Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1846, AUG. 80 MOORE AND HAMMOND. Mr. Banning married second, April 123, 1877, H. M. Oliver. Children: [d] Jessie, b. 1879; [6] Henry, b. 1881; [T] Kate, b. 1883. Mr. Banning now lives at Stillings. He is a Mason and an Odd Fellow in good standing. 5. Sunie Oliver, md Chas. Pitts. 2 ch. (See) 6. Lula Oliver, md Oct. 3, 1883. George Flynn. 1 ch. 7. Middie Oliver. 8. Thos. Oliver. Elder Thomas Turner volunteered as a soldier of the War of 1812, and was with Commodore Perry on Lake Erie. His Widow, Fannie. survived until January, 1859. Mr. Oliver administered, giving bond for $16,000. Aug. 26 - L. D. Bird. administrator of A. M. Chadwick. Bond, $9.000. SEPTEMBER. Sept. 8 N. W. Asbury, administrator of Phantlev R. Bean, who died some years earlier. Bond. $3.000. Mr. Asbury. July 1, 1846. md Susan Bean. Widow of Phantley R. Sept. 15 Dr. Joseph Walker, an army surgeon. resigns, and purchases land in Sec. 21, T. 52, R. 34, at $6.25 per acre. Sept. 28 Col. Prices regiment reaches Santa Fe. OCTOBER. Oct. 13 J. R. Lynch, administrator of John Lynch, Sr. Bond. $300. Oct. 24 John Bigham, administrator of John Miller. Bond. $500. NOVEMBER. Nov. 20. G. W. Gist buys in Block N, Weston. Thus. Pox, administrator of Jos. Cox. Bond. $4,000. DECEMBER. Dec. 6 - Battle of San Pasqual, California. Here fell two, sons-in-law of M. M. Hughes, of Platte. I. CAPT. BENJ. D. MOORE, b. in Bourbon Co. Ky., Sept. 10, 1810; married Martha M. Hughes, dr. of M. M. Hughes. Children: 1. Matthew J. Moore, married Mary Helen Webb; 7 ch. They live in California. Mr. Moore is a highly educated and accomplished gentleman. II. LIEUT. THOS. C. HAMMOND was the other son-in-law of Judge Hughes who fell at San Pasqual. He was b. at Fort McHenry, Md., Aug. 19, 1819. He married Mary A. Hughes, daughter of Judge Hughes. Children: 1. Thos. C. Hammond, Jr., now of Platte; born May 22, 1846. He studied medicine with his step-father, Dr. Samuel Rixey; attended lectures in Philadelphia.