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Finding Aid of the Simrall and Simrall Collection
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Collection Summary
Title
Simrall & Simrall Collection
Date
1891-1955
Extent
1 archival box
Name and Location of Repository
Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence (Mo.)
Reference code: MGC 1202-SSC
Processed by: Jolene Clark, 2019; finding aid created by Jolene Clark, 2019.
Name of Creator
Simrall Law Office
Biographical History
Horatio H. Simrall, born in Shelby County, Kentucky in 1845, came to Missouri after graduating from law
school. He practiced law in Liberty, Missouri for over 40 years. Horatio married Martha Jane Denny.
Their children James S. Simrall, born 1884, and Ernest G. Simrall, born 1887, were both lawyers. Both
attended William Jewell College and received their law degrees from Kansas City School of Law. Both
served at one time as the city attorney of Liberty as well as prosecuting attorneys for Clay County. James
S. Simrall, Jr., born 1916, was also a lawyer and practice law in the family firm. The law offices of Simrall
& Simrall were located in the National Commercial Bank Building on the Square in Liberty, Missouri.
Scope and Content
Documents in this collection pertain to the law offices of Simrall & Simrall from the 1930s through the
1950s. Much of the collection is correspondence between the law office and clients regarding legal
matters. The files are not complete. Sometimes only notes on envelopes or receipts for payments made
give clues as to the people involved in the cases. Other documents include items pertaining to the
business itself such as bank receipts, tax receipts, and insurance information. The folders are arranged
alphabetically and the items within the folder are arranged chronologically.
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Collection Inventory
System of Arrangement
These records are arranged in 2 series.
Series 1, Business and personal documents
Folder 1, Bank statement and receipts
Folder 2, Insurance documents
Folder 3, Investments
Folder 4, Personal property tax receipts for James S. Simrall
Folder 5, Receipts for funds received
Series 2, Legal documents and correspondence
Folder 1, Abstract of Title
Folder 2, Correspondence, 1930s
Item 1, Kansas City-Liberty Blvd Road District [undated]
Item 2, Re: Mrs. Jennie A. Thomason, 1930
Item 3, between The Wolf Company and North Kansas City Development
Company, 1930
Item 4, Re: Mrs. Helen Motley, 1931
Item 5, to Pauline Toohey and to Pauline James, 1931
Item 6, Re: Landie R. Hulse
Item 7, C.M. (Fred) Wagy, Mrs. Etta Wagy, 1931
Item 8, Re: J.B. Murray, 1931
Item 9, George W. Shaver papers, 1932
Item 10, to Mrs. Nell Newby, heir of Miss Rosalie Schachner’s estate, 1933
Item 11, Escrow-William E. Berry and Charles C. Porter, 1934
Item 12, to Miss Pearl Gehring, 1935
Item 13, payment due to John Thomas from Josiah Baker, Thomas W. Baker, and
Louella Smith, 1938
Folder 3, Correspondence, 1940s-1950s
Item 1, Re: deed of trust of George M. Campbell to James Simrall to secure
indebtedness to Jessie W. Reed, 1941
Item 2, to Mrs. Eugene Lewis, 1941
Item 3, to Mr. Sam Hornback re: Mr. Lincoln, 1942
Item 4, Re: estate of John H. Taylor, 1942
Item 5, to Mr. Luther A. Bell Re: Dockery
Item 6, War Department Office of Dependency Benefits to Mrs. Martha J.
Palmer, 1944
Item 7, to Mr. William A. Fullenkamp (page 2, only), 1944
Item 8, to Mrs. Bess S. Parker re: Gordon Keney, 1945
Item 9, to Mr. Nathan Reiger re: Mrs. Flora S. D. Courtney, 1945
Item 10, Re: Dr. J.H. Rothwell, agent of Phillip Hardwicke, 1946
Item 11, insurance indorsement transferring the Floyd F. and Florence E. Taylor
policy to Julia Jane Coleman, 1950
Item 12, insurance policy for J. Blanche Jury, 1955
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Folder 4, Deeds
Item 1, Deed of trust from Bessie P. Hodge and P.D. Hodge to James S. Simrall,
trustee to Gertrude Lockhart, 1928
Item 2, Deed of trust from Leslie Lancaster and Lillie May Lancaster to Selby G.
Edsell, trustee for James E. Hymer, 1941
Item 3, Warranty deed between Ruby Brockman and Frank Brockman, 1949
Item 4, Warranty deed between Floyd F. and Florence E Taylor and Julia Jane
Coleman, 1949
Item 5, Deed of trust from William L. and Collene Fern Frankes to Judson L.
Palmer and James S. Simrall, Jr., 1949
Folder 5, Demand of Ruth M. Wilkie against the estate of Helen G. Salkeld
Folder 6, Envelopes and notes
Folder 7, I.O.O.F. Liberty Lodge No. 49 legal documents
Folder 8, Kansas City Missouri River Navigation Company legal documents
Folder 9, North Kansas City incorporation
Folder 10, Personal property tax receipts and delinquent tax receipts for George
W. Corum
Folder 11, Real estate contacts
Item 1, between Ruth Henderson, Frances Thompson, Lewis William Riley,
Thomas S. Henderson, Berna Pendleton, DeWitt Henderson, Frances
Watts, heirs of Alcepha Henderson and George Messick, 1941
Item 2, between John W. and Roberta I. Vale and James and Louise Brown, 1943
Item 3, between Frances Myall and Richard K. Thompson, 1946
Item 4, between Charley A. Murphy and Ella Mary Archer, 1950
Folder 12, St. Paul and Kansas City Short Line v. William P. and Martha A. Shannon
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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
This collection was donated anonymously.
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:
Woodson, H. W. History of Clay County, Missouri. Topeka, [Kan.]: Historical Pub. Co., 1920.
"Ernest G Simrall (1887-1922) - Find A Grave." Findagrave.com.
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