Simms - Matthew S.
Source: Waveland Independent Oct 30, 1914
Matthew S. Simms of Waveland is assisting and studying in the law offices of Robert W. Caldwell of this city, preparatory to entering the practice of law. The young man has been a law student for the past two years and his work in the local office is a step in his study. He expects to ask admittance to the Montgomery Co. bar soon. Crawfordsville Journal. - typed by kbz
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Source: WWI Draft Registration
Matthew Scott Simms
Age: 26
Resides: Waveland, Indiana
Born March 12, 1891 Peoria, Illinois
Lawyer
Self Employed at Crawfordsville, Ind
Wife
Married
No military service
Height: Medium
Build: SLender
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Gray
Not bald
No physical problems
Registrar: JO Rosebau
Brown Twp, Precinct 2
June 5, 1917
Lovely signature Matthew Scott Simms
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Married 4 June 1917 to Bessie Moore in Waveland by Rev. Olin Stewart (Marr Bk 21, p 321 Montgomery County)
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Source: WWII Draft Registration
Serial # U 1495
Matthew Scott Simms
Resides: 410 N. Lincoln, Sand Springs, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Telephone: 162J
Age: 51
Born: March 12, 1891 Peoria, Illinois
Born: March 12, 1891 Peoria, Illinois
Person knowing address: William A. Simms, Waveland, Indiana
Employer: Assistant County Attorney, Tulsa County
Height: 5'8 1/2"
Weight: 145 #
Gray Hair
Height: 5'8 1/2"
Weight: 145 #
Gray Hair
Hazel Eyes
Scar on left elbow
Registrar: Billie Mae Cheney
No 5 Sand Springs, OK
Registrar: Billie Mae Cheney
No 5 Sand Springs, OK
April 25, 1942
Draft Board #5 Tulsa County Oklahoma
Signed: Matthew Scott Simms
Signed: Matthew Scott Simms
Note: William A. Simms, Waveland, Indiana above contact is Matthew Scott's only sibling. Strangely, he would died in August of 1942.
Note 2: Odd that he did not list his wife who lived another 13 years in Tulsa with him. His mother had passed away a week before he filled out the WWII information. In the 1940 census his wife Bessie is NOT with he and their only child, Robert (age 14 with his father). So, they may have divorced. #410 North Lincoln Street
Note 3: He is buried in Woodland Memorial Park Cemeter, Sand Springs, Tulsa County, Oklahoma by himself -- Matthew Scott Simms Indiana Cpl Co G 309 Ammo Train WWI
March 12, 1891 - Dec 29 1964
Note 4: Their son, Robert Daniel was called Bobby Dan and was not only in WWII (S1 US Navy) but a Supreme Court Justicein Oklahoma. Buried in same cemetery. His wife, Patricia Jean Cook (married 16 Feb 1951 and had at least one child, Robert Dan Simms, Jr) is on the same stone with a notation "Mrs. Judge!