Thomas M Sims

Brief Life History of Thomas M

When Thomas M Sims was born in 1849, in Virginia, United States, his father, Dryden Sims, was 31 and his mother, Rebecca Bayes, was 31. He married Matilda Boudiner on 15 March 1878, in Saint Clair, Franklin, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter.

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Thomas M Sims
1849–
Matilda Boudiner
Marriage: 15 March 1878
William Frank Sims
1881–1959
Rose Lorain Sims
1886–1950
Thomas Earnest Sims
1891–1939

Sources (7)

  • Thomas Sims in household of Dryden Sims, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Thomas Simme, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
  • Thomas Sims in entry for W F Sims and Louise Christmann, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"

World Events (8)

1861 · The Battle of Manassas

The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run. 

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

English (southern):

variant of Sim , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

topographic name for one who lived or worked at the house of someone called Symme (Simon).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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