During the remainder of the war, Simon Sommers was in the South and served as a civil assistant engineer. He married Margaret Maria Newton on March 17, 1863. She was the daughter of Charles and Sarah Ann A. Newton, formerly of the U.S. Navy.
In July 1865, he was reappointed as land agent for William W. Corcoran and went to Macomb, Illinois where he resided for many years. While there, he and Margaret had 7 children, six of whom survived. He was a Master Mason of the Macomb Lodge No. 17 and served five years as a member of the town's board of education.
--Old Secesh
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