James Cummins & Mary A. (George) Sills

Submitted by: Linda Stephens McCormick

 J. C. Sills - age abt. 43 in 1882 and Mary A. Sills - age abt. 42

James C. Sills
Born July 26, 1839, Sandy Creek, Livingston Co., KY
Died Jan. 7, 1906, Cassville, Barry Co., MO

Mary Ann (George) Sills
Born June 11, 1840, Caldwell Co., KY
Died Aug. 19, 1901, Cassville, Barry Co., MO

Married Apr. 27, 1860, Golconda, Pope Co., IL, where they had eloped on horseback from KY. 

In 1872 they migrated to Barry Co., MO from Princeton, Caldwell Co., KY by covered wagon,

making their first home on Washburn Prairie.

They were parents of:
- Mollie Sills
- Charles Forest Sills
- Addie (Sills) (Ray) Bostick
- Minnie Laura (Sills) Brattin
- Fredrick "Fred" Sills
- James Sills
- Anna Sills
- Eva (Sills) Earle

Photo taken by W. A. Duncan, Photographer, Peirce City, MO in 1882.

 On the back this is written: "Dress hand made by Addie Sills" (their daughter)