Charles Bryson SIMONTON

1838 - 1911  (72 years)

• Name	Charles Bryson SIMONTON  [1]
  Born	8 Sep 1838	, Tipton, TN, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	10 Jun 1911	Covington, Tipton, TN, USA   [2, 3]
  Buried	Munford Cemetery, Covington, Tipton, TN, USA   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I3014	Boyd
  Last Modified	25 Jan 2013

  
  

  Father	William SIMONTON,   b. 3 Feb 1791, , Fairfield, SC, USA ,   d. 30 May 1843, , Tipton, TN, USA  (Age 52 years)
  Mother	Catherine “Katie” FERGUSON,   b. Abt 1801, , Chester, SC, USA ,   d. 9 Nov 1869  (Age 68 years)
  Married	Abt 1826	, , SC, USA   [4]
  Family ID	F2241	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Andros “Minnie” McDILL,   b. 1 Apr 1845, , , SC, USA ,   d. 24 Feb 1918  (Age 72 years)
  Married	16 Oct 1866  [5]
  Children	1. Anna SIMONTON,   b. 18 Feb 1868, Covington, Tipton, TN, USA ,   d. 27 Apr 1949  (Age 81 years) + 2. Ella SIMONTON,   b. 23 Aug 1869, Covington, Tipton, TN, USA ,   d. 10 Jun 1961  (Age 91 years) + 3. Charles Pressley “Charlie” SIMONTON,   b. 14 Nov 1871,   d. 23 Mar 1961, Memphis, Shelby, TN, USA  (Age 89 years) + 4. William McDill “Willie” SIMONTON,   b. 14 Nov 1871, Covington, Tipton, TN, USA ,   d. 11 Dec 1928  (Age 57 years)   5. Nannie May SIMONTON,   b. 21 May 1874, Covington, Tipton, TN, USA ,   d. 15 Feb 1960  (Age 85 years)
  Documents		Charles Bryson SIMONTON Marriage
  Last Modified	5 Mar 2009
  Family ID	F2251	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 8 Sep 1838 - , Tipton, TN, USA Died - 10 Jun 1911 - Covington, Tipton, TN, USA Buried - - Munford Cemetery, Covington, Tipton, TN, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Charles Bryson SIMONTON From "Public Men of To-Day" by P. C. Headley, S. S. Scranton & Company (Hartford, CT) 1882 p. 564

  
  

  Documents		Charles Bryson SIMONTON Resignation
  		Charles Bryson IMONTON Surgeon Report

  
  

• Notes

  SIMONTON, Charles Bryson, a Representative from Tennessee; born in Tipton County, Tenn., September 8, 1838; was graduated from Erskine College, Due West, S.C., in August 1859; enlisted as a private in Company C, Ninth Tennessee Infantry, Confederate Army, in 1861; subsequently became second lieutenant and then captain; was severely wounded in the Battle of Perryville October 8, 1862, and disabled from any further active duty during the war; elected clerk of the circuit court of Tipton County in March 1870; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1873 and commenced practice in Covington, Tenn.; member of the State house of representatives in 1877-1879; editor of the Tipton Record in Covington, Tipton County, Tenn.; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1883); chairman of the Democratic State convention in 1886; president of the Covington city school board 1892-1903; United States district attorney for the district of Tennessee 1895-1898; died in Covington, Tenn., June 10, 1911; interment in Munford Cemetery. [6]

  
  

• Sources

  [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 319. [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 323. [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 318. [S68] Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002, (Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN). [S408] Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - present.