Sim, William Rondan

Sim, William Rondan, a Presbyterian minister, was born in Golconda, Ill., Nov. 25, 1831. He graduated at Hanover College, Hanover, Ind., Aug. 9, 1854, and at Danville Theological Seminary in 1857, was licensed to preach in the autumn of the same year, and in 1858 was ordained by Kaskaskia Presbytery and installed pastor of the congregations of Jordan Grove and Lively Prairie, Ill. In October, 1860, he took charge of the Church in Golconda, where he remained until his death, July 7, 1864. Mr. Sim was a pure minded Christian, characterized by a very remarkable degree of refinement, in thought, expression, and deportment. See Wilson, Presb. Hist. Almanac, 1865, p. 120. (J.L.S.)