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Zura or Zeuras Sims
Abt 1830 - 1885 (~ 55 years)-
Name Zura or Zeuras Sims Birth Abt 1830 , , Pennsylvania Gender Male Death 1885 poss, Slocum Twp, Luzerne, Pennsylvania Person ID I33270 Whipple Descendants Last Modified 18 Nov 2009
Father Daniel Sims, b. Abt 1790, , , Pennsylvania Mother Sarah "Sally" Whipple, b. Abt 1789, , , Pennsylvania Marriage Abt 1808 Family ID F16391 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Catherine Arnold, b. Abt 1830, , , Pennsylvania Children + 1. Nancy Alice Sims, b. 21 Aug 1859, , , Illinois d. Between 3 Apr and 21 Aug 1930, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania 2. Jane Sims 3. Elizabeth Sims + 4. Simon Albert Sims, b. 28 Mar 1865, Slocum, Newport Twp, Luzerne, Pennsylvania d. 18 Dec 1944, Kingston, Luzerne, Pennsylvania (Age 79 years) + 5. Julia Sims, b. 1867 d. 1953 (Age 86 years) 6. Mary Catherine Sims, b. of, Slocum, Luzerne, Pennsylvania Family ID F16410 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - !SOURCE: Family Tree Maker database from Eileen Tims (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple, 13 Dec 1998.
!SOURCE: Email from Charles T. Sutherland, Jr. (email hidden) to the Whipple Website, 5 and 19 Jun 2001.
!MILITARY: "Fought in the Civil War and died later of TB and passed it on to [his wife] Catherine Arnold." --C.T. Sutherland
!SOURCE: 1840 Census of Newport, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, p. 3:Daniel Sims, head of household:
- 1 male age 50-59 [Daniel, b. abt 1781-1790]
- 1 female age 50-59 [Sarah, b. abt 1781-1790]
- 1 male age 15-19 [Jeremiah? b. abt 1921-1925]
- 1 female age 15-19 [Margaret or Esther?] b. abt 1921-1925]
- 1 male age 10-14 [Zura? b. abt 1826-1830]
- 1 male age 5-9 [Nathan? b. abt 1831-1835]
!SOURCE: Email from Barry Jernigan (email hidden) to the Whipple Website, 7 Aug 2008.- Zura/Zeuras Sims, born c1830, PA
- married Catherine Arnold, born c1830, PA
- 1850 - where?
- Slocum Twp, Luzerne Co, PA (1860)
- 1870 - where?
- !SOURCE: Family Tree Maker database from Eileen Tims (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple, 13 Dec 1998.