1881, Oct. 2Born, Columbia, S.C.circa 19001917Attended intermittently Benedict College, Columbia, S.C. and
Virginia Union College, Richmond, Va. 1918International secretary, Young Men's Christian Association
(YMCA), East African Expeditionary Force, British Army, Dar-es-Salaam, East
Africa19191922International YMCA secretary, Delhi, India, and Rangoon, Burma
19221924Headmaster, American Baptist Foreign Mission School, Myingyan,
Burma19251926Lecturer, Washington, D.C., and VirginiaInstructor, Virginia Union College, Richmond, Va. 19271930Attended Gordon College, Wenham, Mass.1930Bachelor of divinity, Gordon College, Wenham, Mass. Ordained, Boston, Mass.19301938Baptist missionary and teacher, Ogbomosho, Nigeria1938, Mar. 31Died, Ogbomosho, NigeriaFrom the guide to the Simons Family Papers, 1887-1982, (bulk 1918-1945), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)