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It is worthwhile for anyone to have behind him a few generations of honest, hard-working ancestry.

- John Phillips Marquand

OCCUPATION

Sources

 

1.  "North Carolina Business History: Agri-Business."  Communication Solutions/ISI.  2005.  <http://www.historync.org/agriculture.htm> 25 June 2014.

William M. Sims (1850-1926) - Occupation Description

 

William was a farmer in North Carolina.  By 1860, there were more than 75,000 farms in the state with two-thirds under 100 acres.  Despite an agricultural depression in prices following the Civil War up to 1900, the number of North Carolina farms steadily increased.  Most crops staged a comeback in production volume between 1870 and 1900.  Agriculture and farming remain the leading industry through today.

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