When Joseph Harrison Simmons was born on 6 March 1889, in Fayette, Fayette, West Virginia, United States, his father, Henry Eagan Simmons, was 29 and his mother, Emeline "Elvira" Frances Tingler, was 23. He married Espie Elizabeth Jones in 1911, in Raleigh, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Fayette, West Virginia, United States in 1920. He died on 18 March 1940, in Fayetteville, Fayette, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 51, and was buried in Oak Hill, Fayette, West Virginia, United States.
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This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
An organization formed in favor of women's suffrages. By combining the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association, the NAWSA eventually increased in membership up to two million people. It is still one of the largest voluntary organizations in the nation today and held a major role in passing the Nineteenth Amendment.
A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.
English (southeastern): variant of Simon , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
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