Biography extracted from History of Sauk County, Wisconsin Chicago: Western Historical Company, published 1880.

Greenfield:

Orson Simonds was a soldier in the civil war, enlisting in the 10th Battery of W.V.A. Sept. 6, 1864; he joined the army at Atlanta; the battery was under Gen. Kilpatrick’s command, with Gen. Sherman, on his campaign through Georgia and the Carolinas; Mr. S. followed the fortunes of the war till it closed with the grand review at Washington, May 25, 1865. This son of Joseph and Susannah Simonds was born at Hanover, N.Y., Feb. 12, 1826; came to Two Rivers, Wis., in 1847, and worked three years in steam saw-mill; came to Sec. 4 in Greenfield in 1854, where he now resides on a good fruit farm of 78 acres, having about 200 trees. Mr. S. married July 18, 1852, to Miss Evaline, daughter of Elisha and Polly Dolley, who was born in Otsego, Co., N.Y., Oct. 5th 1825, by whom he has seven children – Martin O., born June 5, 1843; Helen M., Aug. 14, 1854; Mary M., Sept. 1, 1855; Freeman W., Nov. 7, 1856; Martha J., July 1, 1858; Cyrus H., Feb. 6, 1860, and Edwin Ray, Oct. 11, 1872. Mr. Simonds is a Republican; has served upon the Town Board; worships with the Congregational Church, and believes in soft money.

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