Sarah Ann Grinder

Brief Life History of Sarah Ann

When Sarah Ann Grinder was born on 16 December 1842, in Hector, Pope, Arkansas, United States, her father, Nicholas Grinder, was 28 and her mother, Margaret Calhoun, was 24. She married William Henderson Sims on 1 January 1860, in Hector, Pope, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Freedom Township, Polk, Arkansas, United States in 1880 and White Township, Polk, Arkansas, United States for about 10 years. She died on 9 October 1923, at the age of 80, and was buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Big Fork, Polk, Arkansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Henderson Sims
1840–1923
Sarah Ann Grinder
1842–1923
Marriage: 1 January 1860
Mary Elizabeth Sims
1860–1923
Margaret Arkansas Sims
1865–1944
George Keiser Sims
1867–1947
Virginia Bell Sims
1870–1951
Caroline Hester Sims
1871–1936
Charles Albert Sims
1878–1898
Allie Arizona Sims
1882–1942

Sources (9)

  • Sarah A Simms in household of Absalom Simms, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Sarah Snider, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
  • Sara Ann Grinder Sims, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1853

Oldest grave seen on the memorials list

1864 · Skirmish at Benton

Confederate forces in Arkansas began an invasion of Missouri, while other Confederate sources probed the line around Little Rock. On July  6, 1864 the fourth Arkansas Cavalry tried to break the line around Little Rock one soldier was killed, eight were wounded, three went missing from the Union side and four were killed and six wounded from the Confederate side.

Name Meaning

English (Middlesex and Sussex): occupational name for a grinder of grain, i.e. a miller, from Middle English grinder ‘grinder of corn, miller’ (Old English grindere), an agent noun from Old English grindan ‘to grind’. Less often it may have referred to someone who ground blades to keep their sharpness or who ground pigments, spices, and medicinal herbs to powder.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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