From History of Rock County Wis., publ. 1879, page 798 GEORGE SIMS, farmer, Sec. 28; P.O. Afton; born in Connecticut in 1804; came to Wisconsin in 1863 from Minnesota, where he had lived nearly two years; located on his present farm in 1872; he owned the Afton store about seven years. Married Miss Hanna CROSS, of Jefferson Co., N.Y., in 1828; they have six children - Pamelia, William, Charles, George C., Erwin W. and Lorenzo G. In 1843, Mr. SIMS withdrew from the Methodist Episcopal Church on account of its proslavery tendencies. Mr. SIMS is liberal in politics and religion, though he is a Republican. Charles, George and L. G. SIMS are in Minnesota; E. W. SIMS went to Nebraska in 1879. Mr. SIMS owns 160 acres near Afton Post Office.