Edward F. Simms

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Edward Francis Simms (March 5, 1871 – December 6, 1938) was an American lawyer, oil industrialist, and owner and breeder of Thoroughbred racehorses about whom a Houston Post obituary said his career was "a saga of American accomplishment." Edward Simms died December 6, 1938, at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland where he had been undergoing treatment for leukemia. rdf:langString
rdf:langString Edward F. Simms
rdf:langString Edward Simms
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rdf:langString Baltimore, Maryland, US
xsd:date 1938-12-06
rdf:langString Paris, Kentucky, US
xsd:date 1871-03-05
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rdf:langString Cenotaph: Paris Cemetery, Paris, Kentucky
xsd:date 1871-03-05
xsd:date 1938-12-06
rdf:langString Lawyer, oil industrialist, racehorse owner & breeder
rdf:langString Lillie Lee Weir
rdf:langString Edward Francis Simms (March 5, 1871 – December 6, 1938) was an American lawyer, oil industrialist, and owner and breeder of Thoroughbred racehorses about whom a Houston Post obituary said his career was "a saga of American accomplishment." A graduate of Yale University and the University of Virginia School of Law, at the turn of the 20th Century Simms went to Texas where he made a fortune in oil exploration in the Sour Lake area. While at Yale, he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. In 1915 he returned to Kentucky where he bought out his brother William's share in Xalapa Farm near Paris, Kentucky, a property they had inherited from their father. Edward Simms would become a successful breeder of Thoroughbred racehorses. Edward Simms died December 6, 1938, at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland where he had been undergoing treatment for leukemia.
rdf:langString Simms Oil Company, Xalapa Farm
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xsd:gYear 1871
xsd:gYear 1938

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