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2. John Anderson, lives in Texas.
3. William, lives in Kentucky.
4. Irene Anderson, dead; m'd a Hess.
5. Ed. L. Anderson (ii), b. June 1, 1853; m'd April 28, 1886, Lizzie Field, b. Feb. 22. 1864. dr. of Dr. G. W. (See.) They live in Platte City. He was county treasurer in 1893-4, and is now teller in the Exchange Bank of Platte City. He is an excellent business man, and his wife is a lovely woman. They have no children. VIII. SUSAN NORTON, wife of Thos. W. Norton. She mar- ried young, and died early, leaving:
1. Maud. 2. Gabriel.
IX. SARAH NORTON, m'd Jas. W. Ryan, a merchant. She is now a widow in New York city. Ch:
1. Mary Ryan. 2. Maud. 3. James.
May 16-Miles Harrington contests T. H. Talbott's election as county justice at large. But his notice is not served in time.
Jas. H. Connelly retires from the drug firm of G. W. Smith & Co., of Platte City.
May 20-The first train crosses the St. Joseph bridge.
May 22-Ascension Day at Platte City observed by a banquet at the hall at night. B. W. Gilbert elected E. C.
C. B. Kurtz and B. Kiefer visit their old homes in Germany.
THE CARPENTERS.
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JUNE.
June 1-Platte City becomes a money-order post-office.
The court-house yard is a dense jungle of weeds, and the Democrat makes sport over it. It had been sowed in clover by W. V. Slone.
THE CARPENTER FAMILY.
June 4-William Carpenter died at Weston. All of the name were distinguished for their loyalty to the Union during the war. They are descended from Samuel Carpenter, of New Jersey. His son, Benjamin Carpenter, was born in New Jersey September 18, 1745. He removed to Fauquier County, Va., and thence to Har- rison County, Va., and married Mary Morgan, sister of Gen. Daniel Morgan. He had three sons:
I. JOHN CARPENTER
Lived and died in Virginia.
II. WILLIAM CARPENTER (i),
Born in Fauquier County, Va., July 27, 1790; died in Weston June 4, 1873. He married Hannah Clark, of Spottsylvania County, Va., born February 14, 1798; died in Weston December 18, 1881. She was a daughter of Samuel Clark, who was born in Virginia March 11, 1768. William removed to Lawrence County, Ohio, and was there elected to the State Legislature in 1833-4. He was an experienced surveyor. In 1841 he removed to Clinton County, Mo., and engaged in farming. He kept a country store and post- office, well known as "Carpenter's Store." But his Union prin- ciples endangered his life and property, and his house and store were 'strongly fortified against bushwhackers. In 1864 he re- moved his family and his goods to Weston in wagons. At Platte City they were stopped as contraband, and robbed. In Weston he purchased property and sold goods until his death. Ch:
I. AMOS CARPENTER, m'd June 1, 1856, Mary E. Shackelford (see), the divorced wife of H. J. Mayo, and daughter of Richard Shackelford. Ch:
1. Ben Carpenter, of Edgerton.
2. Dan Carpenter, m'd a Rupe. 3. George. 4. Pinkie.
II. DAN CARPENTER, of Barry, b. March 7, 1825, in Lawrence Co., Ohio; came with his parents to Missouri. He was well educated, and located at Barry, where he has spent his useful life as a merchant, postmaster, farmer, and horti- culturist. He has an immense orchard and vineyard. As he has no children, he works for posterity. The Cum- berland Presbyterian Church at Barry owes him for its very existence and for its noble Christian zeal and success. He is a man of stern integrity and well-founded Christian faith. His devotion to the cause of Christ is his dominant trait. He is liberal both in his faith and his charities.
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He has sustained a Sabbath-school in his church for two generations, and on Christmas eve, in 1881, his friends, patrons, and scholars presented to him a costly bible. By request, I wrote for them the dedicatory poem, and here reproduce a stanza :
The boys whom you led in the pathway of duty Now gratefully bring you their infants to bless: The maidens you taught, now in womanly beauty Bring proudly their children for you to caress: The youths you have trained are now farmers and preachers, And claim that they owe their promotion to you: The girls of your school are now mothers and teachers, With homes that are happy and hearts that are true. ì
Few men stand so high in public esteem as Dan Carpenter. His name is associated with Barry. Generations to come will bless his name. Mrs. Carpenter is a lovely woman. Her maiden name was Pauline Gash, b. April 24, 1831; m'd Dec. 29, 1853. She is a granddaughter of John Gash, b. Oct. 4, 1769, and d. Oct. 21, 1859, a resident of Buncombe Co., N. C. His son, Joseph D. Gash, b. in North Carolina Nov. 4, 1797, is the father of Mrs. Pauline Carpenter. Her mother was Eliza Killiam, b. March 3, 1801. Mrs. Carpen- ter is a sister of Senator Theo. Gash, b. Dec. 24, 1838. With finished education, musical talent, personal beauty, and amiable disposition, she is still a charming woman. No children :
IIL WILLIAM CARPENTER (ii), m'd Ann Eliza Givens. Ch: 1. Clay.
III. ABEL CARPENTER
Died in Fountain County, Ind. His son, James S. Carpenter, married Mary Ann Whiting. They had four children, but only one came to Missouri:
I. JAMES MONROE CARPENTER, formerly of Ridgely, but now of Weston, was b. March 12, 1833; m'd June 12, 1861, Louisa Armstrong. He studied law, and was enrolled May 26, 1862. In December, 1870, he issued an humorous poem, entitled "Hob-on-nob." He possesses good sense, but lacks energy. He supports himself and family by teaching. Children :
1. Mary Ann. 2. Sarah Ellen. 3. Emma. 4. Ben.
5. Geo. W. 6. Jas. M. (ii). 7. John S. 8. Noah W.
JULY.
July 1-Merryman & Paxton sell their two-thirds interest in the bank of Merryman, Paxton & Cockrill to Wm. F. and F. G. Cockrill, and the business continues under the name of Cock- rill & Co.
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Thos. G. Cockrill buys the Burckhartt residence in South Platte City.
July 4-The day is celebrated at the fair grounds. Ex- cursionists come from Leavenworth. Sunday-school children of Platte City attend.
The low bottoms of the Missouri are under water.
Dr. D. J. Fouts brought excursionists from Farley, on his little steamer, to the falls of Platte.
Wheat is splendid, averaging 22 bushels; no peaches; apples scarce.
J. S. Maitland purchases Holladay's mill in Weston.
Elder H. H. Haley goes to Colorado for his health.
A. J. Colman's brick store-house and Mrs. R. D. Johnston's frame residence are complete.
July 8-J. Frank Merryman, having completed his education at Bethany College, returns, and enters on the study of law.
C. B. Kurtz writes an interesting letter to the Landmark from Germany.
July 15-Rev. J. W. Brown is elected principal of the Platte City Public School.
W. H. Hunt removes to Humboldt, Kansas.
July 18-Carmody & Bro. advertise the Parkville flouring mill as in complete repair.
July 19-Union temperance meeting at New Market.
THE THORNTON FAMILY.
Mrs. A. W. Doniphan died at Richmond, and was buried at Liberty. She was a daughter of Col. John Thornton, born in Lancaster, Penn., October 24, 1781; died in Clay in October, 1847; married February 10, 1820, Elizabeth Trigg, daughter of Col. Stephen Trigg, of Kentucky, subsequently of Boonville, Mo. The children of Gen. Stephen Trigg were large factors in the early society of Platte, and we will name his children. He married Elizabeth Clark. Their children: 1, Malinda, married Robert Clark (cousin); 2, Susan Trigg, married a Crawford; 3, Christo- pher, died single; 4, Dinah Trigg, married Shubal Allen; 5, Eliza- beth Trigg, married Col. John Thornton; 6, Stephen Trigg, mar- ried Jane Trigg (cousin); 7. Bennett Trigg. died single; 8, Judith Trigg, married Amos Rees. The index of this volume will point the reader to frequent notices of the descendants of Col. Stephen Trigg. But at present we will have to do with none but the de- scendants of
JOHN THORNTON AND ELIZABETH TRIGG.
I. JANE THORNTON, b. Der 21. 1820: d. July 19, 1873; m'd Dec. 21, 1837, Gen. A. W. Doniphan, b. in Mason Co., Ky., July 9, 1808; d. at Richmond, Mo., Aug. 8, 1887. He was a
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son of Joseph Doniphan, a native of Fauquier Co., Va., and reared on adjoining farms with Chief Justice John Marshall. They were educated together, and in 1776 Joseph and his brother, Geo. Doniphan, enlisted in the patriot company of the chief-justice. Alex. W. Doniphan came to Clay in 1830, but his career is matter of history, and we cannot pursue it. Gen. Doniphan's children were all in their graves before he died. He has no descendant.
II. CAROLINE M. THORNTON, b. in 1823; m'd Dec. 21, 1837, Capt. Oliver P. Moss, of Liberty, Mo. However distin- guished, he was not a citizen of Platte. He, too, was from Mason Co., Ky.
III. SUSAN B. THORNTON, b. in 1826; m'd Nov. 19, 1846, Hon. Jas. H. Baldwin, b. in Mason Co., Ky., April 6, 1815, a son of Jas. Baldwin and Sarah Harris. He graduated at Center College, Kentucky, in 1838, and studied with me in the law office of McClung & Taylor; we were licensed at the same time, and formed a partnership, which continued in Missouri. He was a man of talent, a profound lawyer, and a chaste and impressive speaker. He lived but a year or two after marriage. His widow married Dr. McCurdy, of Idaho. The only child of Baldwin:
1. John T. Baldwin, now of Butte City, Montana, who is eminent in the legal profession. He m'd June 2, 1870, the lovely Emma Cockrell, dr. of Jerry V. (See.)
IV. ADELIZA THORNTON, b. in 1824; m'd in 1843 William Morton, of Clay, a native of Mason Co., Ky.
V. MARY THORNTON, b. in 1828; m'd in 1848 R. M. Donnell, another native of Mason Co., Ky. He was the head of the great banking house of Donnell, Lawson & Co., of New York city.
VI. FRANCIS THORNTON, b. Feb. 10, 1833; m'd Jan. 8, 1852, Col. John Doniphan, b. July 12, 1826, in Mason Co., Ky., son of Thos. S. Doniphan, b. Dec. 24, 1787, and grandson of Joseph Doniphan, of the Revolution. His mother was Anne Smith, daughter of a captain in the patriot army. He received a collegiate education, studied law, and came to Platte in 1846. He settled at Weston in 1849; repre- sented the county as a Whig in 1854; State senator, as a Conservative, in 1862-67; judge of the Weston court in 1872-4; legislator in 1867-8. He was a consistent Union man throughout the war, and was instrumental in raising several regiments (39th and 81st) of militia. In 1885 he was president of the Board of Asylum Managers, and was pro- fessor of medical jurisprudence in the St. Joseph school. Col. Doniphan is a genial, high-minded, intelligent, honored, and revered Christian gentleman. He has been attorney for several railroads, and has taken part in every worthy enterprise started in Platte or Buchanan. He has written
P. ELGIN.
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and published interesting sketches of Western history, which I have used in this work. He has no living children. VII. THEODOSIA THORNTON, b. in 1836; m'd in 1860 L. M. Lawson, a lawyer of ability, finished education, and literary taste. He was a member of the house of Donnell, Lawson & Co., bankers, of New York city.
VIII. JOHN C. CALHOUN (COON) THORNTON, b. in 1834; m'd April 1, 1864, Sue Archer. In 1864 he was sent from the Southern army to recruit a regiment for the service. The events of 1864 are a record of his success and failure. He lives in Texas.
The Supreme Court of Missouri decides the Township Or- ganization Law constitutional; which decision establishes Hamm, Handley, Noland, Owens, and Talbott in their seats as county justices.
A long drouth cuts the corn crop short.
Dr. R. P. C. Johnston buys Jenkins & Co.'s drug store, in Platte City.
Cholera fatal at Louisville, and seems to be approaching us.
PAUL ELGIN.
July 25-Paul Elgin having died, E. O. Waller administers. Bond, $6,000. Ch:
I. JOHN ELGIN. II. SUSAN, m'd a Murray.
July 27-Grasshoppers appear at Farley.
AUGUST. ROBERT CROSKY.
Aug. 2-Robert Crosky having died, Ignatius Naylor adminis- ters. Bond, $1,000. He was a farmer near Waldron. He married in Pennsylvania, Mary E. Wykoff. Ch:
I. MARY E. CROSKY, m'd F. M. Babcock. (See.)
II. JOHN B. CROSKY, m'd Rosa Ann Davis. Ch:
1. Robert (iii).
III. ANNIE P. CROSKY, m'd Dec. 18, 1873, I. N. Naylor. Ch: 1. Minnic. 2. Iva. 3. Bar. 4. Warder. 5. Babe.
IV. ROBERT CROSKY, b. Dec. 31, 1868; m'd Feb. 28, 1884, Dora Naylor, dr. of Tilman. Ch:
1. George. 2. Laura. 3. Lizzie. 4. Jose.
V. EMMA L. CROSKY, m'd Aug. 12, 1875, Wylie Walker. (See.) VI. WILLIAM HENRY CROSKY, m'd May Riddle; 2 children. Live in Colorado.
VII. JAMES CROSKY.
THE ALLISON FAMILY.
Aug. 4-James Allison died. He and his brother, Milton Alli- son, were sons of Jas. Allison (i) and Lettie Gray. They came from Montgomery County, Ky., in 1855.
THE ALLISONS.
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I. JAMES ALLISON
Was born in Montgomery County, Ky., and there married Rachel Frakes, daughter of John, of Bourbon County, Ky. They came in 1855, and settled near New Market; and here he died in July, 1873. Ch:
[. SALLIE A. ALLISON, m'd Feb. 11, 1858, John D. Corbin (see), b. in Henry County, Ky., Nov. 12, 1832; drowned June 2, 1858. Ch:
1. Rachel Corbin, m'd a Boyles.
Sallie A., m'd 2d, A. Combs.
II. JAMES ALLISON (iii).
III. JANE ALLISON, m'd July 30, 1861, W. H. Downing. (See.) IV. CYNTHIA G. ALLISON, m'd March 7, 1861, James A. Allen, b. March 9, 1835, in Scott County, Ky., son of Alfred Allen. Children:
L. Lee. 2. Ernest Allen. 3. Homer. 4. Eva. 5. Odis. 6. Laura S. Allen.
V. MILTON ALLISON (ii).
VI. WILLIAM E. ALLISON, m'd Dec. 12, 1872, Laura Judy.
VII. B. FRANK ALLISON, m'd Dec. 24, 1878, Susie E. Dean. (See.)
II. MILTON ALLISON.
He married, first, Martha Frakes. He married, second, Annie Ferguson. Came from Montgomery County, Ky., in 1855, and settled five miles east of Platte City. Ch:
I. SARAH J. ALLISON, b. in 1834; m'd in 1849, Aaron Mc- Monigle, b. in Estill County, Ky., in 1833. They came to Platte in 1855, and in 1877 removed to Stone County, Mo .; 6 children, one of whom is Wm. H. McMonigle, b. in Estill County, Ky., July 29, 1852; m'd Jan. 6, 1880, Letitia Hodges. Another son is J. M. McMonigle, who represented the county in 1896. They live in Platte.
II. JOHN C. ALLISON, b. Dec. 18, 1837; m'd Oct. 16, 1873, Julia T. Moore, b. Aug. 19, 1846, and d. Jan. 18, 1893, dr. of James B. Ch:
1. William Allison. 2. Stella. 3. Mattie C. 4. Frank. 5. James.
John C. married, second, March 9, 1879, M. C. Branum.
III. JAMES WILLIAM ALLISON, m'd June 24, 1862, Minerva Ann Tate. They live in Kansas City; 5 children.
IV. ELIZA ALLISON, m'd J. Frank Nelson; 5 children; live in Clinton.
V. BEN T. ALLISON, m'd R. Columbia Lewis, dr. of D. P. (See.) VI. BELLE ALLISON. m'd Ed. C. Slaughter. (See.) Ch:
1. Fannie. 2. Jesse Slaughter.
VII. LETIZA ALLISON,, m'd R. T. Hodges. Ch:
1. Rennie. 2. John B. 3. Frank.
The foregoing were by his first wife. The second had :
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T. MCCARTHY.
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VIII. FANNIE ALLISON, b. Dec. 12, 1851; m'd Jan. 15, 1872, Thomas J. Moore, b. May 18, 1843. Ch:
1. Annie B. 2. JJoseph C. 3. Jas. B. Moore (ii).
4. Jesse W. 5. Renie. 6. Ticie. 7. Edu. Moore.
8. T'hos. E. Moore.
THOMAS M'CARTHY.
Aug. 4-Thos. McCarthy, our State senator, died at Liberty, of typhoid fever. He was born in Mason County, Ky., July 24, 1812, and came to Clay in 1833; taught school, was county clerk for six years, served under General Doniphan in the Mexican war; stud- ied law, practiced in Liberty; was a captain in the Confederate army, and wounded at Wilson's Creek ; was president of the Lib- erty Savings Association. His estate was appraised at $80,000. He never married.
Aug. 8-Weston is excited over the law expelling hogs from her streets.
Aug. 12-A good rain; but too late to do much good.
Aug. 18-The Township Orgonization Law having been de- cided constitutional, the new court convene, and draw lots to determine each member's term of office. The result was: Tal- bott, six years and the presidency; Hamm, four years; Owens, three years; Handley, two years, and Noland, one year.
Aug. 22-A. J. Coleman removes into his new store.
AXIOM FARMER'S FAMILY.
Aug. 24-Mrs. Sarah Ann Farmer, wife of Axiom, died. She was a daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Estes, and was reared in Bourbon County, Ky. February 12, 1835, she married Axiom Farmer, born in Edgecomb County, N. C., February 10, 1809, and died in Platte February 14, 1897. His parents were Den. Farmer and Sarah Dondua. In the fall of 1829 Mr. Farmer came to Calloway County, Mo., where he was married. In the fall of 1837 he came to Platte, and preëmpted the 160 acres four miles east of Platte City yet owned by the family. After the death of his wife. Mr. Farmer remained single. Ch:
I. LUC. J. FARMER, b. in April, 1836; m'd Feb. 1, 1855, Noah W. Beery, b. in Ohio, Feb. 6, 1826. They live in Platte City, and Mr. Beery runs an express wagon between Platte City and Leavenworth. He is a gentleman of intelligence. honor, and truth, and a highly esteemed citizen. He has reared a large family of children, whose lives do him honor. Children :
1. Maggie Beery, b. Oct. 25, 1859; m'd March 15, 1883, Prof. J. T. Buchanan. He is regarded as one of the best educators of the day, and is now at the head of the public schools of Kansas City. He is now (1896) making a tour of Europe, in charge of a large party
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of excursionists. His wife is beautiful and lovely. Ch: [] Harry; [b] Roy.
2. Nellie Beery, b. Aug. 11, 1861; m'd March 15, 1883, Linn W. Millis, of Leavenworth. Children: [a] Nellie M. Millis; [b] Blanche.
3. Farmer Beery, b. July 15, 1863; m'd Sept. 28, 1887, Mrs. Lucy E. McComb.
4. Annie E. Beery, b. Aug. 17, 1865; m'd March 7, 1889, Rev. C. A. Buchanan, of the Baptist Church.
5. Thomas Clay Beery, b. Oct. 10, 1869; m'd Nov. 26, 1892, Ella G. Fuller.
6. Arthur L. Beery, b. Jan. 29, 1872; m'd Oct. 28, 1896, Frankie L. Williams.
7. Jesse Lee Beery, b. Oct. 27, 1873.
8. Lora Maud Beery, b. April 14, 1878.
9. John W. Beery, b. April 2, 1880.
II. SAVANNAH FARMER, m'd Wm. Grooms, and died in May, 1882, leaving 2 children.
III. GEO. W. FARMER, b. Nov. 5, 1839; m'd April 14, 1864, Em- ily Corbin. (See.)
IV. JOHN T. FARMER, m'd Aug. 5. 1874, Herminnia Hon, dr. of Moses. Ch:
1. Price. 2. Grover.
V. HARRISON G. FARMER, b. Oct. 25, 1845; m'd Feb. 13, 1869, Mary A. Herndon (see), dr. of Sim; 10 children.
VI. SARAH A. FARMER, m'd Feb. 17, 1869, Thos. L. Herndon. They live in Cass County ; 1 child.
Other children of A. Farmer who have died: 1, Hannah T .. wife of W. W. Davis, died in May, 1874; 2, Armilda, died October 25, 1865, aged 29 years; 3, Robert, died September 26, 1864, aged 22 years.
Aug. 25-Teachers' institute at Platte City.
Aug. 30-Temperance picnic at Camden Point.
SEPTEMBER.
Sept. 8-First frost.
Sept. 13-A military company formed at Platte City; W. P. Chiles captain, and John Brady first lieutenant.
The Weston Rifle Guards organized, with J. T. Wilson cap- tain, and F. B. Gilbert first lieutenant.
Sept. 16-A donation party to Elder J. W. Brown, of Platte City.
Sept. 18-Jay Cook failed; a panic followed ; banks suspended, and five years of business depression succeeded.
THE MOSS FAMILY.
Sept. 20-Col. James H. Moss died at Columbia. He was a son of Dr. James Moss, who came from Virginia to Lexington, Ky .. about 1795. and, after a few years, changed his residence to
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Maysville, Ky. About the same time Josiah Woodson, of Vir- ginia, came to Maysville, and Dr. James Moss married his daugh- ter, Mary Woodson. We will now trace the
LINEAGE OF JOSIAH WOODSON.
1. JOHN WOODSON, of Dorsetshire, England, who settled in Virginia in 1624. His son,
2. ROBERT WOODSON, m'd Elizabeth Ferris. Their son,
3. JOHN WOODSON, I'd Judith, daughter of Stephen Tarleton. Their son,
4. JOSIAH WOODSON, m'd Mary Royall. Their daughter,
5. MARY WOODSON, m'd Dr. James Moss, of Maysville, Ky.
DESCENDANTS OF DR. JAMES MOSS.
1. WOODSON MOSS.
2. ELIZABETH MOSS, b. in Mason Co., Ky., in 1805; d. at St. Louis, Feb. 8, 1873; m'd 1st, Dr. D. P. Wilcox. She m'd 2d, Gen. W. H. Ashley. She m'd 3d, Senator John J. Crittenden. She was a lovely and spirited woman. In 1839, when I was a youth, I was her guest in St. Louis. She was then in the heyday of her loveliness, and, as the Widow Ashley, the queen of St. Louis society.
3. OLIVER P. MOSS (see), of Liberty.
4. COL. JAMES H. MOSS (see), a lawyer of distinction, and the organizer of the militia of Platte and Clay in 1864. He m'd Susan Woodson, of Columbia, dr. of Warren Woodson.
OTHER CHILDREN OF JOSIAH WOODSON.
2. CAROLINE WOODSON, m'd Augustus Wilson, son of Lieut Nat Wilson, a half-brother of Dr. Basil Duke.
3. PATSY WOODSON, m'd Henry Machir, and their daughter married G. T. January, of St. Louis.
4. SOPHIA WOODSON, m'd Jas. Hickman, brother of John L.
5. The wife of Logan Hunton.
The Woodsons are related to hundreds of the most noted families of the West.
THE BELL FAMILY.
Francis M. Bell died in Weston. He was born February 3, 1828; married December 7, 1847, Elizabeth Staggs. His parents were Wm. H. Bell and Mary Prather. The father was a man of wealth and business qualifications. He came to Platte at an early day, and entered a section of land in Marshall Township. About 1847 he sold out, and removed to Weston, to engage in the mercantile business. He built the large brick warehouse on the levee, and engaged largely in the purchase and sale of hemp and other produce. A man of means and honor, he did a large, but not a profitable, business. After a few years, he sold out, and re- moved to Mt. Pleasant, Kansas, where he died in 1874. His only child was:
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FRANCIS M. BELL
Who for many years prior to 1873 was a merchant of Weston,. highly honored for his virtues. His children:
I. WILLIAM M. BELL, b. Jan. 3, 1849; m'd Jose Lowe. They live at Mount Pleasant, Kansas.
II. GEO. W. BELL, graduated at Park College in 1885, at the head of his class; entered the Presbyterian ministry and is now preaching in Colorado. He m'd Lizzie Frizlen.
III. LEWIS BELL, m'd Mary Hawley. Live in Winchester, Kansas.
IV. CHAS. B. BELL, b. April 29, 1863; m'd Nov. 1, 1887, Mollie G. Kennedy, b. May 15, 1869. Mr. Bell is now collector of Platte City. 1 child:
1. Jas. M. Bell, b. July 26, 1891.
V. JOHN C. BELL, m'd Tracy Jackson. Live in Troy, Kansas. VI. FRANK W. BELL, lives in Colorado.
VII. ARTHUR ST. C. BELL, a rising young lawyer of Topeka, Kansas.
Sept. 23-County fair five days. A speed-track voted.
Sept. 26-A colored jury in Weston fined a negro $3, for breach of a city ordinance.
Sept. 28-The store-house of R. F. Mason & Co., in Edgerton, with a stock of goods belonging to Stokely Holland, burned Insurance, $4,000.
OCTOBER. DANIEL P. LEWIS.
Oct. 1-Daniel P. Lewis died five miles southeast of Platte- City. We will here take up
THE LEWIS FAMILY.
The ancestor was James Lewis (i), born in North Carolina September 6, 1767; married Elizabeth Stewart, born February 25, 1770. She was a daughter of John Stewart, who attended Daniel Boone on his first expedition to Kentucky, and was killed by Indians. Their children: 1, William Lewis, b. Sept. 27, 1787; 2, Jesse Lewis, b. April 9, 1790; 3, Ann Lewis, b. Feb. 27, 1792; 4, Gideon Lewis, b. Sept. 27, 1795; 5, Joshua Lewis, b. Nov. 26, 1797; 6, Stewart Lewis, b. May 29, 1800; 7, Daniel P. Lewis, b. Jan. 20, 1802; 8, Byram Lewis, b. Aug. 13, 1804; 9, Polly Lewis, b. Nov. 16, 1806; 10, James Lewis, b. Nov. 12, 1808; 11, Isaac T. Lewis (living), b. Jan. 29, 1811; 12, Elizabeth, b. Oct. 10, 1813.
James Lewis (i) removed from North Carolina to Barren. County, Ky., where his younger children were born. In 1818 the family removed to Crawford County, Ind. In 1820 they came to Boone County, Mo., and settled near Columbia. The trip was made with pack-mules. In 1822 they came to Jackson County,
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paying two cows for transportation by wagon. There were only four families their neighbors in Jackson: McClelland, Ham- bright, Sibley, Aytchman.
Of the children, named, of James Lewis, we are interested in
I. DANIEL P. LEWIS,
Born January 20, 1802; died October 1, 1873. I. T. Lewis admin. istered. Bond, $1,000. He followed the wanderings of his par- ents, and settled, in 1837. five miles southeast of Platte City, and here he died. He was a social, generous, good-hearted gentleman. He was elected county judge in August, 1840, and held office six years. In 1846 he was chosen county clerk, and held the office twenty-two years. He was beloved for his kindness and cordial- ity, and esteemed for his intelligence and honor. He married Polly Paine. Ch:
I. MARTHA LEWIS, m'd a Gordon.
II. ELIZABETH J. LEWIS, m'd Sept. 24, 1848, Wilburn Christi- son. He was a merchant in Platte City, partner of John Swaney. He served a term as county treasurer. The family went to Kansas in 1857.
III. MIRANDA B. LEWIS, i'd James Tate. (See.)
IV. W. WALLACE LEWIS.
V. THEO. W. LEWIS, b. in 1836; d. June 26, 1894; m'd an Andrews. Ch:
1. Daniel Lewis (ii), m'd Dec. 26, 1880, Lizzie May Perkins, b. May 22, 1864; d. June 1, 1893.
2. Mattie Lewis, m'd Dec. 17, 1885, Jas. W. Snow.
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