Individual Details
Elias Sims
(Jul 1849 - 3 Nov 1908)
Events
| Birth | Jul 1849 | Gallia Co., OH | |||
| Census | 1860 | Lodi Township, Athens Co., OH |  | ||
| Alt name | 4 Mar 1871 | Elias Sims | |||
| Military | 4 Mar 1871 | Wheeling, Ohio Co., WV | |||
| Military | 4 Mar 1876 | Fort Cameron, UT | | ||
| Tradition | 25 Jun 1876 | he was killed in Custer's Army | |||
| Marriage | 1876 | Utah - Ellen Lee | |||
| Divorce | Bef 1878 | Utah - Ellen Lee | |||
| enlisted | 14 Jan 1885 | Fort Douglas, Utah | | ||
| Marriage | 24 Feb 1889 | Fort Hamilton, Kings Co., NY - Mary Minew | |||
| Military | 10 Oct 1895 | Fort Hamilton, Kings Co., NY | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 16 Feb 1896 | returned home from being missing and assumed dead - Fort Hamilton, Kings Co., NY | | ||
| Military | 10 Oct 1898 | San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX | | ||
| Census | 1900 | Fort Sam Houston, Bexar Co., TX | | ||
| Census | 1900 | San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX | |||
| Military | 10 Oct 1901 | Fort Sam Houston, Bexar Co., TX | | ||
| Military | 10 Oct 1904 | Tyler, GA | | ||
| Death | 3 Nov 1908 | in flu epedemic - Savannah, GA | |||
| Obituary | 4 Nov 1908 | Savannah Morning New Obituaries - Fort Screven, GA | |||
| Burial | 4 Nov 1908 | Laural Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham Co., GA |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Minew (1869 - 1917) |
| Child | Ella T. Sims (1892 - ) |
| Child | Joseph H. Sims (1896 - 1903) |
| Child | Francis M. Sims (1899 - 1976) |
| Child | Annie E. Sims (1903 - ) |
| Child | Mary M. Sims (1905 - 1928) |
| Spouse | Ellen Lee (1859 - 1937) |
| Child | Ivy Pearl Sims (1877 - 1922) |
| Father | Elias Sims (1815 - 1850) |
| Mother | Rebecca Norris (1828 - 1850) |
| Sibling | Mary Simms (1850 - 1886) |
| Father | Stephen D. Watts (1828 - ) |
| Mother | Ann Slaughter (1832 - ) |
Endnotes
1. 1860 FEDERAL CENSUS; series M653, Roll: M653_934; Page: 67; Image: 135..
2. U.S. Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914, SERIES 665, ROLL #155.
3. U.S. Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914, year 1885 #21.
4. U.S. Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914, year 1895.
5. Brooklyn Eagle, page 10.
6. U.S. Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914, year 1898.
7. 1900 FEDERAL CENSUS, Roll: 1611 Page: 5.
8. U.S. Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914, year 1901, #2979.
9. U.S. Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914, year 1904 #2770.