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Trigg County, Kentucky, student and lawyer. Christian County, Kentucky, native. Son of Garland Sims and Sarah Sims. Student in Trigg County, Kentucky, in 1850. Attended the University of Louisville in Jefferson County, Kentucky. Lawyer in Trigg County in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, District 1, p. 295A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, Cadiz, p. 193.

"The Late Fenton Sims," Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), December 3, 1904, p. 4.

"William Fenton Sims (1837-1904)," Find A Grave, Memorial #124380324, accessed January 19, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/124380324.

Citation

Sims, William Fenton. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32280498 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
W. H. Sims and John R. Grace to Thomas E. Bramlette
1864-01-15

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