Individual Details

Matthew M. Mims

(8 Oct 1813 - 28 Nov 1896)



Buried Carr Cemetery, Lowndes Co MS. Birth and death dates said from grave marker.

Matthew was in Twiggs Co, GA, 1840; Lowndes Co MS 1850. He had six children by his first wife, and nine [including two sets of twins] by the second wife, Susan Carr.

1850 Census. Lowndes Co, MS, Hh 343
Mathew Mims, 36, b. GA. Susan D., 20, b. NC
Peter, G. T. 15, b. GA
Ellis P. 13, b. GA
John R., 11, b. GA
Mary J. 9
Eliza G., 7
Martha S. 5
Czarina U. 2
Mathew F., nine months

1860 Census. Lowndes Co MS, Artesia P.O., Hh 498
M. M. Mimms, age 46, b. GA. Susan, age 30, b. NC [probably a 2nd wife]
Children all born in MS: Mary, age 19. Eliza age 17. Martha age 15.
Zerina age 12. Fendle age 10. Salina age 8. Lennie age 6. Sutton age 1.

1870 Census. Oktibbeha Co, MS, P.O. Choctaw Agency. Hh 74
Mathew Mimms, age 56, b. GA. Susan, age 40, b. NC
Children all born in MS. Lina, age 18. Lennie 16. Sutton age 11. Maggie age 5. Willie [female] age 5 (actually a male), Claud age 2 and Maud age 2.

1880 Census. Beat 1, Oktibbeha, MS, Hh 9
Mathew Mimms, 66
Susan, 50, wife
L. N., 26, son
D. S., 21, son
William 15, son
Claud, 12, son
Maud, 12, dau
John, 9 son

Events

Birth8 Oct 1813Warren County, Georgia
Marriage20 Nov 1834Edgefield County, South Carolina - Czarina Eunice Robinson
Marriage5 Mar 1849Lowndes County, Mississippi - Susan Dearing Carr
Death28 Nov 1896Starkville, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi

Families

SpouseSusan Dearing Carr (1830 - 1894)
ChildMathew Fendle Mims (1849 - )
ChildSalina Hunter "Lina" Mims (1852 - 1911)
SpouseCzarina Eunice Robinson (1817 - 1845)
FatherMatthew Mims (1776 - )
MotherUrsula Harvile ( - )
SiblingWilliam McCall Mims (1803 - )