274:, Monday, August 30, 1869 No. 4. "Recent Deaths - Within the last two weeks, two well known California Pioneers have died; Col. Columbus SIMS and Luis PREVOST. Col. SIMS was for many years practising law in Los Angeles, and for some time District Attorney of that county. He served for some time as a colonel of California volunteers, in the late war. Still later he removed to San Francisco, where he practiced law. His death occurred in Hamilton. White Pine, on August 14th. He leaves a very interesting family in San Francisco, was about forty years of age, and a native of South Carolina."
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