Elisha Sims (1819 - 1888)

Born 3 Dec 1819 in Vernon, Monroe County, Kentucky, USA

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Died 10 Nov 1888 at age 68 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas

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Biography

Son of John Sims and Elizabeth Scott Sims.

An early pioneer that settled in the community of Cottonwood was Elishia Sims. Elisha was born December 3, 1819 in Monroe County Kentucky to John and Elizabeth Scott Sims. Elisha must have been partial to the name Elizabeth since his mother, his wife and his daughter-in-law all bore that name.

We don't know the exact year that Elisha Sims came to Texas, but we do know that it was prior to 1870 since his name appears on the rolls of Dallas County, Precinct Four Census for that same year.

We also know that in 1868 there was a meeting of the two-year-old Cottonwood Church of Christ. The meeting was held on or near the Wells Bridge over the Bios D' arc (East Fork of the Trinity River). Elisha Sims attended that meeting. It was Elisha Sims and Thomas Jackson McClain (grandfather of Jack McClain) that were appointed to fill the two open positions of elders which were left vacant by the death of J. L. Wells and R. B. Skaggs.

Almost eight years later the old Cottonwood Church of Christ building was erected on land donated by Elisha Sims. Jossie Wood Spence used to tell about meeting under a brush arbor for sometime before the church was built.http://www.dallaspioneer.org/stories/pioneers.php?ID=108

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1850 United States Federal Census Name Elisha Simms Age 30 Birth Year abt 1820 Birthplace Kentucky Home in 1850 District 4, Overton, Tennessee, USA Gender Male Family Number 449 Household Members Name Age Elisha Simms 30 Elizabeth Simms 26 William Simms 2 Martha Simms 0

1860 United States Federal Census Name Elisha Sims Age 39 Birth Year abt 1821 Gender Male Birth Place Kentucky Home in 1860 Benton, Crawford, Missouri Post Office Cuba Family Number 885 Household Members Elisha Sims 39 Elizabeth Sims 38 Wm T Sims 11 Martha A Sims 9 John L Sims 8 Margret A Sims 5 Elizabeth F Sims 1

1870 United States Federal Census Name Elisha Sims Age in 1870 50 Birth Year abt 1820 Birthplace Kentucky Dwelling Number 797 Home in 1870 Precinct 4, Dallas, Texas Race White Gender Male Occupation Farmer Male Citizen Over 21 Y Personal Estate Value 320 Real Estate Value 800 Elisha Sims Elizabeth A Sims John Sims Sarah M Sims Florence Sims Emma A Sims Loretta Dougherty Mollie H Dougherty

1880 United States Federal Census Name Elisha Sims Age 60 Birth Date Abt 1820 Birthplace Kentucky Home in 1880 Dallas, Texas, USA Dwelling Number 19 Race White Gender Male Relation to Head of House Self Marital Status Married Spouse's Name Elizabeth Sims Father's Birthplace North Carolina Occupation Farmer Sick Crippled Maimed, Crippled, or Bedridden Yes Elisha Sims Elizabeth Sims

American Civil War Soldiers View Record Name Elisha Sims Side Served Confederacy State Served Texas Sources 425

Selected U.S. Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880 Name Elisha Sims Enumeration Date 2 Jun 1880 Place District 62, Dallas, Texas, USA Schedule Type Agriculture OS Page 1

U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current View Record Name Elisha Sims Birth Date 3 Dec 1819 Birth Place Monroe County, Kentucky, United States of America Death Date 10 Nov 1888 Death Place Texas, United States of America Cemetery Cottonwood Cemetery Burial or Cremation Place Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, United States of America Spouse Elizabeth Ann Sims Children William T. Sims Line Number 7 https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=12554557&ref=acom