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Notes for James Fredrick SIMS

J.F. Sims, a farmer and ginner of Dawson, Navarro County, was born in Maury
county, Tennessee, in 1853. His father, A.C. Sims, was born in Virginia in
1814, and in his young manhood settled in Tennessee, where he followed
agricultural pursuits, and still resides in that State. When the
Confederacy was enlisting men in its defense, he joined a Tennessee
regiment, and was captured at the fall of Fort Donelson, was held a prisoner
for one year and then exchanged and returned home. Being beyond
conscript age, he did not again enlist in the service. His wife Miss Eva, a
daughter of Captain Morgan, and they had the following children: Maggie,
wife of J.C. Matthews, of Tennessee; T.J.;A.H.;J.F.;G.R.; and Eva, who
married J. Wright. In 1862 the mother died , and afterward the father
married Bettie Dixon, and they had four children: W.D.; Sally, now Mrs.
L.B. Bailey; T.J.; Mattie, Wife of M. Beckham. The grandfather of our
subject, Thomas Sims, was a native of Virginia, where the original
settlement of the family was probably made.

J.F. Sims worked on a farm until sixteen years of age, when he entered a
wagon shop. After completing the trade he followed that occupation ten
years, five years at Mt. Pleasant, and the remainder in Spring Hill, Navarro
county, since which time he has been engaged in farming and ginning. In
partnership with his brother he owns a 900 acre tract of land in Navarro
county, and in 1883 they built a three-stand gin in Dawson,Muriger's patent,
with a capacity of thirty bales per day. In 1891 they turned out 1,000
bales, and in connection with this they also run a gristmill.

In 1877 Mr. Sims married Lue Cruse, a daughter of Wesley Cruse, of
Tennessee. They have had four children: Gussie, Ord, Clyde, And Freddie.

The family are members of the Presbyterian Church, of which our subject is
an Elder...

Found in Memorial and
Biographical History of Navarro, Henderson and Anderson...

Also known as J. F. Sims


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