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JOHN SHARP.
May 8-John Sharp having died, Emmanuel Sharp admin- isters. Bond, $1,000. He married Rebecca Burton. Ch:
I. ANDERSON SHARP, dead; m'd Betsy Martin, of Kansas. II. MELISSA SHARP. m'd Gordon Pate.
III. LUCINDA SHARP, m'd Presley Cheshire, dead.
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MASS-MEETING.
IV. SALINA SHARP, m'd a Bingley, in Kansas.
1. Octaria, m'd Nov. 18, 1884, C. C. Janes.
2. Jos. M. Sharp, b. July 4, 1864 ; m'd Sept. 5, 1889, Jennie Hufford. (See.) Ch: [{] Rita.
3. Wallace Sharp.
VI. JOHN CALVIN SHARP, b. May 7, 1826; m'd in 1854 Louisa Ussary. (See.)
VII. ALFRED SHARP, m'd L. J. Minor. Ch:
1. Galen B. Sharp. 2. Mollie. 3. John.
4. Kittie, m'd Dec. 25, 1895, Richard Thompson.
A large Democratic mass-meeting convenes at the Baptist church, in Platte City; S. A. Gilbert chairman, and addresses made by John Wilson, E. H. Norton, and R. P. C. Wilson.
After a preliminary survey of a route for a railroad between Leavenworth and Platte City, James Durbin reports favorably thereon.
Two flourishing lodges of Good Templars are at work in Weston.
Grand jury of May term, 1866: Richard Babcock. A. G. Brown, Noah Beery, Wm. Carr, Isaac Dean, David Fleming, Wm. Gabbert, And. Henson, Levi Hinkle, Henry Lamar, Thos. B. Love- lady, James M. Mulkey, Manoah Miles, Burke McComas, John Pace. John Patton.
May 29-Platte City raised $785, and sent it for the relief of Southern sufferers.
JUNE.
June 2-Through the courtesy of Judge Beller, I have full files of the Border Times. I have gathered also about half the numbers of the Landmark. The Reveille is now announced, and Col. T. W. Park has laid me under obligations for his full files of it.
Johnson Clubs are organized in several places.
A picnic at the fair grounds.
Hon. Frank P. Blair spoke at Wells' Grove, near Weston, and a sumptuous barbecue was served. A drenching rain and the falling of the platform did not quench the ardor of the Con- servatives. The people came by large and organized delegations.
Peaches almost a failure, but other fruits promising. The wheat crop is good.
Business and hope are reviving.
The county is divided into twenty registration districts. James Durbin gets the commission for supervisor of registration. over M. Miles, who expected it. There is great dissatisfaction in Radical circles.
The law requiring the test oath of preachers has not yet been decided unconstitutional, and several of them are arrested.
June 11-Gen. Shields spoke in Weston.
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REGISTRATION.
June 14-Fenians meet at Mettier's Hall, Weston.
The quarrel between the Border Times and the Landmark grows acrimonious.
June 20-The corner-stone of the court-house laid. Belt, Aller, and Paxton were the committee. The Masons had charge. Grand Master Vincil was master of ceremonies. The crowd was immense.
June 25-Dr. Thomas Beaumont and another citizen are robbed in Weston. The robbers are pursued, but escape.
The Missouri Pacific Railroad is finished to Kansas City, and steamers connect with Weston.
Examination at Platte City Female Academy. Scholars that had attended, 223. Faculty: F. G. Gaylord, president; Chas. Raffington, professor of languages; and Miss Maggie Baxter, teacher of music.
JULY.
July 1-The Missouri Pacific Railroad finished to Leaven- worth.
A new bridge erected over the branch a hundred yards east of Bee Creek, on the road from Platte City to Weston.
REGISTRATION.
Supervisor James Durbin makes his appointment of assist- ant registrars as follows:
Carroll Township. C. M. Boyd, J. P. Vermillion, Burke McComas.
Pettis Township, J. W. Mason, W. A. Marshall, David Fleming.
Lee Township, D. F. Fouts, John H. Burt, Thomas Quinn.
Green Township, John H. Hall, Henry Lamar, F. M. Tufts. Preston Township, M. S. Klum, JJames Standiford.
Weston Township, Peter Blanjour, Henry Humphrey, Ben- net Whiteley.
Marshall Township, J. H. Carson, Thos. B. Lovelady. John Pace.
Levi Likins erects a machine shop near the water mill at Platte City.
Lawyers have to take out United States license.
July 2-Gen. Jas. H. Lane committed suicide at Leavenworth. Jacob Moore. a German, committed suicide at Weston.
July 4- A brass band formed at Platte City, with Prof. Hook as teacher.
The Fenians had a drunken carousal at the fair grounds.
July 6-The first number of the Rereille is issued at Platte City by T. W. Park, a step-son of Prof. Gaylord and a young man of brilliance. It is Conservative in its politics.
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OATH OF LOYALTY.
A NEW OATH OF LOYALTY
Is required of every voter, by the new Constitution. The affiant must state, among other things: (1) That he has never borne arms against the United States; (2) nor given aid or comfort to its enemies; (3) nor contributed to their aid; (4) nor held com- munication with them; (5) nor advised any one to enter into their service; (6) nor adhered to such enemies; (7) nor desired their triumph; (8) nor sympathized with them; (9) nor freely sub- mitted to them; (10) nor gone to their support; (11) had never been a guerrilla; (12) nor a bushwhacker; (13) nor harbored such; (14) nor avoided enrollment, etc. There are 32 paragraphs in the affidavit, and one-half the citizens are disfranchised.
UNION LEAGUES
Were organized in several places. They were a secret order, bound by a solemn oath. The Weston Lodge notified J. B. Evans that he had slandered the order, and "a repetition of the offense might be followed by serious consequences."
A Conservative meeting at Farley, John Patton chairman, is addressed by R. P. C. Wilson, T. W. Park, and L. F. Hollingsworth.
July 10-A rise in the Missouri, that devastated the island opposite Weston.
A DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
July 14-A Democratic Convention at Platte City, H. M. Aller chairman, was addressed by R. P. C. Wilson, Judge Birch, and John Doniphan. Delegates were appointed for the Congressional Convention at Richmond, August 16th, and for the Smithville Senatorial Convention. The latter were instructed to vote for D. D. Burnes for senator.
Revival at Smithville, under the preaching of Elder B. Wal- ler; and 130 received into the Church.
July 24-Twenty-five Government wagons laden with arms and ammunition passed through Platte City, on the way to the Liberty Arsenal.
A Johnson Club formed at Camden Point, consisting of 100 members. Addressed by W. B. Watts and H. A. B. Anderson.
AUGUST.
Aug. 1-The Austro-Prussian War ended.
Brickwork at the court-house progressing.
Prof. H. B. Todd, now of Gallatin, Tenn., is on a visit to Platte City.
The Farmers' Savings Association, a banking institution, is organized at Platte City with Clinton Cockrill president, Andrew Tribble cashier, and W. M. Paxton assistant.
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DISORDER IN WESTON.
At a special election in Weston, to fill vacancies, T. F. War- ner was chosen mayor, and Tim. Conner marshal.
Louis Georgen is issuing a German paper in Weston, known as the Radical Courier. The law requires legal advertisements to be published in at least one German paper, if there is any such in the county. When the harvest of sheriff's sales ended, the Courier died.
Pat. Doyle is building a handsome brick business house on Lot 1, Block 29, in Platte City.
DISORDER IN WESTON.
Lawlessness had so grown in Weston that Mayor Deitz and Marshal Held had resigned. Warner, elected mayor in place of Deitz, takes hold with a strong arm-silences the outlaws, and restores order and safety.
The registration, disfranchisement. and the canvass for cir- cuit clerk between G. W. Belt and R. D. Johnston are exciting themes.
A RADICAL MEETING.
Aug. 6-A Radical meeting, A. G. Brown chairman, is ad- dressed by James N. Burnes. Others participating were: N. Beery. J. H. Burt, James Durbin, D. J. Fouts. J. H. Hale. M. Miles, Wm. Kyle, F. M. Tufts, and J. B. Wright.
Judge Wm. Heren will not hold court, because of the dis- turbed state of society, and the difficulty of getting jurors who will take the oath.
Aug. 13-The Conservative Convention at Smithville nomi- nates D. D. Burnes for senator.
Aug. 16-The Conservative Convention at Richmond nomi- nates Judge J. H. Birch for Congress.
TOURNAMENT.
Aug. 18-Aller, Greenawalt, and Paxton having been se- lected by the Platte County Agricultural and Mechanical Associa- tion to get up a tournament at the fair grounds, twenty-eight knights enter the lists. De Berry is victor, and crowns Miss Frankie Hunt as Queen of Love. Over $100 was cdeared.
Cholera comes as near as Kansas City, but does not visit Platte County.
Aug. 22-The board of trustees of Platte City determine to grade and macadamize Main Street, and advertise for bids for the work.
Aug. 24-The Presbytery of Lexington meet at Weston. A. B. Sherwood is moderator.
Platte City Female Academy is undergoing repairs. The west wall is taken out, and a new one erected.
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THE KAYS.
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THE KAY FAMILY.
Aug. 28-Geo. Kay died one mile north of Platte City. He was a son of John Kay, and was born in Washington County, Pa., April 7, 1791; married March 20, 1822, Margaret Morgan, born August 27, 1804, and died September 3, 1889. She was a daughter of Joseph Morgan, an Italian refugee, who was in the Colonial army, and was present at the surrender of Cornwallis. Mr. Geo. Kay was a volunteer in the War of 1812, and served in Capt. Robinson's company of Pennsylvania Militia. For his services, he was granted a pension, which he enjoyed while he lived, and his widow, after him, to the day of her death. They were ardent Methodists, and excellent people. Ch:
I. JOHN KAY, b. Aug. 9, 1825; d. in Oct., 1872.
II. JANE KAY, m'd Allen McLane, and, after his death, m'd N. E. Wilkinson. (See both.)
III. MORGAN KAY, m'd Sarah I. Gibson. (See.)
IV. ANN M. KAY, m'd Nov. 9, 1854, James M. Powell, b. in Cin- cinnati, Ohio, Oct. 4, 1832. He was a son of Wm. Powell and Ann C. Cornwell. William was a tobacco manufac- turer and merchant. He had houses in Cincinnati, Ohio, Covington, Ky., and Lexington, Mo. He died in 1877, his wife in 1854. Their children were:
1. William Powell (ii). 2. Henry. 3. John. 4. Joseph.
5. Samuel. 6. Sallie, m'd Wm. Dodd.
7. Louisa, m'd Alf. W. Henning.
8. Artemesia, m'd John Barton.
9. Mary T. Powell, m'd Oct. 19, 1855, John E. Brooks.
10. James, was the youngest. He received a good educa- tion, and became a brick-mason. He is a man of superior natural mind, and his experience and read- ing make him a man of large information. He is a working Methodist, a good Bible scholar, and a use- ful citizen. Mrs. Powell is a hale, hearty, and genial lady, highly respected and well beloved. Children: [@] Lena, m'd E. Peitsel; [1] Gertrude, m'd March 8, 1882, T. D. Harrington. Ch: [1] Sophronia Har- rington; [2] James. [c] Maggie Powell, m'd April 9, 1896, H. H. Martin; [d] Nona Powell, m'd June 4, 1896, Robert Elley.
Aug. 30-C. B. Hawley opens a dry goods store in Platte City, in the house lately occupied by Murray & Freeland.
MORIN AND WOODS.
A sharp and bitter handbill controversy is progressing be- tween Capt. W. T. Woods, late sheriff, and Maj. Jesse Morin, his deputy, in relation to the money collected and accounted for by each.
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THE PENCES.
SEPTEMBER. THE PENCE FAMILY.
Sept. 1-Lewis Pence died to-day. His father was George Pence, of German descent. He married a Brown and emigrated to Kentucky. Most of his children came to Platte. Ch:
I. EDWARD HERNDON PENCE, d. in Platte in 1861. He m'd in Kentucky Lucinda Snell, b. Feb. 8, 1808; d. Jan. 20, 1868. She m'd 2d, Jan. 28, 1863, Elder Oliver C. Steele (his fourth wife); no children. Ed. H. Pence's children were:
1. Elizabeth Pence, m'd Darwin J. Adkins, of Clay, a man , of moral and financial standing.
2. Elenora Pence, m'd Thos. H. Talbott. (See.)
3. Elvira, m'd J. M. Guthrie. (See.)
4. Edward F. Pence, killed by a fall from a horse Dec. 4, 1862; m'd Jeana Dysart. Ch: [@] Madison Pence; ['] Stella.
5. Elmarine (Letie) Pence, i'd Sept. 1, 1859, Wm. A. King, from whom she was divorced. She m'd 2d, Oct. 6, 1879, Nathan P. Ogden. He was a merchant at New Market, and being a Union man, his store was looted June 1, 1864, by bushwhackers. In August follow- ing, he removed to Weston. May 1, 1865, he was appointed sheriff of Platte County, in the place of W. T. Woods, ousted. In 1866 he was elected to the same office, over L. Shepard, by a vote of 808 to 632. In May, 1880, he removed to St. Joseph, and has since been successfully engaged in banking and other financial enterprises. He is now regarded as one of the solid men of that city. She has no chil- dren by either husband.
II. JOSEPH PENCE, b. in 1801; d. Feb. 24, 1878; m'd 1st, Sallie Chism. Ch:
1. James Pence, m'd Susan M. Parrott. (See.)
2. Joseph Pence (ii), m'd a Durrett.
3. William L. Pence, m'd Feb. 27, 1873, Diana Lamar. Joseph (i) m'd 2d, Sarah Noonan. Ch:
4. Mary Pence, m'd Thos. Noonan (cousin).
5. Martha Pence (twin), m'd Manlius Loyd.
III. MILTON PENCE, m'd Lavinia Lankford, b. in 1806; d. Sept. 29, 1884. Ch:
1. Lucinda, b. Feb. 27. 1842; m'd John Moore, b. Jan. 2. 1835. Ch: [{] William Moore; [b] Milton Moore: [c] Dora, m'd 1st. F. Cockrill (see), and was divorced; she then m'd 2d. William Harris, son of John M .; [d] Walter.
2. Elenora Pence, m'd Sept. 6, 1855, Geo. Moore. Ch: [a] Gibson.
3. Elmarine Pence (ii). m'd Oliver Todd. (See.)
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COUNTY CONVENTION.
IV. LEWIS PENCE, d. in June, 1866; m'd Jane Scarce, d. April 24, 1891. He was a director of the Mechanics' Bank of Weston and one of my esteemed friends. Ch:
1. Emma Pence, m'd Dec. 3, 1866, J. N. Vineyard. (See.) 2. Lewis W. Pence (ii), m'd Ruth Adkins, dr. of Dar. J. Ch: [@] Jennie, m'd Oct. 3, 1894, Ellis G. Mings.
3. Mollie T. Pence, m'd Nov. 18, 1879, Judge Jas. Gibson, of Kansas City.
V. DANIEL PENCE, lived and died in Kentucky.
A CONSERVATIVE COUNTY CONVENTION.
Sept. 3-A Conservative County Convention was held at the Baptist church, in Platte City, to nominate candidates for the ensuing election. A majority were disfranchised; yet, after a spirited contest, in which S. A. Gilbert led the opposition, all were permitted to vote. After the nominations were made for all the offices, the crowd adjourned to the street; and, appointing tellers, the chairman called for the candidates for one office at a time to stand forth; and, at the word, the voters took position behind their favorites respectively. In this way the nominees were very soon, and very satisfactorily, selected. The result was as follows: Representatives, John Wilson and H. J. Wolf; cir- cuit clerk, R. D. Johnston; county clerk, D. P. Lewis; sheriff, L. Shepard; treasurer, L. Ferguson; assessor. J. A. Stone; public administrator, J. B. Cox; surveyor, R. C. Ellifrit; supervisor of registration, W. Cunningham; coroner, E. D. Cord.
Sept. 8-The brickwork of the court-house is now up to the second story. The jailer's house is under roof, and a large amount of rock is on the ground for the jail.
REGISTRATION.
Sept. 13-James Durbin, supervisor of registration gives notice that all qualified voters may register any Saturday between September 20th and October 20th, at their proper precincts; and that a board of appeals will be held at Platte City, from the 23d to the 26th of October.
Sept. 15-Grasshoppers have reached Leavenworth, leaving terror before them and desolation behind them.
A DESPERATE AFFRAY AT PLATTE CITY.
In the afternoon, after the Radical Convention had ad- journed, a crowd gathered in front of the Fleshman House. J. H. Dunagan, a Radical of Herculean frame, got drunk, and flourished a pistol with threats. Officers interfered, but Duna- gan refused to obey, and fired off his pistol. Immediately, there was a general firing of revolvers, and the crowd hastily dispersed. William Callaghan and John Heath were killed, and among the wounded were Richard Bush, J. B. Cates, J. H. Dunagan, D. Flem- ing. John Foley, W. B. Heath, Sanders McComas, E. J. Phillips,
LAWLESSNESS.
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Henry Todd, and Jonathan Todd. Dunagan was arrested, and gave bond; but nothing was ever done. It was a battle between Conservatives and Radicals, and the former held the field.
LAWLESSNESS.
James Durbin, supervisor of registration, was attacked on the street of Platte City by a man named Queen, who threatened him on account of his politics, and ordered him to leave the town. Durbin returned to Weston, and it was his home until his death.
Bennett Whitely took refuge at my house, and when all seemed quiet, I went with him to hunt up his horse. When on the scene of the riot, W. H. Spratt presented himself, in a drunken state, with drawn revolver presented at my breast; and stating, in an angry tone, that I had been talking about him, swore he would shoot me. But just at the critical moment Constable H. T. Calla- han, revolver in hand, rushed between us, and saved my life.
Sanders McComas lay hid in town three days. A Mr. Mc- Millan took refuge in the new iron vault, made for the bank, and not yet in place. Some of the Radicals were pursued, at full speed, out of town. No legal proceeding was instituted. For a few weeks as much awe rested on the community as during the war.
Sept. 18-Judge Charles Drake spoke in Weston.
Sept. 25-Fair for four days; it was sparsely attended. Officers, acting: R. D. Johnston, president; A. Tribble, vice-presi- dent; J. C. Greenawalt, secretary; A. Burge, treasurer. Direc- tors: Faulconer, Aller, Harrington, Hinkle, Hughes, Miller, Pep- per, Singleton, Steele, White, Smith.
Faulconer was chosen president of the new board, Belt secre- tary, and Burge treasurer.
GRASSHOPPERS.
Sept. 27-During the fair grasshoppers commenced falling like snow from the heavens. In a few days they were like the locusts of Egypt. But they came too late to damage anything except wheat and grass. They left their eggs in the ground, and, when hatched out in the spring, desolation reigned.
The removal of the county seat to Weston is still agitated, notwithstanding the court-house is nearly complete. A petition is circulated to have the question submitted to the people.
Good Templars are flourishing in the county.
OCTOBER.
Oct. 1-The county court pays out large sums, in warrants, for coupons on Parkville G. R. Railroad bonds, and on W. & A. Railroad bonds. The amount paid, in one day, exceeded $30,000.
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COUNTY SEAT REMOVAL.
Oct. 3-The registrars all fail to bring their books to the county clerk, as required by law; and the county attaches the officers. Eight of them deliver their books, and the others are brought forward by the sheriff, and give up their books, under duress.
John Wilson resigns as county attorney.
REMOVAL OF THE COUNTY SEAT.
A petition is presented to the county court for the removal of teh county seat to Weston, and asking that the question be sub- mitted to the people. It is ordered that a vote be taken at the general election, to be held November 6th. A counter-petition is also presented.
J. W. FOLEY.
J. W. Foley having died, J. A. Hyatt administered. He lived in Marshall Township. His widow was named Rhoda. Ch:
I. MARY FOLEY, m'd Jonathan H. Miller.
II. ELIZABETH A. FOLEY, m'd W. F. Nelson.
III. JONATHAN W. FOLEY,
IV. ZACHARIAS T., m'd Elenora Miller. Ch:
1. Chas. 2. Ollie. 3. Guy. 4. Hugh.
5. Luella Foley.
V. JAS. R. FOLEY.
VI. ANDREW B. FOLEY, m'd Oct. 25, 1884, Dora Seever, dr. of G. W.
VII. NANCY B. FOLEY, dead.
VIII. MARTHA FOLEY, m'd John W. King and died leaving:
1. Jas. A. King. 2. Rhoda A. 3. John R. 4. Louisa S.
5. Minnie.
SQUIRE JERRY WOODS.
Squire Jerry Woods died at Weston. He was born in Ohio May 26, 1797; married May 10, 1821, Virginia Soward, b. May 23, 1804, and died July 5, 1841. They came to Weston in 1839. He was elected a justice of the peace soon after his arrival, and held the office, by successive elections, to the day of his death; was a member of the first board of trustees for Weston; was a charter member of Masonic Lodge No. 53, and rose to the order of knight- hood; was one of the earliest mayors of the city, and was univers- ally esteemed for good natural sense and stern justice. Ch:
I. WILLIAM, b. March 25, 1822, m'd Mary Toole, sister of Edwin, of St. Joseph.
II. JOHN S. WOODS, b. Feb. 7, 1824, m'd Elizabeth Wester. field. (See.)
III. JONAS S. WOODS, b. Dec. 1, 1825; m'd a Hawn. He went to the Mexican War as an officer of Capt. W. S. Murphy's company, rose to the command of the company, and achieved honor by his gallantry.
IV. ELIZA J. WOODS, b. Dec. 16, 1827; m'd Jan. 22, 1846, Larkin M. Reed, d. July 29, 1895; she died at Leavenworth July 3,
BOARD OF APPEALS.
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1885. Mr. Reed was a saddler, and worked at his trade in Platte City, Weston, and Camden Point. He was a man of some education, and, as a Democrat, often wrote for the county papers. Ch:
1. Anna, m'd Geo. Wilkins.
2. Jeff D. 3. Lida. 4. Robert. All of Kansas City.
V. WASH. T. WOODS, b. July 27,1829, m'd Nannie Mckinney. He commnaded Company A of Col. Price's regiment of militia ; was elected in November, 1862, sheriff, over G. W. Hood, by a vote of 928 to 595; and again, in 1864, over J. A. Price, by a vote of 892 to 457. From his second term he was ousted by the Vacating Ordinance. He subsequently removed to Kansas City, where he now lives.
VI. SARAH A. WOODS, b. Sept. 28, 1833, dead; m'd Harvey Burch.
VII. JERRY M. WOODS, b. Aug. 7, 1835. Lives in California.
VIII. LOUISA W. WOODS, b. Sept. 26, 1837, d. Dec. 17, 1884, m'd April 7, 1859, Judge Henry W. Roney, b. June 25, 1836. He came to Weston before the war, and engaged in the furni- ture trade; was marshal of the Weston Court of Common Pleas, studied law, was admitted to the bar, and was elected judge of the Weston court; deputy provost-marshal under Comingo; was clerk of the probate court; was elected in November, 1882, circuit clerk without opposition, and reëlected in 1886. He has since devoted himself to the practice of law at Platte City. Ch:
1. Charles Roncy.
2. Ella Roney, m'd Dec. 9. 1884, David K. Cox. She died leaving: Ch: [@] D. D. Cox. (See Roxie Wheeler.) IX. SAMUEL A. WOODS, b. April 17, 1840, m'd Nannie Walker.
Oct. 18-The Radicals nominate Geo. S. Park for State senator.
Oct. 19-A triple wedding at the Christian church in Platte City: 1, Jas. M. McCluer and Frankie Hunt ; 2, R. P. Tribble and Mollie White; 3, F. G. Cockrill and Cynthia Tribble.
The board of appeals met at Platte City to correct registration.
Oct. 30-The Radicals hold a large meeting at Parkville. Geo. S. Park and F. Luthy speak. They nominate Dr. F. D. Moore for representative, and condemn the official course of Jas. Durbin. supervisor of registration.
Change of Conservative ticket; some of the nominees being unable to take the oath, the central committess fill the vacancies, by putting forward G. W. Belt for treasurer, in place of Ferguson ; Isaac Dean for supervisor of registration, in place of Cunning- ham; and S. A. Himrod for superintendent of county schools, in place of Cates.
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T. P. BRUCE.
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This year Thomas P. Bruce and Thomas J. Doke, brothers-in- law, settled near Edgerton. They are enterprising men, and are doing much to build up that flourishing little city. I will here set out their family trees:
THOMAS P. BRUCE,
Son of Henry, was b. Nov. 2, 1835, in Mercer Co., Ky., m'd Oct. 12, 1858, Mary Stone, widow of J. T. Stone. She was born Oct. 12. 1837. Ch:
I. MAGGIE M. BRUCE, m'd Jas. B. Matney. Ch: 1. Thomas. 2. Henry. 3. Albert.
II. JAMES H. BRUCE, m'd Oct. 30, 1890, Mary W. Handley, b. June 27, 1879. He is cashier of the Bank of Edgerton, and one of the rising business men of the county. Ch:
1. Irvin Bruce, b. Oct. 4, 1891.
2. W. Oscar Bruce, b. Sept. 6, 1893.
III. THOMAS A. BRUCE, single, lives in Moberly, Mo.
IV. ELIZABETH BRUCE, m'd Jas. A. Gustin. (See.) V. JOHN B. BRUCE. VI. RICHARD D. BRUCE. VII. EFFIE BRUCE.
THOMAS J. DOKE,
Born near Danville, Ky., Nov. 12, 1832, m'd Nov. 22, 1853, Martha A. Bruce, dr. of Henry and sr. of Thos. P. Mr. Doke possesses pub- lic spirit, and his heart is enlisted in the causes of humanity and religion; and he gives active support to every good and useful enterprise. Ch:
I. JOHN H. DOKE, m'd Sept. 12, 1879, Lilian H. Weber.
II. WILLIAM J. DOKE, m'd Dec. 1, 1886, Fannie McPhetridge. III. FIELDING Y. DOKE.
IV. MOLLIE B. DOKE, m'd Jan. 4, 1872, Walter B. Smith. Their dr. Mattie, b. in 1879, m'd Nov. 2, 1896, Walter Johnson.
NOVEMBER.
Nov. 1-The brickwork of the court-house is finished.
THE REGISTRATION.
The registration gives displeasure to both parties. Durbin is condemned more by the Radicals than by the Conservatives. Durbin is a candidate for the Legislature, and charges that his party are conspiring to drop him, and to take up A. G. Brown. He charges Brown and C. M. Boyd with duplicity.
REMOVAL OF THE COUNTY SEAT.
Citizens of Weston issue a handbill stating that the city had agreed to give $40,000, and that a further sum of $20,000 had been subscribed by individuals, on condition of the removal of the county seat to Weston. Platte City and its people were referred
THE ELECTION.
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1866, NOV.
to with contempt. The other side issued a handbill in reply, showing Weston to be insolvent, and the county debt $475,000.
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