Byron O. Mims1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 13345, (1838 - 1861)
FatherDavis Russer Mims4,5 (abt 1810 - )
MotherElizabeth Van Swearingen Cresap6 (1817 - bef 1850)

Key Events:

Birth: 6 Apr 1838, Kentucky7,8,9
Death: 1 Nov 186110
Burial: Fairview Cemetery, Bowling Green, Warren Co., Kentucky11
ChartsDescendants of Linah and Rebeccah (Davis) Mims
AncestryThe Linah Mims - Rebecca Davis Family

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Byron O. Mims was born on 6 Apr 1838 in Kentucky.7,8,9
     His mother died before 1850, when Byron was about 12 years old.12,13,14 He appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Trigg Co., Kentucky, in the household of Marcus Marcellus Tyler and Sarah Jane Mims, his father's sister and her husband.1
     He moved to St. James, Arkansas, with his father before 1860.15 He appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Franklin Twp., Independence Co., Arkansas, in the household of his father.16
     Byron was reported his occupation in 1860 as a farmer, presumably working on his father's farm.2
     Byron and his brothers Linah and John enlisted in the Company C, 7th Arkansas Infantry 26 Jul 1861, at Camp Shaver, near Pocahontas, Arkansas, for twelve month's service.17,18,19 He was a sergeant. He appears in the muster roll for that company for 31 Aug to 31 Oct 1861 as sick and in the hospital.17,20
     Byron died on 1 Nov 1861 at age 23.10 He was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Bowling Green, Warren Co., Kentucky, in the Confederate Soldiers Memorial section.11
     
Research Note, 16 Nov 2014:

I have placed Byron, John, Linah, Robert and Davis as sons of Davis Mims and Elizabeth Van Swearingen despite some conflicting evidence. They appear in the 1860 census with Davis. Apparently after Elizabeth had died the three older boys were with Sarah Jane (Mims) Tyler, Davis's sister, and her husband in 1850. The two younger were with Lawson Cash and Mariah Beck, relationship not yet identified. Robert's death certificate, for which Linah was the informant, shows Davis as his father and his mother as Lizzie Chisterfer. There is no evidence of anyone by that surname in Caldwell Co. at the time, so I conclude that is simply in error. Linah's death certificate, for which his son Robert was informant, claims Linah's father was John Mims, and his mother's surname was Cobb. Jan Davis, a descendant of John, reports a family tradition that the boys were the sons of John H. Mims and Caroline Hanson Cresap. That is clearly not correct, as their eight children are documented by two reliable sources, which do not include any of these four boys.21,22,23,24,25,26

Citations

  1. [S569] M. M. Tyler household, 1850 U.S. Census, Trigg Co., Kentucky.
  2. [S980] Davis R. Mims household, 1860 U.S. Census, Independence Co., Arkansas, 0.
  3. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 34029976, Sgt Byron O. Mims, includes photos of tombstone and military plaque showing name as Byron O. Mims.
  4. [S980] Davis R. Mims household, 1860 U.S. Census, Independence Co., Arkansas, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  5. [S4057] Caldwell Co. tax lists,, 1845, pg 3:12, shows Davis had two children age 5 to 16.
  6. [S225] I assume Elizabeth is the mother of Byron, since it appears that Davis was his father, and she and Davis were married shortly before Bryon's birth.
  7. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 34029976, Sgt Byron O. Mims, shows date and includes photos of tombstone and military plaque showing same.
  8. [S569] M. M. Tyler household, 1850 U.S. Census, Trigg Co., Kentucky, shows age 11, and state.
  9. [S980] Davis R. Mims household, 1860 U.S. Census, Independence Co., Arkansas, shows age 22 and state.
  10. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 34029976, Sgt Byron O. Mims, shows date and location, as Bowling Green, Warren Co., Kentucky, and includes photos of tombstone and military plaque showing date.
  11. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 34029976, Sgt Byron O. Mims, includes photos of tombstone and military plaque.
  12. [S569] M. M. Tyler household, 1850 U.S. Census, Trigg Co., Kentucky, shows Bryon, John, and Linah in the household.
  13. [S1971] Caldwell Co. Order Book, G:358, shows her husband appointed constable 19 Mar 18949; and G:387, shows him resigned as constable 20 Aug 1849.
  14. [S1822] Lawson Cash household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows Robert and Davis in the household.
  15. [S7498] Hardison, "Re: Mims - LaFerry Family in your Ancestry tree," e-mail to author, 1 Jul 2017, shows location they lived, citing interview with man now age 105 whose family lived next to them. In email same subject 2 Jul 2017 explains present name of community.
  16. [S980] Davis R. Mims household, 1860 U.S. Census, Independence Co., Arkansas.
  17. [S5083] Bryon O. Mims, Compiled Service Records, Confederate, Arkansas.
  18. [S5085] Linah Mims, Compiled Service Records, Confederate, Arkansas.
  19. [S5084] John M. Mims, Compiled Service Records, Confederate, Arkansas.
  20. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 34029976, Sgt Byron O. Mims, includes photos of tombstone and miliary plaque showing unit, with latter showing rank.
  21. [S980] Davis R. Mims household, 1860 U.S. Census, Independence Co., Arkansas, shows Davis with Bryon, John, Linah, Robert, and Davis Jr., apparently living as father and sons.
  22. [S5089] Robert Marsellas Mims, Standard Certificate of Death, shows father as Davis Russer Mims, mother as Lizzie Chisterfer.
  23. [S2073] Linah Mims, Standard Certificate of Death, shows father as John Mims, and mother's maiden namea as ----- Cobb.
  24. [S5082] Davis, in "Robert MIMS b. 1763 KY," listserve message 29 Jun 2003.
  25. [S2003] John Mims Family Bible.
  26. [S736] Cresap and Cresap, History of the Cresaps.