Looking for information on the family of Andrew Eli Porter and Harriett Bishop Sims :. Andrew Eli Porter was b July 12, 1834 in SC.........he married Harriett Bishop Sims ca 186-1865 in? She was b June 23, 1838 in Perry Co, Ala.......she was the widow of W.J.Sims and had , in 1870 census, the following ch...D.C. (male) Sims (13); R.A. Sims (male) Sims (10);Jane Sims (8); Allice Sims (6) along with ch by her and Eli.......R.F. (female) ;James H 5/12........They also had other another daughter, Phelia A b May 29, 1866 and d Oct 27, 1866....James H b Dec 13, 1869 and d Aug 24, 1872 of whooping cough.....Rhodia "Francis" b Sept 27, 1867 in Fayette Co, Ala; Minnie Belle b Nov 30, 1872 in Attala Co, Miss; Gilroy b May 22, 1875 same; Enoch "Marvin" b April 28, 1877 b same; Hendrix Andrew b Feb 2, 1879 same and John Wesley b Jan 23, 1881 in same...... Andrew Eli d May 1, 1889 in Craighead Co, Ark and Harriett, (daughter of Robert Wesley Bishop and Bersheba Harbour Bishop), d Aug 11, 1899 in Craighead Co, Ark. Minnie B. Porter, daughter of Andrew and Harriett, born Nov. 20, 1872 in Kosciusco, Attala County, Mississippi. Minnie married Charlie Thomas on July 18, 1899. She passed away on Jan. 21, 1942 in Black Oak, Arkansas, and is buried in the Black Oak Cemetery. If anyone has any information, please email me at [email protected] Thanks. Georgiana