William J. Simmons was born in Macomb, Illinois, February 24, 1852; come to Kansas in the spring of 1872 and started overland for Norton county with his brother J. H. Simmons and W. E. Case but was taken sick with typhoid fever at Hanover in Washington county, and had to return. He went back to Illinois and was married at Macomb, Illinois to Mary J. Huff September 10, 1876, come to Norton county with his family in September 1887. He is now employed as salesman in Wright Bros general store. Mr. and Mrs. Simmons have had two children, Lester B. born July 8, 1881, died at Norton May 24, 1891. When three years of age he fell from a porch and injured his spine which made him a permanent cripple never being able to walk afterward. Oliver Wilkes was born March 4. 1886. Taken from the Early History of Norton County.
William J. Simmons was born in Macomb, Illinois, February 24, 1852; come to Kansas in the spring of 1872 and started overland for Norton county with his brother J. H. Simmons and W. E. Case but was taken sick with typhoid fever at Hanover in Washington county, and had to return. He went back to Illinois and was married at Macomb, Illinois to Mary J. Huff September 10, 1876, come to Norton county with his family in September 1887. He is now employed as salesman in Wright Bros general store. Mr. and Mrs. Simmons have had two children, Lester B. born July 8, 1881, died at Norton May 24, 1891. When three years of age he fell from a porch and injured his spine which made him a permanent cripple never being able to walk afterward. Oliver Wilkes was born March 4. 1886. Taken from the Early History of Norton County.
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