Rebecca John Mims1,2,3

F, ID# 2494, (1848 - 1872)
Rebecca John Mims|b. 21 Jun 1848\nd. 21 Sep 1872|p2494.htm|John H. Mims|b. 6 Jun 1806\nd. 11 Apr 1850|p1148.htm|Caroline Hanson Cresap|b. 6 Jul 1811\nd. 25 Feb 1904|p1149.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 John H. Mims4,5 (1806-1850)

Mother Caroline Hanson Cresap4,6,5 (1811-1904)

Charts
Descendants of Linah and Rebeccah (Davis) Mims

Family Background – see:

The Linah Mims - Rebecca Davis Family
     Rebecca John Mims was born on 21 Jun 1848 in Eddyville, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.7,8,9 She married Jacob Peck Imboden, son of George Imboden and Isabella Wünderlich, on 21 Dec 1869.10,11,12 She died on 21 Sep 1872 in Richmond, Virginia, at age 24.13 She was buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.14
     She appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of 2nd District, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, in the household of her mother, Caroline Hanson Cresap.15,16 She appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Eddyville, Lyon Co., Kentucky, in the household of her sister, Eudorah Hanson Mims and brother-in-law, Matthew Martin Lyon.17,18

Citations

  1. [S2003] John Mims Family Bible, shows name as Rebecca John Mims.
  2. [S736] Cresap and Cresap, History of the Cresaps, pg 322, shows name as Rebecca John Mims.
  3. [S1812] Mathew M. Lyon household, 1860 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky, shows name as Rebecca J Mims.
  4. [S2003] John Mims Family Bible.
  5. [S736] Cresap and Cresap, History of the Cresaps, pg 322.
  6. [S568] Caroline H. Mims household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows them in same household, apparently as mother and child.
  7. [S2003] John Mims Family Bible, shows date, with year corrected to 1848, origninally written something different in the last digit.
  8. [S49] Freeman, Family File 31 Jul 1998, shows date, town, county as Lyon, and state. However, Lyon county was not formed out of Caldwell Co. until 1854.
  9. [S568] Caroline H. Mims household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows age 2 and state.
  10. [S2003] John Mims Family Bible, shows date.
  11. [S736] Cresap and Cresap, History of the Cresaps, pg 322, shows year.
  12. [S2009] Couper and Gibson, The Corps Forward, pg 101, shows he married Johnnie Meems of Kentucky.
  13. [S2003] John Mims Family Bible, shows date, city, and state.
  14. [S2003] John Mims Family Bible, shows cemetery.
  15. [S568] Caroline H. Mims household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.
  16. [S647] Caroline H. Mims, owner, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, slave schedule.
  17. [S1812] Mathew M. Lyon household, 1860 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky.
  18. [S842] Caroline Mims, owner, 1860 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky, slave schedule, and Mathew M. Lyon, owner, sheet 14, lines 1 - 10 left.

 

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