Husband: Thomas H. Sims
Born: ca 1838 in Rappahannock Co, VA 1
Died: 1863 in Civil War 2,3 (see note 1)
Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA
Census: 1940 in Rappahannock Co, VA
Military: Co E, 3rd W.Va. Cavalry, Civil War (killed) 3,2
Father: Coleman Sims (1802 - )
Mother: Clara (Clarissa) ___ (1803 - )
Wife: Frances Ann Shackleford Married: Nov-25-1860 in Harrison Co, (W)VA
Born: Oct-14-1833 in Loudoun Co, VA 4,5 Died: Dec-30-1922 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 4,6 Buried: in Greenlawn Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 4 Census: 1880 in Coal District, Harrison Co, WV Resided: 1872 in Harrison Co, WV 5 Census: 1850 in Preston Co, (W)VA Father: Warner Washington Shackelford (1805 - ) Mother: Susan Kerns (1815 - ) Other spouse 2
Sources: (1) 1850 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA. (2) U.S. Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and National Archives. (3) U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. (4) Findagrave.com. (5) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 83, Line 121 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=254317&Type=Marriage. (6) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. Event Notes Note (1) Widow's pension claim filed by Frances A. Sims on May 10 1864. Minor's claim filed by William R. Alexader on Mar 22 1878.