Simons, Lydia Ann (1821-1908)

Name:

Simons, Lydia Ann (1821-1908)

Other Names:

Foster, Lydia Ann

Born:

12/31/1821

Birthplace:

Weare, NH

Died:

11/10/1908

Death Location:

Weare, NH

Residence:

Weare, NH

Nationality:

American

Father:

Foster, Samuel P. (-1838)

Mother:

Little, Sarah (-1841)

Relations:

Grandmother of Grace Foster Simons (1875-1949; donor 1949.24) and Webster L. Simons (1899-1984; donor 1971.9).

Spouse:

Harrison Hobson Simons (1813-1903), 1840

Children:

William (Willie) Frank, born 1842, Weare; m. Lydia A. Huntoon; 1 child Grace Foster Simons; superintendent Boston & Lowell RR; d. Somerville, MA.
Eliza Ann, born 1844; m. Abel F. Moore - roadmaster of the Concord Railroad
Mary Ellen, born 1846
Clara M., born 1848; m. John G. Sumner of Nashua, NH
Sarah N., born 1852; m. George Smith of Manchester, NH
Nina M., born 1854
Harry H., born 1859, Weare; m. Adah C. Whitney, merchant and postmaster in Weare; 2 children, including Webster L. Simons

Notes:

Harrison was the son of Christopher and Nancy (Locke) Harrison, of Weare, NH. Harrison was listed as a miller in 1860 and 1880 Weare census. Harrison and son Harry H. Simons built a hosiery mill in 1886 on the Piscataquog, in Oil Mill Village, Weare, NH, known as the Simons Knitting Company.

William Little, The History of Weare, New Hampshire 1735-1888. (Lowell, Massachusetts: Printed for the Town of Weare by S. W. Huse & Co., 1888), 855, 990.

Vital Records, New Hampshire State Archives

Oil Mill Cemetery, Weare, NH