Henry Simon
Henry Simon born around 1812 in Bordeaux, France, to Pierre and Emily Simon. The family immigrated to America around 1815 and settled in New York City. He grew up and attended school there, and he married Catherine Roux there on October 22, 1841. They had at least ten children: Angelina, born around 1843; Elizabeth, born around 1846; Margaret, born on September 13, 1847; Louise, born on May 5, 1849; Ernest, born around 1850; Adelson, born on July 20, 1851; Frank, born on February 6, 1857; Robert, born on November 6, 1859; George, born on August 26, 1860; and Caroline, born on May 27, 1862. They moved to Providence, Rhode Island, in the 1840s, and Simon worked as a jeweler. By 1860, he owned $6,400 of real estate.
 
In October 1861, he received a commission as a captain in Company C of the 4th Rhode Island Infantry. The regiment took part in the Battle of Roanoke Island, the Battle of New Bern, and the siege of Fort Macon. He resigned on August 11, 1862. 
 
He returned to the Union army in September 1863, receiving a commission as a captain in Company B of the 14th Rhode Island Colored Heavy Artillery. The regiment was later redesignated the 11th USCT Heavy Artillery. His health deteriorated by August 1864, and several of his children urged him to resign and return home. He apparently chose to remain in the army, and he died of “malarial typhus fever” in New Orleans, Louisiana, on October 6, 1864. Among his personal effects at the time of his death were “Three Photographs in cases” and “Three packages of letters, (personal).”
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(3373)Simon, Henry18121864-10-06
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Captain
  • Rank out: Captain
  • Rank highest: Captain
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 31

  • (9140) [recipient] ~ Angelina Simon to Henry Simon, 11 January 1864
  • (9142) [recipient] ~ Louise Simon to Henry Simon, 11 January 1864
  • (9144) [recipient] ~ Angelina Simon to Henry Simon, 5 February 1864
  • (9145) [recipient] ~ Margaret Simon to Henry Simon and Ernest Simon, 17 February 1864
  • (9148) [recipient] ~ Elizabeth Simon to Henry Simon, 2 March 1864
  • (9149) [recipient] ~ Margaret Simon to Henry Simon, 4 March 1864
  • (9150) [recipient] ~ Margaret Simon to Henry Simon, 16 March 1864
  • (9152) [recipient] ~ Angelina Simon to Henry Simon, 31 March 1864
  • (9153) [recipient] ~ Margaret Simon to Henry Simon and Ernest Simon, 8 April 1864
  • (9154) [recipient] ~ Margaret Simon to Henry Simon, 8 May 1864
  • (9155) [recipient] ~ Angelina Simon to Henry Simon, 11 May 1864
  • (9156) [recipient] ~ Angelina Simon to Henry Simon and Ernest Simon, 18 May 1864
  • (9157) [recipient] ~ Louise Simon to Henry Simon, 29 May 1864
  • (9158) [recipient] ~ Elizabeth Simon to Henry Simon, June 1864
  • (9159) [recipient] ~ Unknown to Henry Simon, 7 June 1864
  • (9160) [recipient] ~ Margaret Simon to Henry Simon, 13 June 1864
  • (9161) [recipient] ~ William H. Earle to Henry Simon, 14 June 1864
  • (9162) [recipient] ~ Louise Simon to Henry Simon, 17 June 1864
  • (9163) [associated with] ~ Henry Simon Receipt, 10 July 1855
  • (9164) [recipient] ~ Margaret Simon to Henry Simon, 17 July 1864
  • (9166) [recipient] ~ Louise Simon to Henry Simon, August 1864
  • (9167) [recipient] ~ Margaret Simon to Henry Simon, 3 August 1864
  • (9168) [recipient] ~ Margaret Simon to Henry Simon, 11 August 1864
  • (9169) [recipient] ~ Elizabeth Simon to Henry Simon, 14 August 1864
  • (9170) [recipient] ~ Angelina Simon to Henry Simon, 15 August 1864
  • (9171) [recipient] ~ Louise Simon to Henry Simon, 17 August 1864
  • (9172) [recipient] ~ Louise Simon to Henry Simon, 1 September 1864
  • (9173) [recipient] ~ Margaret Simon to Henry Simon, 4 September 1864
  • (9174) [recipient] ~ Mary A. Turner to Henry Simon, 6 September 1864
  • (9175) [recipient] ~ Charles L. Stafford to Henry Simon, 14 September 1864
  • (9176) [recipient] ~ Adelson Simon to Henry Simon, undated

People - Records: 7

  • (3373) Simon, Henry is the [parent of] (3372) Simon, Angelina
  • (3374) Simon, Ernest is the [child of] (3373) Simon, Henry
  • (3375) Simon, Louise is the [child of] (3373) Simon, Henry
  • (3376) Simon, Margaret is the [child of] (3373) Simon, Henry
  • (3377) Simon, Elizabeth is the [child of] (3373) Simon, Henry
  • (3381) Earle, William H. is the [friend of] (3373) Simon, Henry
  • (3386) Simon, Adelson is the [child of] (3373) Simon, Henry

Places - Records: 2

  • (2861) [birth] ~ Bordeaux, France
  • (72) [death] ~ New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana

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Regiments - Records: 2

  • (652) [officer] [C] ~ 4th Rhode Island Infantry
  • (937) [officer] [B] ~ 11th USCT Heavy Artillery
SOURCES

1850 and 1860 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Military Service Record of Henry Simon, available from Fold3.com; Widow’s Pension of Catherine Simon, available from Fold3.com; William H. Chenery, The Fourteenth Regiment Rhode Island Heavy Artillery (Colored) in the War to Preserve the Union, 1861-1865 (Providence, RI: Snow & Farnham, 1898)