W.T. Simmons

Full Name: W. T. Simmons
Date of death: Deceased, date unknown

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Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	1	Feb 16, 1870 - Jan 14, 1873	12th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	Unknown	Beaumont / Jefferson		Chambers, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Newton, Orange, Polk, Tyler

(1) W.T. Simmons, oaths of office as representative of the 12th Legislature, 2/16/1870 and 4/26/1870. Ancestry.com, Texas, U.S., Bonds and Oaths of Office, 1846-1920.
(2) 12th Legislature, Provisional Session - A.D. Tinsley and W.T. Simmons qualified and took the oath of office on 2/16/1870, p. 35. House Journal.
(3) Party affiliation, Conservative. Texas Almanac for . . . and Emigrant's Guide to Texas.

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House District 1
Feb 16, 1870 - Jan 14, 1873
Legislatures: 12th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾
Party: Unknown
Home City/County: Beaumont / Jefferson
Counties in district: Chambers, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Newton, Orange, Polk, Tyler

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Selected newspaper articles

Other Resources

Possibly William T. Simmonds, voter registration 7/24/1867 in Jefferson County. Texas, U.S., Voter Registration Lists, 1867-1869. Ancestry.com.
W.T. Simmons, marriage to Mary Long 3/12/1873 in Jefferson County. FamilySearch. Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977
"Members of the Legislature came in quite freely yesterday. We noticed the arrival of Hon. F.G. Latimer, Senator Parsons, . . . Dr. Simmons . . ." "Arrival at Austin," 4/26/1870, p. 2. Galveston Daily News.
Dr. W.T. Simmons, mentioned in list of Confederate veterans buried in Magnolia Cemetery, Beaumont, Jefferson County. "Flowers on Graves: Decoration Day Was Observed in Many Places, Notably at Beaumont," 4/27/1905, p. 7. Galveston Daily News.
W.T. Simmons of Beaumont, Chapter 5, Jefferson County, election to Texas House of Representatives on 12/3/1869, p. 154; mentioned, p. 155. Grass-Roots Reconstruction in Texas, 1865-1880, 1997.
"Dr. W.T. Simmons of this place," Beaumont News-Beacon, 6/7/1873, p. 3, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Dr. W.T. Simmons buried in old Jirou Graveyard, Beaumont; election of W.T. Simmons of Beaumont to the Texas House of Representatives on 12/3/1869. Texas Gulf Historical Society. The Texas Gulf Historical and Biographical Record, Volume 11, Number 1, November 1975, p. 1; and Volume 50, November 2014, pp. 75-76; crediting Westbank Community Library District and Texas Gulf Historical Society. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). 1975 2014
Biographical information included in "Early Southeast Texas 'Docs' Were Medical Men of Iron," by W.T. Block, reprinted from Beaumont Enterprise-Journal, 11/9/1980. "Dr. W. T. Simmons began his medical career in Beaumont in 1866, and court house records verify that he also practiced at Sabine Pass. In March, 1873, he married Mary Long, the daughter of pioneer sawmiller, Davis Long. Apparently both of them died quite young, and both are buried in the now extinct Jirou Cemetery at the Oakland-Gladys Street area of Beaumont." W.T. Block, Jr..

Photographs

Photograph. W.T. Simmons, 12th Legislature, Austin History Center

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Democratic Members of the House of Representatives, 12th Legislature, April 18, 1871 (Austin History Center). Austin History Center.

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12th Adjourned - 1871 Commerce and Manufactures Public Buildings and Grounds
12th R.S. - 1871 Commerce and Manufactures House Employees, Regulate Pay of Penitentiary Public Buildings and Grounds
12th 1st C.S. - 1870 Division of the State, Select Education House Officer and Employee Compensation, Select Penitentiary

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