Cyrus
Simms
Born about in Pennsylvania, United States
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Mary (Potter) Simms
— married
1834 in Adams County, Illinois
Descendants 
Father of
Mary Jane (Sims) Mason
Died
at about age 96
in McKee, Adams County, Illinois, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Dec 2020
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Biography
Illinois Land Purchase Record [1]
- Name: Cyrus Simms
- Section: SENW
- Price per Acre: 1.25
- Total Price: 47.65
- Date: 1 Apr 1839
- Volume: 701
- Page: 005
- Type: FD
- Sect: 02
- Township: 02S
- Range: 05W
- Meridian: 4
- Acres: 38.12
- Corr-Tag: 0
- ID: 246524
- Reside: 000
U.S., General Land Office Records
[2]
- Name: Cyrus Simms
- Issue Date: 10 Nov 1840
- Place: Adams, Illinois, USA
- Land Office: Quincy
- Meridian: 4th PM - 1815 Illinois
- Township: 2-S
- Range: 5-W
- Section: 2
- Accession Number: IL4130__.109
- Document Number: 15632
1840 United States Federal Census
[3]
- Name: Cyrus Sims
- Event Type: Census
- Event Date: 1840
- Event Place: Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States
- Event Place (Original): Quincy, Adams
1850 United States Federal Census
[4]
- Name: Cyrus Simms
- Gender: Male
- Age: 51
- Birth Year: abt 1799
- Birthplace: Pennsylvania
- Home in 1850: Concord, Adams, Illinois, USA
- Occupation: Farmer
- Industry: Agriculture
- Real Estate: 800
- Line Number: 38
- Dwelling Number: 70
- Family Number: 76
- Household Members: Name Age
- Cyrus Simms 51
- Mary Simms 49
- Jane Simms 15
- Daniel Simms 12
- Charlotte Simms 8
1860 United States Federal Census
[5]
- Name: Cyrus Syrus
- Event Type: Census
- Event Date: 1860
- Event Place: McKee Township, Adams, Illinois, United States
- Event Place (Original): Illinois, Adams, Mc Kee
- Gender: Male
- Age: 60
- Race: White
- Birth Year (Estimated): 1800
- Birthplace: Pa
- Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
- Cyrus Syrus M 60 Pa
- Mary Syrus F 50 Pa
- Charlotte Syrus F 19
- Ruthy Ama Syrus F 16
- David Syrus M 14
1870 United States Federal Census
[6]
- Name: Cyrus Sims
- Event Type: Census
- Event Date: 1870
- Event Place: McKee Township, Adams, Illinois, United States
- Event Place (Original): McKee, Adams, Illinois, United States
- Gender: Male
- Age: 76
- Race: White
- Birth Year (Estimated): 1794
- Birthplace: Pennsylvania
- Page Number: 19
- Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
- Cyrus Sims M 76 Pennsylvania
- Mary Sims F 68 New York
- David Sims M 22 Illinois
- Harsmary Sims F 6 Illinois
1880 United States Federal Census
[7]
- Name: Cyrus Simms
- Event Type: Census
- Event Date: 1880
- Event Place: Adams, Illinois, United States
- Event Place (Original): Adams, IL
- Gender: Male
- Age: 87
- Marital Status: Single
- Race: White
- Race (Original): W
- Birth Year (Estimated): 1793
- Birthplace: Pennsylvania, United States
- Father's Birthplace: Indiana, United States
- Mother's Birthplace: Illinois, United States
- Relationship to Head of Household: Father-in-law
- Relationship to Head of Household (Original): FatherL [father in law]
- Sheet Letter: A
- Sheet Number: 226
- Person Number: 8
- Volume: 1
- Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
- Peter Mason Self M 39 Indiana, United States
- Ruth Mason Wife F 28 Illinois, United States
- Jane Mason Daughter F 17 Illinois, United States
- Mary A. Mason Daughter F 14 Illinois, United States
- William Mason Son M 12 Illinois, United States
- Louis Mason Son M 9 Illinois, United States
- Alice Mason Daughter F 7 Illinois, United States
- Mark Mason Son M 4 Illinois, United States
- Cyrus Simms Father-in-law M 87 Pennsylvania, United States
- David Simms Brother-in-law M 30 Illinois, United States
Cyrus was born about 1793. Cyrus Sims ... He passed away in 1889.[8]
Sources
- ↑ State of Illinois. Illinois, U.S., Public Land Purchase Records, 1813-1909 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Cyrus Simms, 47.65 acres, 01 April 1839. See: https://tinyurl.com/y8qtfp4d.
- ↑ Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records; Washington D.C., USA; Federal Land Patents, State Volumes, Crus Simms, issued 10 November 1840 in Adams, Illinois. Ancestry.com. U.S., General Land Office Records, 1776-2015 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. See: https://tinyurl.com/y8myh85r.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHBJ-9WJ : 19 December 2020), Cyrus Sims, Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States; citing p. 22, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm.
- ↑ 1850 United States Federal Census, Cyrus Simms, age 51, born in Pennsylvania, Year: 1850; Census Place: Concord, Adams, Illinois; Roll: 97; Page: 60a. Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. See: https://tinyurl.com/ybhgqks2.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX4L-SNH : 10 November 2020), Cyrus Syrus, 1860.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M64H-C5F : 19 March 2020), Cyrus Sims, 1870.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXNM-73N : 12 November 2020), Cyrus Simms in household of Peter Mason, Adams, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 15, sheet 226A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,174.
- ↑ A source for this information is needed.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M85F-RGX
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M64H-C5F
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHBJ-9WJ
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX4L-SNH
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXNM-73N
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John French Ph.D.
Sims-4320 and Simms-2179 appear to represent the same person because: Both represent the spouse of Mary Potter, who also is duplicated. Surname 'Simms' seems to preponder among the census records cited so far.
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