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2. JJames E. Frost. m'd Dec. 19, 1859. Virg. E. Almond, b. Dec. 19. 1841. To them was born one child: [4] Addie Frost. They separated, and are both in
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the West. The boy is with his father. Mr. Frost distinguished himself during the war as an inde- pendent soldier and daring scout in the service of the South.
III. MATTHEW H. WINSTON, b. in 1830; d., single, March 25. 1864.
IV. ANN POWELL WINSTON, m'd Dr. Win. M. Macey. She died leaving a child :
1. Jos. P. Macey, m'd B. Oldham, and removed west.
Dr. Macey m'd 2d, a lady in JJackson County, and died in 1847. His widow still lives in Jackson County.
V. JOSEPH WINSTON. d. in 1864. He went to California, m'd a Mrs. Blair, and left a child. He was elected probate judge of his county, and died in office.
VI. SAMUEL L. WINSTON, i'd March 14. 1878, Letitia Dobson, dr. of Ed. M. He was a captain in his brother's Confeder- ate regiment. He died, leaving three children, in Jackson County. He was captured in Platte County, while recruit- ing men for the South, and suffered a long imprisonment.
Nor. 19-William T. Withers, a young lawyer of Weston, hav- ing died, his associates, both at Weston and Platte City, passed resolutions of respect, and spread them on record.
THE WAKARUSA WAR.
Nor. 25-Sheriff S. J. Jones, of Douglas Co., Kansas, having asked assistance to enforce law and to make arrests, several hundred riflemen from Platte organize and assemble at Franklin, Kansas, taking Senator Atchison as their counsellor.
JOHN SEBUS.
Nor. 27- John Sebus, of Weston, died. He was born in Ger- many January 11, 1815. Ch:
I. PETER SEBUS, never married.
II. THEODORE SEBUS, d. in Weston April 1, 1889. His wife was named Margaret, and his ch:
1. John Sebus.
2. Peter Sebus, m'd Jan. 11, 1888, Celia Schindler.
3. Theo. Sebus (ii). 4. John Sebus.
5. William H. Sebus, m'd April 6, 1892. Rosa Lee Pepper. dr. of John D.
Nor. 27-Liberty Arsenal was surprised and taken by sixty Pro-slavery men, who took a large supply of arms and ammuni. tion. Two wagon-loads were brought to Platte City and hid under the Baptist church, then just finished.
Jerry Calvert's will is dated August 27, 1852, and is probated July 28, 1855. He was a brother of Smith and Warren Calvert. Ch: 1, Catherine, wife of Ambrose Moore; 2. Sarah Ann Sims; 3. Zerilda Trunnel.
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OFFICERS.
Governor, Sterling Price; Congressman, M. Oliver; State Senator, A. M. Robinson; Representatives, Burnes, Doniphan, and Dorriss; Circuit Judge, E. H. Norton; Circuit Clerk, W. C. Remington; Sheriff, W. H. Spratt; Probate Judge, Jas. G. Spratt; County Justices, Clark, Duncan, and Layton; County Clerk, P. R. Waggener; Treasurer, H. J. Freeland; Surveyor, Jas. S. Owens; Public Administrator, W. H. Miller; Circuit Attorney, Jas. Craig; County Attorney, W. B. Almond; School Commissioner, H. C. Cockrell.
BUSINESS MEN.
At Platte City: Attorneys-Almond, Baker, Clark, Connelly, Headley, Herndon, Merryman, Pitt, Spratt, Smith, Tebbs, Wilson. Physicians-Baldwin, Brown, Guthrie, Hollingsworth, Mar- shall, Redman, Wallace.
Merchants, etc .- Almond, Paxton & Callahan, Ferrier, Flesh- man, Fox & Brooks, Freeland & Murray, R. D. Johnston & Son, S. Johnston, Perry Keith (postmaster), Marshall & Burge, Swaney & Christison, Skillman (hotel), Prof. Patterson, Tipton, Waller & Frost, Reed, Richards, Woolfolk, Wilkinson.
At Weston: Attorneys-Bird, Branch, Carroll, Burnes, Doni- phan, Diefendorf, McCurdy, Ramage, Stringfellow, Wilkinson.
Physicians-Bonifant, Bowlby, Bowers, Earickson, Darneal, Ridley.
Merchants, etc .- Belt & Murphy, Blanjour, Briggs, Basye, Bruner & Halyard, Cody, Conwell & Spencer, Darlington & Carter, Deckelman, Deitz, Doppler, Doss, Evans, Fries, Gillespie, Harper, Guenther, Holliday, Hathaway, Kelly & Kyle, Knudson, McCon- nell, McCown, Mettier, Miller, Mitchell, Noble, Ohlhausen, Osborn, Parrott, Perrys & Young, Powell, Railey & Bro .. Roney, Strang. Walker, Williams & Vineyard, Warner, Wilhite, Wood.
Weston Court of Common Pleas-McCurdy, judge; Wolf, clerk; Wallingford, marshal.
Preachers-Rev. W. G. Caples, Rev. E. Wright.
At Parkrille: Attorneys-Clough & Clough. McDonald, Miller.
Physicians-Barnes, Clardy, Crust.
Merchants, etc .- Arnold, Bueneman, Burnes, Davis, Beeding, Ford & Ashby, Hord, Park, Ringo, Stoddart, Summers, Wood- small. Woodward.
At Camden Point: Coffey, Hale & Son. Flack.
At Farley: Stiles, Johnson, Zabrisky & Falkner.
At New Market: Armstrong, Bishop, Cartwright. Tufts. Wells.
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At Ridgely: Ellington, Phillips, Sayle, Gustin.
Newspapers-AAt Parkville, the Courier, McDonald editor. At Weston, the Reporter, Finch editor; the Argus, Wisele' editor.
Dram-shop license, $15 for county and $15 for State
JANUARY.
Jan. 1-The epizootic is fatal among horses.
MOOT CONGRESS.
The literary people of Weston have formed a Moot Congress. The exciting topics of the day are discussed. Among those par- ticipating are the following: Adams, Beechboard, Beller, Belt, Bowlby, Bowman, Boyd, Branch, Brooks, Burnes. Carlisle, Col- man, Corser, Earickson, Evans, Farra, Fulton, Gilbert, Graves, Halyard, Harper, Heriot. Lewis, MeCurdy, Magee, Mathews, Matlock, Maxfield, Miller, Murphy, Norton, Owens, Pence, Ram- age, Railey, Ranson. Reynolds, Robbins, Rockwell, Sayle, Spencer, Stringfellow, Thompson, Trundle, Wallingford. Washburn, Wells, Wilhite, Whitehead. Wilkinson, Wiseley, Wilson, Wood, Wright.
Jan. 15-Election of officers under the Topeka Constitution. Robinson chosen governor.
Jan. 18-R. P. Brown, member-elect of the Free State Legisla- ture, killed by a mob at Salt Creek Valley.
Jan. 24-President Pierce, in a special message to Congress, pronounces the Topeka government an act of rebellion.
Sharp's rifles, sent in large numbers for the use of Free State men. They are called "Beecher's Bibles."
FEBRUARY.
Feb. 6-Mrs. Mary Francis died at Platte City. She married, first. a Green, and was mother of Malinda, wife of Elisha Green. She afterwards married a Francis, but had but the one child.
James Miller died at Weston. He was a bright and enthusi- astic Mason, and an honorable, true, and generous man.
MARCH.
March 3-The Baptist Church buys in Block 27, Parkville, for $125.
March 4-The Kansas Legislative Assembly, under the Topeka Constitution, meet, and go through the forms of organi- zation.
March 29-The grand jury of Jefferson County, Kansas, re- port to the court testimony showing that a secret order had been organized, "working under the most solemn and binding oaths and obligations, to resist, by force of arms if necessary, all laws or regulations which favored slavery."
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JOHN DOUGHERTY.
JOHN DOUGHERTY.
John Dougherty having died in Marshall Township, William Turner administers. Bond, $3,000. His widow was named Catherine. Ch:
I. FRANKLIN DOUGHERTY, d. in Sept., 1871; and his widow, Ann E. Dougherty, administered. Ch:
1. John Y. Dougherty, m'd Dec. 25, 1842, Keziah Yount. 2. Richard Dougherty.
II. DEBORAH DOUGHERTY.
William Tatman buys of Wm. J. Norris 160 acres in Sec. 21, T. 53, R. 35, on the Weston and Platte City road, for $5,600.
Weston Masonic Lodge, No. 53, buys property on Lot 113, Block 12, Weston, for $1,300.
William Patton having died, Jesse Vineyard and A. H. Cox administered. Bond, $16,000. His will is dated March 11, 1856. Ch: 1, Lewis C. Patton; 2, Wm. S. T. Patton; 3, Louisiana Pat- ton; 4, Mary J. Deering; 5, Virg. Beaumont.
APRIL.
April 7-Geo. B. Mitchell having died, Millard Mitchell ad- ministers. Bond, $1,500.
George Coakley's will is probated. It is dated March 3, 1856. He married January 28, 1851, Mrs. Margaret Ford. Ch: 1, John. Coakley; 2, Louisa Wells; 3, Geo. R. Coakley; 4, Joseph Coakley ; 5, Amanda C. Coakley.
April 15-Moses Burt having died near Farley, his grandson, Capt. John H. Burt, administers. Bond, $6,000. Moses was the progenitor of all the Burt family of Platte.
THE BORDER WAR.
April 19-Sheriff Jones, of Douglas County, Kansas, at- tempted to arrest S. N. Wood, in Lawrence, and, being resisted, calls on certain citizens to help him. They refuse, and, on the 23d, the sheriff returns with United States troops, and the citizens are arrested. But Jones is shot, and severely wounded.
April 23-Pardee Butler, having returned to Atchison, is tarred and feathered, by a Pro-slavery mob.
April 25-Governor Shannon asks, and receives, a guard of thirty Federal soldiers, to be stationed at Lawrence. The Sharp's rifles sent to Lawrence have been removed.
April 29-Maj. Jeff. Buford, of Georgia, with a body of well- armed Southerners, arrives in Kansas, and offers to assist in en- forcing the Territorial laws.
Great excitement in Platte over the situation in Kansas. Maj. Jesse Morin calls for volunteers, and several hundred re- spond. Capt. John Wallis took a company to Kansas, which served a year in the State militia. Wallis was born in North Carolina July 17, 1840; he was a son of Geo. Wallis. He served
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under Gen. S. Price in the Mexican War, and again in the Civil War, and drew a pension for the former. He died in 1896, in California.
MAY.
May 1-If a statement of county finances was made this year, it does not appear of record. The sickness and death of County Clerk Waggener may account for it.
Thomas M. Fox having died, his wife, Sarah Ann Fox, ad- ministers. Bond, $5,000. He married Sarah Ann Williams in Mason Co., Ky., and came to Platte, about 1848. Mrs. Fox re- moved into Platte City, and, after some years, disappeared.
THE KANSAS EMBROGLIO.
May 5-The grand jury of Douglas County, Kansas, present the Lawrence Free State Hotel, the Herald of Freedom, and the Kansas Free State as nuisances ; and they are ordered to be abated. They also indict Governors Robinson and Reeder.
May 15-Kansas is in a state of anarchy. The Pro-slavery party have the officers, and Federal and Territorial support. Many Free State men are indicted for treason. The Missourians, led by Senator D. R. Atchison, Gen. A. W. Doniphan, and B. F. Stringfellow, are approaching Lawrence. Maj. Buford, with 400 men, is at Franklin. They claim to be for law and order, and offer to assist the Territorial government to enforce the law. Free State men are pouring in from the North.
May 16-Gen. Whitfield with 1,400 Pro-slavery men left Leavenworth for Lawrence.
May 20-The Pro-slavery forces, as a posse to help the United States marshal and the sheriff of Douglas County, Kansas, to execute process, present themselves before Lawrence. Sheriff Jones, with ten men, including J. B. Thompson, of Clay, and W. C. Hatton, of Platte, enter Lawrence, and call for S. C. Pomeroy, who comes out on the steps of the hotel, and a conference is held. Pomeroy delivers two cannon, but no small arms. Two women came out and begged that the town be spared. Jones promised no damage should be done except the abatement of the nuisances. Two companies were then sent into Lawrence. One stacked arms and the other remained on duty. The hotel and the printing offices were destroyed. The hotel was fired on by the artillery, and then burned. The presses were cast into the river, and the type scattered. Governor Robinson's house was burned. The fire extended to other places, but was extinguished. Senator Atchison addressed the men from a board placed on two barrels. His opening words were: "This day dissolves this Union- but we will make Kansas a free State."
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A squad of 35 men was raised in Platte, and crossed at Delaware, taking two brass six-pounders. They were organized as Missouri militia, and armed by the State. They went to Lawrence by way of Franklin.
About twenty-five men from Clay and Platte, in command of Capt. J. B. Thompson, offered their services to Gov. Shannon, and were assigned to the command of Col. Titus. They went to Law- rence. Among them were J. P. Harbeson, W. C. Hatton, W. C. Baker, D. C. Date, and other Platte County men.
John Brown was in Lawrence, but took no open part. Atchison, Stringfellow, and Morin were the counsellors of the Pro-slavery party.
May 24-John Brown and his troop, at Franklin, seize five Pro-slavery men and shoot them, producing consternation in that quarter.
Eight families, with twelve teams, from Illinois, were stopped in Platte, on their way to Kansas, and were sent to Clay, where they were provided with homes.
At Franklin, Kansas, "Old Sacramento," the cannon brought back from Mexico, fell into the hands of Free State men, and it was bursted a few years ago.
HENRY F. CALLICOTTE
Becomes a worthy and influential citizen of the east part of Platte. His father. JORDAN CALLICOTTE, from North Carolina, m'd in Kentucky Frances Dunbar. Henry F. was b. in Russell Co., Ky., May 27, 1827. Dec. 24. 1851, he m'd in Kentucky, Mary Ann Murray, b. April 6, 1826. They came to Platte in 1856. Mr. Cal- licotte is a man of superior judgment, and exercises a commanding influence in his neighborhood. Ch:
I. MARY F. CALLICOTTE, b. July 26, 1856; m'd Sept. 27, 1877, William A. Elgin. (See.)
II. JOSEPH C. CALLICOTTE, b. May 30, 1858 ; m'd Feb. 20, 1883, Mollie Hardesty. Ch:
1. Fannie Callicotte. 2. Cliff. 3. Geo.
JUNE.
The Democratic Convention at Cincinnati nominate Bu- chanan and Breckinridge.
June 5-Battle of Black Jack. The Free State men dislodge the Southerners from Franklin, Kansas.
Several hundred thousand dollars are sent to Kansas, to make it a free State.
June 6-Osawatomie sacked by Pro-slavery men.
June 9-Governor Shannon at Westport, in person, orders Southern troops to disperse. Free State men gather from Iowa. The Missouri is blockaded by Pro-slavery men.
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June 13-Lieutenant McIntosh writes to Acting Governor Woodson, of Kansas, that the way from Westport was infested by armed bands of Southerners, pretending to be emigrants; but, as they were prepared for war, he required them to leave the State under escort. One company was from Platte. They returned by way of Westport. Squads of Northern men were also dispersed. Under date of June 4th, Governor Shannon issued a proclamation against foreign interference in Kansas affairs.
June 17-The Republican National Convention at Philadel- phia nominate Frémont and Dayton.
June 21-Atchison, Stringfellow, and Buford send south for more money and men.
JULY.
July 1-Sherman and Howard, a majority of the committee to investigate Kansas troubles, report in favor of the Free State party; and our representative, Oliver, in favor of the Pro-slavery party.
July 4-The Free State Legislature of Kansas is dispersed by Col. Sumner, by order of Acting Governor Woodson. But Secre- tary of War Jeff. Davis disapproved of Woodson's course.
The 4th of July is celebrated at Platte City. J. E. Merryman speaks. Atchison is waited on by a committee, and invited to speak ; but, with a curse on the 4th of July, refuses.
July 6-Joseph E. Merryman enrolled as an attorney.
Frederick Starr, a Presbyterian minister at Weston, is in- dicted for teaching slaves to read, and, on account of the outcry, has to leave. After the war, he visited Weston, and was kindly received and entertained.
Leander Hughes dies. His son, Johnson Hughes, admin- isters. Bond, $2.000.
THE HUGHES FAMILY.
JOHN HUGHES, of North Carolina, married a Moore. Ch: I. MATTHEW MOORE HUGHES. (See.)
II. ARCHIBALD HUGHES, lived in Tennessee.
III. LEANDER HUGHES, b. in North Carolina, and there m'd Letitia Clemment, dr. of Johnson. She died before him. They came to Platte in the fall of 1839, and settled seven miles southeast of Platte City. He was an intelligent and worthy farmer. Ch:
1. Johnson C. Hughes, m'd April 20. 1858, Mary J. Lewis. dr. of William. They went west about 1870.
2. Sallie C. Hughes, m'd Oct. 25, 1848, John Keys. They went to Kansas, where they still live.
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3. Mary Hughes, m'd John English. Both dead. Ch: [@] Mary J. English; [b] Ann English, m'd an Ed- wards in North Carolina.
4. Martha Hughes, m'd Edward M. Dobson, her cousin. He was b. in North Carolina Dec. 8, 1812. He came to Platte in 1840; was county assessor in 1848-9. He was a son of Wm. R. Dobson and Mary Hughes. He died in 187 -. Ch: [] Annie C. Dobson, m'd Dec. 30, 1874, M. S. Bright (see); [b] Mary A. Dobson, m'd Oct. 17, 1867, Thos. L. Moore, son of James; [c] Leti- tia, m'd March 14, 1878, Samuel L. Winston (see); [d] Eleanor M. Dobson, m'd Feb. 25, 1880, Wm. B. Franklin. From him she was divorced. She has married again.
5. John Rogers Hughes, b. May 16, 1828; m'd Sallie Ann Rogers, b. June 3, 1839. They live seven miles south- east of Platte City. Ch: [@] Laura, m'd Wydich; [b] Lizzie, m'd Otho Offut (his second wife) (see); [c] Arch. Hughes; [d] William; [e] Edward D; [f] Virgie.
6. Archelaus E. Hughes, b. in Stokes Co., N. C., April 18, 1832. The family came to Moniteau Co., Mo., in 1837, and to Platte in 1839. He m'd April 16, 1860, Mary E. Horner, dr. of Edward B. He entered the State militia during the war and did home service. Ch: [@] Sarah D. Hughes; [b] Leander; [c] Matthew M .; [d] Mary J .; [e] John C. [f] Archelaus; [9] Thos. L .; [h] John C. Hughes.
IV. JOHN HUGHES. d. in Georgia.
V. LETITIA D., m'd Gen. Jos. Winston. (See.)
VI. ANN POWELL HUGHES, m'd Wm. Lash in North Carolina. VII. MARY (POLLY), m'd Wm. R. Dobson, father of Ed. M. (See.) VIII. JANE HUGHES, m'd John Fulkerson. Ch:
1. Sallie A. Fulkerson, m'd W. Smith Ewing, son of Joshua, a cousin of Finis Ewing. Ch: [@] James W. Ewing, m'd May 19, 1874, Sallie A. Kay, dr. of Campbell Kay. (See.) J. W. Ewing's only child is John Ewing, b August 6, 1878.
Gen. Percifer Smith supersedes Gen. Sumner in command at Ft. Leavenworth.
AUGUST.
Aug. 1-Congress refuses to seat Whitfield, the Pro-slavery delegate, or Reeder, the Free Soil delegate.
THE ELECTION.
Aug. 4-James Craig, for Congress, received 8,742 votes, against 6,274 for Moss. American. Dr. A. M. Robinson was chosen
P. R. WAGGENER.
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State Senator, and E. P. Duncan, C. A. Perry, and John Wilson were elected representatives; W. H. Spratt, sheriff; D. P. Lewis, county clerk; Layton, Broadhurst, and Hays, county judges; Jas. Stone, Sr., assessor; IL. J. Freeland, treasurer; H. N. Jenks, surveyor; and J. M. Basset, circuit attorney.
Aug. 15-An extra Platte Argus is issued, giving an account of Jim Lane's outrages in Kansas upon unoffending Pro-slavery citizens, many of whom are murdered. The women and children are flying, and Lecompton has been burned. Bosh!
Aug. 19-Hoppe is killed and scalped by Fuget near Leaven- worth. The latter is tried and acquitted.
Panic at Lecompton, on account of Free Soil threats to de- stroy it. Capt. J. W. Reid is at Westport.
Aug. 25-Acting Governor Woodson, of Kansas, by proclama- tion, announces that the Territory is in a State of insurrection and rebellion, and calls on law-abiding citizens to rally to his support.
Aug. 28-Gov. Shannon, of Kansas, resigns, and is succeeded by Gov. J. W. Geary.
THE BORDER STRIFE.
Aug. 29-D. R. Atchison, J. W. Reid, B. F. Stringfellow, A. W. Doniphan, and others publish an address, announcing a deter- mination to execute the law.
Free State men enter the Territory in small squads, with arms concealed, and join Lane at Lawrence.
PEYTON R. WAGGENER.
Peyton R. Waggener having died in June, D. P. Lewis was ap- pointed county clerk, and was elected in August by the people. Mr. Waggener had not long been in the county (having come in April, 1843) before he became a general favorite, and was elected county clerk in August, 1854. But ill health succeeded, and he could give but little attention to the duties of his office. He and his widow are affectionately remembered in the county. He mar- ried April 7, 1842, in Kentucky, B. S. Willis. Ch:
I. FANNIE B. WAGGENER, b. May 9, 1843; m'd Emmett E. Barbee, son of Eleas.
II. BAILEY PEYTON WAGGENER, b. July 18, 1847; m'd May 27, 1879. Emma Hetherington, dr. of a banker of Atchison. Mr. Waggener is an eminent lawyer of Kansas, a railroad attorney, and a politician who aspires even to the United States Senate. I remember him when a beautiful boy on the streets of Platte City. He helped support his estimable mother, and I furnished them with a house to live in. We are proud of him.
III. JAMES W. WAGGENER, b. in 1852. Lives in Atchison. Kansas, and is superintendent of the electric street railroad.
J. V. COCKRELL.
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SEPTEMBER.
THE ELECTION.
Sept. 1-W. E. Murphy, a Pro-slavery man, was elected dele- gate to Congress from Kansas by a vote of 292. No Free State votes were cast.
Sept. 4-William Wright having died, Cassandra Wright ad- ministers. Bond, $3,000. Cassandra's first husband was Richard Jack. She died about 1860.
Sept. 9-Gov. J. W. Geary arrives in Kansas. He acts in concert with Gen. P. F. Smith, to prevent a collision between the two factions.
Sept. 11-Twenty-seven hundred Missourians are approach- ing Lawrence, and United States troops are sent there. Gov. Geary, by proclamation, discharges the Pro-slavery militia, and orders the enrollment of a new militia, composed of citizens.
Sept. 13-Pro-slavery forces are at Franklin, under Atchison, Jones. Titus, Richardson, and others.
JEREMIAH V. COCKRELL.
Sept. 15-Jeremiah V. Cockrell died, five miles east of Platte City. C. Cockrell and Wm. M. Paxton were his executors. Bond, $30,000. He was a second cousin to Clinton Cockrill, but nearer related to Senator F. M. Cockrell; and, like him, spelt his name with an e, instead of an i. He was born in Estill County, Ky., September 5, 1814; came to Missouri in 1839, and stopped at War- rensburg, where, October 1, 1840, he married Louisa Mayo, daugh- ter of Judge H. B. Mayo. (See.) She died at Helena, Mont., March 19, 1888. He was a man of integrity, virtue, and intelligence, an uncompromising Southern man. and fearless in promulgating his principles-but died ere he reached the point of danger. I notice one trait of his character in the following verse, dedicated to his honor:
His idols were his worthy sons. His lovely girls, and charming wife; To train and bless these darling ones Became the duty of his life.
Mrs. Cockrell was a woman of extraordinary loveliness, both of person and of disposition. A very child in innocence and purity, her confiding heart doubted no one, and the law of kind- ness was upon her tongue. Ch:
T. H. CLIFTON COCKRELL. m'd Oct. 6. 1870. Sadie Railey. the lovely dr. of J. M. Railey, the Weston banker. They live in Colorado. Mr. Cockrell received a finished education, and has become an eminent lawyer.
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II. VARDIMAN COCKRELL, lives in Colorado, where he has risen to distinction.
III. JAMES MONROE COCKRELL, b. Aug. 6, 1846; m'd Nov. 8, 1869, Annie Redman, dr. of Dr. E. C. Redman. She was born Nov. 18, 1850. Mr. Cockrell was a well-educated and highly accomplished gentleman, a zealous Methodist, an earnest advocate of temperance, genial in his address, and generally beloved. He edited the Platte County Advocate during the thickest of the Ring and Sorehead embroglio, and became the mediator of peace between the hostile factions. Mr. Cockrell died Nov. 1. 1883. His widow lives in Platte City, and is highly esteemed for intelligence and personal accomplishments. In her maiden days. I often admired her rich golden tresses, her blonde complexion. her confiding heart, and modest deportment. Ch:
1. Tardie L. Cockrell, b. Feb. 3, 1873; m'd Oct. 20. 1892. Richard Mitchell, b. Sept. 3, 1863. They have one child : [@] Richard M. (ii), b. Aug. 10, 1893.
2. Thos. M. Cockrell, b. Oct. 16, 1875.
Immediately after the death of Mr. J. M. Cockrell, his widow, Annie, removed into Platte City, and here she mar- ried, April 11, 1893, Hon. W. C. Wells, and was divorced in 1895.
IV. ELLA COCKRELL, m'd David Hunt (ii). (See.)
V. EMMA COCKRELL, m'd June 7, 1870, Hon. J. T. Baldwin, and they removed to Butte City, Mont. He is the only child of the late Jas. H. Baldwin. (See.) Emma was a lovely child. She lived at my house twelve months, attend- ing Daughters' College. In amiability of character and purity of thought I have seldom seen her equal. She has several children.
The 2,700 Missourians are at Franklin, Kansas, under Atch- ison, Stringfellow, and Reid. Gov. Geary, under escort of Gen. Cook, visits the camp, and, after speeches from the leaders of both parties, the Missourians return home, and are disbanded. They are called "Border Ruffians," and the Free State guerrillas are called "Red-legs" and "Jayhawkers."
MATTHEW KYLE.
Sept. 18-Matthew Kyle died. He married Elizabeth Burruss. born in 1803; died April 16, 1880. They came to Platte in 1837. Children:
I. ANDREW T. KYLE.
II. WILLIAM KYLE, b. March 30, 1837; m'd Feb. 13, 1873. Malinda Kruser, b. April 21, 1846. He was educated at Pleasant Ridge Academy; and to a superior natural mind has added the results of extensive reading and systematic study. Ch:
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THE SKINNERS.
1. Wm. H. Kyle, b. Dec. 10, 1874.
2. Mary E. Kyle, b. Feb. 26, 1876.
3. Thos. W. Kyle, b. May 28, 1877.
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