The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-06-09
BIOGRAPHY or n. P. SIMS
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Public Library and Lyceum.


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Sims was born in Hanover county,
Virginia, Aug. Is, 1906. His ances-
tors came from Wales. John Sims
was his father. His grandfather,
William Sims, was a Colonel In the
Revolutionary army, and was cap
tured by the Britist together with
his negro servant, "Old Kit" Col.
Sims, his sons and daughters moved
to east Tennessee In 1907 and in 1909
| again moved to Maury county,
Tenn, settling where the town of
Mount Pleasant ls located. n. p.
Sims there obtained q fair common
school education. 'Old Chadduck'
a Yankee, was then and there a IA
nous teacher. He was Mr.. Sims
last teacher. Archibald Wright, af-
terward one of the Judges of the
Supreme Court of Tennessee, was a
:, fellow student. n. P. Sims became
assistant teacher, being instructor
| In English grammar. When Lafay-
| ette came to Nashville in 1926, he
belonged to local military compa-
NY called the Jackson Guards. n.
| r. Sims was then a young man IL
years old. This military company
marched af oct from Columbia,
Penn, to Nashville to participate In
the reception of Layfayette. After
arriving at Nashville the Jackson
Guards struck camp in what was
then called the Cedars, where the
capitol is now located. There they
remained two weeks awaiting La
fayette's coming. On his arriv al all
the soldiers were drawn up in two
parallel lines fronting each other,
and MIR. Sims always took pleasure
IN relating minutely how Lafayette
between Gems. Jackson and Carroll
marched around the space between
the soldiers With hat off bowling first
to the right and then to the left. Mr..
Sims married Miss Amanda Zolli-
Golfer, cousin of Gen. Felix X.
Zollicoffer. He moved to Oxford,
| Miss, In 1896, and from there to
Dallas county, Texas, In ls49, living
/ one year ON White Rock creek
1 north of Dallas In the vicinity OF
where Col. Thomas lived and died.
In 1850 he moved to Ellis county
and settled on Chamherg creek
| This was the year Ellis county was
| organized. ; O III years ago he
moved 10 Waxahachie, where he re-
sided until his death on May "A last.
| He was slave holder, and a sue
cessful farmer. After the war he
sold his farm and I'm small way
loaned his money. His first wife
died in 1871. In 1877 he married
Mrs. Eliza Dunlap, his first cousin,
and with whom he had spent his
tearIy boyhood days, attending
"Chadduck's" school together. She
died In June, 1897 No closer tie
ever existed between master and
serv ant than existed between n. z.
Sins aud his old slaves. Few mas
ters have been more generous to
their old slaves. He assisted all
the old ones in procuring good and
comfortable homes. Frequently he
would present all the old negroes
with money, sometimes as much as
$l00 each. ''0ld Uncle Bob" his
favorite servant, now nearly 30
years old, still lives. He Is very
| feeble, but came TO see "oEa MASTER
i the day before he died. The scene
was pathetic one. A scene worthy
of the brush of the most gifted
painter, who ever stamped life on
canvas. Together with q group of
the old negroes, Uncle Bob stood in
silent grief, gazing at his dying "old
MASTER With feeble steps and
voice checked with emotion he de-
parted, saying, "Dis Is de las time
I'll ebber see old marster live"
And SO Ii was. Bob had been his
L9nxp and compnnion from birth,