Granddady Simmons

Today (January 15) is the birthday of Naysa Simmons, born in 1774. His daughter was Martha Simmons. Her son was Joel Hunt. He had a daughter named Nancy Hunt. She had a son named Alonzo Pardue who had a daughter, Dorothy Pardue. She married Raymond Crawford, and their first of ten children was Christine Crawford. She married Ernest McLaughlin, and they had one son: ME.

Naysa Simmons is my great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather. He was 15 years old when the Constitution of the United States was ratified. Happy Birthday, Granddaddy Simmons!

We all come from somewhere. St. Paul said that we all descended from the same person. (Acts 17.26)

[photo taken in Carlisle]