Stella G. Simon was born on 7 June 1877. She was the daughter of
Jacob E. Simon and
Frances Curl. Stella G. Simon died on 18 September 1879 at age 2; Stella became ill while the family was enroute to Jasper Co., Missouri via wagon. The family stopped, made camp and tended to her, houwever she died and is buried in an unmarked grave. Years later her parents had a tombstone made with the intention of placing it on her grave. However they did not get back to her grave site, so they placed the tombstone in the Oronogo, Missouri cemetery near the graves of two of Stella's sisters who are also buried there.