Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: William Sims    
                Born: ca 1856              in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  1
             Resided: 1883                 in Ritchie Co, WV  1
              Census: 1880                 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1870                 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: Payton Abner Sims   (1829 - 1865) 
              Mother: Delia Ann Dotson   (1834 - 1906) 
                Wife: Martha Loda Elder   2  
       Also known as: Loda Elder 2
             Married: Feb-22-1883          in Ritchie Co, WV  1
                Born: 1856                  3,1
                Died: 1944                  3
              Buried:                      in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery, near Pullman (Co Rds 9 & 7/4), Ritchie Co, WV  4
              Father: William K. Elder   (1806 - 1891) 
              Mother: Ruhama Willis   (1808 - 1880) 
           M Child 1: Scott McHenry Sims      
                Born: Jul-10-1883          in Beason (Pennsboro), Ritchie Co, WV  5,6,3
                Died: Aug- 3-1965          in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  4,6,3
              Buried:                      in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery, near Pullman (Co Rds 9 & 7/4), Ritchie Co, WV  4

Sources:
(1) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) 
(2) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 157. 
(3) Headstone (year only) 
(4) Findagrave.com. 
(5) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(6) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 







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