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• Sims, Jessie Stewart to William Moses Johnston

Miss Sims to Marry.  Young Lady to Marry Mr. Johnson of Salisbury - Wedding at Spring Hill Farm the 12th.  A wedding announcement, without cards, but of exceptional interest, is that which is first made public today.  Mr. Will M. Johnston, of this city, and Miss Jessie Sims are to be married Tuesday evening, September 12, in Spring Hill, near Concord, at 8:15 o'clock.  The ceremony will be performed in the bride's home, after which the young people will spend their honeymoon in Old Point Comfort and Washington City.  They will then return to Salisbury and live with Mr. and Mrs. Thos. P. Johnson, the parents of the groom.  Miss Sims is a young lady of uncommon beauty.  She has visited Salisbury often and is popular here.  She is the daughter of ex-Sheriff John A. and Mrs. Sims, of Cabarrus county, and her family history is splendid.  Mr. Johnston wins a fine woman, and the bride captures an excellent man.  He has an honored and esteemed family.  The city has no better young man and the twain weds wisely and well. - Salisbury Post

Source: "Miss Sims to Marry," The Concord Daily Tribune, 1 September 1905, page 4, digital images, Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 3 January 2016).

 

• Sims, John Alexander to Mary Etta Frieze

We learn from a friend of The Standard and the parties concerned, that Mr. John Sims and Miss Ella Freeze, both of No. 4 township, will culminate the sweetness of courtship into blissful matrimony on the 23rd inst.  We offer congratulations in advance.

Source: "Marriage," The Standard, 9 December 1897, page 3, digital images, Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 3 January 2016).

 

• Sims, Johnsie McIlwaine to Robert Eugene Ridenhour, Jr.

Ridenhour-Sims.  The following wedding invitations have been issued:

Mrs. John Allison Sims

requests the honor of your presence

at the marriage of her daughter

Johnsie McIlwaine

to

Mr. Robert Eugene Ridenhour, Jr.

on Saturday evening, September the

eighth

at half after six o'clock

First Presbyterian Church

Concord, North Carolina

Source: "Ridenhour-Sims," The Concord Times, 30 August 1917, page 4, digital images, Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 3 January 2016).

 

• Sims, Lillie to Arthur Wearn

Mr. Arthur Wearn and Miss Lillie Sims, both of Charlotte, were married Wednesday evening.  Miss Sims is a first cousin of the Misses Sims at this place.

Source: "Wedding," The Daily Concord Standard, 23 November 1899, page 1, digital images, Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 3 January 2016).

 

• Sims, McCamie Morrison to Eugenia Mayfield Litaker

The Charlotte News says that Squire Bailes writes that he married last Monday, Mr. M. M. Sims and Miss May Litaker, both of Concord.

Source: "Marriage," The Standard, 12 May 1898, page 3, digital images, Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 3 January 2016).

 

• Sims, Mary Virginia to John Nicholas Sloan

Marriage of Miss Mary Sims.  Miss Mary Sims, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Sims, was married at the home of her sister, Mrs. W. M. Johnston, in Salisbury Wednesday night to Mr. J. Nicholas Sloan, of Charlotte.  Mr. Sloan is a salesman for R. H. Fields & Co., of Charlotte, and his bride is an attractive and popular woman.  Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Sims, of Harrisburg, attended the marriage.

Source: "Marriage of Miss Mary Sims," The Concord Times, 31 October 1910, page 5, digital images, Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 5 May 2015).

 

• Sims, Nancy Allison to Thomas Gales Pickard

Miss Nan Sims and Mr. T. G. Pickard Wed.  Miss Nan Sims and Mr. T. G. Pickard were quietly married Saturday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock by Rev. Dr. G. H. Detwiler.  Miss Sims is well known and popular in Charlotte.  Since coming here several years ago from Concord, she has been stenographer in the office of her brother-in-law, Mr. P. H. Williams, in the city hall.  Mr. Pickard is in the service of the Southern Railway, with headquarters here.  He and his bride are making their home with her father, Mr. J. A. Sims, at No 312 North Brevard street.

Source: "Miss Nan Sims and Mr. T. G. Pickard Wed," The Charlotte Observer, 3 August 1909, page 5, digital images, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 16 January 2016).