James Christopher SIMONTON

1825 - 1864  (38 years)

• Name	James Christopher SIMONTON  [1]
  Born	29 Sep 1825  [2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	12 Jul 1864  [2]
  Buried	Prosperity Church Cemetery, Marion Junction, Dallas, AL, USA   [2, 3]
  	there is also a memorial at the Salem ARP Cemetery in Atoka, TN, USA
  Person ID	I2998	Boyd
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2011

  
  

  Father	William SIMONTON,   b. 3 Feb 1791, , Fairfield, SC, USA ,   d. 30 May 1843, , Tipton, TN, USA  (Age 52 years)
  Mother	Mary McDILL,   b. 9 Jan 1791,   d. 6 Dec 1825  (Age 34 years)
  Family ID	F2236	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha BAIRD,   b. 30 May 1833, Ireland ,   d. 25 Feb 1890  (Age 56 years)
  Married	31 Aug 1853  [3, 4]
  Children	1. William H. SIMONTON,   b. Abt 1854, , , TN, USA ,   d. 1913  (Age 59 years) + 2. Margaret Jeanette “Nettie” SIMONTON,   b. 14 Oct 1856, , , TN, USA ,   d. 8 Apr 1933, Brighton, Tipton, TN, USA  (Age 76 years) + 3. Joseph Warden SIMONTON,   b. 1858, , Tipton, TN, USA ,   d. 7 May 1918  (Age 60 years)   4. Katherine "Kate" SIMONTON,   b. May 1862, , , TN, USA ,   d. 1938  (Age 75 years)   5. Martha C SIMONTON,   b. 27 Jul 1864,   d. 28 Jul 1870  (Age 6 years)
  Documents		SIMONTONChristopherBAIRDmarriage
  Last Modified	22 Aug 2010
  Family ID	F2240	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Buried - - Prosperity Church Cemetery, Marion Junction, Dallas, AL, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Headstones

  Christopher SIMONTON This is the memorial at Salem ARP Cemetery. Actual interment is at Prosperity Church Cemetery, Marion Junction, AL.

  
  

• Notes

  While serving in the army during the Civil War, he became ill with “camp disease” and went to his brother William’s home near Selma, AL, USA where he died. He is buried at Prosperity Church Cemetery near Marion Junction, AL, USA. There is a memorial marker for him at the Salem ARP Cemetery in Atoka, which is the photo shown here. [3]

  
  

• Sources

  [S707] Death Certificate of Mrs. Margaret Jeanette McDaniel. [S17] Tombstone Photograph, Tom Boyd. [S157] Early Families of the Memphis Area, (Descendants of Early Settlers of Shelby and Adjoining Counties, Panacea Press, Nashville, TN, 2008), ISBN 978-0-9791309-7-7., p 316. [S68] Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002, (Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN).