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H.T. Sims

Henry Taylor Sims

Full Name: Henry Taylor Sims
Date of birth: July 13, 1850
Date of death: May 1, 1922

Terms of Service

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
S 29 Jan 8, 1889 - Jan 10, 1893 22nd (1)   21st (2) (3) (4)   Democrat Coleman / Coleman   Andrews, Borden, Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Comanche, Concho, Dawson, Eastland, Fisher, Gaines, Howard, Jones, McCulloch, Martin, Mitchell, Nolan, Runnels, San Saba, Scurry, Shackelford, Stephens, Taylor

Terms of service footnotes


(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives. ↩
(2) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives. ↩
(3) E.J. Sims, Senate District 29. List of Senators of the 21st Legislature, "The State Senate: Members-Elect in the Different Districts - Austin Local Notes," Galveston Daily News, 11/20/1888, p. 6, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. "There are two independents in the list. The rest are democratic nominees." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). ↩
(4) 21st Legislature - Roll call of new members, oath of office administered, 1/8/1889, p. 1. Senate Journal. ↩

Terms of Service

Legislatures:
22nd (1)   21st (2) (3) (4)  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Coleman / Coleman
Counties in district:
Andrews, Borden, Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Comanche, Concho, Dawson, Eastland, Fisher, Gaines, Howard, Jones, McCulloch, Martin, Mitchell, Nolan, Runnels, San Saba, Scurry, Shackelford, Stephens, Taylor

Terms of service notes


(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives. ↩
(2) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives. ↩
(3) E.J. Sims, Senate District 29. List of Senators of the 21st Legislature, "The State Senate: Members-Elect in the Different Districts - Austin Local Notes," Galveston Daily News, 11/20/1888, p. 6, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. "There are two independents in the list. The rest are democratic nominees." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). ↩
(4) 21st Legislature - Roll call of new members, oath of office administered, 1/8/1889, p. 1. Senate Journal. ↩

Biographical Information

  • Census of 1880 - Henry T. Sims, Coleman County, Texas, age 31, born circa 1849 in Alabama, attorney-at-law, spouse Ida, daughter Lizzie A.
    Census of 1900 - Henry Sims, Coleman, Coleman County, Texas, age 50, born July 1850 in Alabama, lawyer, spouse Ida R., daughters Willie, May, and Lizzie A. Mayers, son Lee.
    Census of 1910 - Henry T. Sims, Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma, age 60, born circa 1850 in Alabama, lawyer, spouse Ida, son Lee, daughter Ida Lee.
    Census of 1920 - Henry T. Sims, Carter County, Oklahoma, age 69, born circa 1850 in Alabama, lawyer, spouse Ida R., daughter Ida Lee. FamilySearch. 1880 1900 1910 1920
  • H.F. [H.T.] Sims, birth date 7/13/1850 in Alabama; death date 5/1/1922 in Dallas, Dallas County; lawyer; informant Mrs. Ida Sims of Oklahoma City; burial or removal to Ardmore, Oklahoma. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
  • Henry T. Sims (1850-1922), burial in Rose Hill Cemetery, Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma, with wife Ida R. Stone. Find a Grave.
  • Obituary, H.T. Sims, The Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Texas), 5/5/1922, p. 1, crediting Coleman Public Library. H.T. Sims, of Ardmore, Oklahoma, died on Monday (5/1/1922) in Dallas; "one of the first lawyers to locate in the frontier town of Coleman in fall of 1866 . . . and for a number of years sat in the Texas Senate as a member from West Texas." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
  • Mentioned in "Through the Years - San Saba Representatives in Legislative History," 4/1/1948, p. 9. San Saba News.

  • Photograph. H.T. Sims, 22nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. H.T. Sims, 21st Legislature, State Preservation Board

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