Simer Family Lines
Boggs, Donaldson, Elder, Estep, Harris, Horn, Jewell, McKenzie, Osborn, Picklesimer, Prater, Rogers, Simer, Stephens, Watt, Wyer
Lineages
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Articles
Andrew and Martha Picklesimer of Kentucky
The story of their beginnings
up until the Civil War.
My Yesterdays by Edith "Dollie" (Neafus) Simer
Dollie wrote this autobiography in 1978 at the age of 91. We are indebted to Sharon Simer Isbell for sharing her grandma's story and many family photos.
An Interview with Ruth Simer Adams
This interview was conducted in the fall of 1980 in Boise, Idaho when Ruth was seventy-years-old.
Big Discovery in Lemhi County
Newspaper article about Jasper Elder and Burton Simer discovering gold on Bohannon Creek in September 1908.
Burt Simer Invents a Tieless Sack
Newspaper article about Burton Simer and Anthony Nichols inventing a tieless sack in June 1914.
The Killing of Dewey Simer
Originally published in Patchwork: Pieces of Local History, May 1990. A collection of Lemhi County historical happenings compiled from interviews, photos, and archives by Salmon, Idaho high school students.
Family Signatures
 Jasper Newton Elder1840-1923 |
 Burton Ward Simer 1879-1960 |
 Andrew J. P'Simer 1825 - After 1884 |
Photos
 Harriet Ann Horn |
 Jasper N. Elder |
 Ruth Simer |
 Emma Elder and Burton Simer |
 Harriet Simer and son Dewey |
Records
Birth Records
1908 Bible Register of Emma and Burt Simer of Salmon, Idaho
Census Records
1850-1880 Margaret and Samuel Horn of Cove Creek, Washington, Arkansas
1850-1880 Martha and Andrew Picklesimer
Marriage Records
1907 Mary Simer and Robert Mathews of Ogden, Utah
1908 Emma Elder and Burt Simer of Salmon, Idaho
1909 Edith Neafus and Fred Simer of Ogden, Utah
1909 Ethel Fowler and Arthur Simer of Salmon, Idaho
1909 Margaret Simer and Lynn Fowler of Salmon, Idaho
1923 Helen Swift and Dewey Simer of Salmon, Idaho
1932 Patricia Airhart and Dewey Simer of Plains, Montana
Military Records
1875 Andrew J. P'Simer Civil War Pension in Peoria, Texas
1876 Jasper N. Elder Civil War Pension in Fort Lemhi, Idaho
Death Records
1907 Death Certificate of Francis M. Simer of Ogden, Utah
1918 Death Certificate of Arthur Simer of Stockton, Utah
1923 Obituary of Jasper Newton Elder of Salmon, Idaho
1933 Death Certificate of Harriet Horn Simer of LaGrande, Oregon
1960 Obituary of Burton Ward Simer of Shoshone, Idaho
1986 Obituary of Dollie Simer of Anacortes, Washington
2002 Obituary of Bette Jane Simer Hoyt of Denver, Colorado
2003 Obituary of Lois Azel Simer Boesiger of Gooding, Idaho