indian barbarities
will be found in the general history. She was born in Somerset
County, N. J., in 1770, and was the daughter of Edward WHITE, a
Revolutionary soldier, who settled near Brownsville, on the
Monongahela River, in 1783. In 1787, she was married to John
HARBISON. He participated in the Indian expedition of
Gen. ST. CLAIR under Capt. GUTHRIE, and was wounded on the 4th of
November, 1791, when ST. CLAIR was defeated. HARBISON built a mill
on Buffalo Creek in 1807, and remained upon the farm he had taken
up until his death, in 1822. The children of John and
Massey HARBISON were John, James, Betsey, Peggy, William, Mattie,
Thomas, Nelly Jane, Benjamin and Sina. Two were killed by the
Indians. John was the child she carried in her arms at the time of
her escape from the captivity of the savages. He went West when old,
and died at the age of eighty-eight. James was born a few months
after the adventure with the Indians. He settled, in 1832, upon the
farm where his son, R. M. HARBISON, now lives. William settled in
Lawrence County. Thomas lived in Buffalo Township, on the farm now
owned by his son James. Betsey became Mrs. SIMMONS, and
Peggy, Mrs. TAYLOR. Sina married a Mr. SHARP. Nelly Jane (MURPHY)
died in Pittsburgh in 1882. Mrs. Mattie WILEY and Benjamin are the
only survivors of the family. The former lives in Little Washington,
and the latter in Allegheny County."

Tree

George SIMMERS, 1st b 1756 Chester Co Pa d 04-29-1836
  Tarentum Pa
Sons:
1. Joseph Simmers b. before 1800 d. 1820
marr. Mary (or Jane) Steele b. before 1796
her Mother: Mrs. Mary (?) Steele b. before 1776
her Brother: John Steele b. before 1796
  children:
  1. George Simmers
   daughter: Sarah Simmers
   marr. John Criswell
  2. James Simmers
  marr.?? Elizabeth (Ritner) Simmers
  (Joseph Ritner was Governor of PA)
   children:
   1. Joseph Ritner Simmers
    son: William Henry Simmers
     marr. Margaret Bell
      children:
      1. Earl E. Simmers
      2. Franklin Simmers
      3. Lottie Simmers
   2. James Ritner Simmers
   3. Eliza Jane Simmers
   4. Barbara Simmers
{Is this the Barbara Simmers who marr. John Rawley b 1804
possibly in VA and had child: Rueben Rawley in 1833, in VA?}
   5. Martha Simmers
   6. Jacob Simmers
  3. Mary S. (Simmers) Ross
  marr. Alexander Ross, Butler Co.
  4. Catherine S. (Simmers) Hunnel
  5. Martha S. (Simmers) Shannon
  6. Jacob Simmers (who continued to live on farm)

2. George Simmers
  children:
  1. Joseph W. Simmers
  2. Isaac Simmers
  3. Susannah Simmers
  4. Jacob Simmers
  5. George W. Simmers

Although one account has the following George Simmers
as son of George, "a german", other information is
in conflict with this. Until clear, we will offer both
versions! We will be happy to correct the record to
show the actual family tree just as soon as we learn
which one is factual!

We believe that the father of this George Simmers
was George Simmers b. Maryland 1771, and that his
father was Simon Simmers who served in the
Revolutionary War!

OR,

This George Simmers:

GEORGE SIMMERS, B. 1760 Conemaugh Furnace, Westmoreland, PA
marr. Mrs George Simmers
Marriage: Abt. 1781
Of Conemaugh Furnace, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania

2. George Simmers b. 1797 Maryland
d.1851/52 Conemaugh Furnace, Westmoreland, PA
marr. Mary Irons b. 4-13-1802 Blair Co PA
d. 4-6-1878 Marriage 6-6-1823 Blair Co PA
  child:
  1. William Simmers b 7-30-1840
  Cole Rain Forge, Huntington Co PA
  m 10-27-1860 Blair Co Pa
  d 04-09-1919 Flinton, Cambria Co Pa
  marr. (1) Mary Reffner;
   children:
   1. Nettie M Simmers;
   2. Margaret M Simmers
   marr. Peter James Reffner
    daughter: Viola Jane Reffner
   3. George Simmers b. 11-24-1862 Blue Knob;
   4. Robert Frederic Simmers b. 1-9-1865 Glendale PA
    d. 2-4-1926
   marr. Margaret Glass
    children:
    1. William Simmers
    2. Flora Simmers, Glasgow
    3. Perry Simmers, Nanty Glow
    4. Alfred Simmers, Glendale
    5. Raymond F. Simmers b. 2-22-1901
    (of Glendale) Coal Miner
    marr. (1) Helen Bott
    marr. (2) Margaret Day
     children:
     1. Raymnond L. Simmers
     2. Rev. Ernest E. Simmers
     3. Kathryn (Simmers) Templeton
     4. Betty (Simmers) Hollen
Note: Robert F. Simmers married Ruth Arlene Hollen
     5. Audrey (Simmers) Gelsey
     6. Mardella (Simmers) Stevens
    6. Clarence Simmers, "
  2. Mary Elizabeth Simmers
  marr. Daniel Reffner or Heffner
  3. Jane Simmers
  marr. David Glass
  4. Sibby Ann Simmers, Roseland
  marr. Harry Kuhn
    children:
    1. Madelyn (Kuhn) Simmers
    2. Linda (Kuhn) Lender, Harrisburg
  5. John (James) Franklin Simmers b. 5-8-1877 Duncanville
  marr, Catherine Frye
  6. William Winfield Simmers b 10-27-1874 ,Glendale
  Flinton Cambria Co pa Mine Foreman
  d 9-19-1944 Altoona Blair Co pa
  marr. (1) Hulda May Reed 01-23-1900
   Gallitzin Cambria Co Pa
    children were:
    1. Paul Franklin Simmers;
    2. Dalvin Ordell Simmers;
    3. daughter Simmers;
    4. Dennis Wilson Simmers;
    5. Regis Frederick Simmers;
    6. Ivan Wiliam Simmers
     marr Ida (Mayes) Simmers
    7. Mercedes Simmers;
    8. Marjorie Simmers;
    9. Carl Clayton Simmers;
    10. Alma May Simmers;
    11. Zane Oliver Simmers....

  marr.(2) Emma (Gladwell) Simmers b. 1840/42
    in England d. 12-30-1892
    children: of 16 children, 11 survived!
     one child, Mamie Simmers
     marr. Harry Jackson, in Frugality PA

George Simmers married Martha Reed
son Luther C. Simmers married Hattie Kuhn
on 3-9-1918
their daughter Barbara Lee Simmers

The Following Information which can be found on
a major Genealogy Index, seems to be so far off
as to not be believed: (and yet?)

John Simmers marr. Sarah Reffner
Children:
Fred Simmers b. 1865
daugh: Flora Catherine Simmers Beatty 1894
Margaret Simmers b. 1864
Elizabeth Simmers
Annie Simmers Kuhn
Jane Simmers Glass
John Simmers
Henry Simmers
William Simmers
{need some dates!}
This info comes from:
jwnapora@juno.com

THIS IS ONE CONFUSING FAMILY!!
Hope someone can correct the record!!!

Another Geo. Simmers!

GEORGE SIMMERS, b. 1809, Juniata. PA
marr. Rachel (?)
marriage abt. 1834 Juniata, Pa
Children:
George W. Simmers b. 1835 Juniata, PA

Still another George Simmers:

George SIMMERS
Marriage(s): Nancy A. COKELEY
Marr: 30 May 1876 Ritchie, West Virginia

And another:

George SIMMERS
Marriage(s): Bettie WILLIAMS
Marr: 19 Oct 1884 Hopkins, Texas

Maybe you know this George Simmers:

George W. SIMMERS
Marriage(s): Bettie GENO
Marr: 12 Dec 1883 Nodaway, Missouri

Or, this one:

GEORGE SIMMERS
Marriage(s): CATHARINE NIETEER
Marr: 19 Apr 1845 St. Louis, Missouri

Or, this one:

George E. SIMMERS b. 07 Mar 1877 Canton, Fulton, Ill.
Father: Samuel SIMMERS Mother: Louise WISE

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