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Note: ID: I4586 Name: James A. Sims Reference Number: 0028 Sex: M Birth: 24 MAY 1842 in Clay Co MO Death: 24 JAN 1913 in Concord twp, Ottawa Co KS Burial: 26 JAN 1913 Highland Cemetery, Minneapolis, Ottawa Co KS Note: File 0028 SOURCES OF INFORMATION: James A. Sims probate file, Ottawa Co KS KS death certificates James A Sims and Serilda Spencer Sims Civil War Pension Application and subsequent affidavits Worth Co MO Marriage Book A 1850 census Gentry Co MO, Bogle twp 1860 census Gentry Co MO, twp #64, Albany hh 1287-1283 1870 census Worth Co MO, Smith twp, Allendale hh 35-35 1880 census Gentry Co MO, Allanthus Grove 1885 census Clay Co NE, Fairfield 1890 census Perkins Co NE, Civil War Pensioners 1890 land claim Perkins Co NE, Madrid pct 1890 Perkins Co NE census of Veterans and Widows of the Civil War 1895 census Perkins Co NE, Civil War Pensioners, also 1895 census Coffey Co KS, Pleasant twp 1900 census Lyon Co KS [ne: should this say Coffey Co KS?], Hartford 1909 obituary of Burt Sims Highland Cemetery Records, Minneapolis, Ottawa Co KS Family Bible went to Ellen Sims Black. At the time of her death in Salem OR, about 1941, Lewis Sims took possession. He was a resident of Portland OR. The rifle used by James A. Sims while serving in the Civil War is in 1994 in the possession of a great grand daughter Darlene Dunwoody Michael of McMinnville OR. James A. Sims 1890 census shows Cpl. MO 1st Cav MO S, 16 June 1863-12 Jul 1865 2 yr 1mo. PO Madrid NE Family photographs are held by Darlene Michael and her sisters Betty Dunwoody Turner and Daisy Dunwoody Hollenbeck both of Hemet CA Change Date: 26 AUG 2000 Missouri Marriages, 1851-1900 SIMS, JAMES A. Spouse: SPENCER, SARILDA Marriage Date: 26 Jan 1862 County: Worth State: MO 1893 Nebraska Census of Civil War Veterans the 1893 Roster of Nebraska Veterans, Missouri enlistees at http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/county/holt/1893/missouri_l-z.html shows: Sims,Jas A. Corporal M, 1 Madrid Missouri McClure, S. J. Private D, 1 Cavalry Madrid Missouri unit possibly a friend of James A. The GAR post at Minneapolis, Kansas was #47 Kennesaw The GAR post at Hartford, Kansas was #196 (Hartford) J. A. Taylor) (Name change effected Feb. 7, 1893) Ottawa County Bennington Centennial Committee. Bennington Centennial and Fall Festival Souvenir Booklet, 1866-1966. Salina, KS: Wil-Print, 1966. (K978.1/-Ot8/Pam.v.1/no. 6). Brown, Geneva. The Story of Delphos: Bicentennial, 1776-1976. N.p.: Author, 1976. (K978.1/-Ot8/Pam.v.1/no. 5). Clark, Olive A. In the New Country: Early Days Along the Solomon Valley. N.p.: n.d. (K978.1/-Ot8/Pam.v.1/no. 1). Culver Grade School. The History of Culver. N.p.: 1965. (K978.1/-Ot8/C899). Edson, Albert B. Bennington, Kansas, and Vicinity, 1916: Pictorial Souvenir. Minneapolis, KS: Ottawa County Democrat, 1916. (K978.1/-Ot8/Pam.v.1/no. 7). Green, Muriel. Of Floods and Flowers the Tescott Story. Ellsworth, KS: Ellsworth Printing Co., 1986. (K978.1/-Ot8/T283). Hardy, Edwin. A Pioneer's Recollections of Ottawa County. N.p.: n.d. (K978.1/-Ot8/Mss.). Kansas State Historical Society. Ottawa County Clippings, 1876-1987. (2 vols.). Topeka, KS: KSHS, n.d. (K978.1/-Ot8/ Clipp.). Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce. Minneapolis, Kansas: In the Heart of the Heart of America, Factual Data. Minneapolis, KS: Author, n.d. (K978.1/-Ot8/Pam.v.3). N.A. "The Diary of William Robinson." Tescott News. June 9, 1932. [1 p.]. (Reel: T2128). N.A. "Tescott: Founding of Tescott and History of Her Early Career." Tescott Telegram. June 20, 1902. [1 p.]. (Reel: T2252). Nelson, Howard. Culver Yesterday into Tomorrow. Salina, KS: Division II Printers, 1976. (K978.1/-Ot8/C899n). ________. More Family Histories From the Culver Area. Salina, KS: Division II Printers, 1977. (K978.1/-Ot8/C899nm). Ottawa County Centennial. Ottawa County Centennial, 1866-1966. N.p.: 1966. (K978.1/-Ot8/Pam.v.2/no. 1). Ottawa County History Book Committee. History of Ottawa County, Kansas, 1864-1984. N.p.: Ottawa Centennial Committee, 1984. (K978.1/-Ot8/Ot8). Rock City. The Story of Rock City. N.p.: n.d. (K978.1/-Ot8/Pam.v.1/no. 3).
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