Individual Details

Peyton Mims

(20 May 1854 - 13 Oct 1940)



1880 Census.
Mims Cross Roads, Chilton, AL, Hh 85
Peyton Mims, 27, farm laborer, b. AL, father b. SC, mother b. AL
Della, 23, wife
Ada, 4, dau
Robert M. 10 months - b. July, son.

1900 Census. Clanton, Chilton, AL, Hh 585
Peyton Mims, b. May 1853, age 47, widow, Farmer
Jane, dau, b. Feb 1888, 12
Cora, dau, b. May 1889, 11
Susie, dau, b. May 1891, 9
Irwin, son, b. May 1891, 9
Ella, dau, b. Feb 1894, 6
Oscar, son, b. Feb 1897, 3

1910 Census. Cane Creek, Chilton, AL, Hh 103
Paten Mims, 56, widowed, farmer
Mary J., dau, 23
Cora, dau, 21
Susan E., dau, 20
Alfred E., son, 18
Ella F., dau, 16
Oscar P., son, 14
Elizabeth Lambert, Aunt, 77, single, b. AL, parents, b. GA

1920 Census. Cane Creek, Chilton, AL, Hh 57
Payton Mims, 64, widow, General farm
Janie, dau, 32
Cora, dau, 30
Ella, dau, 24

1930 Census. Cane Creek, Chilton, AL, Hh 6
Peyton Mims, 75, widowed, Farmer
Jane, dau, 42
Cora, dau, 41
Ella, dau, 34

1940 Census. Cane Creek, Chilton, AL Hh 182
J.P.Littleton Road - lived in same house in 1935
Floyd Bailey, 36, b. AL, Laborer, Frame Sawyer
Ella, wife, 45
Mary Ella, dau, age 6
Payton Mims, Father-in-law, age 85, widowed

Alabama death record. Paten Mims, born 20 May 1854, Clanton, Chilton, AL; died 13 Oct 1940 in Clanton, age 86. He was buried 14 Oct at Cane Creek Cemetery, He was a farmer and widowed. His father was William Mims; his mother Mary (she was Louisa...). His spouse was Susan Mims.

The Union-Banner, Clanton, AL, 17 Oct 1940, Thursday, p.10
PAYTON MIMS PASSES
Payton Mims, age 86, died sunday, October 13, about 7 am. Funeral services were held Monday at 2 pm at Cane Creek church with the Rev. W. P. Lowery conducting the services.
He is survived by two sons, Irvin of Clanton, and Oscar of Sand Mountain; two daughters, Mrs. Susie Cleckler, Route 2, and Ella Bailey of Clanton. Twenty grandchildren also mourn his passing...

Events

Birth20 May 1854Autauga County, Alabama
Marriage7 Mar 1875Chilton County, Alabama - Della Mullins
MarriageAbt 1885Susan Elizabeth Lambert
Death13 Oct 1940Clanton, Chilton County, Alabama
BurialCane Creek Cemetery, Chilton County, Alabama

Families

SpouseSusan Elizabeth Lambert (1861 - 1899)
ChildMary Jane Mims (1887 - 1937)
ChildCora Essie Mims (1888 - 1936)
ChildLeila Mims (1890 - 1890)
ChildSusan Elizabeth Mims (1892 - 1951)
ChildAlfred Erwin Mims (1892 - 1967)
ChildElla F. Mims (1894 - 1955)
ChildOscar P. Mims (1897 - )
SpouseDella Mullins (1857 - )
ChildAda Mims (1876 - )
ChildRobert M. Mims (1879 - )
FatherWilliam E. Mims (1832 - )
MotherLouisa Mims (1835 - 1909)
SiblingMary Mims (1850 - )
SiblingJames Mims (1852 - )
SiblingWilliam A. Mims (1856 - 1918)
SiblingElizabeth J. Mims (1860 - 1928)
SiblingAlmina Mims (1861 - )
SiblingAdella Mims (1865 - 1918)
SiblingArthur Mims (1867 - 1906)
SiblingLetitia "Lettie" Mims (1870 - 1958)
SiblingEmanuel Mims (1875 - 1956)
SiblingAbraham B. Mims (1878 - 1944)
SiblingEmma Adaline Mims (1879 - )