Individual Details

Wife was Edna Wilson. They married 26 Nov 1912, Chilton Co AL.. She was born 2 Sep 1895, died Aug 1971, buried Concord Cemetery. Her death record gives parents as Tom and Mary Wilson.

World War I Draft Registration: 5 Jun 1917
James Leonard Mims was 21, living in Verbena, AL. Born 21 Nov 1895, Chilton County. Section laborer for the Railroad. Had wife and 1 child. He made his mark for his signature. He was tall, stout, with gray eye, dark brown hair.

1920 Census. Coopers, Chilton, AL, Hh 132
Tom W. Wilson, age 60
Mary E. wife, age 62
Lenard Mims, son-in-law, 22.
Ednar, dau, age 23

1930 Census. Beat 4, Chilton, AL, Hh 76
J. Leonard Mims, 34, married at 17
Edna, wife, 33, married at 16
Annie P., dau, 16.
Ocie, son, age 6
Charles, son, age 4 years, 4 months

Death record gives parents as E. P. Mims and Martha Johnson.

The Union-Banner, Clanton, AL, 8 Nov 1934, Thursday, p. 5
James Leonard Mims
Funeral for James Leonard Mims, age 38, who died Saturday afternoon in a Birmingham hospital, was held Sunday at eleven o'clock at Concord Church with Rev. G. G. Williams officiating and Spigener Funeral Home in charge.
He is survived by his father, E. P. Mims, Clanton Route 2; his wife, Mrs. Edna Mims, and four children, Mrs. Pearl Wyatt, Acia, Erskin & Edna Mims; four sisters, Mrs. Minnie Armstrong, Mrs. Grady Taylor, Mrs. Arthur Maddox and Mrs. Judson Easterling; six brothers, Ollie Mims of Birmingham; Enoch Mims of Montgomery, Willie, Virgil, Clyde & Melvin Mims of Clanton.


Unidentified newspaper clipping
NOVEMBER MARRIAGE LICENSES
Licenses issued to the Probate Judge's office to the following persons, during the month of November 1935:
Frank M. Mims and Mrs. Edna Wilson Mims

Birth	29 Nov 1895	Chilton County, Alabama
Marriage	26 Nov 1912	Chilton County, Alabama - Edna Ruth Wilson
Death	3 Nov 1934	Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama
Burial	4 Nov 1934	Concord Cemetery, Chilton County, Alabama

Spouse	Edna Ruth Wilson (1895 - 1971)
Child	Annie Pearl Mims (1913 - 1999)
Child	James Lester Mims (1918 - 1925)
Child	Acie Larue Mims (1923 - 1976)
Child	Charles Erskine Mims (1925 - 1971)
Child	Edna Ruth Mims (1931 - 2020)

Father	Elijah Peyton Mims (1872 - 1958)
Mother	Martha Elizabeth Johnson (1876 - 1915)
Sibling	Minnie May Mims (1892 - 1945)
Sibling	Maggie Serena Mims (1894 - 1973)
Sibling	Dorenda "Dora" Mims (1897 - 1952)
Sibling	Ollie E. Mims (1899 - 1980)
Sibling	Enoch Calvin Mims (1901 - 1961)
Sibling	William Lindsey Mims (1903 - 1945)
Sibling	Virgil Morris Mims (1905 - 1982)
Sibling	Clyde Elven Mims (1906 - 1984)
Sibling	Otis Melvin Mims (1910 - 1972)
Sibling	Ola V. Mims (1913 - 1997)