William David Simms

1880 - 1950  (70 years)

• Name	William David Simms  [1]
  Birth	23 Feb 1880	Fayette County, WV   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 May 1950	Rainelle, Greenbrier County, WV   [1]
  Burial	8 May 1950	Little Creek Cemetery   [1]
  Person ID	I2607	Crane Genealogy
  Last Modified	28 Feb 2019

  
  

  Father	John Manford Sims,   b. 1850, Greenbrier County, VA d. 11 Jan 1944, Greenbrier County, WV (Age 94 years)
  Mother	Margaret Jane Osborne,   b. 1845, Greenbrier County, VA d. 20 Oct 1936 (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	21 Nov 1874	Greenbrier County, WV   [2]
  Family ID	F218	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Octavia Cathryn Woolridge,   b. 18 Nov 1883, Greenbrier County, WV d. 18 May 1984, Rainelle, Greenbrier County, WV (Age 100 years)
  Marriage	20 Mar 1907	Greenbrier County, WV   [3]
  Children	1. Rev. Harry Jackson Simms,   b. 4 May 1908, Bellwood, Fayette County, WV d. 16 Apr 1978, Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, NC (Age 69 years)   2. Zola Jane Sims,   b. 21 Jul 1912, Sims Mountain, Greenbrier County, WV d. 7 Nov 1996, Wyco, Wyoming County, WV (Age 84 years)   3. Living
  Family ID	F1471	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Dec 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S787] Death Certificate; Sims, William David, (Certificate of Death; District 130, Serial No. 132; File No. 5891), 19 Dec 2007 (Reliability: 3). [S243] Marriage Record: CRANE, Mary Louise & MORTON, John Johnson, 6 May 2018, 15. (Reliability: 3). Book 1B, Page 65, Year of 1874, Line 59. John gives his middle inital as "A.", and Margaret lists her name as "Mary Jane" in the register. [S243] Marriage Record: CRANE, Mary Louise & MORTON, John Johnson, 15. Book 1B, Page 174, Year of 1907, Line 27.