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  2. Aug 19, 1973 · Explore genealogy for Simon Haley born 1892 Savannah, Hardin, Tennessee, United States died 1973 Martinsburg, Berkeley, West Virginia, United States including ancestors + descendants + 1 photos + more in the free family tree community.

    • Male
    • August 19, 1973
    • March 8, 1892
  3. Oct 30, 2021 · Simon Alexander Haley (March 8, 1892 - August 19, 1973) was a professor of agriculture, and father of writer Alex Haley. He was born in Savannah, Tennessee to farmer Alec Haley and his wife Queen (Davy) Haley.

    • Tennessee
    • March 8, 1892
    • Zeona Eubanks Haley, Bertha George Haley
    • August 9, 1973
  4. Alex Haley had several siblings – Lillie Bell, Juliette, Julius, George and Palmor. Tragically, Alex’s father Simon passed away when he was only 10 years old; following his death the family then relocated to Henning in order to be nearer their extended kin.

  5. Cynthia and Will Palmer have a daughter, Bertha, who marries Simon Alexander Haley at a wedding that everyone in town—black and white—attends. Bertha and Simon quickly surprise Cynthia and Will with a son, Alex, who will grow up to write Roots .

  6. Feb 10, 1992 · As the oldest of three sons and a daughter to Simon Alexander Haley and Bertha Palmer, Haley lived with his family in Henning, Tennessee before he returned to Ithaca with his family when he was five years old.

  7. Roots: The Saga of an American Family is a 1976 novel written by Alex Haley. It tells the story of Kunta Kinte, an 18th-century African, captured as an adolescent, sold into slavery in Africa, and transported to North America; it follows his life and the lives of his descendants in the United States down to Haley.

  8. Oct 20, 2021 · Simon Haley and Bertha Palmer, two Ithaca Blacks, stood out in the community. He was in graduate school at Cornell, studying agriculture; she was studying music at the Ithaca Conservatory of Music. They met, fell in love, and married.

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