Jasper County IL Archives Biographies.....Sims, Milton 1823 - 
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Author: Lake City Publishing Co.

MILTON SIMS, one of the early settlers of Jasper County, now resides on section
25, Willow Hill Township, where he is engaged in general farming. His farm is
pleasantly located about two miles northwest of the village of Willow Hill. His
home is a pleasant country residence, which is supplemented by good barns and
other outbuildings, and these in turn are surrounded by broad fields of waving
grain. He owns three hundred acres of rich land, the greater part of which is
under a high state of cultivation and yields to him a golden tribute in return
for the care and labor he has bestowed upon it.

  The life record of Mr. Sims is as follows: He was born November 22, 1823, near
Frankfort, Ky., and is the third in a family of five sons and two daughters born
unto Thomas and Lucinda (Hudson) Sims. The father was a native of Virginia and
spent his early life in that State, but when a young man he went to Kentucky
with his parents, where he was married and lived until 1842. He served about a
year in the War of 1812. In 1842 he emigrated to Rush County, Ind., where he
resided until his death in 1880, at the age of eighty-seven years. His wife died
in Indiana at the ripe old age of eighty.

  Milton Sims spent his early life on the farm with his parents in Kentucky, and
accompanied them on their removal to Indiana, remaining at home until
twenty-four years of age. At that time he was united in marriage with Miss
Priscilla Harlen, of Rush County, Ind., their union being celebrated February
22, 1849. The young couple soon afterward emigrated to Jasper County, and Mr.
Sims entered the tract of land from the Government which has now been his home
for forty-four years. He is numbered among the pioneer settlers, for the county
was then in its primitive condition, the work of civilization and upbuilding
having been scarcely begun. Wild game of all kinds was plentiful, including
deer. The family had to endure many of the hardships and experiences of frontier
life.

  Unto Mr. and Mrs. Sims were born three children: Martha Ann, wife of James W.
Johnson, a prosperous farmer residing near Decatur, Ill.; William and Marion T.,
who are successfully engaged in farming in this county. The mother of this
family died April 29, 1859, and on the 26th of March, 1860, Mr. Sims married
Miss Sarah E. Mitchell, of Jasper County. They became the parents of six
children, five yet living, viz.: Richard, a well-to-do agriculturist of Jasper
County; Ida M., wife of Wilson Way, a farmer of this county; Georgia, wife of
William Raef, a telegraph operator of Texas; Nora, wife of David Holt, a farmer
of this county; and Lulu, at home. Mr. Sims was called upon to mourn the loss of
his second wife, who died August 23, 1883. On the 10th of September, 1886, he
was united in marriage with Miss Mary, daughter of James Ireland, whose sketch
appears elsewhere in this work. Their union has been blessed, with two children,
Laura and Elizabeth.

  In his political views, Mr. Sims is a stanch Democrat. He has served as a
member of the County Board of Supervisors for three terms, was Township
Commissioner for twelve years and has long been one of the School Directors. He
always discharges his official duties with promptness and fidelity, and has thus
won the commendation of all concerned. He holds membership with the Baptist
Church and has led an honorable, upright life, which has gained him the
confidence and esteem of a large circle of friends and acquaintances. His long
residence in the county makes him well worthy of an honored place among its
pioneer settlers.


Additional Comments:

Extracted from:

Portrait and Biographical Record of Effingham, Jasper and Richland Counties
Chicago: Lake City Publishing Co.
1893


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