WV-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest Volume 01 : Issue 8 Today's Topics: #1 DEATHS: SIMMS Family;1853-1929; Le ["Debbie Ullom" To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <006c01c08c7a$ac1c2bc0$2538fea9@ldullom> Subject: DEATHS: SIMMS Family;1853-1929; Lewis Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >From the Lewis county courthouse Note: Reference at end is (Death Book Volume, Page #, line #) October 20, 1856 - LUCINDA SIMS - white female. Died in Lewis county of disentary at age 13 years 3 months. Born in Lewis county to LEONARD D and E SIMS. Informant: father (1, 19, 38) November 11, 1856 - HANNA SIMS - white female. died in Lewis county of disentary. Born in Lewis county to LEONARD D and E SIMS. Informant: father (1, 19, 39) Apr(?) 30, 1872 - FLORENCE SIMS - white female. Died in Harrison county of croup at age 8 months. Born in Harrison county to B and HANNAH SIMS. Informant: father (1, 75, 42) December 1873 - JOHN SIMS - white male married farmer. Died in Lewis county of consumption at age 69 years. Born in Culpepper County to J and MARGARET SIMS. Informant: SARAH A SIMS his wife (1, 83, 27) September 30, 1874 - THOMAS SIMS - white male unmarried farmer. Died in Jesses Run of unknown causes at age 61 years 8 months 11 days. Born in Harrison county to JOHN and MARY SIMS. Informant: B SIMS his sister (1, 87, 29) March 10, 1876 - ELLEN SIMS - white female. Died in Hackers Creek of croup at age 8 months. Born in Lewis county to B and HANNAH SIMS. Informant: father (1, 93, 35) January 9, 1877 - JOHN K H SIMS - white male farmer. Died in Lewis county of consumption at age 24 years 11 days. Born in Lewis county to J and S SIMS. Informant: W A SIMS his brother (1, 95, 34) April 20, 1879 - ROSA C SIMS - white female. Died in H Creek from fever at age 5 years 6 months. Born in WV to B and M SIMS. Informant: father (1,111, 47) October 11, 1879 - GEORGE W SIMS - white male. Died in Lewis county of an accident at age 6 years. Born in Lewis county to J M and A M SIMS. Informant: father (1, 115, 32) December 23, 1879 - LEONARD D SIMS - white male married blacksmith. Died in K Creek of rheumatism at age 69 years 11 months. Born in VA to J and MARY SIMS. Informant: E MISLIP(?) his daughter (1, 111, 45) May 29, 1883 - ELIJAH SIMS - white male married farmer. Died in Lewis county of kidney affn at age 78 years 4 months. Born in Lewis county to WM and SUSAN SIMS. Informant: ELIZA SIMS his wife. (1, 141, 36) May 31, 1891 - ALFRED SIMS - white male married farmer. Died in Gaston of heart failure, rheumatism, and dropsy at age 58 years. Buried at Skin Creek on June 1, 1891. (2, 68, 110) February 19, 1897 - SARA A SIMS - white female widow. Died in Arnold, Lewis county of cancer at age 74 years. She was born in WV and was buried on February 21, 1897 in Arnold. R W DUNCAN of Roanoke, WV was the undertaker (2, 212, 17) March 20, 1919 - JAMES H SIMS - white male married farmer. Died in Weston State Hospital of apoplexy at age 76 years. (4, 178) June 28, 1921 - JEFF DAVIS SIMS - Colored male single laborer. Died in Weston State Hospital of exhaustion from terminal dementia at age 63 years. (4, 179, 26) July 15, 1923 - JOHN WESLEY SIMMS - white male widowed blacksmith. Died in Weston of arterio sclerosis senility at age 80 years 9 months 19 days (4, 181, 8) January 16, 1924 - AMANDA E SIMS - white female married housewife. Died in Walkersville of periplegia at age 75 years 3 months 14 days. (4, 181, 23) August 8, 1924 - ROBERT SIMS - white male single laborer. Died in Jane Lew of drowning at age 21 years 4 months 15 days (4, 181, 27) August 19, 1929 - JOSEPH G SIMS - white male single hotel clerk. Died in Weston of anemia (loss of blood) attempt suicide at age 71 years (4, 186, 27) ______________________________X-Message: #2 Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 13:47:49 -0500 From: "Debbie Ullom" To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <008001c08c7f$7a9b30a0$2538fea9@ldullom> Subject: BIRTHS: SIMS Family; 1853-1877; Lewis Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >From the Lewis county courthouse. Note: Reference at end is (Birth Register #, Page #, Line #) January 24, 1853 - MATILDA K SIMS - white female born in Laurel Run to ALFRED (farmer of Stone Coal) and LUCRETIA SIMS. Informant: mother (1, 7, 33) December 11, 1853 - DELPHA M SIMS - white female born in Carion Run to JOHN (farmer of Carion Run) and SARAH A SIMS. Informant: JOHN SIMS the head of the family (1, 11, 111) February 24, 1855 - LUCY A SIMS - white female born on Westfork River to ALFRED (farmer of Westfork River) and LUCRESA SIMS. Informant: mother (1, 35, 105) May 29, 1855 - SARAH C SIMS - white female born in Cove Creek to LEMUEL G (farmer of Lewis county) and MARGARET SIMS. Informant: farmer (1, 29, 103) May 14, 1857 - HARRIET S SIMS - white female born in Lewis county to ALFORD (farmer of Lewis county) and LUCRETIA SIMS. Informant: father (1, 61, 133) April 16, 1858 - JOEL GIDEON SIMS - white male born in Lewis county to JOHN (farmer of Lewis county) and SARAH SIMS. Informant: father (1, 73, 104) August 7, 1858 - LAURA BLAND SIMS - white female born to J H (farmer of Lewis county) and MARY J SIMS. Informant: father (1, 73, 105) March 18, 1860 - CHARLES H SIMS - white male born in Lewis count to JAMES H (farmer of Lewis county) and MARY JAND SIMS. Informant: father (1, 95, 84) November 29, 1860 - WM C SIMS - white male born at McCanns Run to BLACKWELL (farmer of Lewis county) and HANNEY SIMS. Informant: father (1, 91, 67) December 21, 1860 - GRANVILLE SIMES - white male born in Little Cove Creek to SAMUEL (farmer of Lewis county) and MARGRET SIMES. Informant: father (1, 91, 71) June 30, 1865 - EMILY JANE SIMS - white female born in Lewis county to MARGARET SIMS. Father not listed. Informant: mother (1, 110, 49) July 30, 1865 - LAURA SIMS - white female born in Lewis county to SAMUEL G (farmer of Lewis county) and MARGARET SIMS. Informant: father (1, 112, 113) September 23, 1866 - GEORGE W SIMS - white male born on Westfork river to JAMES N (farmer of Westfork river) and MARY T SIMS. Informant: mother (1, 123, 108) March 11, 1867 - ALICE SIMS - white female born in Lewis county to ALFRED (farmer of Lewis county) and MANERVA SIMS. Informant: father (1, 128, 35) August 5, 1868 - MELVIN SIMS - white male born on Jesses Run to WILLIAM (farmer of Lewis county) and JOANN S SIMS. Informant: father (1, 134, 156) 1869 - MARY L SIMS - white female born in Sheridan to ALFORD (farmer of Lewis county).. mother not listed. Informant: father (1, 145, 113) August 8, 1870 - SARAH V SIMS - white female born in Hackers Creek to WM (farmer of Lewis county) and SAMANTHA SIMS. Informant: father (1, 150, 134) July 17, 1871 - AFRONZA SIMS - white male born in Lewis county to ALFRED (farmer of Lewis county) and MANERVA SIMS. Informant: father (1, 160, 88) December 26, 1871 - MARY B SIMS - white female born in Lewis county to JOHN R (farmer of Lewis county) and MANDEY A SIMS. Informant: father (1, 160, 81) July 27, 1872 - GEORGE E SIMS - white male born on West Fork River to ELIAS S (farmer of Lewis county) and VIRGINIA SIMS. Informant: father (1, 165, 145) July 30, 1872 - ROSETTA SIMS - white female born on Lifes (?) Run to WILLIAM (farmer of Lewis county) and JOANNAH S SIMS. Informant: mother (1, 165, 143( September 5, 1873 - ROSA BLANCH SIMS - white female born in Hackers Creek to BLACKWELL (farmer of Lewis county) and HANNAH SIMS. Informant: father (1, 174, 159) March 22, 1874 - LURVENIA SIMS - white female born in Hackers Creek to WILLIAM (farmer of Lewis county) and JOANAH SIMS. Informant: mother (1, 182, 119) July 17, 1874 - GEORGE W SIMS - white male born in Lewis county to W A (farmer of Lewis county) and AMANDA E SIMS. Informant: father (1, 187, 127) December 29, 1874 - MANDA P SIMS - white female born in Lewis county to J R H (farmer of Lewis county) and NANCY A SIMS. Informant: father (1, 187, 126) June 17, 1875 - JAS W SIMS - white male born in Lewis county to ALFORD (farmer of Lewis county) and MANERVA SIMS. Informant: father (1, 197, 128) August 29, 1875 - ELIZA M SIMS - white female born in Lewis county to WM D (farmer of Lewis county) and ELIZABETH SIMS. Informant: father (1, 197, 143) September 28, 1875 - AMANDA E SIMS - white female born to BLACKWELL (farmer) and HANNAH SIMS. Informant: mother (1, 192, 139) September 8, 1876 - MAY SIMS - white female born in Hackers Creek to WILLIAM (farmer of Lewis county) and JOANIUS S SIMS. Informant: father (1, 202, 155) December 1876 - MARY A SIMS - white female born in Lewis county to W A (farmer of Lewis county) and AMANDA E SIMS. Informant: father (1, 206, 132) March 7, 1877 - IVA B SIMS - white female born in Lewis county to ALFORD (farmer of Lewis county) and MANERVA SIMS. Informant: mother (1, 215, 127) December 16, 1877 - MARY M SIMS - white female born in Lewis county to W A (farmer of Lewis county) and AMANDA SIMS. Informant: father (1, 216, 142)