Ancestry of
J. K. Simmons

TV and Movie Actor

Lydia Catherine Smith

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• • Great-grandmother of J. K. Simmons — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 11 
  • Father:
  • Joseph Smith 
  • Mother:
  • Rebecca F. Cook   
  • Birth Date:
  • 18 Dec 1868 
  • Birth Location:
  • Rockingham County, Virginia 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 26 Dec 1955 
  • Death Location:
  • Broadway, Rockingham, Virginia 
  • Burial Date:
  • 29 Dec 1955 
  • Burial Location:
  • Mt. Zion Church of the Brethren Cemetery, Singers Glen, Rockingham, Virginia 
  • Spouse Name:
  • William Cooney Keister
  • Marriage Date:
  • 15 Jun 1893 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Harrisonburg, Virginia 
  • Child:

  Mamie C. Keister (Ahnentafel No:5 )

  • Notes: 

  • Lydia Smith's given name is also seen as Liddie.

• Sources for Lydia Catherine Smith

  • ¹ Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958, 10 JUN 1933, Confederate widow's pension application for Lydia Catherine Keister.
  • ² Federal Census, VA, Rockingham County, 1900, Linville, E.D. 61, Sheet 18A, Image 35 of 46.
  • ³ Federal Census, VA, Rockingham County, 1910, Linville, E.D. 73, Sheet 6B, Image 12 of 38.
  • ⁴ Federal Census, VA, Rockingham County, 1880, Plains, E.D. 81, p. 39, Image 39 of 63.
  • ⁵ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 02/01/2018).
  • ⁶ Illinois, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1800-1940, Marriage record for Guy Simmons and daughter Mamie Keister.
  • ⁷ The Peoria Journal Star (Peoria, Illinois), 18 NOV 1992, Obituary for daughter Mamie C Simmons.
  • ⁸ Virginia, U.S., Death Records, 1912-2014, Death certificate for Lydia Catherine Keister.

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