The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-21

By this time the friends of Mrs. Mo Lean, and l don't knaw of a woman
 who has more loyal. devoted and stuanch ones, in response to calls all
 over the building of Mclean, Mclean" escorted her to the stage.
 Mrs. Fairbanks received her with i extreme dignity and cordialisy.
 Thursday evening Mrs. Mclean held
 a reception at the Arlington Hotel. and there were great numbers of her | friends and admirers. I don't think
 many of the tellers were present.. for one, was too tired to enjoy anything
 but a good nights rest
 Friday, Good Friday, we had no ses- sion and many attended church.
 Saturday morning we were in our places, calm. collected and glad the election was decided.
 The sessions of the last day of the Congress were principally taken up with a discussion of various resoIu- tions, none of very great importance, 1 a passage of resolutions of thanks to the outgoing officers of the Society. and to others who had contributed to make the meeting so great success.
 Mrs. Davis, treasurer general, an-
 nounced the result of the contributions to Continental Memorial Hall.
 At 11:20 o'clock Saturday night when the delegates had sung "Auld Lang Syne." Mrs. Fairbanks brought her gavel heavily to the table saying, "Che fourteenth Continental Congress of the
 National Society of the Daughters of
 the American Revolution stands ad-
 iourned." and so was brought to a
 close the most widely discussed con gross ever held by the Daughters.
 Mrs. R. H. Clarke, Regent Mobile Chapter, D. A. R. Sims Genealogy-G) Matthew Sims, who married Mary Pears, came from Somerset, Eng, to Va. in 1734 with his wife and children. Of the latter the names of three are known: CD David,
 (2) Anne, (not Annie) and CD Matthew. CD Matthew Sims married Jemima Glenn. Nov 2. 1736 in Virginia. This couple had twelve children, but we will follow the line of only one, namely (S) Charles, who married Isabella Bowles In Va. He was a soldier in the Revolu- ton. After mastering his company at Albemarle c. H., Va, in 1776, he re- celved his commission from Patrick Henry; moved his family the same year to South Carolina and settled at the mouth of the Tyger River. He had five children: (D Sallie, married Mc- Daniel: C4) Isabella, married Shaw; (4) Betsy, married Shelton (4) William. married Betsy Shelton (4) William was
 
 the Tories made attempt upon his fathers life. The patriot escaped whilst his wife held the Tories in allowance She sent William, then only 12 years old, to warn the two neighboring families of their danger. He travelled the distance, six miles, on foot and in the darkness of night. He died at the residence of his son. J. Starke Sims in Union County, South l A wife Betsy Shelton had issue @ J.
 Knight Sims married CD Judith Shel- ton: (2) Rocinda Withers; by the hrst marriage he had three children; by the second three children, one whose his
 tory is not given; the second to) starke, killed in the Civil War
 the third. (6) Randolph. mar
 ried Hattie Erwin Of south Carollh't' ma IL f6l Randolph Sims and his wife Hattie Erwin. have six children; C7D Claudia married Mir Kee of s. C., CD Rosa, mar. Mir Mclean, of S. C.; CD Rev. F. K. Sims. pastor of South Franklin Street Prosbyterian Church, Mobile, Ala, mar. Mary McBrYde. daughter Of Thomas McBrvdo and his wife, Julia Horton, and grand daughter of the late Judge Horton of Mobile; the Rev, MT. Sims mas two children; (S) Frank; (S) War rem CD Robert Sims, (7) Starke Sims, t7) Williams. These three younger children of Randolph Sims are unmar- ried and reside in S. Carolina. (5) 1 C'lough Sims, son of (4) William and Retsey shelton Sims, mar. Mrs. Gore, of & C. and had five children: (6) Maggie mar. Mir. Murchison; co Clough mar l Miss Waddell; C6) Sarah. mar. MT. Rice 1 (6) Alice, mar. Mir. Henderson; Vim | whose history is unknown. (5) Starke | sims son of (4l Wm and BetseY Shel- ! ton Sims, mar Miss Fernandez of : | Carolina (5) Eliza Sims. daughter Of 1 (D Wm and Betsey Shelton Sims, mar | Mir. Thompson of South Carolina. to] | shelton Sims. son of (4) Vim. and BetseS l Shelton Sims, mar. Nancy shelton ol | S Carolina and had six children anC several grandchildren. (5) William 1 Sims, son of Wm. Sims and Betsey Shelton Sims, married Sarah Micou Of
 South Carolina, and had fifteen chil-
 dren of whom (6), Julia Sims married
 Mir. Rainey; (6) Clough Sims was Kill
 cd at Petersburg; (6) Della Sims mar
 ried MT. Steel of South Carolina.
 Though his mother, Hattie Erwin l the Rev. MT. T. K. Sims of Mopllt
 is also descended from Col. Wm. Brat
 ton and his wife Martha, patriots o
 the Revolution. for whom Brattons
 vile, s. C., is named.
 | Oct l, 1903, the Kings Mountain
 Chapter. South Carolina, D. A. R. un
 yelled a monument erected at Brat | tonsville, in memory of what is khoWt
 in history as 'Huck's Defeat whicl
 occurred July 12. 1870.
 | As MT. and Mrs. R. M. Bratton
 who live at the old Bratton homestead