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FAMILY SKETCHES

    I hold that a strongly marked personality can influence descendants

for generations.

 

~ Beatrix Potter ~

Genealogy consists of more than vital statistics and old photographs.  Religion, military service, occupation, and political affiliation are also important to note.  Family sketches combine these details with historical events to provide a complete account of an individual's life.

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I am the great-great-great granddaughter of Nathaniel Sims.  This website contains information about his life and details of his descendants.   Nathaniel Sims was born about 1794 in Wake County, North Carolina.  He was a farmer and also Justice of the Peace.  Nathaniel had five children with his first wife, Prudence Killough: James Anderson Sims, Rebecca Sue Sims, Samuel Killough Sims, Prudence N. Sims and Harriate Sims. He had three children by his second wife, Mary A. Morrison: Ann Mozelle Sims, Nathaniel McCamie Sims, and William M. Sims.  Nathaniel Sims passed away on 1 September 1968 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina.  Some of his descendants continue living in North Carolina today.
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