JUDGE FREDERICK WILMER SIMS.
The subject of this sketch was born in Louisa county, this state, July
23, 1862, a son of Dr. F. H. Sims, who died in that county, in 1883.
His mother was M. L. Kimbrough, a daughter of Captain Charles Y.
and Mary (Pottie) Kimbrough, both deceased. He married Lucy
Winston, a daughter of William A. Winston of Louisa county. Mrs.
Sims was born in Louisa county March 14, 1862, and they were married
in that county in September, 1888. They have one daughter,
Lucy Winston. Judge Sims has practiced law in Louisa and adjoining
counties since 1885, and was elected Judge of Louisa county in
1890; has held the position of Master Commissioner in Chancery of
Louisa Circuit Court since 1886. He was educated at the Louisa
schools, and at the University of Virginia; was admitted to the bar in
1885, and has been in active practice since. Mrs. Sims' mother was
also a Virginian, a daughter of Captain Payne and his wife, M. A.
(Mosby) Payne. For many generations their ancestry have been
Virginians. The P. O. address is Louisa, Va.
