Vern Lewis SIMMONS, b: 1915 - Elmore, West Virginia

^{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}

		^{George Lewis SIMMONS}^{b.1880 d. Newport News, Virginia}	^{Elizabeth Myriah Tingler}^{b.1850 Alleghany, Virginia d.1917}

	^{Vern Lewis SIMMONS}^{b.1915 Elmore, West Virginia d.1977 Newport News, Virginia}

^{Barbara Temple SIMMONS}^{b.1941 d.1996 Newport News, Virginia}		^{Ella Isabelle Bower}^{b.1893 d.1963 Fluvanna Co., Virginia}

^{Linda SIMMONS}^{b.1945 d.1994 Newport News, Virginia}

		^{Garland I. Mills}^{b.1892 Goodwill(, West Virginia d.1977}

	^{Doris Gray Mills}^{b.1921 Princeton, West Virginia d.1996 Newport News, Virginia}

		^{Abbie F. Woolridge}^{b.1893 Fayette(Or Summers Co. d.1954 Mercer Co., West Virginia}