Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1845, MAY 71 JUDGE S. L. LEONARD. There is a post-office at Todd's Creek, kept by Robt. Cain. T. H. Talbott buys the S. E. 1/4 of Sec. 36, T. 54, R. 36, for $2,250. JUNE Emigration to Oregon continues. June 13 - S. L. Leonard is commissioned as circuit judge. Sarah A. Fox is appointed administratix of Richd. L. Fox. Bond $1,000. Mr. Fox was a native of Mason County, Ky., and an urbane gentleman. He married Sarah A. Williams and came to Missouri about 1842, and settled four miles west of Platte City. They had several children. JULY July 5 - F. Kaufman and Peter McDuff buy property in Weston. July 26 - A. V. Baldwin buys 40 acres in Sec. 9, T. 52, R. 35, for $250 AUGUST Aug. 3 - The result of the election of delegates to the Constitutional Convention was the choice of Col. John E. Pitt and Gen. Thompson Ward. WILLIAM ASHER Died this year. He was born in Culpeper County, Virginia, Oct. 17, 1771; married in 1813, Lucinda Clayton. They came to Clay in 1828, and in 1836 crossed into Platte before the Indian title was extinguished. Their children: I. W. D. Asher, b. Dec. 16, 1816; went to California. II. ROBERT D. ASHER, b. in Clay County, Sept. 14, 1831; married Jan. 18, 1857, Mary E. Russell, b. April 15, 1836; d. June 25, 1881. Children: 1. William Asher, b. Dec, 9, 1857; married Eleanor Breckinridge, of Clay. Children: [a] Cleveland Asher [b] Lela Asher [c] Estill Asher [d] Melvin Asher 2. Jas. R. Asher, married Emma Eston 3. John Asher, married Lou. Breckinridge 4. Nannie P. Asher, married Nov. 7, 1886, Benton Rogers, of Clay 5. Anna V. Asher, b. April 20, 1872; married William Sherman, of Clay. 6. Thos. J. Asher, b. May 15, 1875 Mr. R. D. Asher married second, Dec. 15, 1881, Lydia A. Hinton, b. May 15, 1848, daughter of John Hinton. Children: 7. Wylie Asher, b. Oct. 11, 1882