Thomas Jefferson Sims Jr.Age: 68 years1914–1982
- Name
- Thomas Jefferson Sims Jr.
- Given names
- Thomas Jefferson
- Surname
- Sims
- Name suffix
- Jr.
 Birth | February 12, 1914 31 19 |
 Occupation | Prison Guard |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 22 months)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 2 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 3 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
 Census | January 6, 1920 (Age 5 years) Address: Blackwater Township
Main Street |
 Birth of a sister | Mary Francis Sims January 13, 1925 (Age 10 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Penelope Thompson “Nellie” Bingham November 3, 1925 (Age 11 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Betty Sue Sims July 8, 1927 (Age 13 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 15 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Census | April 11, 1930 (Age 16 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Shirley Ann Sims June 13, 1931 (Age 17 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Thomas Roger Sims July 16, 1937 (Age 23 years) |
| Census | April 12, 1940 (Age 26 years) |
| Death of a father | Thomas Jefferson Sims March 18, 1941 (Age 27 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 27 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Marriage of a parent | Alfred Denest Payne — Ruth Valdenar Shemwell — View this family after 1950 (Age 35 years) |
| Death of a son | Thomas Roger Sims January 16, 1951 (Age 36 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | William Standard Shemwell March 29, 1953 (Age 39 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 35 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 31 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
| Death of a mother | Ruth Valdenar Shemwell December 13, 1976 (Age 62 years) |
 Death | May 24, 1982 (Age 68 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oak Hill Memorial Park |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Thomas Jefferson Sims Birth: May 16, 1882 — Lamine, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: March 18, 1941 — Macon, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Ruth Valdenar Shemwell Birth: May 18, 1894 25 25 — Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States Death: December 13, 1976 — Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States |
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Marriage: November 3, 1912 — Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States |
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15 months himself |
Thomas Jefferson Sims Jr. Birth: February 12, 1914 31 19 — Missouri, United States Death: May 24, 1982 — McAlester, Pittsburg, Oklahoma, United States |
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11 years younger sister |
Mary Francis Sims Birth: January 13, 1925 42 30 — Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: January 5, 1993 — Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Betty Sue Sims Birth: July 8, 1927 45 33 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: September 18, 2002 — Syracuse, Hamilton, Kansas, United States |
| Mother’s family with Alfred Denest Payne |
| step-father |
Alfred Denest Payne Birth: June 11, 1891 — Kingman, Kansas, United States Death: June 22, 1972 — Syracuse, Hamilton, Kansas, United States |
| mother |
Ruth Valdenar Shemwell Birth: May 18, 1894 25 25 — Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States Death: December 13, 1976 — Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States |
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Marriage: after 1950 — |
| Mother’s family with Henry Cornelius Helfrich |
| step-father |
Henry Cornelius Helfrich Birth: 1894 — Kansas, United States Death: |
| mother |
Ruth Valdenar Shemwell Birth: May 18, 1894 25 25 — Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States Death: December 13, 1976 — Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States |
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Marriage: — |
| Family with Patricia Louise Myers |
| himself |
Thomas Jefferson Sims Jr. Birth: February 12, 1914 31 19 — Missouri, United States Death: May 24, 1982 — McAlester, Pittsburg, Oklahoma, United States |
| wife |
Patricia Louise Myers Birth: March 17, 1916 — Polk, Missouri, United States Death: June 6, 2004 |
| daughter |
Shirley Ann Sims Birth: June 13, 1931 17 15 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: May 11, 2006 — Oklahoma, United States |
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6 years son |
Thomas Roger Sims Birth: July 16, 1937 23 21 — Missouri, United States Death: January 16, 1951 |
| daughter |
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| daughter |
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Thomas Jefferson Sims Jr. has 6 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (6)
Parents Charles McClellan “Charlie” Shemwell + Vinita Francis Potter
Parents Herbert Alexander Shemwell + Roxie Lee “Bobbie” Turley
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Ruth Valdenar Shemwell - Household
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Jefferson Sims - Household
314 McRobert Boonville, Cooper, Missouri
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