Obit: Sims, John Francis (1862 - 1926)
Transcriber: Stan
Surnames: Sims, Mangin, Day,
L'Homme, Engelhard, Wicker, Young, Gittens ----Source: Colby Phonograph
(Colby, Wis.) 3 Jun 1926 Sims, John F. (21 Apr 1862 - 28 May 1926) John F. Sims, age
sixty-four, the first principal of the Colby, Wis. High School,
but, the past several years, president of the Stevens Point Normal
School and dean of all state Normal school presidents in Wisconsin,
died Friday night at Milwaukee, after an illness of several
weeks. Mrs. Sims and
several members of the faculty of the Stevens Point Normal School
were with Mr. Sims when he died. Born at Buffalo,
N.Y., he studied at the universities of Wisconsin and Chicago and
held a teachers' life certificate in Wisconsin. He started teaching
in 1879 and in 1906 became president of the Stevens Point Normal.
Mr. Sims also held positions as president of the Pittsville State
Bank, member of the National Education Association, chairman of the
rural schools committee of the National Council of Education, a
member of the Wis. Teacher's Association and a member of the
Madison Club of Madison. Funeral services
were held Tuesday at the Stevens Point Normal School auditorium and
interment made in the Stevens Point Cemetery. The deceased
taught school in Colby, Wisconsin two years and was well and favorably known
here.
Stevens
Point , Wisconsin Central State Teachers' College ----Source: A Standard History
of Portage County, Wisconsin, Volume 2, pg. 618 - 619 1880 Federal Census,
Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States, pg. 155 Joseph Sims, married American
male
Wisconsin Marriage Records Samuel
Anthony Day John
Francis Sims Joseph T.
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John Francis Sims,
the son of Joseph and Mary Mangin Sims, was born in Buffalo, New York, April 21,
1862. His father was a sailor both on the high seas and the Great Lakes. It is
evident to all that President Sims has brought the seaman's untiring energy and
endurance to his work as an educator. At this point it would be omitting a vital
factor in Mr. Sims' life to pass over the influence of his mother upon Her
patience, her charity, her resourcefulness furnished ideals which have through
the years found exemplification in the son.
President Sims laid the
groundwork of his higher education in the public schools of Buffalo, New York,
and Manitowoc, Wisconsin, graduating from the high school of the latter city in
1881. During the last two years of his high school course he taught in
neighboring country schools, and continued in that work until 1883. He then
accepted the principalship of the Colby, Wisconsin,
High School, which he filled until 1891. In that year he was chosen
superintendent of schools in Onalaska, and held the position for five years.
From 1896 to 1906 he held the chair of Geography, History and School Management
at the River Falls Normal School, and during the last four years of his
incumbency was the Institute Conductor of the school. The success of his work in
that capacity led to his call to the presidency of the State Normal School at
Stevens Point in Augus, 1906. During the years of his service as its chief
executive that institution has gathered headway as never before. As an
indication of the scope and nature of his outside connections it May be stated
that he has served as president of the Northwestern Wisconsin Teachers'
Association. He is an active member of the National Council of Education and
Wisconsin director of the National Educational Association. President Sims is
now serving on a committee of the National Council which has been appointed to
investigate and report on the status of the rural schools of the United States
and other countries, with a view of improving conditions there found. The
National Council of Education is an organization with a membership limited to
120, and it is therefore an honor to be identified with it. Aside from his
duties in connection with the Normal School and the educational organizations
with which he is associated, President Sims has written as a chapter in the
forthcoming volume to be published by the Wisconsin Teacher's Association, "The
History of the Wisconsin State Normal Schools," has largely and regularly
contributed to the Wisconsin Journal of Education and similar publications, and
has lectured widely on topics connected with school work as well as those of
world interest.
Surely Portage County May laud statewide and nationwide
this scholar, patriot, orator, and man of affairs.
occupation : Sailor
father's birthplace : New York, United States
mother's birthplace : New York, United States
Household Members
self
Joseph Sims M 50 (1830) New York, United States
wife Mary Sims F 50 Ireland,
both parents b. Ireland
son John Sims M 18 (1862) New York, United States
son Paul Sims M 13 (1867) New York, United States
son Joseph Sims M 9 (1871)
New York, United States
daughter Marianne Sims F 4 (1876) Wisconsin, United
States
bride's name: Ida M. Sims
marriage date: 14 Jun 1898
marriage place: St. Croix, Wisconsin
groom's father's name: Byron C. Day
groom's mother's name: Elizabeth
bride's father's name: Joseph Sims
bride's mother's name: Gittens
groom's birthplace: Buffalo, N.Y.
bride's name: Georgine
Engelhard
bride's birthplace: Brooklyn, N.Y.
marriage date: 15 Oct 1887
marriage place: West Bend, Washington, Wisconsin
groom's father's name:
Joseph Sims
groom's mother's name: Mary Mangin
bride's father's name:
George M. Engelhard
bride's mother's name: Sophia L'Homme
groom's race:
White
bride's race: White
groom's birthplace: Buffalo, N. Y.
bride's name: Mildred E. Wicker
bride's birthplace: Colby, Wis.
marriage
date: 14 Augl 1897
marriage place: Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
groom's
father's name: Joseph Sims
groom's mother's name: Mary Mangin
bride's
father's name: William Wicker
bride's mother's name: Emeline Young
groom's
race: White
bride's race: White
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