Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1847, DEC. 96 THE MOORES. I. S. B. MOORE, of Larned, Kansas. II. JAMES E. MOORE, now of De Kalb, was assistant cashier of the Weston branch of the Mechanics Bank of Missouri. and a man of much sprightliness. III. KATE MOORE, wife of J. C. Crook, of St. Joe. IV. HARRIET, married lst, H. N. Risk. She married second, Nov. 26, 1896, Robert Collier, Sr. V. DR. WILLIAM E. HOORE, of Kansas. VI. THOMAS M. MOORE, now a merchant of Dearborn, and a gentleman of refinement and business qualifications. 1. Jettie Moore, married Dec. 25, 1892, R. H. Bruce. 2. Lida Moore, married.Feb. 24, 1891, B. F. Sampson. VII. BEN F. MOORE, b. in Indiana Harch 118, 1847. In 1883 he located in Weston. where he held the office of postmaster. He married Jan. 19, 1877. Augusta A. Dickson, a step-daughter of Ad. Smith. late of Iatan. Children: 1. Lena D. Moore. 2. Inez C. 3. Ben F., Jr. Dec. 6 Dr. W. S. Mays will probated. He had become in-temperate and in a spree at Parkville took morphine, and died. He was buried at the graveyard on his homestead. (See his sketch) He was a surgeon in Doniphan's regiment, and went to Santa Fe. Dec. 8 James H. Nash buys property in Parkville. MARRIAGES IX 1847 NOT ELSEWHERE NOTICED. February 14. Melvin McKee n1d Mary McAdow. dr. of Geo. March 18, W. A. Singleton married Cath. Miller. March 23 Ben Wood married Mary A. Menifee. June 10. Mad. J. Drais married Lucinda J. Swaney. REVIEW OF THE YEAR 1847. Heaven was propitious and crops were good. The hemp crop reached 1500 tons; at $100 per ton, this brought $150,000 into the county. But chills and fevers were almost universal. I, myself. suffered with them for three months. Lands were in demand at $8 and $10 per acre. The war brought gold into circulation. The paper of only specie-paying banks was received. Owen & Estill put up a $10,000 packing-house and bought 8,000 hogs, Perrys & Yoting erected a spacious steam flouring mill. Freight to St. Louis is 37 rents. The rushes in the Missouri bottoms are exhausted and herders are now driving to the islands, above, in the river. James C. Cochran came in 1847, and settled in Preston Township and has prospered by farming. He is a son of Jonathan Cochran and was b. in West Virginia Oct. 15, 1820. He married Mary Ann Payne, of Fleming Co., Ky. Children: