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“Sims was the oldest…”

SIMS, J. Marion, (1885). The Story of my Life, ed. by H. Marion-Sims. D. Appleton & Co: New York, p. 113.

“…cruel schoolteachers…”

SIMS, J. Marion, (1885). The Story of my Life, ed. by H. Marion-Sims. D. Appleton & Co: New York, pp. 55, 63.

“…left behind for a time…”

SIMS, J. Marion, (1885). The Story of my Life, ed. by H. Marion-Sims. D. Appleton & Co: New York, p. 69.

“…saved their sixpences…”

SIMS, J. Marion, (1885). The Story of my Life, ed. by H. Marion-Sims. D. Appleton & Co: New York, p. 70.

“…Cudjo…”

SIMS, J. Marion, (1885). The Story of my Life, ed. by H. Marion-Sims. D. Appleton & Co: New York, p. 70.

“…at age eleven…”

SIMS, J. Marion, (1885). The Story of my Life, ed. by H. Marion-Sims. D. Appleton & Co: New York, p. 177.

“Theresa Jones…”

SIMS, J. Marion, (1885). The Story of my Life, ed. by H. Marion-Sims. D. Appleton & Co: New York, p. 177.

“It was said that her grandmother…”

Harris, S. (1950). Woman's surgeon: The life story of J. Marion Sims. New York: Macmillan, p. 13.

“…a fox-hunting wager…”

SIMS, J. Marion, (1885). The Story of my Life, ed. by H. Marion-Sims. D. Appleton & Co: New York, p. 35.

“…a dry-goods business…”

Harris, S. (1950). Woman's surgeon: The life story of J. Marion Sims. New York: Macmillan, p. 13.

“…sent as an errand boy…”

Harris, S. (1950). Woman's surgeon: The life story of J. Marion Sims. New York: Macmillan, p. 13.

“…medical school in Philadelphia…”

This source is in error, as Jefferson Medical College did not open until the 1820s. What is most likely meant is the University of Pennsylvania.

Cunningham, C. (1956). Benjamin Jones and his descendants. Place of publication not identified, p. 15.

“…carried on a wide practice…”

This is from a short, typewritten profile (p. 2) of Bartlett Jones held in the the archives room of the Lancaster County Library in Lancaster, South Carolina. The document is printed on the letterhead of the Witherspoon Insurance Agency, Mary Donnom Witherspoon, Manager—but there is no indication that Witherspoon is the author of the profile.

“…could bring men back to life…”

This is from a short, typewritten profile (p.1) of Bartlett Jones held in the the archives room of the Lancaster County Library in Lancaster, South Carolina. The document is printed on the letterhead of the Witherspoon Insurance Agency, Mary Donnom Witherspoon, Manager—but there is no indication that Witherspoon is the author of the profile.

“…removed stones from men’s bladders…”

This is from a short, typewritten profile (p. 1) of Bartlett Jones held in the the archives room of the Lancaster County Library in Lancaster, South Carolina. The document is printed on the letterhead of the Witherspoon Insurance Agency, Mary Donnom Witherspoon, Manager—but there is no indication that Witherspoon is the author of the profile.