 1850 - 1944 (94 years)
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| Name |
John Manford Sims [1] |
| Birth |
1850 |
Greenbrier County, VA  [2, 3] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
11 Jan 1944 |
Greenbrier County, WV [1] |
| Burial |
Est 13 Jan 1944 |
Little Creek Cemetery [1] |
| Person ID |
I765 |
Crane Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
31 Jan 2020 |
| Father |
Daniel B. Sims, b. Jan 1821, Albemarle County, VA d. 23 Jun 1902, Greenbrier County, WV (Age 81 years) |
| Mother |
Virginia Jane Reynolds, b. 5 Dec 1833, Virginia d. 5 Dec 1897, Greenbrier County, WV (Age 64 years) |
| Marriage |
19 Feb 1851 |
Greenbrier County, VA [4] |
- Notice from the Lewisburg Chronicle, Volume 5, Number 48, published Thursday, February 27, 1851: Married - On Wednesday the 19th day by...[the Rev. James N. Eakin]...Mr. Daniel B. Sims to Miss Jane Reynolds, all of this County.
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| Family ID |
F195 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Margaret Jane Osborne, b. 1845, Greenbrier County, VA d. 20 Oct 1936 (Age 91 years) |
| Marriage |
21 Nov 1874 |
Greenbrier County, WV [5] |
| Children |
| | 1. Henry Robert Sims, b. 28 Sep 1877, Greenbrier County, WV d. 14 Jul 1949, Beckley, Raleigh County, WV (Age 71 years) |
| | 2. William David Simms, b. 23 Feb 1880, Fayette County, WV d. 6 May 1950, Rainelle, Greenbrier County, WV (Age 70 years) |
| | 3. Dona Jane Sims, b. 10 Jul 1884, Sewell Mountain, Fayette County, WV d. 30 May 1959 (Age 74 years) |
| | 4. Junie Belle Sims, b. Mar 1885, West Virginia |
| | 5. Buzz Oakey Sims, b. Dec 1890, Fayette County, WV |
| | 6. Bertie Sims, b. Sep 1894, West Virginia |
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| Family ID |
F218 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
20 Oct 2019 |
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| Sources |
- [S1452] Obituary, Mary Jane (Morrison), (ID #136414521), 28 Feb 2019 (Reliability: 3).
John Manford Sims; ID #139219180.
- [S862] Tombstone, Sims, John Manford & Margaret, 9 Sep 2013 (Reliability: 3).
Based on multiple census listings of John's age, it is reasonable to conclude the date on John's tombstone is incorrect and should be 1850.
- [S169] 1870 U.S. Census, Greenbrier County, WV, 29 Nov 2019, 3. (Reliability: 3).
Daniel Symes [sic] - HoH
Year: 1870; Census Place: Meadow Bluff, Greenbrier, West Virginia; Roll: M593_1687; Page: 413B; Family History Library Film: 553186; 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
- [S1811] West Virginia Marriages Index: 1785 - 1971, 16 Jul 2024 (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.
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