Simons family

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Biographical Note

William H. Simons

1881, Oct. 2 Born, Columbia, S.C. circa 1900 1917 Attended intermittently Benedict College, Columbia, S.C. and Virginia Union College, Richmond, Va. 1918 International secretary, Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), East African Expeditionary Force, British Army, Dar-es-Salaam, East Africa 1919 1922 International YMCA secretary, Delhi, India, and Rangoon, Burma 1922 1924 Headmaster, American Baptist Foreign Mission School, Myingyan, Burma 1925 1926 Lecturer, Washington, D.C., and Virginia Instructor, Virginia Union College, Richmond, Va. 1927 1930 Attended Gordon College, Wenham, Mass. 1930 Bachelor of divinity, Gordon College, Wenham, Mass. Ordained, Boston, Mass. 1930 1938 Baptist missionary and teacher, Ogbomosho, Nigeria 1938, Mar. 31 Died, Ogbomosho, Nigeria

From the guide to the Simons Family Papers, 1887-1982, (bulk 1918-1945), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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  • German East Africa. (as recorded)
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