Simmons Cemetery is located on the Allen Farm in Hawkins County, Tennessee

A lonely unmarked sentinel stands in the Simmons Cemetery, just as so many do in our nation's older  burial grounds. Photo: Neale Clifton	One of many ground (field) stones symbolizing  the final resting place of an otherwise unknown person in this cemetery. Photo: Neale Clifton	Fred Allen supporting the field marker  of Matilda Clifton. Photographer: Vivian Evans Marker has been replaced by  grave stone shown below
Rebecca Clifton Third wife of Martin Jones Clifton Photo: Neale Clifton	Fred Allen (a descendant) props up Martin Jones Clifton field stone. Photographer: Kathy Clifton	New markers for Martin Jones  and his 2nd wife, Matilda Martin Clifton  as they appeared in the CLIFTON CLAN CHRONICLE (See below)
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Be sure to check the pages of the CLIFTON CLAN CHRONICLE, which tell the story of how descendants of Martin and Matilda Clifton paid for their makers over one hundred years after they died.   Martin and Matilda Clifton's field marker replacements shown above, right, discussed in eight issues of the CLIFTON CLAN CHRONICLE
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Henry J. Clifton. son of Martin J. and  (2nd wife) Matilda Clifton. Photo: Vivian Evans	Millie P. Clifton, daughter of Henry J. Clifton 1869 - 1953  Photo: Vivian Evans	Emory Clifton, son of Martin J. & Susannah (1st wife) Clifton  Photo: Vivian Evans