Edward F. Simms
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 | |
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| Born | March 5, 1871 Paris, Kentucky, US |
| Died | December 6, 1938 (aged 67) Baltimore, Maryland, US |
| Resting place | Glenwood Cemetery (Houston, Texas) Cenotaph: Paris Cemetery, Paris, Kentucky |
| Education | B.A., LL.B. |
| Alma mater | Yale University, University of Virginia School of Law |
| Occupation(s) | Lawyer, oil industrialist, racehorse owner & breeder |
| Board member of | Simms Oil Company, Xalapa Farm |
| Spouse | Lillie Lee Weir |
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.