THE MISADVENTURES OF ME - My Autobiography and Ancestral Tales

Lester Wallace Sims

M, b. 25 Jul 1873, d. 8 Jun 1944

Lester Wallace Sims|b. 25 Jul 1873\nd. 8 Jun 1944|p82.htm#i2954|William Wilson Sims|b. 25 Jul 1853\nd. 2 Mar 1924|p83.htm#i2943|Mary Frances Johnson||p30.htm#i2953|William L. Sims|b. 22 Jul 1827\nd. 31 Dec 1893|p83.htm#i857|Elizabeth Duncan|b. Mar 1831\nd. 24 Jan 1906|p17.htm#i2947|||||||

Father: William Wilson Sims b. 25 Jul 1853, d. 2 Mar 1924
Mother: Mary Frances Johnson

Relationship: 2nd cousin 1 time removed of Charles Edward Sterling.

Birth*: Lester Wallace Sims was born on 25 Jul 1873 at Carrington, Callaway County, Missouri.
Death*: He died on 8 Jun 1944 at Fulton, Callaway County, Missouri, at age 70.

Loucindy Sims

F, b. c 1845

Loucindy Sims|b. c 1845|p82.htm#i1821|Artimus Sims|b. c 1814|p81.htm#i1812|Sarah (Surname Unknown)|b. c 1814|p3.htm#i1813|Mathias Sims|b. c 1776|p82.htm#i1810|Sally Wilson|b. c 1775|p94.htm#i1811|||||||

Father: Artimus Sims b. circa 1814
Mother: Sarah (Surname Unknown) b. circa 1814

Relationship: 1st cousin 3 times removed of Charles Edward Sterling.

Birth*: Loucindy Sims was born c 1845 at Tennessee.

Louise Sims

F, b. 21 Apr 1920

Louise Sims|b. 21 Apr 1920|p82.htm#i452|William Wilson Sims|b. 14 Mar 1881\nd. 20 Apr 1946|p83.htm#i431|Myrtle Cora Stover||p87.htm#i448|Thomas Jefferson "T.J." Sims|b. 1 Apr 1840\nd. 14 Nov 1915|p83.htm#i376|Martha C. McWilliams|b. 4 Nov 1846\nd. 16 Dec 1923|p39.htm#i377|||||||

Father: William Wilson Sims b. 14 Mar 1881, d. 20 Apr 1946
Mother: Myrtle Cora Stover

Relationship: 1st cousin 1 time removed of Charles Edward Sterling.

Marriage*: Louise Sims married (Unknown) Lumtkin.
Birth*: Louise Sims was born on 21 Apr 1920.
Note*: She visited her & copied pages from Sims Bible in 2000 at Alma, Sebastian County, Arkansas.

Lucinda Sims

F, b. c 1848

Lucinda Sims|b. c 1848|p82.htm#i2829|Mathias Sims|b. c 1776|p82.htm#i1810|Sally Robeson|b. c 1814|p75.htm#i2822|Sherwood Sims||p82.htm#i2819||||||||||

Father: Mathias Sims b. circa 1776
Mother: Sally Robeson b. circa 1814

Relationship: 2nd great-grandaunt of Charles Edward Sterling.

Birth*: Lucinda Sims was born c 1848.

Lyda Custus Sims

F, b. 10 Sep 1909

Lyda Custus Sims|b. 10 Sep 1909|p82.htm#i450|William Wilson Sims|b. 14 Mar 1881\nd. 20 Apr 1946|p83.htm#i431|Myrtle Cora Stover||p87.htm#i448|Thomas Jefferson "T.J." Sims|b. 1 Apr 1840\nd. 14 Nov 1915|p83.htm#i376|Martha C. McWilliams|b. 4 Nov 1846\nd. 16 Dec 1923|p39.htm#i377|||||||

Father: William Wilson Sims b. 14 Mar 1881, d. 20 Apr 1946
Mother: Myrtle Cora Stover

Relationship: 1st cousin 1 time removed of Charles Edward Sterling.

Birth*: Lyda Custus Sims was born on 10 Sep 1909.

Malinda Maude Sims

F, b. 1 Sep 1883, d. 5 Jan 1956

Malinda Maude (Sims) Ragains

Father: Thomas Jefferson "T.J." Sims b. 1 Apr 1840, d. 14 Nov 1915
Mother: Martha Custus McWilliams b. 4 Nov 1846, d. 16 Dec 1923

Charts: Ancestors of Charles E. Sterling

Relationship: Grandmother of Charles Edward Sterling.

Birth*: Malinda Maude Sims was born on 1 Sep 1883 at Dodd City, Fannin County, Texas.
Marriage*: She married Frank Ragains, son of Pleasant Green Ragains and Mary Elizabeth Carlton, on 4 Feb 1906 at Custer County, Oklahoma Territory; were married on Mr. Sims farm; witnesses L. M. Carlton and R. G. Ragains. She signed her name Lina M. Sims.
Death*: Malinda Maude Sims died on 5 Jan 1956 at Arkansas Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Booneville, Logan County, Arkansas, at age 72.
Burial*: She was buried at Old Bokoshe Cemetery, Bokoshe, Le Flore County, Oklahoma.
Census*: She appeared on the census of 7 Jan 1920 at Bokoshe, Le Flore County, Oklahoma; was 36 years old, born in Texas; father's place of birth Tennessee; mother's place of birth Missouri.

Family: Frank Ragains b. 4 Aug 1884, d. 26 Apr 1959

Elizabeth Maude Ragains+ b. 6 Dec 1906, d. 11 Feb 2000
Martha Katherine Ragains+ b. 28 Feb 1909, d. 31 Dec 1990
Emma Louise Ragains+ b. 5 Jul 1913, d. 30 Oct 2006
Frank Edward Ragains+ b. 2 Feb 1918, d. 21 Sep 1975
Margaret Ruth Ragains+ b. 28 Sep 1919, d. 1999
Dorothy Ellen Ragains+ b. 5 Mar 1922, d. 5 Feb 2008

Martha Sims

F, b. c 1838

Father: William Wilson Sims b. 1802, d. 1848
Mother: Margaret " Peggy K." Bone b. 28 Oct 1800

Relationship: Great-grandaunt of Charles Edward Sterling.

Birth*: Martha Sims was born c 1838 at Tennessee.

Martha Sims

F, b. c 1838

Martha Sims|b. c 1838|p82.htm#i1815|Artimus Sims|b. c 1814|p81.htm#i1812|Sarah (Surname Unknown)|b. c 1814|p3.htm#i1813|Mathias Sims|b. c 1776|p82.htm#i1810|Sally Wilson|b. c 1775|p94.htm#i1811|||||||

Father: Artimus Sims b. circa 1814
Mother: Sarah (Surname Unknown) b. circa 1814

Relationship: 1st cousin 3 times removed of Charles Edward Sterling.

Birth*: Martha Sims was born c 1838 at Tennessee.

Martha Sims

F, b. c 1838

Martha Sims|b. c 1838|p82.htm#i1816|Artimus Sims|b. c 1814|p81.htm#i1812|Sarah (Surname Unknown)|b. c 1814|p3.htm#i1813|Mathias Sims|b. c 1776|p82.htm#i1810|Sally Wilson|b. c 1775|p94.htm#i1811|||||||

Father: Artimus Sims b. circa 1814
Mother: Sarah (Surname Unknown) b. circa 1814

Relationship: 1st cousin 3 times removed of Charles Edward Sterling.

Birth*: Martha Sims was born c 1838 at Tennessee.

Martha Sims

F, b. c 1838

Martha Sims|b. c 1838|p82.htm#i2824|Mathias Sims|b. c 1776|p82.htm#i1810|Sally Robeson|b. c 1814|p75.htm#i2822|Sherwood Sims||p82.htm#i2819||||||||||

Father: Mathias Sims b. circa 1776
Mother: Sally Robeson b. circa 1814

Relationship: 2nd great-grandaunt of Charles Edward Sterling.

Birth*: Martha Sims was born c 1838.

Martha Eudora "Dora" Sims

F, b. 13 Aug 1862, d. 7 Aug 1933

Father: Thomas Jefferson "T.J." Sims b. 1 Apr 1840, d. 14 Nov 1915
Mother: Martha Custus McWilliams b. 4 Nov 1846, d. 16 Dec 1923

Relationship: Grandaunt of Charles Edward Sterling.

Birth*: Martha Eudora "Dora" Sims was born on 13 Aug 1862 at Keatsville, Chariton County, Missouri.
Marriage*: She married Gideon Pillow McClendon on 6 Sep 1878 at Dodd City, Fannin County, Texas.
Death*: Martha Eudora "Dora" Sims died on 7 Aug 1933 at Elk City, Beckham County, Oklahoma, at age 70.
Burial*: She was buried at Elk City, Beckham County, Oklahoma.
Note*: When she was an infant, her mother helped lay out some children who were burned to death. That night, her mother dreamed that a cat was attacking these dead children; in her sleep she tossed Dora thinking that Dora was the cat. She woke up in time to catch Dora. From that moment on, she had a special love and closeness to Dora (per childhood memories of Emma Lou Ragains Sterling).

Family: Gideon Pillow McClendon b. 10 Jan 1849, d. 1927

Joseph Weaver McClendon+ b. 24 Jun 1879
Clarence Lee McClendon+ b. 1 Dec 1880
Martha Isabell McClendon+ b. 6 Feb 1883
Aletha Jefferson McClendon+ b. 13 Apr 1885
Henry Harold McClendon+ b. 30 May 1887
Jennie Lynn McClendon b. 14 Jul 1889
Iva Maydell McClendon+ b. 6 Sep 1891
Eudora Elizabeth McClendon b. 1 Sep 1894
Frederick Gideon McClendon b. 31 Aug 1898, d. 1924

Mathew Sims

M, b. c 1840

Mathew Sims|b. c 1840|p82.htm#i1818|Artimus Sims|b. c 1814|p81.htm#i1812|Sarah (Surname Unknown)|b. c 1814|p3.htm#i1813|Mathias Sims|b. c 1776|p82.htm#i1810|Sally Wilson|b. c 1775|p94.htm#i1811|||||||

Father: Artimus Sims b. circa 1814
Mother: Sarah (Surname Unknown) b. circa 1814

Relationship: 1st cousin 3 times removed of Charles Edward Sterling.

Birth*: Mathew Sims was born c 1840 at Tennessee.

Mathew Tyler Sims

M, b. c 1840

Mathew Tyler Sims|b. c 1840|p82.htm#i2826|Mathias Sims|b. c 1776|p82.htm#i1810|Sally Robeson|b. c 1814|p75.htm#i2822|Sherwood Sims||p82.htm#i2819||||||||||

Father: Mathias Sims b. circa 1776
Mother: Sally Robeson b. circa 1814

Relationship: 2nd great-granduncle of Charles Edward Sterling.

Birth*: Mathew Tyler Sims was born c 1840.

Mathias Sims

M, b. c 1776

Mathias Sims|b. c 1776|p82.htm#i1810|Sherwood Sims||p82.htm#i2819||||||||||||||||

Father: Sherwood Sims

Charts: Ancestors of Charles E. Sterling

Relationship: 3rd great-grandfather of Charles Edward Sterling.

Marriage*: Mathias Sims married Sally Wilson.
Birth*: Mathias Sims was born c 1776 at North or South Carolina.
Marriage*: He married Sally Robeson on 15 Sep 1835.

Family 1: Sally Wilson b. c 1775

unidentified Sims b. bt 1794 - 1804
William Wilson Sims+ b. 1802, d. 1848
Jefferson Sims b. c 1810
Artimus Sims+ b. c 1814

Family 2: Sally Robeson b. c 1814

Sarah Sims b. c 1837
Martha Sims b. c 1838
Ellen Sims b. c 1839
Mathew Tyler Sims b. c 1840
Shelton Sims b. c 1841
John Sims b. c 1843
Lucinda Sims b. c 1848
Susan Sims b. c 1849
Eugenia Sims b. c 1851
Dortothea Sims b. c 1853

Millissa Sims

F, b. 1829

Father: William Wilson Sims b. 1802, d. 1848
Mother: Margaret " Peggy K." Bone b. 28 Oct 1800

Relationship: Great-grandaunt of Charles Edward Sterling.

Birth*: Millissa Sims was born in 1829 at Tennessee.

Myra Sims

F, b. c 1831

Father: William Wilson Sims b. 1802, d. 1848
Mother: Margaret " Peggy K." Bone b. 28 Oct 1800

Relationship: Great-grandaunt of Charles Edward Sterling.

Birth*: Myra Sims was born c 1831 at Shelby County, Illinois.

Nora Sims

F, b. 1876, d. b 1880

Father: Thomas Jefferson "T.J." Sims b. 1 Apr 1840, d. 14 Nov 1915
Mother: Martha Custus McWilliams b. 4 Nov 1846, d. 16 Dec 1923

Relationship: Grandaunt of Charles Edward Sterling.

Birth*: Nora Sims was born in 1876 at Texas.
Death*: She died b 1880.

Ollie Clarence Sims

M, b. 12 Dec 1874, d. 12 Feb 1936

Ollie Clarence Sims|b. 12 Dec 1874\nd. 12 Feb 1936|p82.htm#i2955|William Wilson Sims|b. 25 Jul 1853\nd. 2 Mar 1924|p83.htm#i2943|Mary Frances Johnson||p30.htm#i2953|William L. Sims|b. 22 Jul 1827\nd. 31 Dec 1893|p83.htm#i857|Elizabeth Duncan|b. Mar 1831\nd. 24 Jan 1906|p17.htm#i2947|||||||

Father: William Wilson Sims b. 25 Jul 1853, d. 2 Mar 1924
Mother: Mary Frances Johnson

Relationship: 2nd cousin 1 time removed of Charles Edward Sterling.

Marriage*: Ollie Clarence Sims married Frances A. Lockridge.
Birth*: Ollie Clarence Sims was born on 12 Dec 1874.
Death*: He died on 12 Feb 1936 at Fulton, Callaway County, Missouri, at age 61.

Pauline Sims

F, b. 1 Aug 1878, d. 1957

Paulene Sims and friends

Father: Thomas Jefferson "T.J." Sims b. 1 Apr 1840, d. 14 Nov 1915
Mother: Martha Custus McWilliams b. 4 Nov 1846, d. 16 Dec 1923

Relationship: Grandaunt of Charles Edward Sterling.

Birth*: Pauline Sims was born on 1 Aug 1878 at Texas.
Marriage*: She married Lislie Carlton in 1899 at Keatsville, Chariton County, Missouri.
Death*: Pauline Sims died in 1957.
Note*: She did not have children; she was prissy, good-looking; small in stature; light olive complexion; lived in a beautiful house with a basement, fish pond and beautiful flowers. In her late years, possibly had Alzheimer's and began wandering off.

Pauline Emerine 'Polly" Sims

F, b. 22 Mar 1918, d. 1985

Pauline Emerine 'Polly" Sims|b. 22 Mar 1918\nd. 1985|p82.htm#i451|William Wilson Sims|b. 14 Mar 1881\nd. 20 Apr 1946|p83.htm#i431|Myrtle Cora Stover||p87.htm#i448|Thomas Jefferson "T.J." Sims|b. 1 Apr 1840\nd. 14 Nov 1915|p83.htm#i376|Martha C. McWilliams|b. 4 Nov 1846\nd. 16 Dec 1923|p39.htm#i377|||||||

Father: William Wilson Sims b. 14 Mar 1881, d. 20 Apr 1946
Mother: Myrtle Cora Stover

Relationship: 1st cousin 1 time removed of Charles Edward Sterling.

Death: Pauline Emerine 'Polly" Sims died.
Burial*: She was buried at Riverside, California.
Birth*: She was born on 22 Mar 1918 at Poteau, Leflore County, Oklahoma.
Marriage*: She married Joe Wyatt.
Marriage*: Pauline Emerine 'Polly" Sims married William Delbert "Del" Seay.
Divorce*: Pauline Emerine 'Polly" Sims and an unknown person were divorced in 1966.
Death*: She died in 1985 at San Bernadino County, California.

Family: Joe Wyatt

Marriage*: She married Joe Wyatt.

Gene Wyatt
Betty Wyatt d. 1985

Robert Edward "Ed" Sims

M, b. 1 Feb 1866, d. 27 Sep 1956

Father: Thomas Jefferson "T.J." Sims b. 1 Apr 1840, d. 14 Nov 1915
Mother: Martha Custus McWilliams b. 4 Nov 1846, d. 16 Dec 1923

Relationship: Granduncle of Charles Edward Sterling.

Birth*: Robert Edward "Ed" Sims was born on 1 Feb 1866 at Fulton, Missouri.
Death*: He died on 27 Sep 1956 at age 90.
Note*: He was a master carpenter; built the first Christian Church and several homes in Elk City, Oklahoma.

Robert M. Sims

M, b. 13 Jan 1824, d. 23 Aug 1913

Father: William Wilson Sims b. 1802, d. 1848
Mother: Margaret " Peggy K." Bone b. 28 Oct 1800

Relationship: Great-granduncle of Charles Edward Sterling.

Birth*: Robert M. Sims was born on 13 Jan 1824 at Tennessee.
Death*: He died on 23 Aug 1913 at age 89.

Sarah Sims

F, b. c 1837

Sarah Sims|b. c 1837|p82.htm#i1814|Artimus Sims|b. c 1814|p81.htm#i1812|Sarah (Surname Unknown)|b. c 1814|p3.htm#i1813|Mathias Sims|b. c 1776|p82.htm#i1810|Sally Wilson|b. c 1775|p94.htm#i1811|||||||

Father: Artimus Sims b. circa 1814
Mother: Sarah (Surname Unknown) b. circa 1814

Relationship: 1st cousin 3 times removed of Charles Edward Sterling.

Birth*: Sarah Sims was born c 1837 at Tennessee.

Sarah Sims

F, b. c 1837

Sarah Sims|b. c 1837|p82.htm#i2823|Mathias Sims|b. c 1776|p82.htm#i1810|Sally Robeson|b. c 1814|p75.htm#i2822|Sherwood Sims||p82.htm#i2819||||||||||

Father: Mathias Sims b. circa 1776
Mother: Sally Robeson b. circa 1814

Relationship: 2nd great-grandaunt of Charles Edward Sterling.

Birth*: Sarah Sims was born c 1837.

Shelton Sims

M, b. c 1841

Shelton Sims|b. c 1841|p82.htm#i1819|Artimus Sims|b. c 1814|p81.htm#i1812|Sarah (Surname Unknown)|b. c 1814|p3.htm#i1813|Mathias Sims|b. c 1776|p82.htm#i1810|Sally Wilson|b. c 1775|p94.htm#i1811|||||||

Father: Artimus Sims b. circa 1814
Mother: Sarah (Surname Unknown) b. circa 1814

Relationship: 1st cousin 3 times removed of Charles Edward Sterling.

Birth*: Shelton Sims was born c 1841 at Tennessee.

Shelton Sims

M, b. c 1841

Shelton Sims|b. c 1841|p82.htm#i2827|Mathias Sims|b. c 1776|p82.htm#i1810|Sally Robeson|b. c 1814|p75.htm#i2822|Sherwood Sims||p82.htm#i2819||||||||||

Father: Mathias Sims b. circa 1776
Mother: Sally Robeson b. circa 1814

Relationship: 2nd great-granduncle of Charles Edward Sterling.

Birth*: Shelton Sims was born c 1841.

Sherwood Sims

Charts: Ancestors of Charles E. Sterling

Relationship: 4th great-grandfather of Charles Edward Sterling.

Family:

Thomas Sims b. c 1775
Mathias Sims+ b. c 1776
Benjamin Sims+ b. c 1780, d. 28 Mar 1831

Susan Sims

F, b. c 1846

Susan Sims|b. c 1846|p82.htm#i1822|Artimus Sims|b. c 1814|p81.htm#i1812|Sarah (Surname Unknown)|b. c 1814|p3.htm#i1813|Mathias Sims|b. c 1776|p82.htm#i1810|Sally Wilson|b. c 1775|p94.htm#i1811|||||||

Father: Artimus Sims b. circa 1814
Mother: Sarah (Surname Unknown) b. circa 1814

Relationship: 1st cousin 3 times removed of Charles Edward Sterling.

Birth*: Susan Sims was born c 1846 at Tennessee.

Susan Sims

F, b. c 1849

Susan Sims|b. c 1849|p82.htm#i2830|Mathias Sims|b. c 1776|p82.htm#i1810|Sally Robeson|b. c 1814|p75.htm#i2822|Sherwood Sims||p82.htm#i2819||||||||||

Father: Mathias Sims b. circa 1776
Mother: Sally Robeson b. circa 1814

Relationship: 2nd great-grandaunt of Charles Edward Sterling.

Birth*: Susan Sims was born c 1849.

Tennessee Sims

F, b. 1850

Tennessee Sims|b. 1850|p82.htm#i1823|Artimus Sims|b. c 1814|p81.htm#i1812|Sarah (Surname Unknown)|b. c 1814|p3.htm#i1813|Mathias Sims|b. c 1776|p82.htm#i1810|Sally Wilson|b. c 1775|p94.htm#i1811|||||||

Father: Artimus Sims b. circa 1814
Mother: Sarah (Surname Unknown) b. circa 1814

Relationship: 1st cousin 3 times removed of Charles Edward Sterling.

Birth*: Tennessee Sims was born in 1850 at Tennessee.