I-Pariss Sims, 1750-18:13.
II-1. Robert Sims, 1783-1842
III-11. Matthew J. Sims, Sr., 1816-1890.
IV-20. Matthew J. Sims, Jr. 22. Clay Sims. 23. Taylor Sims. 24. Sam Sims.

Matthew J. Sims, Jr. (20), the second son of Matthew J. Sims, Sr., and Dorothy Greeson, was born in Wayne County Sept. 7, 1840; died May 12, 1870 and is buried in the Sims graveyard on upper Indian Creek. He married Lidia Youngblood, sister of the wife of Shields Sims (19), his older brother. Children:

V-61. Matt (Matthew Josiah) Sims, born in 1865; died in 1896; married Mary Horton, daughter of Joe Horton and a niece of Mary Horton, wife of his uncle, Sam Sims (24). Children:

VI-62. William (Will) Sims, born Sept. 9, 1890; married Fannie Gaylor, born Feb. 16, 1901, died Nov. 13, 1960. He was still living in Waynesboro in 1964. Children:

VII-63. William Horton Sims, born April 9, 1928; married Nola Hutton. They live in Michigan and have one son:

VIII-64. Billy Clark Sims, born March, 1957.

VII-65. Ellory Sims, horn July 10, 1937; married Eunce Nowlin, son of Garlin Nowlin, a brother of Lela Nowlin Sims, wife of Lester Sims (71). Children:

VIII-James, Robert and Judith Nowlin.

VI-66. Hollis Sims, born in 1894; died in his youth, unmarried.
67. Ellory Sims, a daughter who died in her teens, unmarried.

V.-68. William Clay (Willie) Sims, born Nov. 15, 1862; died Nov. 27, 1949. He married Mary King, Sept. 16, 1883. She was a daughter of Al King and a sister of John King who married Virginia Copeland, a sister of my grandmother Davis-See Copeland Family, Chapter Seven. W. C. (Willie) Sims was a progressive farmer on Hardin's Creek for many years. Children:

VI-69. Lillie Sims, born Aug. 26, 1884; married Joe Hardin. Children:

VII- Bonnie, Blackburn, Bill, Mary, Estell, Helen, Gean, Jennie and Elizabeth Hardin.

VI-70. Laura Sims, horn Nov. 10, 1886; died Aug. 28, 1890.
VI-71. Lester Sims, born May 31, 1889; married Lela Nowlin, Jan. 16, 1914. She was a daughter of Ira Nowlin-See Sims-Nowlin Family, Chapter Six. He operated Sims Cafe in Waynesboro for a number of years, now retired. They had one son who died at birth and have one living:

VII-72. Milburn King Sims, born Oct. 13, 1919; married Frankie Beckham, daughter of Dick Beckham, May 19, 1938. They own and operate Sims Motor Lodge, widely known tourist court and restaurant on U. S. Highway 64, West of Waynesboro, Tenn. They have one daughter:

VIII-73. Janice Bernita Sims.

VI-74. Lola Sims, born Sept. 22, 1891; married Watt Hardin and had six children:

VII-W. K., Homer, Ruth, Mary, Katherine and Marie Hardin.

VI-75. Lifford Sims, born March 26, 1894; died during World War One, while in training at Camp Gordon, Jan. 10, 1916.
VI-76. Lawrence King Sims, born Sept. 25, 1897; died Oct. 10, 1897.
VI-77. Annie Brown Sims, born Oct. 14, 1908; died Jan. 4, 1959; married Kinney Moore. Children:

VII-W. S., Hubert, Nancy and Hazel Moore.

VI-78. Maudie Sims, born Dec. 17, 1901; married Homer Merriman and had son:

VII-Virgil Merriman who married Ermilee Vickery; have son:

VIII-James Harris Merriman.

VI-79. William R. Sims, born March 30, 1906; married Frances Slaughter. They live in Garden City, Mich. They have a daughter:

VII-80. Barbara Sims who married Elwood St. Onge. Children:

VIII-Douglass, Gregory and Janice St. Onge.

 

Robert Henry Clay Sims (22), third son of Matthew and Dorothy Greeson Sims, was born Nov. 15, 1844; died Dec. 14, 1927 at the old home place of his father on Dry Creek, which he owned for many years; now belongs to Eva Parker Nowlin, a granddaughter. He married Jemima Catherine (Cat) Copeland, a sister of my grandmother, Nancy Copeland Davis, Aug. 3, 1865. See Copeland Family, Chapter Seven.

Clay Sims, as he was called, was one of the most widely known and highly respected citizens of Wayne County, having served the County two terms as Trustee and three terms as County Judge. He was responsible for the establishment of the Sims, Tenn., post office and was the first postmaster.

He was conscripted into the Confederate Army in 1862 and was taken to Libby Prison at Richmond, Va., from which he escaped to join the Federal Army in the Shenandoah Valley in 1863. Later, he was in the Second Tennessee Regiment of mounted infantry, where he served until his discharge at Nashville, April 17, 1865.

When he was Trustee of Wayne County there were no banks in the county. Most of the people paid their taxes in cash and he had to look after the money personally until he could make a trip by horse-back, some 60 miles to Columbia, Tenn., where the nearest bank was located. In making these trips he had a guard with a shot gun accompany him, as well as being armed himself. Having no safe in his office, he took the county money home with him, to Dry Creek, each night in saddlebags. There he hid it in a hollow place behind a loose stone in the big fireplace, a sort of safety deposit box that had been provided by his father for storing money and other valuables.

More than once he drove would-be robbers from his place when given an alarm by a faithful dog he kept tied in the yard. Once, after a busy day collecting taxes, he put some $5000 in his saddlebags and left Waynesboro for home. In pitch darkness, he was riding down a deep hollow, a few miles from home when his horse stopped suddenly. He peered into the darkness and spotted something white, like the front of a man's shirt, in the bushes a few feet from the road. The white spot began to rise like a man straightening up from a squatting position. He grabbed the saddle bags and threw them as far as he could into the bushes, pulled his gun and was about to shoot when a white-faced cow made a noise, as she straightened to her feet.

In a cold sweat, he got off his horse and began to search in the darkness for the saddlebags only to find that he could not locate them. He had to ride a couple of miles to the nearest farm house to borrow a lantern. "After that, I bought a steel safe for the office," he told me years later. He was a Methodist, a Mason, and, for many years was a Sunday School superintendent. He had three daughters:

V-81. Mahulda (Babe) Sims who was married twice; first to J. W. Johnson. They had two daughters:

VI- Beulah Johnson who married a Pennington in Wayne County.
VI- Maud Johnson who married Ira Gillis, sheriff of Wayne County. They had a son:

VII- Homer Gillis who married Lucile Nowlin.

The second husband of Mahulda Sims Johnson (81), was William Roberson and they had three children:

VI- Clay, William, and Savannah Roberson. Savannah married a Riebel of Cincinnati. The boys lived in Chicago at one time.

V-82. Dorothy (Dinah) Sims married Joe T. Lawson and lived in Florence, Ala. Children:

VI- Sims Lawson, Anna Lawsoa (Brakefield) and Elsie Lawson. Sims was an accountant at Florence for many years.

V-83. May Belle Sims, born May 11, 1879; died April 30, 1949; married Edward F. Parker. They owned and lived in the old home place of Matthew and Clay Sims. Children:

VI- Don Y. Parker who married Nina Nowlin, daughter of Mary Sims (28) and Jim Nowlin-see Chapter Six. Both died in Fallbrook, Calif., in the 1950s. Children:

VII- Iva Jay Parker married Vernon (Vernie) Thompson and lives in California. Children:

VIII-Mary Thompson who married Ray West. Son:

IX-David West

VIII-Rebecca Thompson married Irwin Judd. Son:

IX-William Lee Judd.

VII- Ava Parker married Lewis Thompson, Jr. Children:

VIII-Diane Thompson who married Edward Mahr. Children:

IX-Harold Lewis Mahr.

VIII-Gail Thompson.

VII- John D. Parker who married Eloise Thompson. They live in Alabama and have one daughter.
VII- Jenny Lee Parker married Lee McCoy and lives in Texas.
VII- Frank Norris Parker married Frances Thompson-lives in Alabama.
VII- Mary Katherine Parker, lives in California; is married and has two daughters.

VI- Zan Parker, unmarried; lives in Collinwood, Tenn.
VI- Eva Catherine Parker married Ralph Nowlin. They live in Waynesboro, and have two children, Eva Linda and James. See Chapter Six.
VI- Ova Jane Parker married Robert Marks. They live in Nashville and have a son:

VII-Robert Parker Marks.

VI- Leo Parker, unmarried and lives in Collinwood, Tenn.
VI- Ben F. Parker married Alta Coy Morgan of Collinwood. They live in Columbia, Tenn., and have five children.

VII- Martha Ann, Tom Frank, John Morgan, Jerry Ben and Michael Parker

VI- Dru Robert Parker married Grace Morgan, a sister of Ben's wife. They live in Fallbrook, Calif., and have sons:

VII- Robert D. Parker who married Karen Wedking. Children:

VIII-Kathryn and Robert Parker.

VII- Sims Davis Parker.

 

Zachariah Taylor Sims (23), fourth son and fifth child of Matthew and Dorothy Greeson Sims, was born in Wayne County, Tenn., Feb. 10, 1847; died in Choctaw, Okla., March 27, 1937, age 90 years. He was a farmer and a hardware merchant; married Sarah (Sally) Phillips of Wayne County Aug. 8, 1867 and moved to Choctaw, Okla., in 1889. She was born March 6, 1849; died Feb. 10, 1922. They had six children, three boys and three girls:

V-84. Anderson Welch Sims, born at Waynesboro, Tenn., Nov. 27, 1872; died in January, 1966, age 93. He lived in Oklahoma City and was a building contractor and cabinet maker. See record of his family below.
V-85. Ada Sims, born Dec. 4, 1877; married Joe M. Brown. See Sims-Brown Family later in this Chapter.
V-86. Minnie Sims, born Oct. 6, 1880. See record of her family later in this chapter.
V-87. Verner Sims, born July 1, 1882; died Dec. 20, 1898, age 16.
V-88. Dora Rebecca Sims, born July 7, 1884. She was married twice but had no children.
V-89. Frank Taylor Sims, born Oct. 7, 1886; died Dec. 27, 1941. See record of his family later in this chapter.

Anderson Welch Sims (84) above, married Jennie M. Davis of Chochtaw, Okla., Nov. 26, 1893. She was born Sept. 11, 1879; died July 2, 1954. They had four daughters:

VI-90. Ruby Pearls Sims, horn Jan. 10, 1895; married Roxey Irving Reynolds Feb. 9, 1916. He was an electrician and they lived at Anaheim, Calif., where he died July 17, 1961. Children:

VII- Edna Vinita Reynolds, born July 16, 1917; married Clarence E. Gray, an accountant, Jan. 15, 1942; live at South Gate, Calif. Have one son:

VIII- Gilbert Reynolds Gray, born Feb. 16, 1943; married Rita Mae Gaul of Huntington Park, Calif., July 27, 1963. Children:

IX- Daniel Gray, born April 30, 1964.
IX- Julia Ann Gray, born May 28, 1965.

VII- Richard Irvin Reynolds, watch maker, born June 30, 1919; married Jean Eloise Wildey, April 16, 1943 at Bremerton, Wash; have one child:

VIII-Suzanne Reynolds, born April 21, 1946.

VI-91. Dora Minnie Sims, born Oct. 26, 1900; married Oscar E. Chauncy Oct. 8, 1923 in Oklahoma City; had three children; divorced and married Hugo Shears of Kansas City, Mo., in 1940 and he legally adopted her children:

VII- Marion Welch Chauncy (Shears), horn Nov. 14, 1824; married and has a daughter:

VIII- Penelope Shears, horn April 4, 1954; lives in Longbeach Calif.

VII- Dora Lee Chauncy (Shears), born July 28, 1926; married Travis Leroy Blaisdell of Houston, Tex., July 21, 1950; had one child; divorced and married Roy H. Gough, Dec. 19, 1959 and he adopted her child:

VIII- Thomas Hugo Blaisdell (Gough), born Dec. 8, 1954.
VIII- Lori Robin Cough, born March 17, 1961.

VII- Nan Roberta Chauncy (Shears), born April 16, 1928.

VI-92. Marie Delta Sims, born Feb. 26, 1904; married Levi Clarence Mowder of Oklahoma City, Dec. 25, 1923. Children:

VII- Loverna Marie Mowder, born Nov. 17, 1924; married Wilfred Milacek, March 15, 1945 at Winfield, Kan. Children:

VIII- Joseph Eugene Milacek, born March 8, 1946.
VIII- Steven Ray Milacek, born Sept. 7, 1947.
VIII- Amelia Marie Milacek, born May 22, 1849.
VIII- Betty Louise Milacek, born Feb. 13, 1951.

VII- Florence Aldeene Mowder, born July 26, 1926; married Gilbert Lee Thomson, May 27, 1945. Children:

VIII- Margaret Ann Thompson, born Aug. 8, 1946 married William Johnson in 1964 and has:

IX-Son, born in 1965.

VIII- Judith Elaine Thompson, born Dec. 16, 1947: married Jerry McNickle, Nov. 26, 1963. Children:

IX-Joyce Irene McNickle, born May 25, 1964.
IX-Jeffery Eugene McNickle, born April 20, 1965.

VIII- Mary Ellen Thompson, born Sept. 11, 1949.
VIII- Linda Irene Thompson, born May 19, 1951.
VIII- Gilbert Lee Thompson, born July 5, 1953.
VIII- Barbara Jean Thompson, born Oct. 6, 1961.

VII- Levi Clarence Mowder, Jr., born Feb. 25, 1929; married Agnes Barney, Jan. 29, 1951. Children:

VIII- Levi Clarence Mowder, 3rd., born Dec. 29, 1951.
VIII- Barney Lynn Mowder, born Aug. 25, 1953.
VIII- Mary Catherine Mowder, born Aug. 18, 1954.
VIII- Raymond Henry Mowder, born Sept. 4, 1955.
VIII- Morris Donald Mowder, born June 6, 1957.
VIII- Winfield Scott Mowder, born May 30, 1959.

VII- Dona Lee Mowder, born March 18, 1933; married Ralph Donald Mowder, 1952. Children:

VIII-Michael Lee Mowder, born April 26, 1953.
VIII- Kenneth Wayne Mowder, born Nov. 23, 1955.
VIII- James Myron Mowder, born Aug. 19, 1958; died same month.
VIII- Deborah Jean Mowder, born Jan. 6, 1963.

VII- Mary Alice Mowder, born June 28, 1935; married Edwin Eugene Gross, Feb. 6, 1955. They have an adopted son, Donald Eugene Gross.
VII- Clyde Irving Mowder, born June 20, 1939; married Beulah Mae Smith, April 12, 1959. One child:

VIII- Theresa Marie Mowder, born Feb. 12, 1962.

VII- Jennie Louise Mowder, born Feb. 6, 1942; married Ernest Bruce Parriss, Jr., Aug 7, 1960:

VIII- Jeri Kathleen Parriss, born Aug. 15, 1961.
VIII- Laura Ann Parriss, born Dec. 18, 1963.

VII- Charles Russell Mowder, born Dec. 9, 1944.

VI-93. Jennie Laverne Sims, born Jan. 30, 1917; married Troy Howard Fearnow of Oklahoma City, Jan. 8, 1934 and had one daughter:

VII- Shirley Sims Fearnow, born Dec. 17, 1934; married Gerald R. Patrick, April 28, 1962. One son:

VIII- Gregory Randell Patrick, born April 4, 1963, Santa Monica, Calif.

Jennie Sims Fearnow was divorced July 6, 1939; married Oscar Harold Fischer, April 19, 1941 and had daughters:

VII- Loverna Marie Fischer, born Nov. 2, 1942; married William R. Linn, Sept. 5, 1961. Children:

VIII- William Allen Linn, born April 14, 1964.
VIII- Judith Ann Linn, born July 20, 1965.

VII- Martha Ann Fischer, born June 14, 1944; married Robert E. Wood, Dec. 16, 1961. Children:

VIII- Theresa Ann Wood, born Feb. 25, 1963.
VIII- Ronda Sue Wood, born Nov. 15, 1964.

VII- Dorothy May Fischer, born Dec. 8, 1948.
VII- Betty Sue Fischer, horn Nov. 25, 1957.

 

Ada Sims (85) second child and oldest daughter of Zachariah Taylor and Sarah Phillips Sims, married Joe M. Brown Nov. 26, 1893. They had two sons:

VI- Earl Taylor Brown, born in 1894; died in 1924; married and had three sons:

VII- Lewis Taylor Brown; married and had two sons:

VIII- Tommy and Dicky Brown

VII- Artie George Brown; married and had two sons:

VIII- Mitche and Dennis Earl Brown

VII- Theodore L. Brown who married and had a daughter:

VIII- Heidi Brown

VI- George Allen Brown, born in 1896; died in 1930; married and had one daughter who died in infancy.

Minnie Sims (86) second daughter and third child of Zachariah Taylor and Sarah Phillips Sims, married Pliney Boynton Sept. 18, 1900 and had one daughter:

VI- Hazel Garnet Boynton, born July 25, 1901. She married Homer E. Ware in 1918. Children:

VII- Noel E., Gwendolyn, Ronald, Don and Gene Ware.

In 1906, after the death of her husband, Minnie Sims Boynton married Arch Oliver and had seven children:

VI- Gladys Marie Oliver, born Sept. 25, 1907. She married William 0. Daniels-no children.
VI-Fleta Virginia Oliver, born Sept. 19, 1909; married Virgil Rolf Nov. 14, 1927: Children:

VII- Norma Joe, Betty June, Geraldine, Leota Fay, Johnny Andrew, Virgil Glen, Kenneth Wayne and Sandra Lee Rolf.

VI-Doscha Dimple Oliver, born Jan. 7, 1912; married John Smith, Dec. 14, 1933. Children:

VII- Tommy Ray Smith, born Sept. 26, 1934.
VII-Billy Dean Smith, born April 19, 1936.

VI-Glen Sims Oliver, born April 9, 1915; married Juanita Baker in 1946. Children:

VII- Glenda, Rhonda, Patricia and Glen Scott Oliver.

VI-Darrell Oliver, born Dec. 4, 1921; married Lorene Bryant. Children:

VII- Jerry Lee and Dora Darline Oliver.

After the death of her second husband, Minnie Sims Oliver married Henry Schisler. They had no children. She died in 1964.

[SML Note: In Sep. 2010 The Minnie Sims Family was reviewed and the Roll surname corrected to Rolf to agree with the 1965 Edition as published. Glen Scott Oliver, Minnie Sims' grandson, provided the following corrections and additions to the published book: 1. His sister's name was Patsy, not Patricia. The children's names are Glenda Joyce, Rhonda Faye, Patsy Yvonne, and Glen Scott. 2. His mother's middle name was Joy. 3. He believes his Uncle Darrell's daughter's name is spelled Darlene.]

Frank Taylor Sims (89) the third son and sixth child of Zachariah Taylor and Sarah Phillips Sims, married Viola Kelley Oct. 30, 1906. Children:

VI-94. Lorene Lina Sims married John W. Foster in 1923 and had four children:

VII- Dorothy Mae Foster married William C. Graham in 1944 and had one son:

VIII- Richard Lee Graham, born in 1945. She then married Robert 0. Bullock and had two sons:

IX- Robert and Randall Bullock

VII- Jack Weatherford Foster married Bertha Howell in 1945. They had three children:

VIII- Wanda, Jacqueline and Annette Foster.

VII- Wanda Louise Foster married Darrell R. Frazier and had two children:

VIII- Lynetta and Russell Frazier

VII- Frank Edward Foster married Janice Ellen Wagoner and had:

VIII- Nancy Ann Foster

VI-95. Winona Anita Sims married Jessie Bird in 1927 and had five children:

VII- Jesse Frank, Bobby Dean, Barbara, Harry and Donald Bird.

VI-96. Taylor Sims died in childhood.
VI-97. Augusta Sims married Walter Liddeke and had two sons:

VII- Melvin and Walter Liddeke--both died as infants.

VI-98. Madeline Sims married Wesley A. Liddeke and had a daughter:

VII- Carolyn Jean Liddeke

VI-99. Helen Sue Sims died early in life.
VI-100. Vera Sims married Robert K. Robertson and had:

VII- Three children.

Frank and Viola Kelley Sims had twin sons who died in infancy.

Samuel (Sam) Winfield Scott Sims (24) fifth son and sixth child of Matthew and Dorothy Greeson Sims, was born in Wayne County, Tenn., in 1848; died in Dyersburg, Tenn., in 1925. He married Mary Horton of Wayne County in 1870 and they moved to Gainsville, Tex., about 1875--see Horton Family, Chapter Seven. In 1884, when his youngest son, Fred, was three months old, he returned to Wayne County, Tenn., and after his father's death in 1890 he operated the Sims General Store in Waynesboro until 1897 when he and his four sons and two daughters decided to move to Arkansas.

They left Wayne County by wagon train late in the Fall and when they reached Dyer County in West Tennessee they found the Mississippi River at flood stage with the backwaters frozen over, making it impossible for them to continue the journey to Arkansas. They settled at Finley in Dyer County for the winter. Here his wife died in 1898 and he later married Alice Brewer. They moved to Dyersburg where he died in 1925. Two of his sons, Wayne and Will, finally settled in Arkansas. The other two sons, Jim and Fred, settled in Dyer County. Children:

V-101. James (Jim) Sims, born in Wayne County in 1871; died at Finley, Tenn., in 1913. He married Effie Josephine Holt who after his death married John Watkins who had three children by a former marriage. Jim and Effie Holt Sims had the following children:

VI-102. Nina Mae Sims, born Nov. 3, 1905; married Martin Hoefner. They moved to Saginaw, Mich., and had a son:

VII-Thomas Hoefner, born Aug. 10, 1939

VI-103. James Eldred (Pete) Sims, born Aug. 7, 1910; manager of a Kroger Supermarket for 30 years at Flint, Mich., now a car salesman; married Lorene Marie Dougan, Jan. 15, 1940: Children:

VII-104. James D. Sims, born April 12, 1946, now in college.
VII-105. Joanne Coleen Sims, born March 2, 1948.

VI-106. Milton Felt Sims, born July 19, 1913; died Jan. 2, 1955; manager, Southern and Western Insurance Co., Flint. He married Faith Marie Rearick and has one daughter:

VII-107. Suzanne Marie Sims, born Sept. 13,1948.

V-108. Wayne (Wain) Sims, second son of Sam and Mary Horton Sims, was born in Wayne County in 1873; died in 1939; married Sidney Alice Brewer in 1902 and moved from Dyer County to Hot Springs, Ark., in 1917. Children:

VI-109. Harry Wain Sims, born June 28, 1903; married Angeline Ticheli Dec. 27, 1933. No children.
VI-110. Cecil Sidney Sims, born Sept. 4, 1904; married Evelyn Bray in 1931. Children:

VII-111. Martha Alice Sims, born Oct. 3, 1932; married J. C. Overstreet. No children; live in Long Beach, Calif.
VII-112. Paula Cecil Sims, born Jan. 29, 1947; college student, Longbeach, Calif.

VI-113. Robert Winficld Sims, born March 12, 1905; died unmarried in 1959.
VI-114. Evan Brewer Sims, born Sept. 5, 1908; married first, Leola Campbell in 1932-no children; married second, Nellie Owens in 1940 and had one son:

VII-115. James Evan Sims, born Feb. 15, 1941; eighth grade teacher and football coach; married Sharon Toilerud, Jan. 21, 1963.

VI-116. Mary Juliet Sims, born Nov. 5, 1911; married Floyd Higginbotham, March 24, 1940. He was with the U. S. Farm and Home Administration at Knoxville, Tenn., until his death in in 1957. No children.
VI-117. Elizabeth Lucretia Sims, born June 6, 1915. She attended college until her marriage to Raymond Schwarz, Jan. 6, 1938: Live in Fort Worth, Tex. One son:

VII-Ray Schwarz, student in the University of Texas.

V-118. William (Will) Sims, third born son of Sam and Mary Horton Sims, born about 1875; settled in Manila, Ark.; married and had children:

VI-119. Eugene Sims-have no data on him.
VI-120. Myrtle Sims-have no data on her.

V-121. Mary Elizabeth (Lizzie) Sims, daughter of Sam and Mary Horton Sims, born Aug. 26, 1877; died Feb. 26, 1953; married John Wells of Finley, Tenn. Children:

VI- Mary Wells (McClure)
VI- Lucy Wells (Davis)
VI- Carry Wells (Waddle)
VI- Alice Wells (Pritchett)
VI- J. L. Wells, farmer and feedmill operator.

V-122. Zella Sims, daughter of Sam and Mary Horton Sims, born about 1880; died unmarried in her teens.
V-123. Fred Rickett Sims, fourth son of Sam and Mary Horton Sims; born at Gainsville, Tex., Aug. 7, 1884; died April 8, 1852 at Finley, Tenn., Dyer County, where he spent most of his life as a farmer. He married Rena Barrett of Finley, March 19, 1910. They had two sons:

VI-124. Edwin Barrett Sims, Newbern, Tenn., born Sept. 14, 1915; farmer and school bus operator; married Erma Louise Sweatt, March 6, 1936. Children:

VII-125. Patricia Ann Sims, born Feb. 10, 1937; married Donald Johnson. electronics technician, Memphis, Tenn., June 1, 1955. She was an active 4-H Club Club member, leader and winner of a State trip to the 4-H Club Congress in Chicago. They have a son:

VIII-Donald Edwin Johnson, born Oct. 19, 1956.

VII-126. Brenda Kay Sims, born Dec. 13, 1940; married first, William Beavers of York, Penn., Dec. 13, 1958 and had one son:

VIII- Michael Edwin Beavers, born June 22, 1961.

Second marriage, to James Hall, Dec. 26, 1962. He is an Air Force career man with 16 years service.
VII-127. Judy Louise Sims, born Jan. 17, 1948, is a student, active 4-H Club member and winner of numerous prizes for her work, including a trip to Florida in 1964.

VI-128. Thomas Winfield Sims, born Dec. 12, 1918; died in a fire that destroyed his home, May 1, 1963. He was awarded the Victory Medal and Ribbon with three bronze stars for service in World War Two. He married Thelma Reed of Finley, Tenn., Sept. 9, 1947 and they had a son:

VII-129. Nickey Charles Sims, born April 14, 1948.

Sam and Mary Horton Sims had two sons and one daughter who died as infants.

Footnote: Roman Numerals indicate generations; Figures are Sims identification numbers.

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