SIMPSON'S FURNITURE AND UNDERTAKING CO. - Among the well known enterprises of Beardstown, Cass County, Ill., is the concern above named, located at No. 115 West Third street, the proprietor of which is L. L. Simpson. This business was purchased from C. E. Williamson, on September 1, 1911, by Mr. Simpson, who came from Carrollton, Ill., and it has since been under his immediate management. Formerly, the partnership in control was Huge and O'Kricke, who sold it to Huge & Williamson, and the latter subsequently bought out the former's interest on April 15, 1911. Jointly interested with Mr. Simpson in the enterprise is his mother, Mrs. Emma J. Simpson. The concern deals in all varieties of furniture, rugs, etc., and also does upholstering and picture framing. The establishment is equipped with private parlors and a private morgue in the undertaking department. Mr. Simpson is a licensed embalmer, and has his mother's assistance in this department, as well as that of J. H. Huge.

L. L. Simpson is a native of Carrollton, Ill., where his birth took place in the year 1888. His early educational training was obtained in the public schools of that place, after which he entered the high school, from which he was graduated with the class of 1907. He then pursued a course of undertaking and embalming under his father, E. L. Simpson, deceased, and in the Barnes School of Sanitary Science and Embalming of Chicago. His father was a member of the firm of S. E. Simpson & Company. After his death on September 22, 1910, L. L. Simpson took charge of the business until June 1, 1911, when it was disposed of, and Mr. Simpson and his mother located in Beardstown. Mrs. Emma J. Simpson is a daughter of Enoch and Margaret (Loper) Keele. She was born in Macoupin County, Ill., and her marriage took place in the same county. Mrs. Simpson is the mother of two children, Levis and Leita.

L. L. Simpson was united in marriage, on October 16, 1913, with Caroline Post, a daughter of Fayette and Minnie (Knight) Post. He is a business man of intelligence and enterprise and has the respect and esteem of a wide circle of friends.