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Benjamin Franklin Sims 1791–1869 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 21 Jun 1791

Birth Location: Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, United States

Death Date: 25 July 1869

Death Location: Audrain County, Missouri, United States of America

Father: Augustus Sims

Mother: Nancy Farmer

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Benjamin Franklin Sims was born in 1791 in Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, United States, the child of Augustus Sims And Nancy Petit Farmer. Benjamin Franklin Sims passed away in 1869 in Audrain County, Missouri, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Benjamin Franklin Sims was born in 1791 in Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, United States, the child of Augustus Sims And Nancy Petit Farmer.
  • Benjamin Franklin Sims passed away in 1869 in Audrain County, Missouri, United States of America.

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Benjamin Sims's Ancestors

Self
Benjamin Sims
1791–1869
Birth Place: Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, United States
Parents
Augustus Sims
1763–1851
Waverly, Morgan, Illinois, United States
Nancy (Petit) Farmer
1760–1849
Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States
Grandparents
John Sims
1742–1830
Culpepper, Virginia, United States
Sophia Griffin
1742–1830
Culpepper, Virginia, United States
Elijah (Farmer) Jr
1735–1810
Northampton, North Carolina, United States
Isabelle ((Belle)) Hess
1738–1849
Salisbury, Rowan Co, NC
Great-Grandparents
James Sims
1700–1775
Elizabeth Foster
1710–1774
John Griffin
1720–1769
Mary Reese
1718–1781
Elijah Farmer
1709–1762
Mary Yates
1712–1770
John Hess
1713–1767
Elizabeth Bomberger
1710–1751
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Sims
1646–1725
Elizabeth Sims
1646–1725
John Parrish
1690–1768
Mary Schooling
1690–1716
Samuel Griffin
1670–1729
Lydia Sounders
1675–1725
Christiano Bomberger
1682–1742
Mary Gubler
1687–1740

Benjamin Sims's Timeline

2 Records

1791
21 Jun 1791
Birth of Benjamin Franklin Sims in Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, United States
Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, United States
1869
25 July 1869
Age 78
Death of Benjamin Franklin Sims in Hickory Grove, Boone, Missouri, United States
Hickory Grove, Boone, Missouri, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 21 Jun 1791
    Event Place: Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, United States
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 July 1869
    Event Place: Hickory Grove, Boone, Missouri, United States
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Audrain County, Missouri, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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