Brief Life History of Ernest Virgil
When Ernest Virgil Sims was born on 27 May 1888, in Waskom, Harrison, Texas, United States, his father, John Leonard Sims, was 35 and his mother, Laura K. Keys, was 30. He had at least 1 son and 2 daughters with Nannie Gertrude Lee. He lived in Beat 4, Jasper, Mississippi, United States for about 20 years. He died on 3 August 1957, in Jasper, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Bay Springs Cemetery, Jasper, Mississippi, United States.
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- Ernest V Sims in household of Haran E Lee, "United States Census, 1910"
- E. V Sims, "Mississippi, Marriages, 1800-1911"
- Ernest V. Sims, "Find A Grave Index"
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1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1894 · Texas Files Lawsuit Against Standard Oil Company
Under the direction of Governor Jim Hogg, Texas filed a lawsuit against John D. Rockefeller for violating state monopoly laws. Hogg argued that Standard Oil Company and Water-Piece Oil Company of Missouri were engaged in illegal practices like price fixing, rebates, and consolidation. Rockefeller was indicted, but never tried in a court of law; other employees of his company were convicted as guilty.
1907 · Not for profit elections
The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.
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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