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Simms - George d. 1903

Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Review, April 3, 1903

 
George SIMMS, the youngest son of Presley G. Simms and Nancy  Bradnell was b. in Va June 18, 1814. He came to IN in 1827 and  has since resided in the neighborhood where he died March 23,  1903 of general debility. He was of English parentage and came  from an honest, sturdy, patriotic race of people. His father was  a soldier for six years in the revolutionary war and two years in  the War of 1812. He was marr. to Elizabeth Vester, a most  excellent woman of near Sullivan, IN in April 1856. To this union  were born 8 children, 7 of whom are living, viz: Mrs. Mary E.  Smith, Mrs. Lida Everett, Enoch and Lewis Simms, Mrs. Emma Lyons,  Jacob Simms and Mrs. Ida Mills. The children all reside on farms  north of town, except Mrs. Everett and Enoch Simms, who live in  the city. Mr. S. united with the Christian Church in 1873, was a  very industrious, hardworking man, honest and upright in all his  dealings. Though he began life with only one hand and but little  of this world's goods, by constant toil and the aid of his good  wife, he accumulated quite a good deal of property and at his  death, left each of his children a comfortable estate. He was  blind for almost a year before his death and almost helpless. He  resides at the old homestead; 7 miles northwest of town with his  youngest daughter, Mrs. Ida Mills who kindly cared for him during  his illness. He was an uncle of Dan Simms, the prominent attorney  of Lafayette. the fun. occurred from the home at 10 o'clock Wed.  morning by Rev. Clark D. Kershener of Linden; interment at Mt.  Pleasant Cemetery...(thanks to Janeen Proctor of Lafayette for  this one)
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