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174. Wilson T.7Sims (William B.6, William5, William4, Bruster3, Edward2, William1), was born August 1848, Lafayette County, Mississippi, died after the 1910 census of Comanche County, Texas, and before 1920. He married circa 1868, Lafayette County, Mississippi, to Katie T. Smither, born December 1850, Lafayette County, Mississippi, died after the 1910 census of Comanche County, Texas, and before 1920.

Katie T. Smither was the daughter of William H. Smither, born 24 December 1808, Culpeper County, Virginia, died 11 January 1876, Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi, and Elizabeth Neill.[1842]

W. T. and K. T. Sims lived in Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi, in 1870 next door to his father, William B. Sims.[1843]

Wilson T. Sims’s grandfather, William Sims, was a brother of John Sims (father of John Dabney Sims). John Dabney Sims of Ellis County, Texas, was a first cousin of Wilson T.’s father, William B. Sims. In about 1879, Wilson T. Sims moved from Lafayette County, Mississippi, to Ellis County, Texas.

In the 1880 census, Wilson T. Sims lived in Ellis County, Texas, in the same neighborhood with his second cousin, W. D. Sims (Wilson Dabney Sims), and other Sims relatives.[1844] In 1900, Wilson T. Sims and his family lived in Navarro County, Texas.[1845]

[1842] 1860 U.S. Census, Lafayette County, Mississippi, p. 201, #1315/1315, Paris. Smither, W. H., age 51, male, merchant, $18,000/$80,000, born Va.; Elizabeth, age 36, born Tenn.; Robert, age 27, born Tenn.; Charles, age 24, physician, born Miss.; Mary, age 22, born Ala.; Julia, age 21, born Miss.; Gabe, age 16,male; Kate, age 10; Lizzie, age 7; Sabre, age 5; Richard, age 3; Lily, age 4/12; Charley, age 4/12.

[1843] 1870 U.S. Census, Lafayette County, Mississippi, p. 500, #255/255, P.O. Oxford. Sims, W. T., age 21, male, white, farmer, $280/$400, born Miss.; K. T., age 19, female, white, born Miss.; E. E., age 6/12, female, white, born Miss.

[1844] 1880 U.S. Census, Ellis County, Texas, S.D. 3, E.D. 50, Sheet 36. Sims, Wilson T., age 31, farmer, born Miss. Tenn. S.C.; Katie, age 27, wife, confinement, born Miss. Tenn. Tenn.; Eillen, age 9, dau., born Miss. Miss. Miss.; Dabney, age 6, son, born Miss. Miss. Miss.; Charly, age 2, son, born Miss. Miss. Miss. All white.

[1845] 1900 U.S. Census, Navarro County, Texas, S.D. 9, E.D. 107, Sheet 9. Wilson T. Sims, born August 1848, age 51, mar 31 years, born Miss. Tenn. Tenn.; Kate T. Sims, wife, born December 1850, age 49, mar 31 years, born Miss. Tenn. Tenn., had had 7 children, 6 living; Charles W. Sims, son, born October 1877, age 22, single, born Miss. Miss. Miss.; Julia R. Sims, dau., born June 1880, age 19, single, born Texas Miss. Miss.; John T. Sims, son, born April 1883, age 17; Lillie K. Sims, dau., born July 1886, age 13; Ben W. Turnipseed, gson, born Feb. 1890, age 10; Edward W. Turnipseed, gson, born September 1891, age 8; Dick G. Turnipseed, gson, born September 1893, age 6. All white.

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