i grew up with some simons in uniontown, pa. they had relatives in detroit. i recall paying with them during summer vacation. they had an accent. anyway, you may be able to find sources in rootsweb.com county =fayette some info may be there that your looking for. i believe these simons are relatives in some distant way. i grew up in the lebanese neighborhood. i'm not real sure but i think they owned the house i grew up in. these sisters from detroit.
barkette as a surname may help. my house was willed to the sisters after lizzie barkette passed.