Hi, Harold, Will Rogers' mother was Mary Schrimsher, and his dad was Clement Vann Rogers. If you want, I can copy a few pages and snail mail to you if you send me your add. I don't have the name you mention: Leona Sims, but you may be able to make some connections with info I have. Linda lmenikos@flash.net ---------- > I am seeking birth date and place for Lee/Lena/Leona Simms. She married > A. G. Shipman on 05 Jan 1885 in Cooke Co TX. She gave birth to 6 > children: Burt, Thad "Pat", Julian Guy "Babe", Ora, Jack and Lee. She > died about six months after giving birth to Lee in 1897 in the Abner > community in what is now Love Co OK. I have her marriage record and her > on an undated Chickasaw names list in Ardmore, Ok and on the 1890 > Chickasaw Nation census. According to family sources, her father was Ben > Simms and her mother was named Sophie. According to oral history, Leona > was first cousin to Will Rogers' mother. I would appreciate any help. > Thanks, Harold. > >