Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1848, JUNE. 104 FANNY OWENS. Hughes He was intemperate, and, with him, the name became extinct in Judge Hughes posterity. Samuel md Ann W. Calvert. dr. of Smith. She survived her husband, and d. childless July 6, 1851, aged 22. M. N. Owen is paid by the county $75 for taking the census of the county. June 6 - Joseph James estate administered on by Barbara James. Bond, $500. The county court appropriates $300 to pave in front of the courthouse. June 12 - John Adams estate administered on by Geo. Gabbert. Bond, $3,500. FANNY OWENS Fanny Owens will probated. and J. W. Vineyard qualies as executor. Bond, $40,000. She was the widow of the celebrated Samuel Owens, of Independence, M0,. who fell at the battle of Sacramento, in the Mexican Var. by a suicidal exposure of himself. After the death of her husband. Mrs. Owens came to Platte to dwell among her relatives the Vineyards, Mitchells, and Williams. JULY. July 3 - Henry Lowmans estate administered on by Jacob Swope. WILSON POTTER Wi1son Potter's will probated. and Holland and Potter qualify as executors. He names in his will no Widow, and mentions only part of his children: 1. Mary Ann Boydston; 2, Sarah Jones, who had died, leaving Children: [1] Anna M. Jones; [5] Wilson W. Jones; [c] Eliz. Jones; 3. John Potter. WILLIAM MALOTT William Malott's will probated, and his widow, Christina (Moore) Malott, qualifies as executrix. Children: 1. JOHN SOUTH MALOTT, m'd Sarah B. McAlexander. He was a farmer, and a man of note in his day. He sold to Simpson Park his fine farm, four miles southeast of Platte City. Children: 1. Polly Malott, m'd Joel Turner Moore (first wife), who will be noticed. 2. Ann E. Malott, b. May 23, 1850; m'd April 28, 1870. John L. Piburn, b. July 19, 1849, in Ray Co. Children: [a] Simon C. Piburn, b. June 29, 1872; [b] Jas. W., b. Dec. 27, 1874; [c] George, b. Nov. 9, 1877; [d] Milton