SIMMONS, FREDERICK (1846 - 1916)

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Sawtelle Soldiers Home Records
Frederick Simmons
LA National Cemetery

NAME: Frederick Simmons
REGISTER #:

Military History

RANK/CO/UNIT: Musican/Co A/53rd IL Inf
ENLISTMENT: 1861/11/11 Ottawa IL
DISCHARGED: 1865/07/22 Chicago
RE-ENLISTMENT:
RANK/CO/UNIT:
DISCHARGED:
DISABILITY: Rheumatism - Shiloh 1862

Domestic History

BORN: Maine (1846?)
AGE: 58
HT/CMP/EYE/HR: 5'4"/Lt, Lt, Lt/Literate
RELIGION:
OCCUPATION: Farmer
RESIDENCE: Santa Cruz
MARRIED SINGLE: Single
NEXT OF KIN: Mrs. Lucy A Simmons Boulder Creek, CA

Home History

PENSION AMOUNT: $30
ADMISSION: 1904/01/01, 1914/09/16
DISCHARGED: 1914/02/10 Own Request
DATE OF DEATH: 1916/12/27
CAUSE OF DEATH: Nephritis

General Remarks

PENSION CERT: #316,025
EFFECTS: $24.16
HOW DISPOSED OF: Sent to Sister Mrs. Arnie B. Amos
BURIAL INFO: Section 30, Row G, No. 17

Date of Birth: 1846

Date of Death: 1916-27-12

County: Los Angeles

Cemetery/City of Burial: Los Angeles National

Plot: 30/G/17

Mortuary: SH

Cause of Death: Nephritis

Occupation: Farmer

Height: 5'5

Complexion: Dk

Eye Color: Bl

Hair Color: Lt

Local Address: Bay St. 399

Last City: (CA Sawtelle)

Native of: ME

Enlisted: 1861/11/11

Discharged: 1865/07/22

Military Unit: IL_ 53 Inf_ Co A

Rank: Cpl

Military Notes: E-Ottawa IL_ M/O-Chicago

GAR#: N/R

Available records used to obtain information:
Cemetery records
California Death Index
Military records
Santa Cruz and Monterey newspapers
Voter Records
Sawtelle Soldiers Home records

CW Reference: SENp 1901/10/31

Creator: Nelson, Robert L.
Source: Old Soldier: the story of the Grand Army of the Republic in Santa Cruz County. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2004.
Date: Undated
Coverage: Santa Cruz (County)
Rights: Reproduced by permission of Robert L. Nelson.
Identifier: OS-0912

Citation

Nelson, Robert L. “SIMMONS, FREDERICK (1846 - 1916).” Old Soldier: the story of the Grand Army of the Republic in Santa Cruz County. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2004. SCPL Local History. https://history.santacruzpl.org/omeka/items/show/133888. Accessed 27 Dec. 2024.