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Enoch Simmons
August 13, 1886 - February 1, 1900

Enoch Simmons, the son of Ralph and Mary (Whitfield) Simmons, was born in Tennessee in 1885 or 1886. Shortly after his birth, his parents moved the family to southwest Missouri. Enoch’s mother and father separated sometime in the 1890s, and Enoch went to live with his grandmother, Charity James, in Ash Grove, where he attended school. Although his gravestone states that he died in 1900, he was still alive in June of 1910, single and living with his mother in Iola, Kansas. The actual date and place of Enoch Simmons' death are as yet unknown (Russel 2012).

Grave Marker: As noted above, Enoch Simmons may or may not be interred in the Berry Cemetery. However, he is memorialized there by two monuments. One of these is a marble cross vault obelisk that bears the names of four individuals: Enoch Simmons (east face), brother Jasper Simmons (west face), father Ralph Simmons (west face), and grandmother Charity James (south face). The monument records death dates for Enoch, Jasper, and Ralph that precede Charity's death, suggesting that this stone was commissioned after Charity died as a memorial to all four individuals. The monument is set on a marble upper base and limestone lower base. This monument bears ivy imagery on the upper part of each face. By 2009, the upper part of the monument had detached from the base. In 2017, through a grant from the Phenix Marble Company, the upper portion was re-attached to the base. Excluding the base, the monument is 31 x 10 x 10 inches in size. The two-part base is 8 x 15 x 15 inches in size. The second monument is a smaller limestone tablet with "ENOCH" engraved on one face. This smaller gravestone was probably originally set as either (a) a footstone or (b) a head stone that was shifted to footstone status after the obelisk was set.
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Cross-vault obelisk grave stone in 2009, before repair
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East face of obelisk after 2017 repair
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Bird's eye view of obelisk
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Ivy leaves design on upper part of each side of obelisk
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Tablet marker engraved "ENOCH"
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Sketch of East face by field recorder

​Text on East Face

​
ENOCH
SIMMONS
AUG 13
1886
FEB 1
​1900


​Text on South Face

​  CHARITY
JAMES 
MAR   18
 1842
MAR   31
1914
                                                                                                       

Text on West Face

RALPH

SIMMONS
JULY 4
1854
MAY 6
​1904

JASPER
SIMMONS
MAY 2
1882
JAN 11
1908
Berry Family, Ash Grove, MO; Ozarks Afro-American Heritage Museum; Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, College of Humanities and Public Affairs, Missouri State University
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    • Jocy Bell Peryman
    • Cassie Reaves
    • Leo Reaves
    • Mary Reaves
    • William Harvey Reaves
    • Isaiah Rice
    • Enoch Simmons
    • Jasper Simmons
    • Ralph Simmons
    • Baby Walls
    • Bob Walls
    • Charles Walls
    • James Aaron Walls
    • Joe Walls
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    • Levina "Vine" Walls
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