Simmons - Rev and Mrs. 50th
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal Friday, 27 September 1901
Rev. and Mrs. T. J. N. Simmons, late of this city, Monday celebrated their golden wedding in Bloomington. The Bloomington World says:
“Rev. Simmons has been a minister of the M. E. Church for fifty two years, forty years of which was spent in active work. He has now retired owing to ill health, and is living quietly with his companion, who has been by his side for half a century.
Rev. and Mrs. Simmons were married at Springfield, Ohio, and to this union were born six children, all of whom are living. They are James W., Henry T., Charles L., all of this city, Thomas H., of Cedar Rapids, Ia., Mrs. C. J. Head, of Indianapolis, and Frank Simmons, of Elwood. There are also sixteen grandchildren, all of whom are living.
As a matter of history it may be stated that Rev. Simmons’ father and mother lived together sixty three years, and that the parents of Mrs. Simmons enjoyed fifty four years of married life.
Rev. Simmons was pastor of the M. E. Church at Bloomington, Ill., for several years and came from Crawfordsville.