R. C. SIMS is the eldest child born to Q. B. and Sarah (Groom) Sims, both natives of Kentucky. His grandparents were natives of Virginia and came to Kentucky at an early date. R. C. was born in Trigg County, October 15, 1851, and was reared a farmer. December 16, 1875, he married Sallie Boyd, who was born in 1858, and who died October 2, 1876; she was the mother of one child George Herman, born September 18, 1876, and now living. Mr. Sims is a young man of enterprise, and an earnest advocate of education and temperance. He is a member of the Baptist Church and in politics a Democrat. He and his father have some of the finest cattle in this part of the State. He is also the owner of a well improved farm of 140 acres.
Source: J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin, & G. C. Kniffin. Kentucky. A History of the State. Louisville, KY, Chicago, IL: Battey, 1885. Pages 713-714.