Individual Details

Henry Newton Franklin Mims

(25 Mar 1876 - 22 Jun 1946)



H. N. F. Mims, age 20, married Ella Powell, age 17, 28 Feb 1897, Chilton Co, AL. She was the daughter of Tom Powell and Martha Moates - born 4 May 1881, died 20 Jan 1966.

1900 Census. Cooper, Chilton, AL, Hh 51
Henry Mimms, b. Mar 1876, age 24, married 3 years
Ella, wife, b. May 1881, 19, 1 child
Corbet, son, b. Feb 1898, age 2

1910 Census. Prec 4, Chilton, AL, Hh 473
Henry N. F. Mims, 34, married 13 years
Ella, wife, 28, 4 children
Corbette, son, 12. Elmer V., son 7. Effie M. dau, 5. Lindsey, son, 3.

12 Sep 1918 World War I Draft Registration
Henry Newton Fonza Mims of Clanton, Chilton Co, AL was age 42, born 25 Mar 1876. He was a farmer. Ella Mims, wife, was nearest relative. Medium height and build, blue eyes, light hair.

1920 Census. Clanton, Chilton, AL, Hh 539
Henry Mims, 42. Ella, wife, 38
Vanner, son, 17.
Effie Mae, dau, 15
Linda, dau, 13
Ethel Bell, dau, 9

1930 Census. Beat 4, Chilton, AL
Henry N. F. Mims, 54. Ella, 48, wife
Ethel B., 18, dau

1940 Census. Clanton, Chilton, AL
Live on Mims Road - same house in 1935
Henry Mims, age 65. Ella, 59, wife

Alabama Death record: died 22 June 1946, age 70; buried Temple Cemetery, 23 Jun 1946. Father was G. W. Mims; mother Tabatha Miller; spouse, Ella Powell.

The Union-Banner, Clanton, AL, 27 Jun 1946, Thursday, p.1
H.N.F. Mims Died
Henry Newton Franklin Mims, age 70, died at the home three miles southeast of Clanton Saturday night at 11:30. Services were held Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock at Temple church, conducted by Rev. A. T. Hickman and Rev. Grover Lanston
....Besides the wife, Mrs. Ella Powell Mims, surviving are three sons - C. S., E. V. and L. W. Mims, all of Clanton Rte 2; two daughters - Mrs. Effie Mae Drive and Mrs. Ethel Bell Vines; one brother, J. A. W. Mims; three sisters - Mrs. Delila Baker, Mrs. Eliza (Babe) Baker, Mrs. Virginia Wyatt. There are 14 grand children and two great grandchildren.

1950 Census. Clanton, Chilton, AL
Effie Mae Driver, 45, widow
Donald Mitchell, 24, son-in-law, Floorman, Printing
Frances Mitchell, 22, dau
Donald R. Mitchell, grandson, b. July 1949
Ella Mims, mother, 69, widowed

Events

Birth25 Mar 1876Chilton County, Alabama
Death22 Jun 1946Clanton, Chilton County, Alabama

Families

FatherGeorge Washington "Dock" Mims (1827 - 1903)
MotherTabitha Miller (1834 - 1912)
SiblingFereba Jane Mims (1850 - 1862)
SiblingRebecca Ann Savilla Mims (1853 - 1942)
SiblingPenny Carolyn Mims (1854 - 1903)
SiblingMahala C. Mims (1857 - 1934)
SiblingElijah James "Bud" Mims (1858 - 1907)
SiblingEliza Mims (1859 - 1948)
SiblingWilliam Moses Mims (1861 - 1907)
SiblingGeorge Thomas Mims (1862 - 1934)
SiblingTabitha Mims (1864 - 1881)
SiblingRosa Della Mims (1866 - 1945)
SiblingDelilah Adline Mims (1869 - 1950)
SiblingMartha Ann Virginia Mims (1872 - 1960)
SiblingJoseph Andrew Washington Mims (1875 - 1950)
SiblingEdward Mims (1879 - 1880)