Susanah Shelton

  Noted events in her life were:

• Biography: From Decendant of John Shelton by Robert and Harold Casey. SUSAN JANE SHELTON (1.5.6) is the daughter of William Shelton and Martha (Pace) Shelton. Susan was born around 1845 in Alabama. On October 3, 1868, Susan Shelton married Eldridge Sims in Jackson County, Alabama. Eldridge was born in 1846 in Jackson County, Alabama and is the son of Matthew Sims and Mary Sims. Eldridge and Susan Sims were the parents of seven children:

............Matthew W. Sims (1.5.6.1), b. 1869, Jackson County, Alabama

............Mary Ellen Sims (1.5.6.2), b. December, 1870, Jackson County, Alabama

............Martha E. Sims (1.5.6.3), b. February 14, 1873, Jackson County, Alabama

............Laura Patience Sims (1.5.6.4), b. April 14, 1875, Jackson County, Alabama

............Leverna Ann Sims, b. 1877, Jackson County, Alabama

............Minerva Isabelle Sims (1.5.6.6), b. June, 1878, Jackson County, Alabama

............James M. Sims, b. October 10, 1884

In 1870, Eldrige and Susan Sims were living with Eldridges father in Jackson County, Alabama. In 1880, Eldridge and Susan Sims were living in Jackson County, Alabama. Susan (Shelton) Sims was buried in South Pittsburg, Tennessee. Leverna Venie Sims married Rob Kilgore (born 1877). Rob and Venie Kilgore were the parents of four children: - Robert Kilgore, Jr., b. 1897, - Claude Kilgore, - Harvy Kilgore, - Clyde Kilgore. Rob and Venie Kilgore lived in Atna, Tennessee. On September 7, 1893, Minerva Sims married David Milton Gentle. For additional information on the descendants of David and Minerva Gentle, see the sketch of David Milton Gentle (32.3.5.5).

James Sims married Cassie M. Bulman (born September 30, 1898 in Jackson County, Alabama) in Jackson County, Alabama. James and Cassie Sims were the parents of one son: - Jimmie Sims. Jim and Cassie lived in Sheffield, Alabama. Jim was a conductor with Southern Railway. James Sims died on April 10, 1966 and Cassie (Bulman) Sims died on June 11, 1967. Both were buried in the Union Cemetery in Woodville, Alabama.

References: 1) 1870 and 1880 Censuses, Jackson County, Alabama; 2) Letter, Mary (Gentle) Dean to Robert Casey, February 4, 1986

Susanah married Eldridge Sims, son of Mathew Sims and Mary, on 3 Oct 1868 in Jackson, Alabama.