Sarah Jane Tatum was born about 1825 in Tennessee. She is believed to be the daughter of Luke Tatum (born 1795) and Elizabeth Walker (born 1797) who were married January 27, 1820, in Rutherford County, Tennessee. They lived in the same area where she lived in Tennessee.
She married James William Sims in 1844 in Bedford, Tennessee. They had seven children in 16 years.
Sarah Jane and James moved to Missouri with their children and settled in the Christian County and Stone County sometime between 1850-1854. Much of their extended family moved to Missouri, also, and lived near them.
Sarah Jane died at the early age of 37 years in Stone, Missouri. Her baby son, Thomas, was just a few months old. Thomas was born in the Fall of 1861 and Sarah Jane died in the Spring of 1862.
It is not know where Sarah Jane was buried, but it is possible that she was laid to rest in the Ponce de Leon Cemetery in Stone County where her husband, James, is buried.
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In the Civil War Files of James W. Sims, Henry Clay Sims (his son) born c1846 of Jamesville, Stone Co., MO stated his father and mother were married in Bedford Co., TN and that his mother was Sarah Jane Tatum who died in Stone Co., MO in the spring of 1862. Henry adds that he was in school with John Dobbs, second husband of Salina (Davis) Sims* and that he knew Salina before she was ever married or was grown up.
Note: *Salina Davis Sims was the 4th wife of James W. Sims and filed for a widow's pension from him because of his service in the Civil War in the Union Army.
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(NOTE) The photo on this page is of three of Sarah's five children, and her daughter-in-law:
Standing in this picture is Henry Clay Sims & his sister, Mary Ann (Sims) Gonce. Seated is their brother, James Carroll Jones Sims, with his 2nd wife, Cordelia (Yoachum) Sims.
She married James William Sims in 1844 in Bedford, Tennessee. They had seven children in 16 years.
Sarah Jane and James moved to Missouri with their children and settled in the Christian County and Stone County sometime between 1850-1854. Much of their extended family moved to Missouri, also, and lived near them.
Sarah Jane died at the early age of 37 years in Stone, Missouri. Her baby son, Thomas, was just a few months old. Thomas was born in the Fall of 1861 and Sarah Jane died in the Spring of 1862.
It is not know where Sarah Jane was buried, but it is possible that she was laid to rest in the Ponce de Leon Cemetery in Stone County where her husband, James, is buried.
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In the Civil War Files of James W. Sims, Henry Clay Sims (his son) born c1846 of Jamesville, Stone Co., MO stated his father and mother were married in Bedford Co., TN and that his mother was Sarah Jane Tatum who died in Stone Co., MO in the spring of 1862. Henry adds that he was in school with John Dobbs, second husband of Salina (Davis) Sims* and that he knew Salina before she was ever married or was grown up.
Note: *Salina Davis Sims was the 4th wife of James W. Sims and filed for a widow's pension from him because of his service in the Civil War in the Union Army.
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(NOTE) The photo on this page is of three of Sarah's five children, and her daughter-in-law:
Standing in this picture is Henry Clay Sims & his sister, Mary Ann (Sims) Gonce. Seated is their brother, James Carroll Jones Sims, with his 2nd wife, Cordelia (Yoachum) Sims.
Sarah Jane Tatum was born about 1825 in Tennessee. She is believed to be the daughter of Luke Tatum (born 1795) and Elizabeth Walker (born 1797) who were married January 27, 1820, in Rutherford County, Tennessee. They lived in the same area where she lived in Tennessee.
She married James William Sims in 1844 in Bedford, Tennessee. They had seven children in 16 years.
Sarah Jane and James moved to Missouri with their children and settled in the Christian County and Stone County sometime between 1850-1854. Much of their extended family moved to Missouri, also, and lived near them.
Sarah Jane died at the early age of 37 years in Stone, Missouri. Her baby son, Thomas, was just a few months old. Thomas was born in the Fall of 1861 and Sarah Jane died in the Spring of 1862.
It is not know where Sarah Jane was buried, but it is possible that she was laid to rest in the Ponce de Leon Cemetery in Stone County where her husband, James, is buried.
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In the Civil War Files of James W. Sims, Henry Clay Sims (his son) born c1846 of Jamesville, Stone Co., MO stated his father and mother were married in Bedford Co., TN and that his mother was Sarah Jane Tatum who died in Stone Co., MO in the spring of 1862. Henry adds that he was in school with John Dobbs, second husband of Salina (Davis) Sims* and that he knew Salina before she was ever married or was grown up.
Note: *Salina Davis Sims was the 4th wife of James W. Sims and filed for a widow's pension from him because of his service in the Civil War in the Union Army.
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(NOTE) The photo on this page is of three of Sarah's five children, and her daughter-in-law:
Standing in this picture is Henry Clay Sims & his sister, Mary Ann (Sims) Gonce. Seated is their brother, James Carroll Jones Sims, with his 2nd wife, Cordelia (Yoachum) Sims.
She married James William Sims in 1844 in Bedford, Tennessee. They had seven children in 16 years.
Sarah Jane and James moved to Missouri with their children and settled in the Christian County and Stone County sometime between 1850-1854. Much of their extended family moved to Missouri, also, and lived near them.
Sarah Jane died at the early age of 37 years in Stone, Missouri. Her baby son, Thomas, was just a few months old. Thomas was born in the Fall of 1861 and Sarah Jane died in the Spring of 1862.
It is not know where Sarah Jane was buried, but it is possible that she was laid to rest in the Ponce de Leon Cemetery in Stone County where her husband, James, is buried.
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In the Civil War Files of James W. Sims, Henry Clay Sims (his son) born c1846 of Jamesville, Stone Co., MO stated his father and mother were married in Bedford Co., TN and that his mother was Sarah Jane Tatum who died in Stone Co., MO in the spring of 1862. Henry adds that he was in school with John Dobbs, second husband of Salina (Davis) Sims* and that he knew Salina before she was ever married or was grown up.
Note: *Salina Davis Sims was the 4th wife of James W. Sims and filed for a widow's pension from him because of his service in the Civil War in the Union Army.
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(NOTE) The photo on this page is of three of Sarah's five children, and her daughter-in-law:
Standing in this picture is Henry Clay Sims & his sister, Mary Ann (Sims) Gonce. Seated is their brother, James Carroll Jones Sims, with his 2nd wife, Cordelia (Yoachum) Sims.
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