A. D. Simpson Family Collection 1898-1960 1925-1946

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A. D. Simpson Family Collection 1898-1960 1925-1946

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/houpub/00097/00097-P.html

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Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Libary

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Simpson Jr., A. D.

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Simpson, A. D., 1881-1960

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Simpson, Robert Tate

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Simpson, Mamie Tate

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Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976

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Simpson, H. L.

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Simpson, Mary Margaret

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Simpson, Rowena

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Simpson family

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A. "Dee" Simpson was born in Burnet, Texas, in 1881. His father, a Methodist minister, died when he was eleven and left a surviving family of six in poverty. Dee was able to finish high school only by combining long hours of work with study. After graduation he took a series of inconsequential jobs. In 1913, however, he accepted employment as the chief assistant to the president of Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas. While visiting Houston on university business in 1917, h...