THE MISADVENTURES OF ME - My Autobiography and Ancestral Tales

Joseph Thomas Sims

b. 1867, d. 1927

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*: Joseph Thomas Sims was born in 1867 at Keatsville, Chariton County, Missouri.
Marriage*: He married Mrs. Georgia Yates on 12 Mar 1906 at Cheyenne, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Territory; per David G. Huddleston, marriage date is Feb 24, 1890 at Provo, Utah.
Burial*: Joseph Thomas Sims was buried at Elk City Cemetery, Elk City, Oklahoma.
Death*: He died in 1927.
Note*: He had black eyes and hair; was quiet and meek.

Family: Mrs. Georgia Yates b. 1869

Josephus Lafayette Sims

b. c 1846, d. 26 Jan 1926

Josephus Lafayette Sims|b. c 1846\nd. 26 Jan 1926|p81.htm#i2835|Grandison (Grannison) L. Sims|b. 1810|p80.htm#i2833|Easter (Cenith) Flannigan|b. 1815|p19.htm#i2834|Benjamin Sims|b. c 1780\nd. 28 Mar 1831|p80.htm#i2821||||||||||

Father: Grandison (Grannison) L. Sims b. 1810
Mother: Easter (Cenith) Flannigan b. 1815

Relationship: 2nd cousin 3 times removed of Charles Edward Sterling.

Birth*: Josephus Lafayette Sims was born c 1846 at Tennessee.
Marriage*: He married Eliza Ann Hannah Peebles on 9 Mar 1882 at Tennessee.
Death*: Josephus Lafayette Sims died on 26 Jan 1926.

Family: Eliza Ann Hannah Peebles

Beverly Howard Sims b. 7 Dec 1886, d. 29 Jan 1973

Lester Wallace Sims

b. 25 Jul 1873, d. 8 Jun 1944

Lester Wallace Sims|b. 25 Jul 1873\nd. 8 Jun 1944|p81.htm#i2954|William Wilson Sims|b. 25 Jul 1853\nd. 2 Mar 1924|p82.htm#i2943|Mary Frances Johnson||p30.htm#i2953|William L. Sims|b. 22 Jul 1827\nd. 31 Dec 1893|p82.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

b. c 1845

Loucindy Sims|b. c 1845|p81.htm#i1821|Artimus Sims|b. c 1814|p80.htm#i1812|Sarah (Surname Unknown)|b. c 1814|p3.htm#i1813|Mathias Sims|b. c 1776|p81.htm#i1810|Sally Wilson|b. c 1775|p93.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

b. 21 Apr 1920

Louise Sims|b. 21 Apr 1920|p81.htm#i452|William Wilson Sims|b. 14 Mar 1881\nd. 20 Apr 1946|p82.htm#i431|Cora Myrtle Stover||p86.htm#i448|Thomas Jefferson "T.J." Sims|b. 1 Apr 1840\nd. 14 Nov 1915|p82.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: Cora Myrtle 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.

Family: (Unknown) Lumtkin

Lucinda Sims

b. c 1848

Lucinda Sims|b. c 1848|p81.htm#i2829|Mathias Sims|b. c 1776|p81.htm#i1810|Sally Robeson|b. c 1814|p75.htm#i2822|Sherwood Sims||p81.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

b. 10 Sep 1909

Lyda Custus Sims|b. 10 Sep 1909|p81.htm#i450|William Wilson Sims|b. 14 Mar 1881\nd. 20 Apr 1946|p82.htm#i431|Cora Myrtle Stover||p86.htm#i448|Thomas Jefferson "T.J." Sims|b. 1 Apr 1840\nd. 14 Nov 1915|p82.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: Cora Myrtle Stover

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

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

Malinda Maude Sims

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

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

b. c 1838

Martha Sims|b. c 1838|p81.htm#i1815|Artimus Sims|b. c 1814|p80.htm#i1812|Sarah (Surname Unknown)|b. c 1814|p3.htm#i1813|Mathias Sims|b. c 1776|p81.htm#i1810|Sally Wilson|b. c 1775|p93.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

b. c 1838

Martha Sims|b. c 1838|p81.htm#i1816|Artimus Sims|b. c 1814|p80.htm#i1812|Sarah (Surname Unknown)|b. c 1814|p3.htm#i1813|Mathias Sims|b. c 1776|p81.htm#i1810|Sally Wilson|b. c 1775|p93.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

b. c 1838

Martha Sims|b. c 1838|p81.htm#i2824|Mathias Sims|b. c 1776|p81.htm#i1810|Sally Robeson|b. c 1814|p75.htm#i2822|Sherwood Sims||p81.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

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

b. c 1840

Mathew Sims|b. c 1840|p81.htm#i1818|Artimus Sims|b. c 1814|p80.htm#i1812|Sarah (Surname Unknown)|b. c 1814|p3.htm#i1813|Mathias Sims|b. c 1776|p81.htm#i1810|Sally Wilson|b. c 1775|p93.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

b. c 1840

Mathew Tyler Sims|b. c 1840|p81.htm#i2826|Mathias Sims|b. c 1776|p81.htm#i1810|Sally Robeson|b. c 1814|p75.htm#i2822|Sherwood Sims||p81.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

b. c 1776

Mathias Sims|b. c 1776|p81.htm#i1810|Sherwood Sims||p81.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

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

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

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

b. 12 Dec 1874, d. 12 Feb 1936

Ollie Clarence Sims|b. 12 Dec 1874\nd. 12 Feb 1936|p81.htm#i2955|William Wilson Sims|b. 25 Jul 1853\nd. 2 Mar 1924|p82.htm#i2943|Mary Frances Johnson||p30.htm#i2953|William L. Sims|b. 22 Jul 1827\nd. 31 Dec 1893|p82.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.

Family: Frances A. Lockridge

Ora Sims

Ora Sims||p81.htm#i449|William Wilson Sims|b. 14 Mar 1881\nd. 20 Apr 1946|p82.htm#i431|Cora Myrtle Stover||p86.htm#i448|Thomas Jefferson "T.J." Sims|b. 1 Apr 1840\nd. 14 Nov 1915|p82.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: Cora Myrtle Stover

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

Pauline Sims

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.

Family: Lislie Carlton

Pauline Emerine 'Polly" Sims

b. 22 Mar 1918, d. 1985

Pauline Emerine 'Polly" Sims|b. 22 Mar 1918\nd. 1985|p81.htm#i451|William Wilson Sims|b. 14 Mar 1881\nd. 20 Apr 1946|p82.htm#i431|Cora Myrtle Stover||p86.htm#i448|Thomas Jefferson "T.J." Sims|b. 1 Apr 1840\nd. 14 Nov 1915|p82.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: Cora Myrtle Stover

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

Birth*: Pauline Emerine 'Polly" Sims 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 1: Joe Wyatt

Gene Wyatt
Betty Wyatt d. 1985

Family 2: William Delbert "Del" Seay d. 21 Jun 2005

Robert Edward "Ed" Sims

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

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

b. c 1837

Sarah Sims|b. c 1837|p81.htm#i1814|Artimus Sims|b. c 1814|p80.htm#i1812|Sarah (Surname Unknown)|b. c 1814|p3.htm#i1813|Mathias Sims|b. c 1776|p81.htm#i1810|Sally Wilson|b. c 1775|p93.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

b. c 1837

Sarah Sims|b. c 1837|p81.htm#i2823|Mathias Sims|b. c 1776|p81.htm#i1810|Sally Robeson|b. c 1814|p75.htm#i2822|Sherwood Sims||p81.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

b. c 1841

Shelton Sims|b. c 1841|p81.htm#i1819|Artimus Sims|b. c 1814|p80.htm#i1812|Sarah (Surname Unknown)|b. c 1814|p3.htm#i1813|Mathias Sims|b. c 1776|p81.htm#i1810|Sally Wilson|b. c 1775|p93.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

b. c 1841

Shelton Sims|b. c 1841|p81.htm#i2827|Mathias Sims|b. c 1776|p81.htm#i1810|Sally Robeson|b. c 1814|p75.htm#i2822|Sherwood Sims||p81.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