Frederick Benjamin SIMMONS, b: Living -

^{1929 The Great Depression begins}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}
^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}

^{1898 Spanish-American War}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1908 Ford produces Model T}
^{1913 Edison invents movies w/sound}
^{1914 - 1919 World War I}

^{1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired}
^{1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South}
^{1867 Alaska Territory purchased}
^{1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete}
^{1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb}


			^{James Chapman SIMMONS}^{b.1846 Giles Co., Virginia d.1904 Alleghany, Virginia}

		^{Joseph Levi SIMMONS}^{b.1882, Virginia d.1940 Elmore, West Virginia}	^{Elizabeth Myriah Tingler}^{b.1850 Alleghany, Virginia d.1917}

^{Janet Ellen SIMMONS}^{b. Living d.}	^{Frederick Benjamin SIMMONS}^{b. Living d.}		^{John Baxter Day}^{b.1867 Tazewell, Virginia d.1939 Tampa, Florida}

^{Sandra Kay SIMMONS}^{b. Living d.}		^{Arcie Alord Day}^{b.1897 Saulsville, West Virginia d.1973 Princeton, West Virginia}	^{Elizabeth Phillips}^{b.1867 Wyoming, West Virginia d.1943 Cincinnati, Ohio}

^{Rebecca Joan SIMMONS}^{b. Living d.}			^{John Alexander Puckett}^{b.1872 Thompson Valley, Virginia d.1957 Princeton, West Virginia}

^{Melinda Jill SIMMONS}^{b. Living d.}		^{Jesse Howard Puckett}^{b.1908 Thompson Valley, Virginia d.1959 Gratton, Tazewell, Virginia}	^{Luemma (LouEmma) Matthews}^{b.1878 Thompson Valley, Virginia d.1918 Bluefield, Virginia}

^{Joseph Robert SIMMONS}^{b. Living d.}	^{Mary Ellen PUCKETT}^{b. Living d.}		^{James Floyd Gillespie}^{b.1838 Springville, Virginia d.1924 Gratton, Tazewell, Virginia}

		^{Mary Hazel Gillespie}^{b.1903 Gratton, Tazewell, Virginia d.2001 Gratton, Tazewell, Virginia}	^{Belzora Alice Leffel}^{b.1868 Newcastle, Craig, Virginia d.1945 Gratton, Tazewell, Virginia}