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George H. Simpson, mayor of El Dorado Springs, and furniture dealer and undertaker of that city, has a stock of goods valued at $2,200, and is one of the prominent business men of that town. He commenced, in October, 1881, the general mercantile business, which he continued until 1883. In the following year he and J. J. Smith engaged in the grocery business, which they continued until 1884, when they embarked in the furniture and undertaker’s business. This they continued until April, 1889, when Mr. Smith retired. Mr. Simpson was born in Callaway County, Mo., in 1849, and is the son of James Allen, Sr., and Elizabeth C. (Boone) Simpson, natives of Kentucky, born about 1817 and 1808, respectively. Mr. J. A. Simpson was left an orphan at an early age, and was reared in Callaway County, Mo., by his brother-in-law. He was there married, and lived until 1855, when he removed to Henry County, the same State. In 1863 he returned to Callaway County, but in 1868 removed to Montgomery County, where he remained until 1872, after which he removed to Audrain County, and, since 1884, he has lived at El Dorado. He is a carpenter by trade, but, from 1867 to the present time, has followed merchandising. He is a member of the Christian Church. His father, James A. Simpson, was a native of England, but died in Kentucky. The maternal grandfather of the subject of this sketch, Capt. Samuel Boone, was a nephew of the celebrated Daniel Boone, was born in Kentucky, and, about 1812, he and wife came to Callaway County, Mo., where they spent their last days. Mr. Boone was a soldier in the Black Hawk War. Mrs. Elizabeth C. (Boone) Simpson died in 1875. She was married twice, her first husband being Dr. B. G. Boone, father of Atty.-Gen. B. G. Boone. George H. Simpson was the second of three children, all sons, born to his parents. He received a fair education in the common schools, and was engaged in assisting his father on the farm until twenty-one years of age. After this, for a few years, he was occupied in his father’s store as a clerk, and, in 1872, embarked in business on his own responsibility, at Laddonia, in Audrain County, where he continued until 1880. Miss Mamie E. Lippincott, a native of Pike County, Ill., became his wife in 1880, and to them have been born four children, three now living: Allie Irene, George Roy and James Cordney. Roy G., the eldest, is deceased. From 1881 to 1888 Mr. Simpson was justice of the peace at El Dorado, and in 1888 he was elected mayor, which position he holds at the present time. He is a member of Clintonville Lodge No. 482, A. F. & A. M.; also Royal Arch Chapter No. 109, at El Dorado. Politically he is a Democrat, and his first presidential vote was for Horace Greeley, in 1872. He is a member of the Christian Church, and his wife is a member of the Methodist. Mr. Simpson has a good home, and one-half interest in his business block. His eldest brother, James Allen Simpson, is a traveling insurance agent, and his younger brother, Tucker J., is a prospector now in the mountains. He has one half-brother, Hon. B. G. Boone.