- GEORGE SIMS, farmer, Sec. 28; P.O. Afton; born in Connecticut
in 1804; came to Wisconsin
- in 1863 from Minnesota, where he had lived nearly two years;
located on his present farm in 1872; he owned the Afton store
about seven years. Married Miss Hanna CROSS, of Jefferson Co.,
N.Y., in 1828; they have six children - Pamelia, William, Charles,
George C., Erwin W. and Lorenzo G. In 1843, Mr. SIMS withdrew
from the Methodist Episcopal Church on account of its proslavery
tendencies. Mr. SIMS is liberal in politics and religion, though
he is a Republican. Charles, George and L. G. SIMS are in Minnesota;
E. W. SIMS went to Nebraska in 1879. Mr. SIMS owns 160 acres
near Afton Post Office.
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- Taken from "History of Rock County Wis." (c)1879,
p. 798.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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