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Victoria Theresa Mims1,2,3

ID# 2491, (1838 - 1895)
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Parents:

Key Events:

  • Born: on 26 Sep 1838 in Eddyville, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.4,5,6
  • Married: Willis Benson Machen on 10 Sep 1859.4,7,8
  • Died: on 24 May 1895 in Clinton, Hickman Co., Kentucky.9,10,6
  • Buried: in Riverview Cemetery, Eddyville, Kentucky.11,12
Victoria also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about her.

Children with Willis Benson Machen:

  • Minnie Machen
  • Maggie Machen
  • Frank P. Machen
  • Willis Benson Machen Jr.
  • Charles Victor Machen
  • Albert S. Machen
  • Marjorie Machen

Citations:

  1. John Mims Family Bible, shows name as Victoria T Mims.
  2. Cresap, Joseph Ord; Cresap, Bernard, History of the Cresaps, pg 322, shows name as Victoria F. Mims, but pg 360 shows Victoria Theresa Mims.
  3. Caroline H. Mims household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows name as Victoria F. Mims.
  4. John Mims Family Bible, shows date.
  5. Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, shows date, town, county as Lyon, and state. However, Lyon county was not formed out of Caldwell Co. until 1854.
  6. Victoria T. Machen grave marker, Eddyville Cemetery, shows date.
  7. Cresap, Joseph Ord; Cresap, Bernard, History of the Cresaps, pg 360, shows year.
  8. Willis B. Machen household, 1860 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky, shows them in same household, apparently as husband and wife.
  9. "Ended her Suffering," The Mansfield News, 26 May 1895, dated Clinton, Ky, May 25, shows cause of death and at the home of her sister.
  10. John Mims Family Bible, shows date, town, and state.
  11. John Mims Family Bible, shows cemetary.
  12. Victoria T. Machen grave marker, Eddyville Cemetery.

Sarah Briscoe Mims1,2,3

ID# 2492, (1841 - 1855)
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Parents:

Key Events:

  • Born: on 8 Mar 1841 in Eddyville, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.4,5,6
  • Died: on 20 Jul 1855 in Eddyville, Lyon Co., Kentucky.7
Sarah also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about her.

Citations:

  1. John Mims Family Bible, shows name as Sarah B Mims.
  2. Cresap, Joseph Ord; Cresap, Bernard, History of the Cresaps, pg 322, shows name as Sarah Briscoe Mims.
  3. Caroline H. Mims household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows name as Sarah B. Mims.
  4. John Mims Family Bible, shows date, with year originally written as 1842, corrected to 1841.
  5. Register of Deaths, Commonwealth of Kentucky, 1855, Lyon Co., Sarah B. Mims, shows age 15 at death 20 Jul 1855, county, and state.
  6. Caroline H. Mims household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows age 8 and state.
  7. John Mims Family Bible, shows date.

Effie C. Mims1,2,3

ID# 2493, (1846 - 1852)
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Parents:

Key Events:

  • Born: on 24 Nov 1846 in Eddyville, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.4,5,6
  • Died: on 10 Mar 1852 in Eddyville, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.7,5,8
Effie also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about her.

Citations:

  1. John Mims Family Bible.
  2. Cresap, Joseph Ord; Cresap, Bernard, History of the Cresaps, pg 322.
  3. Caroline H. Mims household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.
  4. John Mims Family Bible, shows date, with year corrected to 1846, origninally written something different in the last digit.
  5. Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, shows date, town, county as Lyon, and state. However, Lyon county was not formed out of Caldwell Co. until 1854.
  6. Caroline H. Mims household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows age 4 and state.
  7. John Mims Family Bible, shows date.
  8. Cresap, Joseph Ord; Cresap, Bernard, History of the Cresaps, pg 322, shows died young.

Rebecca John Mims1,2,3

ID# 2494, (1848 - 1872)
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Parents:

Key Events:

  • Born: on 21 Jun 1848 in Eddyville, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.4,5,6
  • Married: Jacob Peck Imboden on 21 Dec 1869.7,8,9
  • Died: on 21 Sep 1872 in Richmond, Virginia.10
  • Buried: in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.11
Rebecca also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about her.

Citations:

  1. John Mims Family Bible, shows name as Rebecca John Mims.
  2. Cresap, Joseph Ord; Cresap, Bernard, History of the Cresaps, pg 322, shows name as Rebecca John Mims.
  3. Mathew M. Lyon household, 1860 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky, shows name as Rebecca J Mims.
  4. John Mims Family Bible, shows date, with year corrected to 1848, origninally written something different in the last digit.
  5. Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, shows date, town, county as Lyon, and state. However, Lyon county was not formed out of Caldwell Co. until 1854.
  6. Caroline H. Mims household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows age 2 and state.
  7. John Mims Family Bible, shows date.
  8. Cresap, Joseph Ord; Cresap, Bernard, History of the Cresaps, pg 322, shows year.
  9. Couper, William; Gibson, Keith E, The Corps Forward, pg 101, shows he married Johnnie Meems of Kentucky.
  10. John Mims Family Bible, shows date, city, and state.
  11. John Mims Family Bible, shows cemetery.

William Wallace Smith1,2,3

ID# 2495, (1826 - 1900)
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Parents:

  • Father: Strother J Smith
  • Mother: Susannah Clark

Key Events:

  • Born: on 4 Mar 1826 in Kentucky.4,5,6
  • Married: Georgina J. Mims on 29 Jan 1850 in Caldwell Co., Kentucky.7,8,9
  • Died: on 13 Sep 1900.10,11
  • Buried: in Riverview Cemetery, Eddyville, Lyon Co., Kentucky.10
William also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about him.

Children with Georgina J. Mims:

  • John Mims Smith
  • William Clark Smith
  • Hanson Mims Smith
  • James Strother Smith
  • Effie Anna Smith
  • Minnie Machen Smith
  • Guy Aubrey Smith
  • Robbison C. Smith
  • Hugh Arney Smith

Citations:

  1. Lyon County Historical Society, Cemeteries of Lyon County, pg 273, shows name as William Wallace Smith.
  2. Cresap, Joseph Ord; Cresap, Bernard, History of the Cresaps, pg 360, shows name as Wallace W. Smith.
  3. William W. Smith household, 1860 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky.
  4. Lyon County Historical Society, Cemeteries of Lyon County, pg 273, shows date.
  5. Wm. W. Smith household, 1900 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky, shows month, year, age 74, and state.
  6. William W. Smith household, 1860 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky, shows age 34 and state.
  7. John Mims Family Bible, shows date.
  8. Caldwell Co. Marriage Bonds, Book B, no. 208, W. W. Smith to Miss Georginia Mims, 28 Jan 1850, no return is posted.
  9. Wm. W. Smith household, 1900 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky, shows married 50 years.
  10. Lyon County Historical Society, Cemeteries of Lyon County, pg 273.
  11. Georgia Mimms Smith, Georgia Mimms, Certificate of Death, shows his wife as a widow.

Matthew Martin Lyon1,2,3

ID# 2496, (1825 - 1892)
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Parents:

Key Events:

  • Born: on 4 Oct 1825 in Eddyville, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.4,5,6
  • Married: Eudorah Hanson Mims on 27 Mar 1855.7,8,9
  • Died: in 1892 in Eddyville, Lyon Co., Kentucky.1
  • Buried: in Riverview Cemetery, Eddyville, Lyon Co., Kentucky.1
Matthew also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about him.

Children with Eudorah Hanson Mims:

  • Caroline Mims Lyon
  • Matthew Mims Lyon
  • Fay Hanson Lyon

Citations:

  1. Findagrave.com, online, memorial #6550026, Matthew Martin Lyon.
  2. Birth Register, Lyon Co., Kentucky, shows name as Matthew M. Lyon.
  3. Matthew M. Lyon, Matthew M., birth register, shows name as Martin M. Lyon.
  4. Findagrave.com, online, memorial #6550026, Matthew Martin Lyon, shows date, town, county, as Lyon, and state.
  5. F. H. Skinner household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows age 24, county, and state.
  6. Mathew M. Lyon household, 1860 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky, shows age 33 and state.
  7. John Mims Family Bible, shows date.
  8. Cresap, Joseph Ord; Cresap, Bernard, History of the Cresaps, pg 360, shows year.
  9. Mathew M. Lyon household, 1860 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky, shows both in the same household, apparently as husband and wife.

Willis Benson Machen1,2,3

ID# 2497, (1810 - 1893)
Family Explorer

Parents:

Key Events:

  • Born: on 5 Apr 1810 in Caldwell Co., Kentucky.4,5,6,7
  • Married First: Margaret Aurelia Lyon.8,9
  • Married Second: Eliza N. Dobbins.10,11
  • Married Third: Victoria Theresa Mims on 10 Sep 1859.12,13,14
  • Died: on 29 Sep 1893 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.15,16,17
  • Buried: in Riverview Cemetery, Eddyville, Kentucky.1,18
Willis also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about him.

Children with Margaret Aurelia Lyon:

  • Mary I. Machen
  • Henry L. Machen
  • Edward C. Machen
  • Willis B. Machen
  • John L. Machen
  • Mary E. Machen

Child with Eliza N. Dobbins:

  • Elizabeth Machen

Children with Victoria Theresa Mims:

  • Minnie Machen
  • Maggie Machen
  • Frank P. Machen
  • Willis Benson Machen Jr.
  • Charles Victor Machen
  • Albert S. Machen
  • Marjorie Machen

Citations:

  1. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, online, record for Machen, Willis Benson, (1810 - 1893.)
  2. Cresap, Joseph Ord; Cresap, Bernard, History of the Cresaps, pg 360, shows name as Willis Benson Machen.
  3. Willis B. Machen household, 1840 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.
  4. Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, shows date, as 5th, county, and state, and reports Battle, Perrin & Kniffin, Kentucky: A History of the State 2nd ed., (Caldwell Co.: 1885) shows same, and notes birthplace in Caldwell Co. was later in Lyon Co.
  5. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, online, record for Machen, Willis Benson, (1810 - 1893), shows date, as 10th, county, and state.
  6. Findagrave.com, online, memorial #7932701, Willis Benson Machen, shows date, as 10th.
  7. Willis B. Machen household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows age 40 and state.
  8. Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, reports Battle, Perrin & Kniffin, Kentucky: A History of the State 2nd ed., (Caldwell Co.: 1885) shows this was his first marriage.
  9. Willis B. Machen household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows them in the same household, apparently as husband and wife.
  10. Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, reports Battle, Perrin & Kniffin, Kentucky: A History of the State 2nd ed., (Caldwell Co.: 1885) shows this information.
  11. Findagrave.com, online, memorial #6656702, Eliza N Dobbins Machen, shows as her as wife of W. B. Machen.
  12. John Mims Family Bible, shows date.
  13. Cresap, Joseph Ord; Cresap, Bernard, History of the Cresaps, pg 360, shows year.
  14. Willis B. Machen household, 1860 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky, shows them in same household, apparently as husband and wife.
  15. Cresap, Joseph Ord; Cresap, Bernard, History of the Cresaps, pg 360, shows year, as 1894.
  16. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, online, record for Machen, Willis Benson, (1810 - 1893), shows date, with year as 1893, town, and state.
  17. Findagrave.com, online, memorial #7932701, Willis Benson Machen, shows date, with year as 1893.
  18. Findagrave.com, online, memorial #7932701, Willis Benson Machen.

Jacob Peck Imboden1,2,3

ID# 2498, (1846 - 1899)
Family Explorer

Parents:

Key Events:

  • Born: on 15 Sep 1846 in Staunton, Augusta Co., Virginia.4,5,6,7
  • Married First: Rebecca John Mims on 21 Dec 1869.8,9,10
  • Married Second: Anna Stuart Dickinson on 17 Dec 1874 in Shannondale, Fayette Co., West Virginia.11,12
  • Married Third: Angela Gordon Colindres on 4 Jan 1891 in Yuscarán, Honduras.13,14
  • Married Fourth: Emily M. Renshaw in 1898 in New York, New York.15
  • Died: on 5 Dec 1899 in San Pedro Sula, Honduras.16,17
Jacob also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about him.

Children with Anna Stuart Dickinson:

  • Frank Bliss Imboden
  • George Hudson Imboden
  • Gertrude Imboden

Children with Angela Gordon Colindres:

  • Jacob Imboden
  • Ranl Imboden
  • Blanca Imboden

Citations:

  1. Couper, William; Gibson, Keith E, The Corps Forward, pg 101, shows name as Jacob Peck Imboden.
  2. George Imboden household, 1850 U.S. Census, Augusta Co., Virginia, shows name as Jacob P. Imboden.
  3. Cresap, Joseph Ord; Cresap, Bernard, History of the Cresaps, pg 322, shows name as Jacob P. Imboden.
  4. George Imboden household, 1850 U.S. Census, Augusta Co., Virginia, shows age 4 and state.
  5. Jacob P. Imboden, Jacob P., Passport Application (22 Nov 1884), shows date, with year as 1845, county, and state.
  6. J. P. Imboden, J. P., Passport Application (19 Feb 1895), shows date, with year as 1846, town, and state.
  7. Couper, William; Gibson, Keith E, The Corps Forward, pg 101, shows date, with year as 1846, Christian's Creek farm, county, and state.
  8. John Mims Family Bible, shows date.
  9. Cresap, Joseph Ord; Cresap, Bernard, History of the Cresaps, pg 322, shows year.
  10. Couper, William; Gibson, Keith E, The Corps Forward, pg 101, shows he married Johnnie Meems of Kentucky.
  11. Register of Marriages, Fayette Co., West Virginia, vol 1 pg 24, Jacob P. Imboden and Betty A. S. Dickinson, 1874, shows date, town, and officiant.
  12. Couper, William; Gibson, Keith E, The Corps Forward, pg 101, shows as his second marriage.
  13. J. P. Imboden, J. P., Passport Application (1 Oct 1897), shows he intended to be accompanied by his wife Angela when he returned to the U.S.
  14. Hector Ramon Cortes Caceres, "El Cónsul norteamericano Jacob P. Imboden", shows date and city.
  15. "Mrs. Imboden Wants a Share," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 29 Jul 1900.
  16. "American Killed," New Haven Evening Register, 12 Jan 1900, shows that a Dec. 14 report from Guatemala City reported he had been shot, and buy whom.
  17. Couper, William; Gibson, Keith E, The Corps Forward, pg 101-2, shows he was wounded 3 Dec 1899 at San Pedro Sula, Honduras, and died 5 Dec 1899, names attacker and says he intended to kill a friend of Imboden.

Mary Anapola Sublett1,2,3

ID# 2499, (1869 - 1958)
Family Explorer

Parents:

Key Events:

  • Born: on 1 May 1869 in Alabama.4,5,6
  • Married: William Powell Haun.7,8
  • Died: in 1958.8

Children with William Powell Haun:

  • Willena Sublette Haun
  • William Sublette Haun
  • Cecil Robert Haun
  • Walter Reid Haun
  • Rosemary Lamar Haun

Citations:

  1. John Mims Family Bible, shows name as Maymie Sublette, then in a different hand as Mary Sublette Haun.
  2. Haun, Scott, "Re: Sublett - Haun Connection," e-mail to author, 27 Jul 2008, shows name as Mary Anapola "Maymie/Blannie" Sublette.
  3. Cresap, Joseph Ord; Cresap, Bernard, History of the Cresaps, pg 360, shows name as Mary Annapola Sublette.
  4. John Mims Family Bible, shows date.
  5. William W. Sublett household, 1870 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Alabama, shows age 1 and state.
  6. W. W. Sublett household, 1880 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Alabama, shows age 10 and state, as Alabama.
  7. Mary M. Sublette household, 1900 U.S. Census, Hickman Co., Kentucky, shows her, as married, with surname Haun.
  8. Haun, Scott, "Re: Sublett - Haun Connection," e-mail to author, 27 Jul 2008.

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