Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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18-17, SEPT. 93 MEXICAN SOLDIERS. II. HUGH )IclI()\E. (iii. b. July 8, 1.331, in Indiana; 1nd Feb. 28. 1866, Mar) M. Sloan. b. June 0. 1833, dr. of William. lhe are living eonifortably. but cliildless. in Kansas City, Missouri. III. SA .lIEL .IrlIOVl~)N. n1d Joanna Swinford. and d. eliildless. SE1"l7l].l BE ll. Sept. ]Si1npson Park and \in. -. Vhi1e buy farms ve miles east of Platte Cit). .,ept. 3Col. Lewis Burnes bns Lot 14, Bloek 52. Weston. at $100. E. S. \ill;inson is now living in Platte City. and assists Mt-Laiie i11 publislling the .1/"gm-. Sept. 1.9Geo. XV. Kays estate is adininistered on by Thos. J. Keller. B()nd,$3.000. THE SOLDIERS OF THE MEXICA, VAR. Sept. 3Tl1e soldiers of the Mexican Var return. the term of their enlistment having expired. - grand barbecue is given them. in the Platte bottoni. opposite Platte City. A rain cast a damper on the meeting. yet the concourse was immense. Two long: trenches were dug. lled with wood. which was burned. and over the en1bers Whole oxen were roasted. Albert G. Vilsons estate administered on by Hiram Rich. Bond. $2.000. OCTOBER. Oct. 5J. A. V ights estate adininistered on by Colden Brown. Bond, $1.200. He fell at (ienega, New Mexico. His widow married L. Shepa rd. Jas. B. Martin administered on the estate of John Riley Owen. a corporal in Jesse .Iorins eon1panv. He fell. July 6. 1847. at Senegal Creek, New Mexico. THE O\. IN FA MILY. Two brothers. Vilson and Abel Owen, were reared in North Carolina. Their ancestor came from \a.les. Only one of Vilson Owens children interests nsStae Owen. who married L. C. (Cub) Jack. She d. Feb. 3, 1996. in Grant City, Mo.. and will be noticed With her husband. But three of Abel Owens sons were distinguished in the annals of Platte: