Adelle Corine Simms1

Female, #10439, (2 Sep 1856 - 2 Jul 1921)

Parent*Wiley H. Sims (4 Nov 1811 - 3 Dec 1871)
Parent*Virginia Jefferson Sterling (6 Feb 1825 - a 1900)
Adelle Corine Simms|b. 2 Sep 1856\nd. 2 Jul 1921|p10439.htm|Wiley H. Sims|b. 4 Nov 1811\nd. 3 Dec 1871|p9807.htm|Virginia Jefferson Sterling|b. 6 Feb 1825\nd. after 1900|p9808.htm|Martin Sims|b. say 1785|p45971.htm|Elizabeth Hartsfield|b. 19 Sep 1788\nd. 6 Jan 1831|p45970.htm|Wiley J. Sterling|b. 1 Jul 1796\nd. 7 Nov 1851|p45919.htm|Bethena Bonner|b. 20 Dec 1802\nd. 27 Jun 1881|p45920.htm|

Name Variation  Adelle Corine Simms was also known as Sims. 
Name Variation  Adelle Corine Simms was also known as Della. 
Birth*2 Sep 1856 Adelle was born at East Vernon, Troup Co., Georgia, on 2 Sep 1856.2 
 She was the daughter of Wiley H. Sims and Virginia Jefferson Sterling. 
1860 Census1 Jun 1860 Virginia, Robert, Mary, Charles, Wiley, Adelle and Jefferson was listed as a household member (Adel Corine Sims, 4, F, GA) living with Wiley H. Sims in the 1860 Census at East Vernon, Troup Co., Georgia.3 
1870 Census1 Jun 1870 Virginia, Charles, Wiley, Adelle, Jefferson, Emily and Clara was listed as a household member (Adaline Sims, 13, F, GA) living with Wiley H. Sims on the 1870 Census at Troup Co., Georgia.4 
Probate12 Dec 1871 Wiley, Adelle, Jefferson and Emily received property in Wiley H. Sims's will on 12 Dec 1871.5 
1880 Census1 Jun 1880 Adelle, Emily and Clara was listed as a daughter in Virginia Jefferson Sterling's household on the 1880 Census at East Vernon, Troup Co., Georgia.6 
1880 Census*1880 Adelle was listed as the head of a family on the 1880 Census at East Vernon, Troup Co., Georgia. 
1910 Census15 Apr 1910 Adelle was listed as a sister in Clara Belle Culpepper's household on the 1910 Census at White Springs, Hamilton Co., Florida.7 
Relocationsay 1915 Family member(s) Frances Louise Culpepper, Clara Belle Culpepper and Adelle Corine Simms, accompanying Clara Belle Simms, relocated say 1915 at Atlanta, Fulton Co., Georgia, (After her husband Sterling's death in 1907, Clara remained on the farm in White Springs, FL for several more years. Then, at some unknown date between 1910 and 1920, she relocated to Atlanta with her daughters (Louise and Clara Belle) and sister (Adelle), and opened a boarding house at 704 Piedmont Avenue.). 
1920 Census1 Jan 1920 Adelle and Mary was listed as a sister (Adele C. Sims, F, W, 60, S, GA, GA, GA) in Clara Belle Simms's household on the 1920 Census at Atlanta, Fulton Co., Georgia.8 
1920 Census*1920 Adelle was listed as the head of a family on the 1920 Census at Atlanta, Fulton Co., Georgia. 
Death*2 Jul 1921 She died at Fulton Co., Georgia, on 2 Jul 1921.9 
Biography* The 1880 census, siblings Charles, Adelle, Emma and Clara B. Simms are all living in the HH of their widowed mother, Virgina Sims.
     In the 1910 census, Adelle is living in White Spring, Hamilton Co., FL with her recently widowed sister, Clara Belle Simms Culpepper.
     In the 1920 census, Adelle is living in a boarding house in Atlanta run by her sister, Clara Belle.
     Adelle never married. 

Charts Andrew Hartsfield Descendants
Last Edited 6 Dec 2003

Citations

  1. Harry Stuart Culpepper and Alma Elaine Payne Ancestors, Culpepper/Payne Family Bible, Steven Edward Culpepper, owner, Sandy Springs, GA, (2005).
  2. 1860 Federal Census, United States.
  3. 1860 Federal Census, United States.
    Unk Twnshp, page 236, Troup Co., GA, Ancestry.com image 64
    W. H. Sims, 49, M, Insurance Agent, RE=$15,000, PE=$21,000, GA
    V. J. Sims, 35, F, GA
    Robert D. Sims, 16, M, GA
    Mary V. Sims, 14, F, GA
    Charles L. Sims, 11, M, GA
    John W. Sims, 8, M, GA
    Adel Corin Sims, 4, F, GA
    ? Sims, 2, M, GA.
  4. 1870 Federal Census, United States.
    Page 391, Unknown Townships, Antioch P.O., Troup Co., GA, Ancestry.com image 127 of 236
    W. H. Sims, 59, M, Farmer, RE=$1600, PE=$800, GA
    V. J. Sims, 45, F, Keeping house, GA
    C. L. Sims, 20, M, Farm hand, GA
    W. S. Sims, 19, M, Farm hand, GA
    Adaline Sims, 13, F, GA
    J. D. Sims, 11, M, GA
    Emma Sims, 8, F, GA
    Clara Sims, 3, F, GA.
  5. Wiley H. Simms Probate File, (Transcribed by Warren Culpepper), Troup Co., GA Archives in LaGrange, Call No. Wiley Simms Folder/Loose.
  6. 1880 Federal Census, United States.
  7. 1910 Federal Census, United States.
    ED 96, Sheet 12A, Lines 31-39, Scrub Town?, White Springs, Hamilton Co., FL
    Clara Culpepper, Head, F, 38, wid, ch 5/5, GA/NC/GA, Hotel Keeper
    Charlie Culpepper, Son, M, 19, S, FL/GA/GA
    Harry Culpepper, Son, M, 17, S, FL/GA/GA
    Clara Culpepper, Daughter, F, 15, S, FL/GA/GA
    Louise Culpepper, Daughter, F, 12, S, FL/GA/GA
    Sterling Culpepper, Son, M, 9, S, FL/GA/GA
    Della Sims, Sister, F, 43, S, GA/NC/GA, Hotel Housekeeper
    + two boarders.
  8. 1920 Federal Census, United States.
    GA, Fulton Co., Atlanta, ED 134, page 7A; Ancestry.com image 13 of 32; Transcribed by Warren Culpepper.
  9. Georgia Health Department / Office of Vital Records, compiler, Georgia Deaths, 1919-1998, Online database at Ancestry.com, 1998.
    http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/5426a.htm