Chas. H. Simms

Charles (Chas) H. Smith, was born in 1837 in Pennsylvania. While little is known about his early life, records have indicated that he was raised by his father Harry Simms. Simms enlisted in Company G of the 6th Regiment of the United States Colored Troops on July 29th, 1863, and served until August 20th, 1865. Simms moved to Carlise, where he married an unknown woman, who died in 1866. Simms would get married two more times, to Mary Simms until her death in 1900, then to Elizebeth Jackson. Simms had one child, Emma. Charles Simms passed died on July 23rd, 1909 and was buried at Union Colored Cemetery in Carlisle.