Barry Sims: Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest

Generation: 1

1. Barry Sims (son of Fred E. Sims and Sharon).

Generation: 2

2. Fred E. Sims (son of Pearl Eugene Sims and Alavee Thornton).
Fred — Sharon. [Group Sheet]
3.
Sharon
Children:

Shannon Sims

1. Barry Sims

Generation: 3

Pearl Eugene Sims was born 18 Dec 1899, Tennessee (son of John H. Sims and Sallie A. Barbee); died 12 Feb 1978; was buried Sims Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Pearl married Alavee Thornton 14 May 1936. Alavee (daughter of Allen C. Thornton and Eva J. Fain) was born 19 Jul 1913, Jefferson County, Tennessee; died 13 May 2001, Sevier Medical Center; was buried 16 May 2001, Sims Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Alavee Thornton was born 19 Jul 1913, Jefferson County, Tennessee (daughter of Allen C. Thornton and Eva J. Fain); died 13 May 2001, Sevier Medical Center; was buried 16 May 2001, Sims Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Census: 1930, District 8, Jefferson County, Tennessee

Children:

Generation: 4

John H. Sims was born 20 Apr 1840, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Rev. George Gaton Sims and Mary "Polly" Fine); died 30 Dec 1918, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 30 Dec 1918, Sims Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

John married Sallie A. Barbee 11 Nov 1894, Jefferson County, Tennessee. Sallie (daughter of James Barbee and Mahalia Lewis) was born 20 May 1868, Tennessee; died 20 Mar 1953; was buried Sims Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Sallie A. Barbee was born 20 May 1868, Tennessee (daughter of James Barbee and Mahalia Lewis); died 20 Mar 1953; was buried Sims Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Children:

Walter Sims
4. Pearl Eugene Sims was born 18 Dec 1899, Tennessee; died 12 Feb 1978; was buried Sims Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Fannie Sims
Daisey Sims

10.

Allen C. Thornton was born 29 Jan 1890, Tennessee (son of John D. Thornton and Elizabeth Jane Denton); died 3 Feb 1949, Jefferson County, Tennessee; was buried 8 Feb 1949, Chestnut Hill Cemetery, Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Census: 1920, District 8, Jefferson County, Tennessee
Census: 1930, District 8, Jefferson County, Tennessee

Allen married Eva J. Fain 6 Jan 1910, Jefferson County, Tennessee. Eva (daughter of Nathaniel Samuel Fain and Rebecca Templin) was born Apr 1894, Tennessee; died 30 Dec 1974, Knox County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

11.

Eva J. Fain was born Apr 1894, Tennessee (daughter of Nathaniel Samuel Fain and Rebecca Templin); died 30 Dec 1974, Knox County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Census: 1900, District 17, Jefferson County, Tennessee
Census: 1910, District 8, Jefferson County, Tennessee
Census: 1930, District 8, Jefferson County, Tennessee

Children:

Rex Thornton was born 16 Apr 1911, Tennessee; died 1 Dec 1976; was buried English Mountain Baptist Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
5. Alavee Thornton was born 19 Jul 1913, Jefferson County, Tennessee; died 13 May 2001, Sevier Medical Center; was buried 16 May 2001, Sims Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Floyd William "Jack" Thornton was born 17 Jul 1915, Jefferson County, Tennessee; died 26 Apr 1962; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Ina Thornton was born Abt 1919, Tennessee; died Bef 12 Feb 2006.
Gladys Thornton was born Abt 1920, Tennessee; died 27 May 2005, Jefferson Memorial Hospital, Jefferson City, Jefferson County, Tennessee; was buried 30 May 2005, Chestnut Hill United Methodist Church.
Roy Thornton was born 15 Jan 1922, Tennessee; died 26 May 2006; was buried 30 May 2006, Burchfield Memorial Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Glenn R. Thornton was born 20 May 1924, Tennessee; died 14 May 1981; was buried English Mountain Baptist Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Estel Thornton was born 13 Feb 1926, Tennessee; died 12 Feb 2006, Parkwest Medical Center; was buried Loudon County Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Loudon County, Tennessee.
R. B. Thornton was born Abt 1930, Tennessee; died Bef 13 May 2001.
Mary Ann Thornton was born 17 Mar 1932, Jefferson County, Tennessee; died 24 Jul 2005; was buried 27 Jul 2005, Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.