Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Simms was the second-youngest child of John Simms and Sarah Cecelia Johnson. She married William Lancaster Smith, son of William Henry Smith (1824-1883) and Rosella Lancaster (1831-1888) of (Chicago) St. Francis, KY.
From a Simms family biography:
"John Simms (1818-1901), fourth eldest of twelve children born to Francis and Alethea Spalding Simms, was born and reared on the Pleasant Run plantation in Washington County, and completed his education at St. Mary's College, Marion County, established in 1821. John Simms married Sarah Cecelia Johnson, daughter of John and Lucy Johnson, on November 18, 1845. Five years later they moved to a brick house and farm on the old Knob Lick Road, formerly Sandusky's Trace, where all their children were born ...
"John Simms was able to sustain his fortunes during the Civil War, and within the first year following the War, purchased a brick mansion house and plantation near his farm from William and Mariah McElroy Simpson. With the acquisition of surrounding lands over the next several years, his plantation would grow to 2400 acres and the manor house would later become known as Simmstown."
John Simms was a widower in 1895 and continued to live at Simmstown Manor with his daughter Mollie Simms Smith, her husband and young family.
Mollie was born Aug. 19, 1862 and William L. Smith, born Dec. 24, 1858 [other records state 1861]. They were married on June 6, 1890 at St. Dominic Church in Springfield, had four children: Mary Josepha "Cecelia" (b1891), who married J. Norris Dant; William Marion (b1893), who married in 1919 Mary Gladys Mudd, eldest daughter of Dr. James Clarence Mudd and Emily Beaven Mudd of Springfield; John Philip Smith, (1894-1902); and William Lancaster Jr. (b1897) who married Elinor Dorothy Spalding of Lebanon, KY. William L. Smith, was for years the postmaster at Simmstown.
Mollie Simms Smith died in 1901, and the young widower William L. Smith enlisted his half-sister, the beloved "Aunt Sallie", Sarah Ellen Smith, to help with the children at Simmstown.
From a Simms family biography:
"John Simms (1818-1901), fourth eldest of twelve children born to Francis and Alethea Spalding Simms, was born and reared on the Pleasant Run plantation in Washington County, and completed his education at St. Mary's College, Marion County, established in 1821. John Simms married Sarah Cecelia Johnson, daughter of John and Lucy Johnson, on November 18, 1845. Five years later they moved to a brick house and farm on the old Knob Lick Road, formerly Sandusky's Trace, where all their children were born ...
"John Simms was able to sustain his fortunes during the Civil War, and within the first year following the War, purchased a brick mansion house and plantation near his farm from William and Mariah McElroy Simpson. With the acquisition of surrounding lands over the next several years, his plantation would grow to 2400 acres and the manor house would later become known as Simmstown."
John Simms was a widower in 1895 and continued to live at Simmstown Manor with his daughter Mollie Simms Smith, her husband and young family.
Mollie was born Aug. 19, 1862 and William L. Smith, born Dec. 24, 1858 [other records state 1861]. They were married on June 6, 1890 at St. Dominic Church in Springfield, had four children: Mary Josepha "Cecelia" (b1891), who married J. Norris Dant; William Marion (b1893), who married in 1919 Mary Gladys Mudd, eldest daughter of Dr. James Clarence Mudd and Emily Beaven Mudd of Springfield; John Philip Smith, (1894-1902); and William Lancaster Jr. (b1897) who married Elinor Dorothy Spalding of Lebanon, KY. William L. Smith, was for years the postmaster at Simmstown.
Mollie Simms Smith died in 1901, and the young widower William L. Smith enlisted his half-sister, the beloved "Aunt Sallie", Sarah Ellen Smith, to help with the children at Simmstown.
Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Simms was the second-youngest child of John Simms and Sarah Cecelia Johnson. She married William Lancaster Smith, son of William Henry Smith (1824-1883) and Rosella Lancaster (1831-1888) of (Chicago) St. Francis, KY.
From a Simms family biography:
"John Simms (1818-1901), fourth eldest of twelve children born to Francis and Alethea Spalding Simms, was born and reared on the Pleasant Run plantation in Washington County, and completed his education at St. Mary's College, Marion County, established in 1821. John Simms married Sarah Cecelia Johnson, daughter of John and Lucy Johnson, on November 18, 1845. Five years later they moved to a brick house and farm on the old Knob Lick Road, formerly Sandusky's Trace, where all their children were born ...
"John Simms was able to sustain his fortunes during the Civil War, and within the first year following the War, purchased a brick mansion house and plantation near his farm from William and Mariah McElroy Simpson. With the acquisition of surrounding lands over the next several years, his plantation would grow to 2400 acres and the manor house would later become known as Simmstown."
John Simms was a widower in 1895 and continued to live at Simmstown Manor with his daughter Mollie Simms Smith, her husband and young family.
Mollie was born Aug. 19, 1862 and William L. Smith, born Dec. 24, 1858 [other records state 1861]. They were married on June 6, 1890 at St. Dominic Church in Springfield, had four children: Mary Josepha "Cecelia" (b1891), who married J. Norris Dant; William Marion (b1893), who married in 1919 Mary Gladys Mudd, eldest daughter of Dr. James Clarence Mudd and Emily Beaven Mudd of Springfield; John Philip Smith, (1894-1902); and William Lancaster Jr. (b1897) who married Elinor Dorothy Spalding of Lebanon, KY. William L. Smith, was for years the postmaster at Simmstown.
Mollie Simms Smith died in 1901, and the young widower William L. Smith enlisted his half-sister, the beloved "Aunt Sallie", Sarah Ellen Smith, to help with the children at Simmstown.
From a Simms family biography:
"John Simms (1818-1901), fourth eldest of twelve children born to Francis and Alethea Spalding Simms, was born and reared on the Pleasant Run plantation in Washington County, and completed his education at St. Mary's College, Marion County, established in 1821. John Simms married Sarah Cecelia Johnson, daughter of John and Lucy Johnson, on November 18, 1845. Five years later they moved to a brick house and farm on the old Knob Lick Road, formerly Sandusky's Trace, where all their children were born ...
"John Simms was able to sustain his fortunes during the Civil War, and within the first year following the War, purchased a brick mansion house and plantation near his farm from William and Mariah McElroy Simpson. With the acquisition of surrounding lands over the next several years, his plantation would grow to 2400 acres and the manor house would later become known as Simmstown."
John Simms was a widower in 1895 and continued to live at Simmstown Manor with his daughter Mollie Simms Smith, her husband and young family.
Mollie was born Aug. 19, 1862 and William L. Smith, born Dec. 24, 1858 [other records state 1861]. They were married on June 6, 1890 at St. Dominic Church in Springfield, had four children: Mary Josepha "Cecelia" (b1891), who married J. Norris Dant; William Marion (b1893), who married in 1919 Mary Gladys Mudd, eldest daughter of Dr. James Clarence Mudd and Emily Beaven Mudd of Springfield; John Philip Smith, (1894-1902); and William Lancaster Jr. (b1897) who married Elinor Dorothy Spalding of Lebanon, KY. William L. Smith, was for years the postmaster at Simmstown.
Mollie Simms Smith died in 1901, and the young widower William L. Smith enlisted his half-sister, the beloved "Aunt Sallie", Sarah Ellen Smith, to help with the children at Simmstown.
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