James Fowler Simmons, Senator

1795 - 1864  (68 years)

• Name	James Fowler Simmons
  Suffix	Senator
  Birth	10 Sep 1795	Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island
  Gender	Male
  Death	4 Jul 1864	Johnston, Providence, Rhode Island
  Burial	North Burial Ground, North Main Street, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
  Person ID	I78789	Whipple Descendants
  Last Modified	27 Apr 2014

  
  

  Father	Davis Simmons,   b. 20 Oct 1769, Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island
  Mother	Elizabeth Cook,   b. 15 Mar 1760, Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island
  Marriage	28 Nov 1792	Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island
  Family ID	F33878	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Eliza Randall,   b. Abt 1800, Johnston, Providence, Rhode Island d. 12 Apr 1832, , , Rhode Island (Age ~ 32 years)
  Marriage	26 Oct 1820 or 21 Oct 1820	Johnston, Providence, Rhode Island
  Children	+ 1. Walter Cook Simmons,   b. 1821, , , Rhode Island d. 16 Apr 1887, , , Rhode Island (Age 66 years) + 2. Samuel R. Simmons,   b. Abt 1829, , , Rhode Island d. 14 Jan 1914, , , Rhode Island (Age ~ 85 years)
  Family ID	F33876	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Sarah Scott Whipple,   b. 13 Jan 1806, , , Rhode Island d. 25 May 1872, Johnston, Providence, Rhode Island (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	1835	, , Rhode Island
  Children	+ 1. Frederick Fowler Simmons,   b. Abt 1837, prob, Johnston, Providence, Rhode Island d. 14 Oct 1878, , , Rhode Island (Age ~ 41 years) + 2. Simon Whipple Simmons,   b. 5 Jun 1839, prob, Johnston, Providence, Rhode Island d. 13 Apr 1914, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island (Age 74 years)   3. Charles Winfield Simmons,   b. Jun 1844, prob, Johnston, Providence, Rhode Island d. 26 Mar 1920, , , Rhode Island (Age ~ 75 years)   4. William Woodridge Simmons,   b. May 1846, prob, Johnston, Providence, Rhode Island d. 18 Oct 1909, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island (Age ~ 63 years)
  Family ID	F33877	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 10 Sep 1795 - Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island Marriage - 26 Oct 1820 or 21 Oct 1820 - Johnston, Providence, Rhode Island Marriage - 1835 - , , Rhode Island Death - 4 Jul 1864 - Johnston, Providence, Rhode Island Burial - - North Burial Ground, North Main Street, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  !SOURCE: "Descendants of Mary Whipple," email from N. Combs to the Whipple Website, 13 May 2003. Cites Rhode Island Cemeteries Database Index (birth, death [4 Jul 1864], burial); Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 (marriage). !SOURCE: Email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 28 Jul 2004. Cites The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume IX SIMMONS, James Fowler {78789}, senator, was born in Little Compton, R.I., Sept. 10, 1795; son of Davis Simmons. He spent his childhood on his father's farm, and attended Mr. Fowler's private school in Newport, removing in 1812 to Providence. He was subsequently employed in various manufacturing concerns in Massachusetts and Rhode Island and in 1822 built a mill and began manufacturing in Simmonsville. He was a representative of the town of Johnston in the general assembly, 1827–40, excepting the years 1830 and 1834, serving on a committee sent to Washington in the interests of manufacturing corporations, and also as chairman of a committee sent from Providence in the great financial crisis of 1837. He was U.S. senator from Rhode Island, 1841–47, and lost the next two elections through favoring the liberation of Thomas W. Dorr (q.v), but won the election, 1857, resigning his seat in August, 1862, and his term was completed by Samuel G. Arnold of Middletown. He was married, first, Oct. 21, 1820, to Eliza, daughter of Judge Samuel Randall {78788}, of Johnston; and secondly, in 1835, to Sarah Scott, daughter of Simon Whipple. He died at Johnston, R.I., July 19, 1864.