Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1853, JAN. 16-) THE BURNES. entering upon a new politit-al career. was much lamented. Children: 1. .[m;/ Ifurue.s-, md (ol. Milton Moore. of Kansas City. ti ehildren. . Ifnmm /)HIII(., nid lheo. \innin;;ha1n. of Chicago. :1 Kate lmn(x. nid June N. 1887. Elias S. (lateh. She was ealled The Fairie of .\r-Lawn. 4. lirg/iniu I1une.s-. 5. Jus. ... Jr. 43. Leui.s- C. Bmm.-. .Ir. linrnes a11d his brother. James N. Barnes. made a eoena11t that the s111-ior should take the estate of the deeeased. and adopt his ehildren. This agreenient was eonsnnnnated by tol. Jas. .. lnrnes. and the children of Daniel I). inherited their shares in the estate of James N. That estate is now a eorporation. and is called ll1eBm-nes Estate. V. (/UL. .jl-.llIS N. BURNES. 1). ill Morga11 (.o.. Ind., .1111) 15. 1827: d. at Vasl1ington, 1). (,.. Jan. 24. 1889: 1nd July 15. 1847. .lar -. Skinner. 1). (let. 2. 1.928 in Ke11tn,-ky: living at St. Joseph. Mr. nrnes was ten years of age when the lhiriies ta1nilV settled i11 Platte. After receiving the best education attainable in the \est. he entered Harvard (ollege. and gzradnated with e1-edit in 1.952. He was ad- 111itted to the bar Dec. 6. 1853. He opened a law otee in Weston, and. with his partner. H. -1. \olf. did an XtEI1.i- business throngho11t upper .[issouri and eastern Kansas. He became interested i11 every seheine or enterprise for the iniprovement of society and the welfare of the people. February 1, 1867. he was appointed judge of the \eston Court of (olnlnon Pleas. V]llti1 oiee he resigned in 1872, to remove to St. Joseph. To his e11er;:. eliiey. we owe the \eston & Atehison R. I{.. the (,1li(tl;,"() & S. W. R32. and the Leavenwortli and the Atehison in-idges. \ith his brother. (alVin F. linrnes. he started the National Ba11k of St. Joseph and the waterworks of that 4-it. His nancial power and integrity were seen and acknowledged by all. in 1877. when his name was found on the bond of State Treasurer Gates. and the deposits of that oieer. amounting" to over a million dollars. were in the Mastin Bank, a.t Kansas (it. and the Bank of Missouri. at St. Louis. and both were broken. Vhile the other snreties despair-ed. or covered their propel-t from exeeution. he was firm and true; took the assets ot the defunet institiv. tions. elosed them out. and paid eer dollar due the State. It is said that in these operations he eleared $10tl.tl0tL His eharaeter as a. tinaneier was established. and politieal honors were thrust upon him. In 1982 he \:Is eleeted to Congress. as a Denioerat. and reeleeted a seeond and a third time. from this district. He took a liigzh position in Congress as a statesman and orator. He had alreadv at n