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Simmons, William Hayne – Simpkins, John

Simmons, William Hayne

poet, was born about 1875 in South Carolina.

While in Charleston he published anonymously an Indian poem entitled Onea. He is also the author of A History of the Seminoles.

Simmons, William Johnson

clergyman, author, was born June 29, 1849, in Charleston, S. C. He is a baptist minister of African birth who has published Men of Mark.

Simms, William E

congressman, was born in Kentucky. He was elected a representative from that state to the thirty-sixth congress.

Simonds, William

journalist, author, was born Oct. 30, 1822, in Charleston, Mass. He was a Boston journalist who was a very popular writer for young people; and the author of The Aimwell Stories; The Boys' Own Guide; and Boys' Book of Morals and Manners. He died July 7, 1859, in Winchester, Mass.

Simons, Michael Laird

journalist, author, was born Sept. 7, 1843, in Philadelphia, Pa. He edited Stodart's Review; condensed D'Aubigne's History of the Reformation; published Half-Hours with the Best Preachers; and continued Duyckinck's Cyclopædia of American Literature, adding about one hundred new names down to 1873. His last work is an extensive History of the World. He died Nov. 17, 1880, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Simons, Samuel

congressman, was born in 1792. He was a representative in congress from Connecticut from 1843 to 1845. He died Jan. 13, 1847, in Bridgeport, Conn.

Simons, Thomas

lawyer, was born Dec. 17, 1834, in Burmah. In 1865 he moved to New York city, and became assistant United States attorney, serving until 1875, when he was appointed an assistant attorney-general of the United States, residing at Washington.

Simons, Thomas Young

soldier, journalist, lawyer, state legislator, was born Oct. 1, 1828, in Charleston, S. C. In 1854-60 he was a member of the South Carolina legislature, and in the latter year a presidential elector. He was also a member of the convention that passed the ordinance of secession in December, 1860, and in the civil war he served as captain of the twenty-seventh South Carolina regiment, and later as judge-advocate. He died April 30, 1878, in Charleston, S. C.

Simonson, John Smith

soldier, was born June 2, 1796, in Uniontown, Pa.

At the opening of the civil war he was made superintendent of the volunteer recruiting service at Indianapolis, Ind., and he continued on active military duty till 1869. In 1865 he was brevetted brigadiergeneral United States army for long and faithful service. He died Dec. 5, 1881, in New Albany, Ind.

Simonton, Charles Bryson

soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 8, 1838, in Tipton county, Tenn. He was a. member of the state house of representatives in 1877 and 1878; and was elected a representative from Tennessee to the forty-sixth and forty-seventh congresses.

Simonton, William

congressman.

He was a member of congress from Pennsylvania from 1839 to 1843. He died May 18, 1846, in Hanover, Pa.

Simpkins, John

state senator, congressman, was born June 27, 1862, in New Bedford, Mass. He served in the Massachusetts state senate in 1890 and 1891; and was a presidential elector for Harrison and Reid in 1892. He was elected to the fifty-fourth and fifty-fifth congresses.