Milton Augustus Simons
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Milton Augustus Simons
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Milton Augustus Simons was born on June 5, 1889, the eighth child of George and Jenny Simons. Milton had three older brothers and two older sisters living. There were also two other sisters who had died as infants. These siblings supplied abundant companionship and were no doubt also helpful teachers for their little brother. In the 1900 federal census, Milton, age 10, was already listed as working as a farm labourer while some of his older sisters were still attending school.
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Milton Simons and Lena Nelson |
As an adult, Milton
worked for various farmers in the area. In 1910 he was living with the
Barnhart family and working for them. On June 7, 1916 Milton married Lena
Nelson. He worked for his brother Elmer on the Simons family farm for at least
a few years. However, in 1920 Milton and Lena were living in Spokane and
living with John Nelson, Lena’s brother.
In 1923 or
1924, Milton was stabbed in the back in a dispute over a dog fight. He was
left crippled, due to paralysis in one leg, and with kidney damage. He died
May 16, 1926 in Williston, North Dakota. His body was returned to Washington
and he was buried in Sherman cemetery in May 1926. He was only thirty-seven
years old.
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