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Family Group Sheet for Louis Thomas Sims and Nolan Elizabeth Kendall

 

Husband:  Louis Thomas SIMS

Birth Date: 11 Feb 1871

Birth Place:

Death Date: 7 Feb 1937

Death Place: Carbondale, Illinois

Burial: Brookport, Illinois

 

Father: Isaac Sims

 

Mother: Sara Hawkins

 

Date of Marriage: 14 Jan 1882

Place of Marriage: Brookport, Illinois

 

Wife:  Nola Elizabeth KENDALL

Birth Date: 14 Mar 1874

Birth Place: Brookport, Illinofis

Death Date: 4 Aug 1943

Death Place: Brookport, Illinois

Burial: Brookport, Illinois

Father: Hiram KENDALL

Mother: Mary WILLIAMS

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Children
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Child #1: Elmer Thomas SIMS

Sex: M

Birth Date: 19 Nov 1892

Birth Place: Brookport, Illinois

Death Date: 14 Sep 1980

Place of Death: Brookport, Illinois

Buried at: Brookport, Illinois

Spouse: Mary Wheeler

Date of Marriage: 1923

Place of Marriage: Brookport, Illinois

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Child #2: Hiram  SIMS

Sex: M

Birth Date: 9 Apr 1894

Birth Place: Brookport, Illinois

Death Date:  Oct 1967

Place of Death: Brookport, Illinois

Buried at: Brookport, Illinois

Spouse: Ruby Harris

Date of Marriage: 1925

Place of Marriage: Brookport, Illinois

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Child #3: Leo Vance SIMS

Sex: M

Birth Date: 19 Mar 1896

Birth Place: Brookport, Illinois

Death Date: 26 Mar 1947

Place of Death: Brookport, Illinois

Buried at: Brookport, Illinois

Spouse:

Date of Marriage:

Place of Marriage:

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Child #4: Roosevelt Vera SIMS

Sex: F

Birth Date: 21 Mar 1903

Birth Place: Brookport, Illinois

Death Date: 2 July 1991

Place of Death: Carbondale, Illinois

Buried at: Carbondale, Illinois

Spouse: Lenus Turley

Date of Marriage: 21 July 1923

Place of Marriage: Paducah, Kentucky

 

Family Group Sheet Sims & Kendall