Kit Carson County, Colorado
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Kit Carson County Pioneers:
John E. Simms, 9 South 51 West
John claimed 160 acres in sections 10 and 11, 9 South, 51W in 1891.
IF ANYONE HAS INFORMATION ON THIS LAND CLAIMANT, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
POSSIBLY
In 1870 Monroe County, Kentucky,
John Sims is farming, 43,
Rachal Sims
44,
Harvey Sims
16,
Preston Sims
15,
Thomas J. Sims
13,
Franklin Sims
7,
Margret Sims
5, and
Auston Sims
2.
In 1880 Monroe County, Kentucky, John Simms is 48, divorced, a family doctor, son Franklin 16 working on farm, both born in Kentucky.
Simply because his nephew James Sims later homesteaded near Burlington, John might have invested in land.
Dr. John Sims
BIRTH 20 May 1832
Monroe County, Kentucky,
DEATH 6 Apr 1909
Monroe County, Kentucky,
BURIAL
Sims Cemetery
Vernon, Monroe County, Kentucky,
MEMORIAL ID 32071795.
POSSIBLY
John E. Simms
BIRTH unknown
DEATH 9 Jul 1894
Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado,
BURIAL
Columbia Cemetery
Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado,
MEMORIAL ID 67736529.
July 10, 1894 "John E. Sims, of Ward [Colo.], a single man and aged 35 years,
died at the Sale hotel of heart failure last night."
July 11, 1894 Boulder "The remains of John E. Sims, the Ward miner who died at the Sale hotel
in this city, Monday evening,
were interred this afternoon in the Boulder cemetery, Rev. A. H. Tevis officiating."
Possibly he was in Kanawha County, Virginia in 1850, with
James Sims
49,
Elizabeth Sims
47,
Seneth Sims
21,
Rachael Sims
18,
Susan Sims
23,
William H. Sims
16,
Nancy Sims
12,
John E. Sims 10,
Charles Sims
7, and
Daniel S. Sims
2.
In 1860 Fayette County, Virginia,
William Sims is 53,
Elizabeth Sims 58,
Franklin B. Sims
29,
John Sims
27,
William Sims
24,
Emeretta Sims
17, and
David Sims
12.
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