When Annie Dale Crenshaw was born on 23 December 1876, in Washington, Texas, United States, her father, William Thomas Crenshaw, was 29 and her mother, Sophronia Ann Carothers, was 27. She married James Morton Simmonds on 25 January 1898, in Bell, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Justice Precinct 6, Stephens, Texas, United States in 1880 and Justice Precinct 5, Bell, Texas, United States for about 10 years. She died on 9 September 1965, in Temple, Bell, Texas, United States, at the age of 88.