Family: James Arthur / Lydia Ann Simmons (F13517)

• Father | Male James Arthur

  
  

  Born	Abt 1846	Tennessee
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried
  Married	24 Sep 1868  [1]	Cherokee County, Texas  [1]
  Father
  Mother

  
  

  Mother | Female Lydia Ann Simmons

  
  

  Born	Abt 1847	Ouachita Parish, Louisiana
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried
  Father	John H. Simmons | F1715 Group Sheet
  Mother	Eliza Ann McGrew | F1715 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Female Elizabeth M. Arthur

  
  

  Born	Sep 1869	Texas
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

• Notes

  Married: On 29 Apr 1861, Lydia Ann Simmons married first John L. Roach in Ouachita Parish, LA. On 24 Sept 1868, L. A. Roach (nee Simmons) married James Arthur on 24 Sept 1868 in Cherokee County, Texas. At the time of the 1870 census, they were living in Cherokee County, and had a 9 month old daughter. They were also enumerated next to her parents household.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1352] Ancestry.com - Texas Marriage Collections, 1814-1909 and 1966-2011 [database online].