The Daily Times (Salisbury, Maryland), 4 October 1962.

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In the 1900 census of Stantonsburg township, Wilson County: Gemima Simms, 65, farm laborer; mother Mary, 89; and grandchildren Annie, 7, Ashley, 4, and Reubin, 2.

In 1917, Ashley Sims registered for the World War I draft in Wilson County. Per his draft registration, he was born 10 January 1896 in Wilson; lived at R.F.D. 4, Wilson; was single; and worked as a farm laborer for W.I. Condon.

On 24 December 1918, Ashley Simms, 22, of Wilson, son of Needham and Jane Simms, married Effie Spell, 18, of Wilson, daughter of Hugh and Patsy Spell, at the bride’s residence in Wilson. Rubin Ellis applied for the license, and Free Will Baptist minister E.S. Hargrove performed the ceremony in the presence of Whit Lewis, Nathan Weaver, and Frank Hodge.

In the 1920 census of Jackson township, Nash County: on Wilson and Stanhope Road, Ashley Sims, 27, farm laborer, and wife Effie, 23.

On 14 September 1935, Sargent Ashley Simms, 35, of Wilson, N.C., divorced, son of Nedim Simms and Elizabeth Ellis, married Elizabeth Bryant, 21, single, of Northampton County, Virginia, daughter of Richard Bryant and Mary Hargrove, in Cheriton, Northampton County, Virginia.

In 1942, Ashley Simms registered for the World War II draft in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. Per his registration card, he was born 10 January 1896 in Wilson County; lived at 1521 Pacific Street, Kings County; his contact was Joe Davis, same address; and he worked for P. Savor[?], Chestnut and Fulton Streets, New York.

In the 1950 census of Salisbury, Wicomico County, Maryland: Sargent Simms, 55, born in Virginia [sic], laborer for building contractor.