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PHOTOGRAPHS

History is a gallery

of pictures in which

there are few originals and many copies.

 

~ Alexis De Tocqueville ~

The birth of photography is generally accepted as 1839 when the daguerreotype was commercially introduced. Photographs enhance genealogy by adding a personal element to the basic vital statistics of an individual. Photographs may also help researchers pinpoint family members at a specific location and time period.

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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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