Alva Bell Sims (1876 - 1953)

Born 3 Jul 1876 in Ebenezer, Greene, Missouri, USA

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Died 30 Dec 1953 at age 77 in Dunnegan, Polk County, Missouri, USA

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Biography

Alva Bell Sims was born on 03 Jul 1876 in Ebenezer, Greene, Missouri, USA^[1] (near Springfield Missouri) as the first child of Dotson Adam Sims and Harriet Isabelle Robberson. She had seven or eight siblings, namely: Eliza (Lydie) Ellen, George Dotson, Jessie May, Susan Pearl, Rufus, Willis Fletcher Robberson, Robert Dotson. She died on 30 Dec 1953 in Dunnegan, Polk County, Missouri, USA, aged 77^[2]. When she was 23, she married Truman Daniel Chalker^[3] , son of Warren Charles Chalker and Jerusha Orinda Viets, on 21 May 1900 in Kingfisher County, Oklahoma, USA.

Alva Bell Sims grew up on the Roberson Prairie in Missouri^[4]. After their marriage, she and Truman lived in Fountain, Oklahoma Territory, USA^[5]. They moved to Franklin, Portage county, Ohio by 1910^[6] but then went west again to Independence, Montgomery, Kansas, USA where they lived on West Locust^[7]. Later they moved to South Thirteeth Street. During the depression they moved to Campbell Township, Campbell, Polk, Missouri, USA^[8]. She was buried on 03 Jan 1954 in Dunnegan, Polk County, Missouri, USA^[9].

Children

Truman Daniel Chalker and Alva Bell Sims had the following children:

1. Zola Mae Chalker (~1901 - 1986)
2. Ruby Pauline Chalker (1903 - 1996)
3. Joe Chalker (~1907 - 1983)
4. Donnita Mae Chalker (1911 - 2004)
5. Robert Chalker (~1916 - 1919).

Sources

1. ↑ ”Ohio, Births and Christenings Index, 1774-1973” (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Ancestry.com.
2. ↑ “Missouri, Death Certificates, 1910-1962”, Database online. Missouri Government Archives; Link: [1].
3. ↑ ”Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002”, Missouri State Archives; Jefferson City, MO, USA; Missouri Marriage Records [Microfilm].
4. ↑ *"United States Census, 1880," database with images, record for Dotson Simms, Robberson, Greene, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district ED 33, sheet 37A, NARA microf. Link: [2].
5. ↑ “US Census, 1900’; Census Place: Little Robe, Dewey, Oklahoma; Page: 6; Enumeration District: 0045; FHL microfilm: 1241337.
6. ↑ “1910 United States Federal Census” Independence Ward 1, Montgomery, Kansas; Roll: T624_448; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0175; FHL microfilm: 1374461.
7. ↑ “1920 United States Federal Census”, Independence Ward 1, Montgomery, Kansas; Roll: T625_542; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 184.
8. ↑ Springfield Leader and Press; Publication Date: 19/ Jan/ 1964; Publication Place: Springfield, Missouri, United States of America; URL: [3]. [4].
9. ↑ “Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current”, Link: [5]

see also:

• ’U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007”, (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Ancestry.com.
• “1850 United States Federal Census”, Robinson, Greene, Missouri; Roll: M432_400; Page: 276A; Image: 68.
• “,1870 United States Federal Census”, Robberson, Greene, Missouri; Page: 223B; Family History Library Film: 552276.
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, Dotson Sims in entry for Vy Sims, 1860. Link: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHZ3-YXW.
• “1870 United States Federal Census”, Robberson, Greene, Missouri; Page: 231A; Family History Library Film: 552276.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, record for Dotson Simms, Robberson, Greene, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district ED 33, sheet 37A, NARA microf. Link: [6].
• “Kansas State Census, 1905”, Kansas State Historical Society; Topeka, Kansas; 1905 Kansas Territory Census; Roll: ks1905_105; Line: 14.
• “U.S., County Land Ownership Maps”, 1860-1918 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Ancestry.com, Collection Number: G&M_35; Roll Number: 35.
• The Parsons Sun; Publication Date: 30/ Sep/ 1983; Publication Place: Parsons, Kansas, United States of America; URL: [7]. [8].
• Upton, Harriet Tyler; History of the Western Reserve; Lewis Publishing Company, 1910
• Chalker/Ingraham Geaneology, Marjorie Shaw