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​Sims, James Marion (1813–1883)

J. Marion Sims was on his father's side English, on his mother's of Scotch-Irish descent.

His paternal grandfather, John Sims, was born December 27, 1790, and married Mahala Mackey in 1812.

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Of the father, his distinguished son left a record that "he was one of the best of men and best of husbands." He was sheriff of Lancaster County, South Carolina, from 1830–1834. His mother was the daughter of that Lydia Mackey, wife of Charles Mackey, a revolutionary soldier, who having been taken within the British lines, was tried by court-martial and sentenced to death as a spy by Col.

Tarleton, and she successfully interceded with this British officer for the commutation of the death sentence, and ultimately obtained her husband's liberty.

Marion Sims was born in Lancaster District, South Carolina, January 25, 1813.

He attended the common schools there, entered the Franklin Academy in 1825, and late