Lucinda Sims

Brief Life History of Lucinda

When Lucinda Sims was born on 12 March 1845, in Cainsville, Wilson, Tennessee, United States, her father, Mathias Matthew Sims, was 69 and her mother, Sally Roberson, was 32. She married Samuel Houston Craddock on 20 September 1865, in Wilson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Wilson, Tennessee, United States for about 10 years and Civil District 17, Wilson, Tennessee, United States for about 50 years. She died on 1 October 1921, in Cainsville, Wilson, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Oregon, Wilson, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Houston Craddock
1844–1926
Lucinda Sims
1845–1921
Marriage: 20 September 1865
William Caswell Craddock
1866–1952
Mary F Craddock
1871–1895
Samuel Craddock
1873–1937
Joseph Washington Craddock
1875–1900
John Tyler Craddock
1877–1909
Thomas Anthony Craddock
1880–1966
James H Craddock
1880–1933
Rosa Anna Craddock
1882–1900
Lura Daisy Craddock
1885–1979

Sources (20)

  • Lucinda Sims in household of Mathias Sims, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Lucinda Simms, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • Mary S...s in entry for Sam H. Craddock, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965"

World Events (8)

1846

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

1846

Tennessee was known as the Volunteer State because during the Mexican War the government asked Tennessee for 3,000 volunteer soldiers and 30,000 joined.

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

Name Meaning

English (southern):

variant of Sim , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

topographic name for one who lived or worked at the house of someone called Symme (Simon).

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

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