Husband: Payton Abner Sims
Also known as: Abner Sims 1,2
Born: ca 1829 in Rappahannock Co, VA 3
Died: Apr-11-1865 in Portsmouth, VA 4
Buried: in Hampton National Cemetery, Virginia 4,5
Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA
Census: 1840 in Rappahannock Co, VA
Military: Co E, 12th W.Va. Infantry, Civil War 6,4 (see note 1)
Father: Coleman Sims (1802 - )
Mother: Clara (Clarissa) ___ (1803 - )
Wife: Delia Ann Dotson 1 Also known as: Deliann Dotson 3 Married: Aug-21-1851 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 3
Born: ca 1834 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 7 Died: Apr-17-1906 in Harrison Co, WV 8 Census: 1900 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1880 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Father: Mother: Other spouse 2 Notes
F Child 1: Nancy E. Sims Born: ca 1852 9 Died: bef Jan 1920 10 Husband: Elkhanah Davis b. May-24-1844 Also known as: Elcanah Davis 9 Married: Sep-23-1869 in Doddridge Co, WV 9
M Child 2: William Sims Born: ca 1856 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 11 Resided: 1883 in Ritchie Co, WV 11 Census: 1880 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Wife: Martha Loda Elder b. 1856 d. 1944 Also known as: Loda Elder 12 Married: Feb-22-1883 in Ritchie Co, WV 11
M Child 3: Columbus B. Sims Born: Mar-10-1858 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 13,14 (see note 2) Died: Dec- 8-1944 13 Buried: in Greenwood Cemetery, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV 15 Census: 1900 in Court House District, Taylor Co, WV Census: 1880 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: B & O Railroad (retired) 16 Occupation: 1900 coal miner 17 Wife: Leota Bell Thomas b. May-25-1862 d. Jun-24-1938 Also known as: Leota V. Sims 13 Married: Jul-14-1880 in Doddridge Co, WV 14
M Child 4: Philander Sims Census name: Felander Simms Born: Oct- -1861 17 Census: 1900 in Court House District, Taylor Co, WV Census: 1880 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: coal miner 17 Wife: Jeanette B. "Nettie" Summerville b. Feb- -1864 Married: ca 1881 17
F Child 5: Indiana Sims Also known as: India A. Sims Born: ca 1863 in Harrison Co, WV 9 Census: 1870, 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Andrew Hutson b. ca 1856 Married: Apr-23-1878 in Doddridge Co, WV 9
M Child 6: Abner P. Sims Born: Feb-15-1864 in Harrison Co, WV 14 Census: 1900 in Court House District, Taylor Co, WV Census: 1880 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Wife: Nettie Miller b. Aug- -1866 Married: Nov-10-1883 in Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV 14
Sources: (1) Marriage record of daughter. (2) Marriage record of son. (3) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (4) U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962 [database online], Ancestry.com and Office of Quartermaster General (National Archives) (5) Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3093572/sim. (6) U.S. Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and National Archives. (7) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (8) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. (9) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (10) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District). (11) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (12) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 157. (13) Headstone. (14) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (15) Findagrave.com. (16) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. (17) 1900 Census, Taylor County, WV. Event Notes Note (1) Military record show that he enlisted as a Private in the 12th WV Infantry, Company E on 5 Aug 1862 in Clarksburg, Harrison County, for a 3 year term. He was 23 years old, 6' tall, dark complexion, hazel eyes, and dark hair. His occupation was a laborer. He was reported as MIA/POW at Winchester, Virginia, on Jun 15 1863. U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962, show that P. M. (sic) Sims, Co, E, 12, W.Va., death date Apr 11 1865, was reinterred in Grave No. 3167 at Hampton National Cemetery in Virginia, his original burial being at Portsmouth Cemetery in Virginia. His military grave marker, a photo of which is posted at Findagrave, is badly worn and virtually unreadable. Note (2) Birth date given in 1900 Census as March 1859.