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Mrs. Anna E. beloved wife of George Simmons entered into rest at her home on
West Market Street Road on Wednesday at 7 A.M. Her death was due to heart
trouble and she had been in poor health for two years. She was born in
Island Creek township, November 24, 1851, and was the daughter of Robert and
Martha Rodgers Dunbar. She was married to Mr. Simmons September 30, 1876,
and her husband and the following children survive: Mrs. Clara Bucey,
Robert, George E., Mrs. Hilda Newburn and a granddaughter Helen; also two
sisters, Mrs. Olive Priest of Wanatchee, Wash., and Mrs. Jennie Brown of
Ozark, MO. She was a member of the Christian church and was a devoted wife
and monhter and held in high esteem by many friends who extend sympathy to
the family in this sad hour.
This information was taken from the Schiappa Library microfisch. It appeared
in the Steubenville Herald Star, Wednesday, July 2, 1919. She is buried in
Union Cemetery in Steubenville, Ohio.
Anna was my Gr. Gr. Grandmother, Submitted by Donna Huff
Funeral of George Simmons, Slain in Florida, Held Here Today
The body of George W. Simmons, 83, retired plasterer, who was the victim of a
"hammer murder" near Lake City, Florida, one week ago, arrived here Sunday
night and was taken to the home of his daughter, Mrs. I. D. Bucey on Sunset
Boulevard.
Funeral services were held this afternoon, the Reverend J. S. Allen, pastor
of the La Belle View Christian Church, officiating. The church choir
furnished the nusic. Internment was made in Union Cemetery.
At Lake City Saturday, a corner's jury heard testimony of witnesses in the
murder case and formally charged E.L.Booth, 27 and his birde Helen Simmons
Booth, 18, of Steubenville, with the crime.
The jury found that Simmons whose body was found in the woods near Lake City
last Tuesday, came to his death "by a deadly weapon, a blunt instrument at
the hands of E.L. Booth and Mrs. Helen Booth and the same was murder in the
first degree"
The couple disappeared and despite a statewide search, authorities have been
unable to locate them.
Witnesses testified that they saw the Booth car traveling along the highway
at a high rate of speed with the young husband standing on the running board
beating the aged man over the head, while Mrs. Booth drove.
Simmons and the couple had spent two weeks in a one room cottage at a tourist
camp here and during that time witnesses related many quarrels took place.
They left the camp Monday night and Tuesday Simmons body was found by C. B.
Messer, operator of the camp where they stayed.
The bloodstained Booth car was found abandoned in Jacksonville, and since
then no trace of the missing couple has been found. Authorities believed the
old man was robbed of a large sum of money which he was reported to have
possessed.
ENTERED INTO REST
Simmons--At Lake City, Fla., July 24, 1928, George W. Simmons.
Funeral services at the home of his daughter, Mrs. I. D. Bucey, 2331 Sunset
Boulevard, Monday, July 30, 1928, at 2 P.M. Friends invited.
The obituary does not include any family information. He was preceded in
death by his wife Anna E. Dunbar Simmons who passed away July 5, 1919.
Helen Simmons Booth was their granddaughter whom they raised.
Helen or her husband E.L. were never found.
This is one of many articles I retrieved from the Steubenville Herald Star.
This one appeared on Monday, July 30, 1928.
Submitted by: Donna Huff. He was my Gr. Gr. Grandfather.
Steubenville ----- Martha Grace Sperry, 89, of Steubenville died Wednesday, Sept. 25, 1996 at the Carriage Inn.
Born Jan. 8, 1907, in Steubenville, she was a daughter of the late Edwin and Anna Mary Price Anderson. She also was preceded in death by her husband, John A. Sperry in 1966; and two brothers.
She was a member of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Edward (Martha) Kalifut of Steubenville; two sons, John and Richard, both of Steubenville; a sister, Catherine Mayberry of Fort Worth, Texas; nine grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren.
Arrangements were by Dunlope-Shorac Funeral Home of Wintersville. Services in St. Stephen's Church and burial in Union Cemetery, Steubenville.
Contributed by: Marilyn Dicks
Steubenville Weekly Gazette, Friday, August 27, 1875
Barbara A Stewart, wife of Mr. George Stewart, died at their residence, corner of Slack and Washington Street, on Wednesday at 3 a.m., of consumption, aged twenty-nine years. She leaves three children. The bereaved family have our heartfelt sympathy.
This is my Great Great Grandmother
Contributed by: Danice Ryan
Day C. Stone, 78, of Steubenville, manager of the storeroo at Ohio Valley Hospital until his retirement, died Monday at 10:50 p.m. at St. John Medical Center.
He was a member of the Wintersville United Methodist Church and Wintersville Grange 1636.
Survivors include his daughter Carol Goepper of Cincinnati; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
He was born April 7, 1905, in Steubenville, a son of the late Edward and Mary Cunningham Stone.
His wife, Elmira Mae George Stone, poeceded him in death Feb y, 1962.
Friends may call Wednesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at Dunlope-Williams Funeral Home, Wintersville; services there Thursday at 11 a.m.; the Rev. D. Scott George; Fort Steuben Burial Estates.
Contributed by:Doyle Ekey
