Obituary Mrs. Ezra Sims   Ellis County Mirror Mrs. Sims, 83, died June 15, 1887 at the home of her son, S. M. Dunlap in Italy, Texas. She was a native of Tennessee and had been married several times. Her first huband was a Mr. Gross and her second a Mr Tannehill who was killed in a steamboat accident. in Alabama. After her marriage to Mr. Dunlap they moved to Ellis County after the close of the Civil War, settling at Bluff Grove. To this union were born sons: O. E. Dunlap, S. M. Dunlap and  a third who died young. Her last marriage was to N. P. Sims - whom she had known in Tennessee when both were young. Mrs. Ezra Sim June 15, 1897 Mrs. Ezra Sim died June 15, 1897 at the home of her son, S. M. Dunlay in Italy. She was born in Mt. Pleasant, Tenn. and was married at a young age to a Mr. Cross. After his death, she married Mr. Tannehill, who lost his life in a steamboat accident in Alabama. She next married Mr. Dunlap who settled at Bluff Grove in this county after the War. There were three children: P. E. Dunlap, S. M. Dunlap and a son who died young. After Dunlap's death, she married N. P. Sims. The couple had been lovers in Tennessee in their early years. Abstracted from History of Ellis County compiled by Mrs. A. L. Feltenberger and the Rebecca Boyce Chapter DAR.   Copyright © 1999-2017, Ellis County TXGenWeb. All Rights Reserved. This page was last modified: Thursday, 01-Jul-2021 13:21:09 MDT