Do any of you have the sources for this, did it com from the book "??jemison, Soldier and Squire" On Fri, 31 Mar 2000 16:24:48 -0800 (PST) Joy Hughes <[email protected]> writes: > I was looking on the web today and found some > confusing info. I originally thought Shadrach Mims, > JR was the father of William McPherson Mims. Now I > looked through quite a few ged com files that say > this: > > William McPherson Mims was born in 1834 in Mississippi > and married Kathleen De Jarnette. His parents are > listed in all of the files as: David Mims (May 22, > 1807 Georgia-?)(David's father as Shadrach Mims,SR) > and Sophia Moles Addison (1810 Autuaga Co, AL-?). THIS IS WILLIAM JEMISON BORN 10 APR 1834--,AUTAUGA,AL DIED 25 AUG 1891 ,JEFFERSON,AL MARRIED KATHLEEN JO DEJARNETTE AND HAD DEJARNETT AND MAUDE HE IS THE SOM OF DAVID AND SOPHIA ADDISON MIMS AND THE GRANDSON OF SHADRACH AND ELIZABETH KIRKHAM > Now the info I had on William McPherson Mims was that > he was born Feb 23, 1835 in Vernon, Autuaga,AL and > died in 1898 and was married to Mary M. Dubose. This > William's father I had listed as Shadrach Mims, JR.And THIS IS WILLIAM MCPERSON BORN 23 FEF 1835 VERNON,AUTAUGA,AL DIED IN 1898 MARRIED MARY DUBOSE AND THERE IS SOME DOUBT AS TO WHO THE CHILDRIEN WERE OR MAYBY I SHOULD SAY AS TO WHEN THE CHILDREN WERE BORN...IF WILLIAM MC WAS BORN IN 1835 THEN HIS 10 CHILD WAS NOT BORN IN 1844... > I have their children listed as : > Harrison Mims > John Mims > William E. Mims > Robert L Mims > Mary L. Mims > Thomas Mims > Lavinia Mims > Peter J. Mims (m. April 28, 1870 in Charleston,SC)(m. > Olivia C. Murray) > Caroline Mims > Richard Mims (b. 1844/ d.1916) (m.Eugenia Olivia > Smith) > Nathaniel Mims > Joseph Mims > Miles Edward Mims (d. 1923, SC?)(m. Lillian R. Ayers) > Malory Mims > > Does anyone have any proof on this line? Were there 2 > William McPherson Mims?? > > You know, there was a 3rd Shadrach Mims born in 1837 > in Miss and married in 1868 to Mary J. Paxton. He was > the son of Shadrach Mims, Jr. of course. SHADRACK lII SON OF SHADRACK AND ELIZABETH DOWSING MIMS AND THE GRANDSON OF SHADRACK AND ELIZABETH KIRHAM WAS 15 JUN 1838 IN VERNON,AUTAUGA,AL AND MARRIED MARY JANE PAXTON AND HAD ELLA, VIRGINIA AND LILLIE > So, SHadrach Mims, JR and David Mims as seen above > were brothers. Is it possible they both had sons and > named them William McPherson Mims? NO ONE WAS WILLIAM JEMISON AND THE OTHE WILLIAM MC PHERSON > Hope somebody knows! > > JOY HUGHES > [email protected] > > > ===== > Want to earn money just by surfing the web! I did it! I just got my > first check in the mail! No tricks! Just go to > http://www.alladvantage.com and be sure to give them my number for > referring you! FNW-877 > > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > Elizabeth Ann Mims-Neff San Antonio,,TX =================================================================== Mims ( GA), Matthews ( MS), Reynolds (NC), Marshall (NC), Swann ( NC), Koonce (TN), Martin (TN), Watson ( AR-VA), Ervin (TN), Webb (NC), McClanahan (TN), Bruton (TN-AL), Faxon (TN), Browning (TN), Scholes (TN),