John M. Mims1,2,3

M, ID# 14437, (abt 1841 - 1885)
John M. Mims|b. abt 1841\nd. 1885|p14437.htm|Davis R. Mims|b. abt 1810|p13349.htm|Elizabeth Van Swearingen Cresap|b. 1817|p13350.htm|Linah Mims|b. 14 Nov 1772\nd. bt 1847 - 1850|p475.htm|Rebeccah Davis|b. abt 1786\nd. bt Jul 1824 - Jun 1830|p2186.htm|Edward O. Cresap|b. 24 Nov 1782\nd. 2 Jan 1817|p607.htm|Sarah S. Briscoe|b. 17 Aug 1787\nd. 30 Nov 1843|p1524.htm|

Father Davis R. Mims4 (abt 1810-)

Mother Elizabeth Van Swearingen Cresap5 (1817-)

Charts
Descendants of Linah and Rebeccah (Davis) Mims

Family Background – see:

The Linah Mims - Rebecca Davis Family
     John M. Mims was born about 1841 in Kentucky.6,7,8 He married first Margaret Makinro Warren, daughter of James Warren, on 26 Dec 1866 in Red River Co., Texas.9,10 He married second Elizabeth (surname unknown) after 1872 in Arkansas.11,12 He died in 1885.10
     He appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of 1st District, Trigg Co., Kentucky, in the household of Marcus Marcellus Tyler and Sarah Jane Mims, his father's sister and her husband.13 He appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Franklin Twp., Independence Co., Arkansas, in the household of his father, Davis R. Mims.14
     John and Elizabeth (surname unknown) appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Six Mile Twp., Logan Co., Arkansas, enumerated 6 Jul 1880. Their children Oscar, Emma and Sagie were listed as living with them.3
     John was a farmer in 1860, then became a dry goods merchant by 1880.15,16

Child of John M. Mims and Margaret Makinro Warren

  • Oscar Christopher Mims10,3 b. 23 Jan 1869, d. 11 Jun 1944

Children of John M. Mims and Elizabeth (surname unknown)

  • Emma Arbuckle Mims10,3 b. abt 1877
  • Sagie Tyler Mims10,3 b. Dec 1879

Citations

  1. [S569] M. M. Tyler household, 1850 U.S. Census, Trigg Co., Kentucky, shows name as John H. Mims.
  2. [S980] Davis R. Mims household, 1860 U.S. Census, Independence Co., Arkansas, shows name as John M Mims.
  3. [S982] John M. Mims household, 1880 U.S. Census, Logan Co., Arkansas.
  4. [S980] Davis R. Mims household, 1860 U.S. Census, Independence Co., Arkansas, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  5. [S225] I assume Elizabeth is the mother of John, since it appears that Davis was his father, and she and Davis were married shortly before John's birth.
  6. [S569] M. M. Tyler household, 1850 U.S. Census, Trigg Co., Kentucky, shows age 9, and state.
  7. [S980] Davis R. Mims household, 1860 U.S. Census, Independence Co., Arkansas, shows age 20 and state.
  8. [S982] John M. Mims household, 1880 U.S. Census, Logan Co., Arkansas, shows age 40 and state.
  9. [S1202] "Texas Marriage Collection, 1814-1909 and 1966-2002," Ancestry.com, record for John M. Mims and Margaret M. Warren.
  10. [S1972] Glass, "Descendants of John M. Mims."
  11. [S1972] Glass, "Descendants of John M. Mims", shows married aft. 1872.
  12. [S982] John M. Mims household, 1880 U.S. Census, Logan Co., Arkansas, shows married.
  13. [S569] M. M. Tyler household, 1850 U.S. Census, Trigg Co., Kentucky.
  14. [S980] Davis R. Mims household, 1860 U.S. Census, Independence Co., Arkansas, 0.
  15. [S980] Davis R. Mims household, 1860 U.S. Census, Independence Co., Arkansas, shows occupation as farmer.
  16. [S982] John M. Mims household, 1880 U.S. Census, Logan Co., Arkansas, shows occupation as "Dry G Mch."

 

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