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Descendants of James Cole

Generation No. 5

12. AMELIA⁶ FORMAN (SUSAN⁵ COLE, SOLOMON⁴, JAMES³, JAMES², STEPHEN¹) was born February 16, 1814 in Hickory Flats, Allen, Louisiana, and died May 09, 1862 in Sugartown, Louisiana. She married DAVID SIMMONS February 24, 1829 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, son of JAMES JR. and NANCY SULLIVAN.

Notes for DAVID SIMMONS:
The following accounts of some Simmons family records were found in a letter written by Pat Simmons to his cousin Irene Simmons at Robstown, Texas. I will quote this letter.
Dayton, Texas
July 10, 1941

Dear Cousin Irene,
At last I have a few idle moments and will begin on the family history of the Simmons, which I promised to send you when we met at the family reunion.
This history of the Simmons family was told to me by my father, my uncles and aunts, and the older people of Louisiana who were friends and neighbors. In giving names of children born to our uncles and aunts, I do not include those who died in infancy or early childhood.
On the next page I give a brief description of the place where our parents were born.
In Allen Parish, La. there is a strip of land about four miles wide and ten miles long that was named by the early settlers "Hickory Flat". It was so named because of the great number of hickory trees growing on ridges of land between the flats. Hickory Flat is between Calcasieu River and Bayou Blue.
The early settlers built log houses on the ridges and rail fences around small cleared spaces for farms. The houses were nearly all alike, having two large rooms with a hall between, a mud chimney at each end, and a wide porch in front; and one or two shed rooms on the porch on the back of the house.
It was here that David Simmons and Millie (Amelia) Forman, our grandparents grew to manhood and womanhood, and in about the year 1828 they were married.
In 1848, when my father was 12 years old and your father was 3, our grandfather moved from Hickory Flat to within six miles northwest of Sugartown on the Whisky-Chitto Creek. There Aunt Susan, Uncle Ab and Aunt Nannie were born.
The only sign remaining of the old Sugartown home is a depression where the well was dug. Some people believed that grandfather had buried some gold and several holes have been dug around the old home.
I have been told that grandfather was a big man and in his younger days wore a long red beard. He had a cousin named Dave, and people called grandpa "Big Dave" and his cousin "Black Dave". I think grandmother was a big portly woman, as were her daughters, Aunt Susan and Aunt Nannie.
In 1862 Grandmother died and is buried in a cemetery within a few hundred yards of the old home. Grandfather lived three years longer. He decided to marry again but his children opposed a second marriage. To show them he was still boss, he mounted his horse, took his girl (Lila Gill) behind the saddle and rode up and down the road where his children could see him. He finally married the woman and they had one child but it died soon after birth.
He died in 1865 and was buried by grandmother's side." End of quote.
They are buried in Smyrna Cemetery near Sugartown, Allen Parish, La. They were married Feb. 24, 1829 by Isham Nettles, a Baptist minister.

Children of AMELIA FORMAN and DAVID SIMMONS are:

17.	i.	ANN⁷ SIMMONS, b. Abt. 1830, Hickory Flats, Allen, Louisiana; d. Grant, La. Buried in Julie Ann Young Cemetery.
	ii.	CALVIN SIMMONS.
	iii.	WILLIAM SIMMONS.
	iv.	LYDIA SIMMONS.
18.	v.	DAVID LUKE SIMMONS, b. March 29, 1842, Hickory Flats, Allen, Louisiana; d. October 09, 1910, Liberty Hill, Texas.
	vi.	EDITH COURTNEY SIMMONS.
	vii.	ABNER ROBERT SIMMONS.
	viii.	SUSAN SIMMONS.
	ix.	NANCY ALICE SIMMONS.
19.	x.	COLBERT JAMES SIMMONS, b. June 25, 1845, Hickory Flats, Allen, Louisiana; d. August 05, 1903, Liberty Hill, Texas.
	xi.	JEPTHA ERASTUS SIMMONS.
	xii.	SARAH SIMMONS.

13. LYDIA ANN⁶ FORMAN (SUSAN⁵ COLE, SOLOMON⁴, JAMES³, JAMES², STEPHEN¹) was born December 26, 1825 in St. Landry Parish, La., and died January 10, 1887 in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana. She married MARANDA PERKINS 1843 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.

Child of LYDIA FORMAN and MARANDA PERKINS is:

20.

WASHINGTON EVANDER⁷ PERKINS, b. March 18, 1846, Beauregard Parish, Louisiana; d. April 02, 1909, Beauregard Parish, Louisiana.

14. EBENEZER MILLER⁶ FORMAN (SUSAN⁵ COLE, SOLOMON⁴, JAMES³, JAMES², STEPHEN¹)³ was born March 07, 1838 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, and died August 28, 1898 in unknown. He married APOLONIA ELIZABETH PERKINS October 1856 in Unknown, daughter of SAMUEL PERKINS and REBECCA COWARD.

Notes for EBENEZER MILLER FORMAN:
Ebenezer Miller Forman was born in Louisiana in 1838. He married Apolonia Elizabeth Perkins about 1859. In 1860, Ebenezer and wife Apolonia are living in Calcasieu Parish, La. the post office listed at Ballius Ferry La. Listed above Ebenezer is his father, William Forman age 69 and mother, Susan age 63. Listed below Ebenezer and Apolonia were his older brother David D. Forman and wife Mary. Listed next to them is Calvert Andrus age 35 and wife Elizabeth age 33. Their children are listed with William age 12, who later marries Rebbeca Butler and fathers Annie Almira Andrus who marries Samuel David Forman Sr.
On April 1, 1862, Ebenezer Forman enlists in the 26th Texas Cavalry Co.C, of Debray's Regiment at Galveston, Texas. It appears the whole group, the Formans, Butlers, and Andrus families moved to Houston about 1858. Ebenezer only served a short time with the 26th as he procurred a replacement in August 1862. He re-enlisted in 1864 in what was known as Ragsdale's Battalion and remained with them until the end of the war.
The family had reported Ebenezer was a circuit preacher. The Census listed his occupation as a farmer. His older brother David D. Forman was an ordained Baptist minister.
In 1880 Ebenezer and family were living in Independence, Texas, (Washington County). They had also lived in Llano, Texas and that is where Ebenezer and Apolonia are buried, at Bluffton Cemetery, Llano, Texas.

More About EBENEZER MILLER FORMAN:
Fact 1: April 01, 1862, Enlisted in the 26th Texas Cav. Co. C. DeBray's Regiment C.S.A. at Galveston, Tx

Children of EBENEZER FORMAN and APOLONIA PERKINS are:

	i.	WILLIAM JAMES⁷ FORMAN, b. December 23, 1863, Louisiana; d. November 11, 1932; m. MOLLIE ANDERSON.
21.	ii.	SAMUEL DAVID FORMAN SR., b. January 31, 1865, Llano, Llano County, Texas; d. October 26, 1951, Houston, Harris County, Texas.
	iii.	ANTONETTE (NETTIE) FORMAN, b. January 02, 1868; d. August 1918, Seguin, Texas; m. A.J. BALLARD.
	iv.	ADA FORMAN., b. November 27, 1869; d. November 27, 1939; m. T.J. ALEXANDER.
	v.	JACOB C. FORMAN, b. October 01, 1872; d. August 1928; m. ADRENNIE ROGERS.
	vi.	ALBERT E. FORMAN, b. November 16, 1874; m. LILLIE SMITH.
	vii.	HATTIE FORMAN, b. December 26, 1879, Independance, Texas; d. January 04, 1880.
	viii.	PEAL E. FORMAN, b. November 30, 1882; m. R. B. ANDERSON.

15. HULDA⁶ SIMMONS (ELIZABETH⁵ COLE, SOLOMON⁴, JAMES³, JAMES², STEPHEN¹) was born Abt. 1836 in Plaquemine Brulee, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, and died Aft. 1860. She married ISAAC WALKER.

Children of HULDA SIMMONS and ISAAC WALKER are:

	i.		WILLIAM⁷ WALKER, b. 1857.
	ii.		MARHA WALKER, b. 1860.

16. OAKENTINE COLUMBUS⁶ COLE (STEHEN DAVIS⁵, SOLOMON⁴, JAMES³, JAMES², STEPHEN¹) was born November 13, 1854 in Louisiana, and died February 27, 1937 in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana. He married EMMA SINGLETON.

Child of OAKENTINE COLE and EMMA SINGLETON is:

22.

HARLEY E.⁷ COLE, b. January 23, 1882, Louisiana; d. August 07, 1961, Beauregard Parish, Louisiana.

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