Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1848, MAY. 101 COUNTY FINANCES. PR1 NC-IPA L EXPE N l)IlURES. Poor-house farm.. .. .. . .. Paupers.. .. .. .. .. .. Roads and hi-idges.. Assessor (.Iace).. . . . . .. . . . . . . lnvestigatilig 4U11lIl11119GS. . (ounty (.ourt Justices. . Jail... ... .. Sheriff q()e11). . . . . (ircuit (lerk (Norris). . (ounty Clerk tLewis. . Bliseellaneous. . . . . . . . Total.. .. .. 672.00 341.00 241.00 173.00 :11 2.00 288.00 108.00 132.00 208.01 1 013.00 1.202.11- $13,906.14 . B. Almond resigns as county attorney. The countv court orders a house to be lmilt on the poor-house farm. ED VARD HERNI)O;. .1103; .{:His will probated, dated March 15. 1818. wealth) and inuential man. 1855. Children: He was a His Widow. Rehecca, d. in Way. I. MARY C. HERNDON, 1nd Rev.Ro~l)t. Scott.a pioneer Presby- terian preacher. who built up Ridgelv Academy. became involved, Went to West Virginia, and died. Children: 1. Eduwrcl H. Scott. 6. John. H. .[..RIA L. HERNDON, n1d John Darst. 5. K a tc. J.I(1(/r/ie. 4. Robert. 8. Loui.u Sr0H. He (1.. leaving 2. Jrlnme. 3. 7. Pa./rton. 1. Jfmgr/aret. b. April 26. 1846; md Oct. 8. 1867. Rev. 1. R. Valliant, l). in Talbot (o.. IId.. April 12, 1835: came west. enlisted in the Confederate army. and served fo11r years; went to (lai-ksville. Tenn.; was ordained an Episcopal minister in 1878. by Bishop Quintard; the same year cmnmenced preaching at Weston, and in a short time came to Platte City to take cliarge of the business department of the Land- nmrlc. In a short time he became proprietor and editor. He was a true friend of the South. and an ardent Democrat. He was a gzood writer of sketches. prot-ient in rhetoric. but de-ient in logic. Vnder his management the Lrlmlmru-I. became an inuential paper. His Christian spirit. kindness of heart. and his suavitv of manner made him a general favorite. Though I repeatedly offered to pav for the paper. he would accept nothing. With so unselsh a. spirit. he was always in peciiniary straits. Of course he was loved and trusted. In December. 1888. he de- termined to devote his life fully to the ministry. and