"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA.  HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR.  CHICAGO:  F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS.  1884.
F. A. BATTEY.  F. W. TEPPLE

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP AND MARTINSVILLE, MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA
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ABRAHAM SIMMS is a native of Surrey County, N.C., was born April 29, 1820,
and was the third of the family of JOHN and FRANCES SIMMS, both natives of
North Carolina, the former born August 8, 1793, the latter May 18, 1784.
They were married in Surrey County October 27, 1814;  in 1832, moved to
Shelby County, Ky., and in 1833, to Hendricks County, Ind., and one year
later to Morgan County, locating on the identical farm now occupied by the
subject of this sketch, where they both closed their lives, he August
22,1837, and she September 3, 1854.  They reared a family of five--CYRUS,
ELIZABETH, MATTHEW, NIMROD and ABRAHAM.  Abraham Simms came with his parents
to this county in 1834, where he grew to manhood and married, March 29,
1843, MISS ELLEN, daughter of DANIEL and SOPHIA GRAVER, who died April
15,1877, having been the mother of five children--SARAH J. (deceased),
CATHERINE, SOPHIA, SUSANNA and GEORGE W.  Mr. Simms is sole owner of the
homestead created by his father;  he is a member of the Baptist Church, an
excellent man and a respected citizen.