Individual Details

Letitia "Lettie" Mims

(12 Sep 1870 - 30 Jun 1958)



Lettie's birth is a bit of a puzzle. Both her death and marriage records suggest she was born about 1867-1868. Death record states her parents as William & Louisa Mims. Her grave marker has her birth as 12 Sep 1870. In 1880, she is listed as a six-year-old, or born about 1874 (she isn't listed with her family at all in 1870). I would guess the grave marker is more likely correct and would explain why she isn't in the 1870 census, but old enough to marry in 1886.

1900 Census. Clanton, Chilton, AL, Hh 482
William Minor, b. Jul 1866, 33, married 14 years, Farmer
Letitia, wife, birth date unknown, age 33, has had 8 children - 3 are living
Beanie, dau, b. Jul 1888, 11
Newton, son, b. Jul 1890, 9
Alcie, dau, b. Nov 1898, age 1

1910 Census. Prec 4, Chilton Co, AL, Hh 340
William J. Miner, 37, married once for 20 years (he was 46 and they had been married 24 year)
Lettie, wife, 46, has had 12 children - 4 are living
Newton, son, 19
Bessie, dau, 19
Halley, son, 8
Ressie, dau, 4

1920 Census. Clanton, Chilton, AL
William J., Miner, 54
Lettie, wife, 52
Ressie, dau,, 13

1930 Census. Beat 4, Chilton, AL, Hh 325
William J. Minor, 64
Lettie C., 62

1950 Census. Mignon, Talladega Co, AL, Hh 18
Ressie Jones, 43, Divorced, weaver, cotton mill
Lettie Minor, mother, 81, widow

1952 Sylacauga, AL City Directory:
Lettie Minor (wid W.J.) residence: 34 9th

Events

Birth12 Sep 1870Alabama
Marriage4 Mar 1886Chilton County, Alabama - William Jefferson Minor
Death30 Jun 1958Sylacauga, Talledega County, Alabama

Families

SpouseWilliam Jefferson Minor (1866 - 1945)
FatherWilliam E. Mims (1832 - )
MotherLouisa Mims (1835 - 1909)
SiblingMary Mims (1850 - )
SiblingJames Mims (1852 - )
SiblingPeyton Mims (1854 - 1940)
SiblingWilliam A. Mims (1856 - 1918)
SiblingElizabeth J. Mims (1860 - 1928)
SiblingAlmina Mims (1861 - )
SiblingAdella Mims (1865 - 1918)
SiblingArthur Mims (1867 - 1906)
SiblingEmanuel Mims (1875 - 1956)
SiblingAbraham B. Mims (1878 - 1944)
SiblingEmma Adaline Mims (1879 - )