Matthew W. Sims

  Noted events in his life were:

• Biography: From Decendant of John Shelton by Robert and Harold Casey. MATTHEW W. SIMS (1.5.6.1) is the son of Eldridge Sims and Susan Jane (Shelton) Sims. Matthew was born in 1869 in Jackson County, Alabama. In 1900, Matthew Sims married Lucy Catherine Shelton (1.5.2.1.2) in Jackson County, Alabama. Matthew and Lucy Sims were the parents of three children:

............Henry Sims, b. 1903, Jackson County, Alabama

............Martin Sims, b. Jackson County, Alabama

............William Thomas Sims (1.5.6.1.3), b. February 15, 1907, Jackson Co., Alabama

Matthew Sims died in Jackson County, Alabama and was buried in the Blue Spring Cove (Hall) Cemetery in an unmarked grave. In 1910, Lucy (Shelton) Sims was living with her father in Jackson County, Alabama. Lucy married a second time to Fate Lavon Hastings (born June 9, 1886). For additional information on the descendants of Fate and Lucy Hastings, see the sketch of Lucy Catherine Shelton (1.5.2.1.2).

Henry Sims and his wife, Mary, were the parents of three children (all born in Boston, Massachusetts): - Janet Sims, - Barbra Sims, - Phyllis Sims. Henry Sims died in Boston, Massachusetts. Janet Sims died in Boston, Massachusetts. Phyllis Sims married. Martin Sims died in Jackson County, Alabama and was buried in the Blue Spring Cove (Hall) Cemetery in an unmarked grave.

References:
1) 1910 Census, Jackson County, Alabama;
2) Letter, Virginia (Shelton) Kelley to Robert Casey, June 11, 1985;
3) Letter, Mary (Gentle) Dean to Robert Casey, February 4, 1986;
4) Letter, Lorene (Hall) King to Harold Casey, March, 1986

Matthew married Lucy Catherine Shelton, daughter of William Elijah Shelton and Irena Jane Venable, in 1900 in Jackson, Alabama. (Lucy Catherine Shelton was born on 4 Mar 1885 in Alabama and died on 2 Mar 1960 in Jackson, Alabama.)