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| Size | 38 items |
| Abstract | Francis E. Moody Sims (circa 1845-circa 1912) of Lenoir, N.C., and, later, Charlotte, N.C., attended Davenport Female College in Lenoir, graduating in 1866. She was supported at the college by her paternal uncle, Marcus D. L. Moody and later married James Monroe Sims. The collection is primarily correspondence, 1864-1869, of Francis E. Moody Sims. Some of these letters, written while Sims was a student at Davenport Female College in Lenoir, were addressed to or received from an uncle, Marcus D. L. Moody, who lived in Charlotte; they concern Sims's studies and teachers and local and family news. Other letters concern marriage plans and family news and were exchanged with James Monroe Sims (1840-1922), whom Francis E. Moody married in 1869. Additional material includes scattered Moody family correspondence and Sims family financial records. |
| Creator | Sims (Family : Sims, Frances E. Moody, 1845-1912) |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
| Language | English |
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Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, April 2009
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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Biographical Information
Francis E. Moody Sims (circa 1845-circa 1912) of Lenoir, N.C., and, later, Charlotte, N.C., attended Davenport Female College in Lenoir, graduating in 1866. She was supported at the college by her paternal uncle, Marcus D. L. Moody and later married James Monroe Sims.
Marcus D. L. Moody (circa 1826-1869) owned and operated a store in Charlotte, N.C., in the years just before the Civil War. During the war he served as a private in Company I, 37th North Carolina Regiment.
James Monroe Sims (1840-1922) was at one time a clerk in the Charlotte store of Marcus D. L. Moody and married Francis E. Moody in 1869. He served as a quartermaster sergeant of Company A, 11th North Carolina Regiment in the Civil War. After the war Sims operated a grocery store in the Dilworth section of Charlotte until a few years before his death. He was involved in the Presbyterian church and in Confederate veterans' affairs.
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The collection is primarily correspondence, 1864-1869, of Francis E. Moody Sims. Some of these letters, written while Sims was a student at Davenport Female College in Lenoir, were addressed to or received from her uncle, Marcus D. L. Moody, who lived in Charlotte, N.C.; they concern Sims's studies and teachers and local and family news. Other letters concern marriage plans and family news and were exchanged with James Monroe Sims. Additional material includes scattered Moody family correspondence and Sims family financial records.
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Series 1. Correspondence, 1854-1876.
Primarily letters between Francis E. Moody and Marcus D. L. Moody and between Francis E. Moody Sims and James Monroe Sims. Nine of the letters were written by Francis while at Davenport College, 1863-1866, to her uncle in Charlotte, N.C., discussing her studies, teachers, and local and family news. One letter of advice to her from Marcus Moody is included as is one letter from A. G. Stacy, the college president, itemizing semester expenses. There are also nine letters between Francis E. Moody Sims and James Monroe Sims in which they discuss marriage plans, local and family news. Other correspondence consists of two letters to his father from James Monroe Sims while at Hart Island Prison, N.Y., May-June 1865; letters to Marcus D. L. Moody from his brother, Robert H. Moody , and one from his father; and two brief notes, 1863, to Marcus D. L. Moody regarding Confederate payments and supplies.
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1854-1876Includes original finding aid. |
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Series 2. Miscellaneous Material, 1866-1922.
Items include Francis E. Moody's graduation essay and a tribute to James Monroe Sims. Other material includes tax receipts and a poem, apparently by Francis E. Moody.
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Miscellaneous items |