Eldred J. Simkins Collection, 1842-1977

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Eldred J. Simkins Collection, 1842-1977

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Simkins, Eldred J.

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Biography Eldred J. Simkins, 1 around whom the papers focus, was born Oct. 13, 1838, in the Edgefield District of South Carolina. In 1843, his parents, Eldred Simkins and Pattie (Bythewood) Simkins, moved their family (which included children William Stewart and Pattie) to Monticello, Florida. Soon after the move, both parents died and the children returned to the Beaufort District of South Carolina where they were raised by their maternal gr...