Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908
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Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908
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Biographical sketch of George Elliott Simpson, or George Simpson (1833-1893), a former banker and western freighter of Kansas City and New York City. Native of Tennessee moving to Independence, Missouri in the 1840s with his family and becoming "associated with the firm of Alexander and Majors, who had a government contract for transportation along the old Santa Fe trail." Later a merchant in Sibley, Missouri and a banker in Independence and Kansas City in the 1850s until moving to New York City in 1862 and returning to Kansas City in 1892 as "vice president of the National Water Works Company" with residence at 3613 Walnut Street.
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Creator: Whitney, Carrie Westlake
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1908
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Page 9: "Following his marriage Mr. Simpson came to Kasnas City as assisant cashier of the Old Union Bank, of which H. M. Northrup, recently deceased, was president. This bank was robbed by 'Redlegs' from Kansas in 1861. The robbery was committed in the daytime and the Rev. Thomas Johnson, who had succeeded H. M. Northrup in the presidency was afterward killed. Such were some of the tragical events which occurred incident to the troublous [sic] times of the Civil war. Mr. Simpson was in the bank at the time of the robbery. He continued in Kansa City until 1862, when he removed to New York city."
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q977.8411 W61
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This document is not available online. You may come to the Missouri Valley Room to view it or request a photocopy from the Library's Document Delivery service. http://www.kclibrary.org/copy-requests
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