Individual Details

Elijah is sometimes seen as James Elijah - however, in the estate settlement of his mother, he was always listed in the documents as E. J. Mims.

1880 Census. Clanton, Chilton, AL, Hh 67
E. J. Mims, 22, working on Railraod
M. A., wife, age 19
W. P., son, age 2


E. J. "Bud" Mims did marry Martha Osborne.
The 1880 census shows
the following family: E. J. Mims, age 22, M. A. Mims, wife, age 19, W.
P. (William Perry) Mims, son, age 2.
The 1900 census shows the following family,
E. J. Mims, born Jan 1858,
Martha S., wife, May 1861,
Ernest D., son, Feb. 1882,
Moses L., son, Feb. 1884,
George M., son, Oct. 1886,
Disca J., Dau., May 1888,
Thomas, son, Jul 1889,
Bert, son, Mar. 1892,
Jodie R., son, Sep. 1894,
Whit, son, Jun. 1896,
Essie, dau., Jun 1897, and
Minnie L., dau., Feb 1899.

Birth	1858	Autauga County, Alabama
Marriage	18 May 1876	Chilton County, Alabama - Martha Osborn
Death	1907	Chilton County, Alabama

Spouse	Martha Osborn (1861 - 1900)
Child	Thomas Leon Mims (1890 - 1976)

Father	George Washington "Dock" Mims (1827 - 1903)
Mother	Tabitha Miller (1834 - 1912)
Sibling	Fereba Jane Mims (1850 - 1862)
Sibling	Rebecca Ann Savilla Mims (1853 - 1942)
Sibling	Penny Carolyn Mims (1854 - 1903)
Sibling	Mahala C. Mims (1857 - 1934)
Sibling	Eliza Mims (1859 - 1948)
Sibling	William Moses Mims (1861 - 1907)
Sibling	George Thomas Mims (1862 - 1934)
Sibling	Tabitha Mims (1864 - 1881)
Sibling	Rosa Della Mims (1866 - 1945)
Sibling	Delilah Adline Mims (1869 - 1950)
Sibling	Martha Ann Virginia Mims (1872 - 1960)
Sibling	Joseph Andrew Washington Mims (1875 - 1950)
Sibling	Henry Newton Franklin Mims (1876 - 1946)
Sibling	Edward Mims (1879 - 1880)