Angelina Simon
Angelina Simon was born around 1843 in New York to Henry and Catherine Simon. Her father was a jeweler who owned $6,400 of real estate by 1860. The family moved to Providence, Rhode Island, in the 1840s, and she grew up and attended school there. By the early 1860s, she was working as a music teacher.
 
In August 1864, she encouraged her father to resign from the Union army. "If I were you," she wrote, "I would not fight for such an administration as this. why they are already trying to compromise and have slavery as it was before. what is the use of your fighting, and for no good, pushing you around as they see fit. Come home and stay with us." She added that "the people want peace, and are determined to have it. I am for my part sick and tired of it all...they cannot stop until more blood is shed."
 
She married Walter S. Hunt on May 16, 1866, and they had at least seven children: Mary, born around 1868; Henry, born around 1869; Jessie, born around 1871; Walter, born around 1874; Howard, born around 1876; Clinton, born around 1879; and Maud, born around 1883. They lived in East Providence, and her husband worked as a carpet liner. She moved to Cranston, Rhode Island, in the late 1800s. She applied for a widow’s pension in July 1901 and eventually secured one. She died sometime after 1910.
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(3372)Simon, Angelina ~ Hunt, Angelina1843
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Civilian
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  • Gender: Female
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 6

  • (9140) [writer] ~ Angelina Simon to Henry Simon, 11 January 1864
  • (9144) [writer] ~ Angelina Simon to Henry Simon, 5 February 1864
  • (9152) [writer] ~ Angelina Simon to Henry Simon, 31 March 1864
  • (9155) [writer] ~ Angelina Simon to Henry Simon, 11 May 1864
  • (9156) [writer] ~ Angelina Simon to Henry Simon and Ernest Simon, 18 May 1864
  • (9170) [writer] ~ Angelina Simon to Henry Simon, 15 August 1864

People - Records: 6

  • (3373) Simon, Henry is the [parent of] (3372) Simon, Angelina
  • (3374) Simon, Ernest is the [sibling of] (3372) Simon, Angelina
  • (3375) Simon, Louise is the [sibling of] (3372) Simon, Angelina
  • (3376) Simon, Margaret is the [sibling of] (3372) Simon, Angelina
  • (3377) Simon, Elizabeth is the [sibling of] (3372) Simon, Angelina
  • (3386) Simon, Adelson is the [sibling of] (3372) Simon, Angelina

Places - Records: 1

  • (67) [birth] ~ New York

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SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1880, 1900, and 1910 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; City Directories, 1822-1995, available from Ancestry.com; Rhode Island Marriage Index, 1851-1290, available from Ancestry.com; General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, available from Ancestry.com; Angelina Simon to Henry Simon, 15 August 1864, DL0531.027, Nau Collection