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Esther Laws

Female 1914 - 1987  (73 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Esther Laws was born 6 May 1914 (daughter of Reuben Bartley "R. B." Laws and Melissa Ellen Simmons); died 30 May 1987; was buried Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.

    Esther — Elmer Cates. Elmer (son of Rev. Lewis Cates and Martha Johnson) was born 31 Dec 1914; died 19 Sep 1977. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Charles Edward Cates
    2. Harold Cates
    3. Reva Cates
    4. Claude Ronald Cates was born 18 Nov 1941; died 26 Oct 2002, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried 29 Oct 2002, Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Reuben Bartley "R. B." Laws was born 22 May 1888 (son of James Laws and Cynthia Black); died 27 May 1962; was buried Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.

    Reuben — Melissa Ellen Simmons. Melissa (daughter of Thomas Simmons and Martha Rose) was born 4 Nov 1889, Tennessee; died 23 Dec 1972; was buried Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Melissa Ellen Simmons was born 4 Nov 1889, Tennessee (daughter of Thomas Simmons and Martha Rose); died 23 Dec 1972; was buried Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, District 13, Cocke County, Tennessee

    Children:
    1. 1. Esther Laws was born 6 May 1914; died 30 May 1987; was buried Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  James Laws

    James — Cynthia Black. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Cynthia Black
    Children:
    1. 2. Reuben Bartley "R. B." Laws was born 22 May 1888; died 27 May 1962; was buried Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.

  3. 6.  Thomas Simmons was born 30 Nov 1848, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of James Abijah Simmons and Mary Elizabeth McCoig); died 30 Jan 1923; was buried Clark Cemetery, Hartford, Cocke County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, District 13, Cocke County, Tennessee

    Thomas married Martha Rose 27 Apr 1873. Martha was born 10 Jan 1853, Tennessee; died 14 Jan 1928; was buried Clark Cemetery, Hartford, Cocke County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Martha Rose was born 10 Jan 1853, Tennessee; died 14 Jan 1928; was buried Clark Cemetery, Hartford, Cocke County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, District 13, Cocke County, Tennessee

    Children:
    1. John Simmons was born 1 Feb 1874, Tennessee; died 19 Dec 1958; was buried Clark Cemetery, Hartford, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    2. Abigal Simmons was born May 1875, Tennessee.
    3. Mary E. Simmons was born Abt 1877, Tennessee.
    4. Sarah J. Simmons was born Abt 1879, Tennessee.
    5. Nancy Simmons was born Nov 1882, Tennessee.
    6. Alice Simmons was born 12 Apr 1883, Tennessee; died 25 Sep 1978; was buried Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    7. Joseph Simmons was born Abt 1887, Tennessee.
    8. 3. Melissa Ellen Simmons was born 4 Nov 1889, Tennessee; died 23 Dec 1972; was buried Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    9. Laura Simmons was born Abt 1892, Tennessee.
    10. Edgar Garfield Simmons was born 29 Aug 1894, Tennessee; died 14 Jan 1969; was buried Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  James Abijah Simmons was born 1805, Pennsylvania.

    James married Mary Elizabeth McCoig Abt 1847. Mary (daughter of John McCoig and Mary McDaniel) was born 1828, South Carolina; died 1910; was buried Grassy Fork, Cocke County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 13.  Mary Elizabeth McCoig was born 1828, South Carolina (daughter of John McCoig and Mary McDaniel); died 1910; was buried Grassy Fork, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    Children:
    1. 6. Thomas Simmons was born 30 Nov 1848, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 30 Jan 1923; was buried Clark Cemetery, Hartford, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    2. Elizabeth Ann Simmons was born 8 Feb 1850, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 21 Jul 1931; was buried Greeley, Colorado.
    3. John Simmons was born 1853, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Martha Simmons was born 1854, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Mary Jane Simmons was born 1856, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.
    6. Neal Simmons was born 1857, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Catherine Simmons was born 1860, Blount County, Tennessee.
    8. Abijah B. Simmons was born 22 Dec 1865, Blount County, Tennessee; died 14 Nov 1944; was buried Big Creek, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    9. Malcolm Simmons was born 20 Jun 1868, Cocke County, Tennessee; died 17 Jan 1910; was buried Grassy Forks, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    10. Sarah Matilda Simmons was born 28 Sep 1870, Cocke County, Tennessee; died 18 Apr 1931; was buried Grassy Forks, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    11. George M. Simmons was born 1876, Cocke County, Tennessee.


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