Anna Missouri Simmons

Brief Life History of Anna Missouri

When Anna Missouri Simmons was born on 20 November 1894, in Springville, St. Clair, Alabama, United States, her father, Thomas Albert Simmons, was 33 and her mother, Sarah Ardecia Denard, was 27. She married John Elmer Lovell on 23 September 1914, in St. Clair, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Election Precinct 4 Springville, St. Clair, Alabama, United States in 1900. She died on 5 December 1925, in Springville, St. Clair, Alabama, United States, at the age of 31, and was buried in Springville Cemetery, Springville, St. Clair, Alabama, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Elmer Lovell
1894–1964
Anna Missouri Simmons
1894–1925
Marriage: 23 September 1914
Vera Eugenia Lovell
1915–2013
Earline O Lovell
1917–2006
Horace Truman Lovell
1920–1998
Allene Leona Lovell
1922–2014
Earl Grady Lovell
1924–1996

Sources (19)

  • Missouri Lovell in household of Elmer Lovell, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Missouri Simmons, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
  • Anna M. Lorell, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"

World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor

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.

Name Meaning

English (southeastern): variant of Simon , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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