This page documents multiple families (Bryant, Matthews, Welch, Dillard, Sparks, Gossett, Harvey, McBee, Cannon, Kirby, etc) that are so interlinked that the reader is best served by the data being resident in a single data base. Please see the references in the photo galleries for background on these families. The first item in the individual family photo galleries provides some brief family history. These pages contain some erroneous data, it's just the best we happen to have right now. Use it at your own risk.

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Husband: Aquila Simmons
   Born: ABT 1833         at: TN  
Married: 24 OCT 1858      at: TN  
   Died: 10 MAR 1892      at: Red River CO, TX  
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   Wife: Paralee Jane Burkhead
   Born: 5 MAR 1840       at: McNairy CO, TN  
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 Father:William Anderson Burkhead
 Mother:Chestine Tisdale
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CHILDREN
   Name: Emma Simmons
   Born: ABT 1859         at: TN  
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Spouses: Male Sims  Johnny Dillard  
   Name: William Alexander Simmons
   Born: ABT 1861         at: TN  
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   Name: Susan Ora Simmons
   Born: ABT 1866         at: TN  
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   Name: Cornelia Eutoka Simmons
   Born: 22 FEB 1869      at: McNairy CO, TN  
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   Died: 21 MAY 1936      at: Latimire CO, OK  
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   Name: Kate A. Simmons
   Born: ABT 1870         at: TN  
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   Name: Edward Simmons
   Born: ABT 1877         at: TX  
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   Name: George Simmons
   Born: ABT 1877         at: TX  
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   Name: Virgie Simmons
   Born: OCT 1881         at: TX  
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Spouses: Starr Heath