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SIMMONS, William Hayne, poet, born in South Carolina about 1785. He studied medicine in the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, where he was graduated in 1806. He never practised his profession, but resided for some time in Charleston, South Carolina, whence he removed to East Florida. While in Charleston he published, anonymously an Indian poem entitled "Onea." He is also the author of "A History of the Seminoles." --His younger brother, James Wright, poet, born in South Carolina, studied for a time at Harvard, travelled in Europe, and settled in one of the western states. He published "Blue Beard, a Poem " (Philadelphia, 1821) and "The Greek Girl" (Boston, 1852). A series of metrical tales, "Wood Notes from the West," remain in manuscript. Verses by both the brothers may be found in Duyckinck's" Cyclopaedia of American Literature."
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