Sims - Boyer Family
Contributed by NaomiC@austin.rr.com
Back row: Isaac Boyer, Elizabeth Sims Boyer, Mother Johannah Joanna Gayden Sims, William Boyer, Mary Ann Boyer, James Boyer
Front row: Nelson Boyer, Mary Jane Boyer, Jackson Boyer, Sarah Boyer, David Boyer, Harriet Boyer, Catherine Boyer, Martha Boyer & Creed Boyer
Sitting on the floor: Josiah Boyer with family dog.
The picture was taken about 1849 at the home of Isaac & Elizabeth Sims Boyer in Cocke County, Tennessee.
The picture is of Isaac & Elizabeth Sims Boyer's children and Elizabeth Sims Boyer's mother Johanna "Joanna" Gayden Sims.
Johanna Gayden married Elliott Sims abt 1793/1794. Elliott & Joanna Gayden Sims are the parents of Elizabeth Sims. Elizabeth Sims married Isaac Boyer and all the others in the picture are the children of Isaac & Elizabeth - they had 15 children. They had two children that were not in the picture: Charles died in 1830 and Peter died in 1829.
Naomi
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