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Title
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Finding Aid for the Kimberlin Family Collection
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Type
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Collection
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Date
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1840s-1920s
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Description
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This collection pertains to the Kimberlin family of Cass County, Missouri. Deeds, land patents and title abstracts for land purchased by the Kimberlin and Pulliam family date from the 1840s to 1914. Other documents related to the family include farm leases, land patents, insurance policies, and receipts. Some receipts date back to the 1840s and include items sold and purchased, as well as a receipt of money from an insurance company for the theft of a horse. Some of the other items relate to their professional life as a judge, county clerk, and a farmer. Items reflecting their businesses include weight tickets for corn and other crops grown from the 1890s as well as ledgers with payment information. Other interesting items in the collection include Civil War payment vouchers and exemption for service given to Joseph Kimberlin based on his age. The items in this collection had been originally stored in brown document bags inside a trunk. Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, a major supplier of denim to Levi Strauss, produced one of the bags that still has a portion of the logo visible on the bag.
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Format
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Portable Document File Format; 514 KB; 5 pages.
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Language
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English
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Place
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Cass County (Mo.)
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Publisher
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Midwest Genealogy Center, Mid-Continent Public Library, Independence, Missouri
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Extent
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2 boxes
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Identifier
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MGC 1180
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Collection Summary
Title
Kimberlin Family Collection
Date
1840s to 1920s
Extent
2 archival boxes
Name and Location of Repository
Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence (Mo.)
Reference code: MGC 1180-KFC
Processed by: Jolene Clark, 2018; finding aid created by Jolene Clark, 2018
Name of Creator
Kimberlin family
Biographical History
Joseph Kimberlin was born in 1811 in Virginia. He married Hannah Griffith in Alleghany County, Virginia.
The family lived in Conway County, Arkansas before coming to Missouri. The family settled on a farm
near Dayton, Cass County, Missouri in 1845. Their son, Charles A. Kimberlin, married Amanda Elizabeth
Pulliam. Amanda, the daughter of George C. Pulliam and Mary Jane Mathes, was born in Cass County in
1857. Charles was a farmer and a judge in Cass County, Missouri. Their son, George Pulliam Kimberlin,
was the County Clerk from 1910 to 1914 in Cass County, Missouri. In 1914, he was elected as clerk of the
Cass County Circuit Court.
Scope and Content
This collection pertains to the Kimberlin family of Cass County, Missouri. Deeds, land patents and title
abstracts for land purchased by the Kimberlin and Pulliam family date from the 1840s to 1914. Other
documents related to the family include farm leases, land patents, insurance policies, and receipts.
Some receipts date back to the 1840s and include items sold and purchased, as well as a receipt of
money from an insurance company for the theft of a horse. Some of the other items relate to their
professional life as a judge, county clerk, and a farmer. Items reflecting their businesses include weight
tickets for corn and other crops grown from the 1890s as well as ledgers with payment information.
Other interesting items in the collection include Civil War payment vouchers and exemption for service
given to Joseph Kimberlin based on his age. The items in this collection had been originally stored in
brown document bags inside a trunk. Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, a major supplier of denim to
Levi Strauss, produced one of the bags that still has a portion of the logo visible on the bag.
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Collection Inventory
System of Arrangement
These records are arranged in 2 series.
Box 1
Series 1, Documents
Folder 1, Abstract of Title
Item 1, C. A. Kimberlin
Item 2, Benjamin Snyder
Folder 2, Blank legal documents
Folder 3, Correspondence
Folder 4, Civil War items
Item 1, Pay voucher to Joseph Kimberlin for $330 in State defense bonds, Sep
1861
Item 2, Pay voucher to Joseph Kimberlin for $149.50 in State Defense Bonds, Oct
1861
Item 3, Pay voucher to Joseph Kimberlin for $114 in State Defense Bonds, Nov
1861
Item 4, Pay voucher to Joseph Kimberlin for $125 from Confederate States of
America for one hack and harness, Aug 1862
Item 5, Exempt from service by age, Nov 1862
Folder 5, Deeds
Item 1, General warranty deed from Moses Finley to Permelia C Finley, 1874
Item 2, Warranty deed from Milton Terrill to S. T. Smith, 1881
Item 3, Deed, Green Parker to C. C. Fulkerson, 1883
Item 4, Quit-claim deed from Robert A. Brown and Isaac Capana, 1883
Item 5, Contract between James H Cox and Jasper W Stephens, 1893
Item 6, Trust deed from James W Ison to R. G. Hartwell, trustee for Duvall &
Percival, 1893
Item 7, Trust deed from Oliver P. Fitzwaters to John Seaton, 1897
Item 8, General warranty deed from Joseph S. West to Rosa May Sherwood,
1910
Item 9, General warranty deed from William H. Cox to Earl Conway and Emma
Constant, 1911
Item 10, General warranty deed from Earl Conway to Claude Fitzwater, 1913
Folder 6, Earhart, Alexander
Item 1, Sheriff’s Deed, David Clements to Alex Earhart, 1871
Item 2, Will of Alexander Earhart, 1911 (2 copies)
Item 3, Charles E Kimberlin, plaintiff v. Estate of Alexander Earnhart
Item 4, Account of collection of revenues for Alexander Earhart, 1875
Item 5, Executor’s Notice of Sale of Personal Property, 1913
Folder 7, Enumeration
Item 1, Annual Enumeration of District No. 1 Township No. 43 Rance No. 30 Cass
County for the year 1886
Folder 8, Farm leases
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Item 1, Lease between Robert H Kimberlin and William Sexton, 1899
Item 2, Lease between Charles A Kimberlin and Leonard Smith, 1901
Item 3, Lease between Charles A Kimberlin and William Patton, 1901
Item 4, Lease between Charles A Kimberlin and William Elwood Smith, 1901
Item 5, Lease between Charles A Kimberlin and James Simpson, 1911
Item 6, Lease between C. A. Kimberlin and C. W. Fickle, 1922
Folder 9, Frazier, Oliver C. estate papers, 1894-1897; C.A. Kimberlin administrator
Folder 10, Home Insurance Company
Item 1, Tornado policy for O. P. Fitzwater, 1902
Item 2, Duplicate copy of tornado policy for O. P. Fitzwater, 1902
Folder 11, Invoice bill from Kimberlin & Bro. to Smith and Nelson, Jan 29, 1884
Folder 12, Kimberlin
Item 1, Timothy Guy and Nancy Guy Power of Attorney to Joseph Kimberlin,
Conway County, AR, 1846 (2 pages)
Item 2, Deed, Henry Rider to Joseph Kimberlin, 1845 (2 pages)
Item 3, Deed, Wesley Cook to Joseph Kimberlin, 1856 (2 pages)
Item 4, Deed, Frederick Buckler to Joseph Kimberlin, 1866
Item 5, Warranty deed, B. W. Meador to James Kimberlin, 1866
Item 6, Deed, B.W. Meador to J. Kimberlin, 1870
Item 7, General warranty deed from Parmelia & Nelson Finley to Henry Terrill,
William A. Kimberlin and Charles A. Kimberlin, 1875
Item 8, General warranty deed from Henry L Terrell to Charles A. and William A
Kimberlin, 1880
Item 8, Warranty deed from George W Hubble to Charles A. Kimberlin, 1881
Item 9, General warranty deed from George W Hubble to Charles A. Kimberlin,
1881
Item 10, General warranty deed from Phillip Fulkerson to Charles Kimberlin,
1883
Item 11, General warranty deed from Stephen T. Smith to Charles A. Kimberlin,
1884
Item 12, Quit claim, Joseph Lawden to William A Kimberlin, 1884
Item 13, Deed of trust between Henry Metz and Charles Kimberlin, 1886
Item 14, Article of agreement between H. W. Wagner and C. A. Kimberlin, 1888
Item 15, General warranty deed from Henry W. Wagner to C. A. Kimberlin, 1888
Item 16, General warranty deed from Henry Robert Kimberlin to C. A. Kimberlin,
1889
Item 17, Commissioners’ Report of the partition of the real estate, Charles A.
Kimberlin, et al., 1889
Item 18, Ex Parte petition, heirs of Joseph Kimberlin, 1889
Item 19, Trust deed from O. C. Frazier to C.A. Kimberlin, 1892
Item 20, Agreement between Curtis W. Smith and George P. Kimberlin, 1906
Item 21, Sheriff’s deed in partition to C.A. Kimberlin, 1907
Item 22, Chattel mortgage to C.A. Kimberlin, 1913
Item 23, General warranty deed from Rosa May Sherwood to Charles A.
Kimberlin, 1914
Folder 13, Land patents
Item 1, Henry Rider
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Item 2, George C. Pulliam
Item 3, Benjamin H. Pulliam
Folder 14, Legal documents, misc.
Item 1, Letter of attorney of Geroge W. Hubble and Amanda Hubble to John P.
Hubble, 1881
Item 2, David S. Staley, plaintiff and Lonyon V. Barnes, defendant, 1886
Item 3, Record entry, 1910
Folder 15, Misc. documents
Item 1, Dunn & Bailey Grocers paper
Item 2, Garden City Creamery Co. newspaper ad, undated
Item 3, A Look Back and a Look Ahead, Letter to the editor, undated
(photocopied)
Item 4, court notes, undated
Item 5, Geo P. Kimberlin candidate for County Clerk of Cass County, Missouri,
1910
Item 6, Official returns of the Democratic Vote in the Primary Election Held in
Cass County, Missouri, 1910
Item 7, Unofficial Returns Primary Election in Cass County, 1914
Folder 16, Pulliam
Item 1, Deed, John S. Meddor to Benjamin H Pulliam, 1844
Item 2, Deed, Benjamin H Pulliam to George C Pulliam, 1845
Item 3, Deed, Robert Curry to George C Pulliam, 1845
Item 4, Commission, George C Pulliam, Justice of the Peace, 1848
Item 5, Deed, Sarah Johnson to George C. Pulliam, 1856
Item 6, B. W. Meadow administrator of the estate of George C Pulliam, 1866
Folder 17, Receipts
Folder 18, Weight ticket, 1890s
Box 2
Series 2, Books and artifacts
Folder 1, C.A. Kimberlin receipt book
Folder 2, Songs of Labor by John Greenleaf Whittier, 1894; belonging to Miss Conley
Folder 3, Pocket Diary for 1865
Folder 4, Business account book, 1876-1890
Folder 5, Bank of Garden City account book and receipts for O.C. Frazier
Folder 6, C.A. Kimberlin ledger book, 1903-1913
Folder 7, C.A. Kimberlin ledger book, 1911-1914
Folder 8, C.A. Kimberlin ledger book, 1913-1922
Folder 9, Wallets (4)
Folder 10, Primary Elements of Algebra by Joseph Ray, 1866; belonging to Delia Pulliam
Folder 11, The Poetical works of Thomas Moore, 1845; belonging to C.A. Kimberlin
Folder 12, Roofing samples from Montgomery Ward Co. (2)
Folder 13, Garden City Camp No. 2778 M.V.A. ribbon
Folder 14, Amoskeag Manufacturing Company brown document pouch
Folder 15, brown document pouch
Folder 15, Ledger, 1877-1903 (digital copy only—original had mold)
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Rights and Access
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use by appointment.
Physical Access
Most records within this collection are housed within file folders.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Languages and Scripts of the Material
Materials in the collection are entirely in English.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
An individual not related to the Kimberlin family donated this collection anonymously. The donated
items were among other items that were purchased at an auction.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected for this collection.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals owned by the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Notes
The following sources were consulted during the preparation of the biographical history:
Ancestry.com. United States Federal Census. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
Find A Grave. www.findagrave.com.
Glenn, Allen. History of Cass County Missouri. Historical Publishing Company, 1917.
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