By Muriel Bristol | April 23, 2023
John Underwood Simes was born in Milton, June 7, 1836, son of Bray U. and Martha (Spinney) Simes.
John U. Sims of Milton was a male department student at the Wolfeboro and Tuftonboro Academy of Wolfeboro, NH, during its eleven-week Summer Term of 1853.
The members of this Academy are required to be present at the devotional, and other general exercises of the school; to be in the Academy building or in their rooms during study hours; to attend church regularly on the Sabbath; and to be punctual in the performance of all other duties enjoined by the regulations of the school. It is the aim of the teachers to secure to their pupils a though and systematical course of education; to be kind and affable, though firm and decided in all their relations with their pupils. They also consider it their duty to watch with particular care over the health and morals of those committed to their charge, and endeavor to excite in their minds those lofty aspirations for high intellectual, physical, and moral attainments, which are so sure a passport to success in life, and qualifies in so eminent a degree to subserve the great object and end of existence (Wolfeboro and Tuftonboro Academy, 1853).
B.U. Simes, a merchant, aged fifty-nine years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Martha Simes, keeping house, aged fifty years (b. ME), Elizabeth Simes, aged thirty-one years (b. NH), Ann Simes, aged twenty-one years (b. NH), Adda Simes, aged twelve years (b. NH), and John Simes, a merchant, aged twenty-four years (b. NH). Bray U. Simes had real estate valued at $1,200 and personal estate valued at $3,000. His household appeared between those of Elbridge W. Fox, a farmer, aged twenty-five years (b. NH), and George Simes, a carpenter, aged twenty-seven years (b. NH).
John U. Simes married in Dover, NH, October 1, 1863, Nancy R. Jewett, both of Milton. He was a trader, aged twenty-seven years, and she was aged twenty-four years. Rev. B.F. Eaton performed the ceremony. She was born in Milton, January 13, 1839, daughter of Asa and Mary A. (Richards) Jewett. (Gilman Jewett was her paternal grandfather).
(The children of John U. and Nancy R. (Jewett) Simes were: Ida Edee Simes (1864–1899), Everett Simes (1865–1866), Effie Simes (1867–1868), Walter Simes (1869–1946), Florence Simes (1871–1910), Hervey D. Simes (1874–1901), Percival Simes (1876–1877), Raymond U. Simes (1880–1880), and Chester Jewett Simes (1882–1936)).
Daughter Ida Edee “Eda” Simes was born in Milton, January 9, 1864. (She was the first child). Her father was a merchant. (He was mentioned in the Vulpes Letter of 1864, as being one of four Milton Mills “regular store” proprietors).
John U. Simes was elected Worshipful Master of the Unity Lodge of Masons just after the Civil War.
Unity Lodge, No. 62, A.F. and A.M., of Union – [By Charles W. Horne]. On the ninth day of June, 1857, A.L. 5857, Charles C. Hayes, Alvah Runnells, Joseph Sharpe, Oliver Seavey, Dr. William B. Reynolds, James Tucker, Dr. A.D. Merrow, and Hosea Runnells were granted a charter by the “Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of the State of New Hampshire, constituting them,” and “such others as shall thereafter join them,” a regular lodge of Free and Accepted Masons. The first officers were James Tucker, Worshipful Master; Charles C. Hayes, S.W.; Oliver Seavey, J.W.; William B. Reynolds, secretary; Lewis Plumer, treasurer; Herbert F. Stevens, S.D.; Alvah Runnells, J.D.; Lewis Plumer, chaplain; A.D. Merrow, S.S.; A.J. Lord, J.S.; Hosea Runnells, tyler. Bro. James Tucker continued to fill the master’s chair until May, 1862, when Charles E. Swinerton was elected. He occupied that position for one year and was succeeded by Herbert F. Stevens, who served two years. John U. Simes of Milton Mills was the next in order. He served one year and gave way to Hon. Asa M. Brackett, who served six years in succession. Now Herbert F. Stevens again takes the “gavel” for one year. Charles A. Varney serves three years and makes room for Charles C. Hayes for two years. Albert O. Robinson, Hiram O. Stevens, Frank B. Drew, Charles W. Horne and A.H. Chamberlain have each been master (Merrill, 1889).
Son Everett Simes was born in Milton Mills, September 21, 1865. (He was the second child). His father was a trader. He died in Milton Mills, June 30, 1866, aged nine months, nine days.
John U. Simes of Milton Mills paid a $10 tax for his retail dealer’s license and a $1 tax for his carriage in the U.S. Excise Tax of May 1866.
Milton voters sent John U. Simes and Hiram V. Wentworth to represent them in the NH House of Representatives during the 1867-68 biennium. Rep. John U. Simes occupied seat 5-33, and resided at G.L. Nutter’s boarding house; Rep. Hiram V. Wentworth occupied seat 2-42, and resided in the Eagle hotel (McFarland & Jenks, 1867).
They reportedly made a 156-mile round trip to Concord, NH, and each was credited with that distance for reimbursement purposes. The actual distance would have been more like a 90-mile round trip. One supposes that the additional 66 miles were accumulated through traveling somewhat indirectly by train.
Rep. Simes of Milton filed a bill with the Committee on Manufactures, June 10, 1868, which sought incorporation of the Milton Pleasant Valley Manufacturing Company. (Rep Simes was a member of the Committee on Claims). It appears to have passed in the NH House but to have been postponed by the NH Senate until the next session of the legislature.
Daughter Effie Simes was born in Milton Mills, June 29, 1867. She died in Milton Mills, April 10, 1868, aged nine months, twelve days.
John U. Simes appeared in the Milton directories of 1867-68, 1868, and 1869-70, as a Milton Mills merchant.
John U. Simes received a five-year appointment as a Milton justice-of-the-peace, June 13, 1868. (Henry H. Wentworth received his appointment that same day).
Son Walter Simes was born in Milton Mills, July 19, 1869.
John U. Simes, a retail grocer, aged thirty-four years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. His household included Nancy R. [(Jewett)] Simes, keeping house, aged thirty-one years (b. NH), Ida Simes, aged six years (b. NH), and Walter Simes, aged eleven months (b. NH (July)). John U. Simes had personal estate valued at $1,200. They shared a two-family residence with the household of Hiram Wentworth, a carpenter, aged twenty-six years (b. NH). Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of George W. Olney, agent for the woolen mill, aged twenty-nine years (b. KY), and Ann S. Jewett, keeping house, aged seventy-eight years (b. NH).
MILTON. Justices – Charles Jones, Luther Hayes, State; E.W. Fox, Joseph Plumer, Ebenezer Wentworth, E.H. Twombly, Joseph Mathes, C.A. Cloutman, Asa Jewett, Joseph Cook, Robert Mathes, I.C. Varney, George Lyman, G.W. Peavey, J.S. Hersey, G.W. Tasker, E.W. Foss, M.V.B. Cook, T.H. Roberts, H.H. Wentworth, J.N. Simes, L.A. Lang (Claremont Manufacturing Co., 1871).
John U. Simes appeared in the Milton directories of 1871, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, and 1880, as a Milton Mills merchant.
Daughter Florence Simes was born in Milton Mills, December 24, 1871. (She was the fourth child [?]). Her father was a merchant.
John U. Simes received a renewal five-year appointment as a Milton justice-of-the-peace, June 11, 1873. (Joseph Mathes and Bard B. Plummer received their appointments that same day).
The Milton Superintendents, i.e., its School Committee, of 1873 were C.A. Sawyer, J.U. Simes, and A.H. Wentworth. The Milton Superintendents, i.e., its School Committee, of 1874 were J.U. Simes, A.H. Wentworth, and J.F. Joy.
Son Hervey D. Simes was born in Milton Mills, March 8, 1874. Son Percival Simes was born in Milton Mills, August 31, 1876. (He was the seventh child). His father was a trader. He died in Milton, June 1, 1877, aged nine months, one day.
The Milton Selectmen of 1875 were George Lyman, G.H. Plumer, and John U. Simes. The Milton Selectmen of 1876 were Geo. Lyman, G.H. Plumer, and John U. Simes.
Justice-of-the-Peace John U. Simes performed the April 1875 Milton Mills marriage between Benjamin F. Goodwin and Miss Emma A. Wentworth, he of Milton and she of Acton, ME. (They were residing in Milton Mills, with two young daughters, in 1880).
MILTON. Justices – Luther Hayes, C.H. Looney, E.W. Fox, Frank Wells, M.V.B. Cook, B.F. Avery, State; J.U. Sims, Isaac Merrill, Joseph Plummer, Joseph Cook, Geo. Lyman, J.S. Hersey, J.F. Hart, B.B. Plummer, C.C. Hayes, Ira Miller (Claremont Manufactuing Co., 1877).
John U. Simes received a renewal five-year appointment as a Milton justice-of-the-peace, June 18, 1878.
Son Raymond U. Simes was born in Milton Mills, February 12, 1880.
John U. Simes, a trader, aged forty-three years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. His household included Nancy R. [(Jewett)] Simes, a housekeeper, aged forty-one years (b. NH), Edee Simes, at school, aged eleven years (b. NH), Walter Simes, at school, aged ten years (b. NH), Florence Simes, at school, aged eight years (b. NH), Harvey Simes, at school, aged six months (b. NH), and Raymond U. Simes, at house, aged three months (b. NH (February)). Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of [his brothers,] George E. Simes, a carpenter, aged forty-seven years (b. NH), and Edward S. Simes, a carpenter, aged thirty-seven years (b. NH). (John U. Simes was also the census enumerator).
Son Raymond U. Simes died of a convulsion in Milton, October 15, 1880, aged eight months, three days.
John U. Simes appeared in the Milton directories of 1881, 1882, 1884, 1887, and 1889, as a Milton Mills merchant.
MILTON. Justices – Luther Hayes, C.H. Looney, E.W. Fox, M.V.B. Cook, B.F. Avery, C.C. Hayes, State; J.U. Sims, Joseph Plummer, B.B. Plummer, J.S. Hersey, Ira Miller, Geo. Lyman, J.F. Hart (Tower, 1882).
The Milton Superintendents, i.e., its School Committee, of 1881-82 were J.U. Simes, and H.F. Pitcher (See Milton in NH Education Report, 1882).
Son Chester J. Simes was born in Milton, August 28, 1882. (He was the ninth child). His father was a trader, aged forty-six years, and his mother was aged forty-four years.
Father-in-law Asa Jewett died in Milton Mills, April 17, 1883.
John U. Simes received a renewal five-year appointment as a Milton justice-of-the-peace, July 17, 1883.
The Milton Selectmen of 1884 were Geo. Lyman, J.U. Simes, and W.H.H. Pinkham.
Father Bray U. Simes died of a heart ailment in Milton, July 15, 1885, aged eighty-four years, one month, and twelve days.
The Milton Board of Education, i.e., its School Committee, of 1887-88 were John Simes, Luther Hayes, and Martin V.B. Cook.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Martha Simes to John U. Simes, land in Milton, $1 (Farmington News, May 18, 1888).
John U. Simes received a renewal five-year appointment as a Milton justice-of-the-peace, July 10, 1888.
The Milton Board of Education, i.e., its School Committee, of 1889 were John U. Simes, Charles D. Jones, and B.B. Plummer.
The Unity Lodge of Masons, of Union, NH, elected Charles W. Horne, John U. Simes, and J. Frank Farnham as a Standing Committee, in 1889.
Mother Martha (Spinney) Simes died in 1891.
John U. Simes was one of the three original Trustees of the Milton Free Public Library.
Under the law of 1891 for the establishment of free public libraries, the town of Milton at its annual meeting in March, 1892, adopted the provisions of the act, passed the necessary votes for the founding and maintenance of the Milton Free Public Library, located it at Milton Mills, and chose three trustees for its care and management. The trustees chosen were Charles C. Hayes, Elbridge W. Fox, and John W. [U.] Simes. Following the action of the town, the state, through its Board of Library Commissioners, donated books to the town to the value of one hundred dollars as nucleus for the library (NH General Court, 1907).
The new Milton Free Public Library was situated initially in the store of its first librarian, Henry E. Wentworth (1865-1919), which was situated in the Miller block, i.e., the Ira Miller store, in January 1893.
The free public library at Milton Mills has been opened in the Miller block (Farmington News, January 27, 1893).
John U. Simes received a renewal five-year appointment as a Milton justice-of-the-peace, June 7, 1893.
MILTON. Justices – J.U. Simes, B.B. Plummer, E.W. Fox, C.H. Looney, Geo. Lyman, B.F. Avery, E.F. Fox, Ira Miller, Joseph Plummer, G.H. Goodwin, H.L. Avery, H.B. Scates, F.H. Cutts, F.L. Marsh, L.H. Wentworth (Tower, 1897).
Son Hervey D. Simes married in Milton, August 3, 1898, Lulu E. Manson, he of Milton and she of Acton, ME. He was a shoemaker, aged twenty-four years, and she was a weaver, aged eighteen years. Rev. Eugene J. Deane performed the ceremony. (They were divorced by 1900). She was born in Farmington, NH, August 2, 1879, daughter of George H. and Lizzie M. (Longfellow) Manson.
John U. Simes, r. [Republican], was elected Moderator of the November 1898 election. He prevailed over Leroy F. Corson, d. [Democrat]. Elbridge W. Fox, George D. Canney, and William T. Wallace were elected as a Republican slate for Supervisors of the Checklist over a Democrat slate of Nathaniel G. Pinkham, John H. Maddox, and George H. Plummer. Freeman H. Lowd, r., was elected as NH State Representative for the 1899-00 biennium, defeating Stephen M. Bragdon, d., 264-82 (NH Secretary of State, 1899).
Son Walter Davis married in Lynn, MA, November 23, 1898, Sarah “Sadie” Davis, both of Lynn, MA. He was a shoemaker, aged twenty-eight years, and she was an operative, aged twenty-seven years. Rev. Frank M. Holt performed the ceremony, She was born in Plaster Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada, circa 1870, daughter of John and Jane (Rose) Davis.
Daughter Ida Edee Simes died of pulmonary consumption in Milton Mills, March 12, 1899, aged thirty-five years, two months, and three days. She was a dressmaker. W.E. Pillsbury, M.D., signed the death certificate. (A.A. Fox was the undertaker).
The Pleasant Valley Grange, No. 272, of Milton Mills, elected A.A. Fox as its Master, John U. Simes as its Lecturer, and Mrs. Florence N. [(Norwood)] Hanson as its Secretary, in 1900. (Meanwhile, in West Milton, the Lewis W. Nute Grange, No. 193, elected B.B. Plummer as its Master, M.P. Dickey as its Lecturer, and Mildred L. Bragdon as it Secretary) (NH Dept. of Agriculture, 1901).
John U. Simes, a dealer in wood, aged sixty-three years (b. NH), headed a Milton (“Milton Mills Village”) household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of thirty-seven years), Nancy R. [(Jewett)] Simes, aged sixty-one years (b. NH), and his children, Hervey Simes, runs McKay stitcher, aged thirty-six [twenty-six] years (b. NH), Florence Simes, aged twenty-eight years (b. NH), and Chester Simes, aged seventeen years (b. NH). Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of [his brothers,] Edward S. Simes, a carpenter, aged fifty-seven years (b. NH), and George E. Simes, a carpenter, aged sixty-seven years (b. NH). (John U. Simes was also the census enumerator).
Walter Simes, a shoe cutter, aged thirty years (b. NH), headed a Lynn, MA, household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of one year), Sadie D. [(Davis)] Simes, aged twenty-nine years (b. Canada), his sisters-in-law, Lottie R. Davis, a shoe stitcher, aged thirty-three years (b. Canada), and Gertie M. Davis, a shoe stitcher, aged twenty-three years (b. Canada), and his brother-in-law, Fred C. Davis, a shoe cutter, aged fifteen years (b. Canada).Walter Simes rented their house at 13 Fisk Street.
MIDDLETON. The twenty-fifth annual reunion of the sons and daughters of Middleton was held at the town hall on the 12th of this month. Abound one hundred and twenty-five sat down to a bountiful dinner which as usual, reflected great credit on our ladies. After doing ample justice to the bill of fare, the party adjourned to Republican hall, where a business meeting was held and the following officers were elected to serve for the ensuing year: president, Furber Hanson; vice president, Samuel D. Twombley; secretary, George H. Cook; treasurer, Mrs. F.A. Orne; chaplain, Charles S. Boody. Voted to change the date of meeting from September to Thursday of Old Home Week, when Middleton hopes to greet all of her absent sons and daughters. Committees were appointed for next year, then followed an auction of cakes, pies, etc. John Simes of Milton Mills was auctioneer and kept the company merry by his witty remarks. A goodly sum was realized. Mrs. Henry Stevens rendered the solo “When I Heard the Wee Birds’ Singing,” in a pleasing manner, and received a hearty encore. Arthur Perkins sang “The Golden City;” he has a sweet voice and his singing was a pleasure to all. Remarks were made by the president; Mr. Gibbs; Mr. Simes; and others. After singing “God be with you till we meet again,” the company broke up deciding, that the twenty-fifth reunion had been a success socially and financially. We were sorry to miss Mr. Orne, who was in Concord at the convention and also Mr. and Mrs. James D. Moore, who were in Springvale, from our reunion, but hope to have them with us another year (Farmington News, September 21, 1900).
Son Hervey D. Simes died of acute tuberculosis in Milton Mills, May 5, 1901, aged twenty-seven years, one month, and twenty-seven days. He was a shoemaker. Charles W. Gross, M.D., signed the death certificate. (A.A. Fox was the undertaker).
Milton Free Public Library librarian Henry E. “Harry” Wentworth gave up his men’s clothing store, at the corner of Main and Church streets, in or around 1900, and became a farmer.
At his retirement from trade the library was removed to its present location, a building formerly used as a store by John W. [U.] Simes, and for a number of years Mr. Simes has served as librarian (NH General Court, 1907).
John U. Simes succeeded Wentworth as librarian in a storefront that he owned and in which he had kept formerly his own store.
MILTON MILLS, N.H. John U. Simes has been sick and confined to the house for the past week (Sanford-Biddeford Tribune (Biddeford, ME), January 22, 1904).
Nancy R. (Jewett) Simes died of pulmonary tuberculosis in Milton Mills, April 4, 1904, aged sixty-five years, two months, and four days. She was a housewife and lifelong resident of Milton Mills.
John U. Simes was librarian of the Milton Free Public Library at Milton Mills in 1905-06, when it had 600 volumes.
MILTON MILLS, N.H. John U. Simes has been spending a week or two with his sons and other friends in Lynn and Boston, returning Tuesday evening with Walter Simes and wife (Sanford-Biddeford Tribune (Biddeford, ME), July 19, 1907).
John U. Simes was librarian of the Milton Free Public Library at Milton Mills in 1909, when it had 1,100 volumes.
John U. Sims, a farmer (home farm), aged seventy-three years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal Census. His household included his daughter, Florence Sims, aged thirty-eight years (b. NH). John U. Sims owned their farm, with a mortgage. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Charles Langley, a general store clerk, aged thirty-two years (b. ME), and Elizabeth Simes, aged eighty years (b. NH).
Walter Simes, a shoe factory cutter, aged thirty-nine years (b. NH), headed a Lynn, MA, household at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal census. His household included his wife (of eleven years), Sarah D. [(Davis)] Simes, aged thirty-eight years (b. Canada), and his children, Roland D. Simes, aged four years (b. MA), Eda M. Simes, aged three years (b. MA), and Beatrice L. Simes, aged months (b. MA). Walter Simes owned their house at 12 Wagner Avenue, with a mortgage. Sarah D. Simes was the mother of three children, of whom three were still living. (She had immigrated in 1889).
Martha Torrey, aged sixty years (b. IN), headed a Milwaukee, WI, household at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal Census. Her household included her daughter, Lorassia Torrey, aged sixteen years (b. WI), and her boarders, Herbert Mcdonald, manager of Boston Mfg. Co., aged forty years (b. MA), John Gregson, Falk Co. clerk, aged twenty-one years (b. ME), Chester Simes, a traveling salesman, aged twenty-seven years (b. NH), and Hans Müller, a R.R. shop mechanic, aged thirty-two years (b. Sweden). Martha Torrey owned their house, free-and-clear.
Mother-in-law Mary A. (Richards) Jewett died in Milton, August 7, 1910, aged ninety-six years.
Daughter Florence Simes died in Milton, October 22, 1910, aged thirty-eight years.
John U. Simes was librarian of the Milton Free Public Library at Milton Mills in 1912, when it had 1,700 volumes.
MILTON MILLS, N.H. Mrs. Walter Simes and family are staying with John U. Simes for the summer (Sanford-Biddeford Tribune (Biddeford, ME), July 5, 1912).
John U. Simes was librarian of the Milton Free Public Library at Milton Mills in 1917, when it had 1,700 volumes.
Elizabeth E. Simes, aged ninety-one years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census. Her household included her brother, John U. Simes, aged eighty-three years (b. NH). Elizabeth E. Simes owned their house on Main Street, in Milton Mills Village, free-and-clear. Their household appeared in the enumeration between the two-family residence of Calvin S. Haines, an assistant to undertaker, aged fifty-eight years (b. NH), and Hattie M. [(Fox)] Fox, a widow, aged sixty years (b. NH), and Charles A. Langley, a retail grocery manager, aged forty-three years (b. ME).
Walter Simes, a shoe supplies salesman, aged forty-eight years (b. NH), headed a Milwaukee, WI, household at the time of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Sarah [(Davis)] Simes, aged forty-seven years (b. Canada), his children, Roland Simes, aged fourteen years (b. MA), Eda Simes, aged thirteen years (b. MA), and Louise Simes, aged ten years (b. MA), and his brother, Chester Simes, a shoe supplies jobber, aged thirty-four years (b. NH). Walter Simes rented their house at 3921 Galena Street.
Sister Elizabeth E. Simes died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Milton Mills, April 4, 1922, aged ninety-three years, four months, and twenty-six days.
Chester J. Simes married in Milwaukee, WI, June 23, 1923, Jane A. “Jennie” Coleman, both of Milwaukee, WI. She was born in Whitewater, WI, July 24, 1878, daughter of Joshua L. Coleman.
Announcement was also made at the meeting this morning of the marriage of Miss Jane Coleman, Milwaukee, retiring state vice president, to Charles [Chester] Jewett Simes, Saturday, in the Grand Avenue Congregational church, Milwaukee (Captiol Times (Madison, WI), June 28, 1923).
Chester J. (Jane A.) Simes appeared in the Milwaukee, WI, directory of 1926, as a manufacturers agent at 67 Erie street, with his house at 1101 Hackett avenue. Walter (Sarah) Simes appeared also as a salesman for C.J. Simes, with his house at 3928 Walnut street. Louise Simes appeared as a student, residing at 3928 Walnut street; and Roland Simes appeared as an electrician, residing at 3928 Walnut street.
John U. Simes died in Milton, September 28, 1927.
Walter Simes, a shoe factory salesman, aged sixty years (b. NH), headed a Milwaukee, WI, household at the time of the Fifteenth (1930) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Sarah [(Davis)] Simes, aged fifty-nine years (b. Nova Scotia, Canada), and his daughter, Louise B. Simes, a life insurance cashier, aged twenty years (b. MA). Walter Simes owned their house at 3928 40th [Walnut] Street, which was valued at $8,000. They had a radio set.
Chester J. Simes, a sh0e factories manufacturing agent, aged forty-seven years (b. NH), headed a Shorewood, WI, household at the time of the Fifteenth (1930) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of seven years) Jane C. [(Coleman)] Simes, aged fifty-one years (b. WI), his daughter, Mary J. Simes, aged four years (b. WI), his adopted daughter, Nancy L. Simes, aged three years (b. WI), his mother-in-law, Mary Coleman, a widow, aged seventy-nine years (b. MI), his sister-in-law, Clara E. [(Coleman)] Groshong, a divorcee, aged fifty-nine years (b. WI), and his servant, Agnes Job, a private family servant, aged nineteen years (b. ND). Chester J. Simes owned their house at 1100 Summitt Avenue, which was valued at $3,000. They had a radio set.
Son Chester J. Simes died of heart disease in Milwaukee, WI, November 23, 1936, aged fifty-four years.
MANUFACTURER DIES. Milwaukee – (AP) – Chester J. Simes, 54, president of C.J. Simes, Inc., manufacturers’ agents for leather goods, died at his home yesterday of an attack of heart disease (Post-Crescent (Appleton, WI) November 24, 1936).
CHESTER J. SIMES. Chester J. Simes, brother-in-law of John C. Coleman, director of Vocation education in La Crosse, died suddenly in Milwaukee Monday evening, it was learned here. Mr. Simes was well known in this city, having visited here on a number of occasions. Mr. and Mrs. Coleman left for Milwaukee Monday night. Mr. Simes is survived by his wife, Jane Coleman Simes; two daughters, Mary Jane and Nancy Lou, and a brother, Walter Simes (LaCrosse Tribune (LaCrosse, WI), [Tuesday,] November 24, 1936).
Walter Sims, aged sixty-nine years, headed a Milwaukee, WI, household at the time of the Sixteenth (1940) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Sarah [(Davis)] Sims, aged sixty-eight years (b. Canada), and his daughters, Eda M. Sims, a county relief administration welfare investigator, aged thirty-three years (b. MA), and Louise B. Sims, a life insurance office cashier, aged thirty years (b. MA. Walter Sims owned their house at 3924 West Walnut Street, which was valued at $7,500. They had resided in the same house in 1935.
Jane [(Coleman)] Simes, a widow, aged sixty-one years (b. WI), headed a Shorewood, WI, household at the time of the Sixteenth (1940) Federal Census. Her household included her daughters, Mary Jane Simes, aged fourteen years (b. WI), and Nancy Simes, aged thirteen years (b. WI), and her servant, Helen Hathaway, a private family maid, aged twenty-four years (b. WI). Jane Simes owned their house at 3540 [Summit avenue], which was valued at $25,000. They had resided in the same house in 1935.
Son Walter Simes died in Milwaukee, WI, November 1, 1946, aged seventy-seven years.
Daughter-in-law Jane A. “Jennie” (Colman) Simes died in Mequon, Ozaukee County, WI, August 28, 1975.
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