October 12, 2025 – Join us Thursday, October 16, 2025, at 7:00 p.m. at the Hopkins County Genealogical Society Research Library, 611 North Davis St., Sulphur Springs, TX , for a program by Major, (Ret.) USAF, David W. Wims: “Tools of the Trade – Captain Samuel H. Walker and the Percussion Revolvers of 1836-1860.”
David W. Wims was born in Ft. Worth, Texas and graduated from High School in Houston, Texas. He attended University of Houston and East Texas State University, where he was awarded a BA in English and History. He attended graduate school at North Texas State University.
David joined the U. S. Air Force in 1973 and in 1986 he was awarded a BS degree in Computer Science from ETSU and also Commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Air Force on the same day at ETSU. From 1986 to 2004 he served in various positions with the U.S.A.F. in Montana, South Dakota, New Mexico and Alabama. In 2000 he was awarded a MA in Military History from the University of Alabama. He was also in-service in Missouri, Tennessee and Eskan Village, Riyadh the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
In 2004 David retired from active duty with the Air Force, but began teaching until 2022, when he retired from both and moved back home to Mt. Vernon, Texas. Since then he has been involved in western re-enactments, wild west shows and anything related to all periods of American history, but especially the Colonial era and early frontier post Revolution – not to mention the restoration of his grandparents natural rock house built in 1939 in Mt. Vernon, Tx.
If you cannot join us in-person, we invite you to join us via Zoom. When: October 16, 2025 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/n1YJ3LjHTzObtAa52fNTyw
With such an extensive history, how could this man not be interesting to listen to? In addition to period clothing he will bring guns and artifacts for “show and tell.” We can hardly wait to hear and see his presentation!
