STEUBEN REPUBLICAN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1903, page 1, column 6

ELLA MAY (YOUNGS) SIMS, 27 Nov 1849 - 20 Mar 1903

   Ella Youngs was born in Steuben county, Ind., Nov. 27, 1849, and died 
in Branch county, Mich., March 20, 1903, aged 53 years, 3 months and 23 
days.
   She was united in marriage with William Sims, Dec. 24, 1866, in Steuben 
county, Ind., where they have always made their home with the exception of 
about 18 months, that time being spent in Michigan.  To this union were 
born four children, two sons and two daughters, Lennie Sims, Angola; 
Norman Sims, Bronson, Mich.; Clare, wife of J. S. Davis, Bronson, Mich.; 
and Emma, wife of Charles Pifer, Fremont, all of whom with the husband, 
aged mother, one brother, six grand-children and a host of relatives and 
friends are left to mourn the loss of one who has been near and dear to 
them.  Although she was a member of no church, yet she was a strong 
believer in Christ and lived a life in harmony with her profession.  In 
the community where she lived so long she was loved, honored and respected 
for her true, upright, christian life and her patience and cheerfulness 
through extreme suffering, her kindness as a neighbor and constancy as a 
friend.  Although a great sufferer for weeks before she died, yet there 
was no murmurings from her lips nor discord in the heart, for she was  
hopefully, cheerfully and peacefully looking upward to that brighter and 
better home above in the Beautiful City of God.  Funeral services were 
held at the Evangelical church, East Gilead, Mich., Rev. Peters, of 
Orland, officiating.  Burial in the Mallory cemetery, Jamestown, Ind.
(Picture included with obituary)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

   Ella May (Young) Sims, 27 Nov 1849 - 20 Mar 1903, married William Sims,
who died 05 Oct 1907 in East Gilead, Branch County, Michigan.  
Ella is buried at Mallory Cemetery, Jamestown, Steuben County, Indiana, 
but is not listed in the Cemetery book.

CHILDREN:
   Lennie A. Sims, 1867 - no date of death, on 07 Oct 1887, married Mary 
R. (Richardson) Sims, 1870 - 1944, buried at Sowle Cemetery, Steuben 
County, Indiana. 
   Norman C. Sims, 1872 - 22 Dec 1939, on 23 Mar 1898, married Susie P. 
(Davis) Sims, 04 Nov 1879 - 30 Sep 1903, daughter of David and Frances C. 
Davis.  Norman is buried at East Gilead Cemetery in Michigan.  Susie is 
buried at Jackson Prairie Cemetery, Steuben County, Indiana.  He married 
2nd, Maude S. (Norton) Sims who died 04 Nov 1954 and is buried at East 
Gilead Cemetery in Branch County, Michigan.
   Emma (Sims) Pifer, 1875 - 1963, on 31 Jan 1895, married Charles C. 
Pifer, 1861 - 1963, buried at Fremont Cemetery, Steuben County, Indiana.
   Clara Delphine(Sims) Davis, died 13 Oct 1963, in Branch County, Mi.  

"Cemeteries of Steuben County, Indiana, 1990" by Audree Seibel Lewis, Vol. 
2, page 1449, 1666.
www.familysearch.org
Branch County, Michigan, Death Index on Branch County Website. 
Submitted by:  Mona Hilden-Beckwith
e-mail:  hilbeck123@att.net