Jane's Genealogy Jigsaw
Sims Family
Corrections and Additions
Henry J. Hunt & Julia E. Hunt, Genealogy of William D. Sims Family 1792-1970
(no place: privately printed, 1970)
Contents
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William D. Sims and Keziah Hutchinson
William D. Sims was the son of William Sims and Ann Hill, christened 13 Sept 1792 Trinity Church, New York City. His sponsors were William Sim, George Dickinson, and ----- Richardson. (Source: "Records of Trinity Church Parish", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 92 (1961), page 78.)
B. Elizabeth Sims married 13 Nov 1845 Crawford County, Ohio, William Jewell. The marriage was performed by her father, who was a Justice of the Peace. (Source: Crawford County, Ohio, Marriage Records, Vol. 2, page 225 [FHL film 0388674]).
C. William Sims married 27 Nov 1856 Crawford County, Ohio, Mary Jane Millard. (Source: Crawford County, Ohio, Marriage Records, Vol. 5, page 126 [FHL film 0388674]).
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J. John Tyler Sims was born in Crawford County, Ohio; the Sims family did not move to Van Wert County until after the Civil War. (Source: Wm. D. Simms household, 1860 U.S. census, Crawford County, Ohio, population schedule, Auburn township, page 297, dwelling 1094, family 1072; National Archives microfilm publication M653, roll 951.)
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James Henry Sims. His first marriage was to Miriam Robison, daughter of John M. Robison and Jane R. Baxter. She was born in Perry County, Pennsylvania.
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C. William Robison Sims. There is a marriage record for William Robt. Sims and Elizabeth A. Lautzenheizer on 13 April 1871. It is unknown whether this refers to this William, who would have been only 18 at the time, or to some other, unrelated, William.
William is buried in Willshire Cemetery, Van Wert County, Ohio.
Note: Documented corrections and additions happily accepted, however no corrections or additions concerning living persons will be posted.
