Josephine Sims
Josephine was born on 25 June 1861 in Alabama. Her memorial gives her maiden name as Vickery. She married the Rev. Americus Arastus "Ned" Sims of Butler County, a minister six years older than she was. Their daughter Etta was born in December 1886, Bishop Marvin on 14 July 1888 at Georgiana, Orson about 1892 and Devon about 1894. A photograph captioned "Rev. A. A. Sims and family" shows her seated in a dark dress beside her husband, with four small children between them.
Ned died on 3 September 1895, aged 40. Josephine was 34, with four children aged eight and under.
In 1900 she was a widow of 39, heading her own household in the Forest Home and Butler Springs precinct of Butler County. With her were Etta, 14, Marvin, 11, Orson, 8, and Devon, 6.
Josephine Sims died at Georgiana, Butler County, on 13 March 1904, aged 42, when her youngest was about ten. She is buried in Shackleville Cemetery. Her granite marker reads "Josephine Sims / June 25, 1861 / March 13, 1904 / Wife of Rev. A. A. Sims".
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Cite: Heirology, "Josephine Sims (1861-1904)", https://heirology.com/ancestors/josephine-sims-1861-1904-849333.