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Katherine "Ann", Chelnessa Russell 1852 – 1893 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 9 Jan 1852

Birth Location: Sevier, Tennessee

Death Date: 22 Aug 1893

Death Location: Sevier, Tennessee

Father: John Russell

Mother: Nancy Patterson

Spouse(s): Reuben Sims

Children(s): Nancy Sims, John Sims, Mary Sims, William Sims, Epha Sims, James Sims, Monroe Sims

In 1852, Katherine "Ann" Chelnessa Russell entered the world in Sevier, Tennessee, born to John Jackson "Jack" Russell and Nancy Patterson. Years later, Katherine "Ann" Chelnessa Russell married Reuben Chester "Chesley" Sims, and the couple became parents to Nancy Anna Sims, John Clayton Sims, Mary Frank Sims, William Charles Sims, Epha M. Elizabeth "Epsie" Sims, James Mack Sims and Monroe B. Sims. Katherine "Ann" Chelnessa Russell died in 1893 in Sevier, Tennessee.

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Parents

John Russell
1815 – 1905
Birth Location: Leadvale, Jefferson, Tennessee
JR
Nancy Patterson
1815 – 1888
Birth Location: Sevier, Tennessee
NP

Spouses(s)

Reuben Sims
1842 – 1922
Birth Location: –
RS

Children(s)

Nancy Sims
1869 – 1905
Birth Location: Tennessee, United States
NS
John Sims
1872 – 1952
Birth Location: Tennessee, United States
JS
Mary Sims
1875 – 1912
Birth Location: Tennessee, United States
MS
William Sims
1878 – 1938
Birth Location: Tennessee, United States
WS
Epha Sims
1881 –
Birth Location: Tennessee, United States
ES
James Sims
1883 – 1967
Birth Location: Tennessee, United States
JS
Monroe Sims
1889 – 1915
Birth Location: Tennessee, United States
MS

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 22 Aug 1893
    Event Place: Sevier, Tennessee

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 9 Jan 1852
    Event Place: Sevier, Tennessee
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: District 3, Sevier, Tennessee; Roll: ; Page: 404; Image: 308.

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1860
    Event Place: District 3, Sevier, Tennessee, United States
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: District 3, Sevier, Tennessee; Roll: ; Page: 404; Image: 308.

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