Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1853, JAN. 166 THE BURNES. Mrs. Burnes is a daughter of Phinehas Skinner, an early merchant, farmer. and trader. of Platte. She still lives in the Burnes mansion near St. Joseph. She is a woman of intelligence, and is honored for her virtues. Besides the adopted children of Daniel D. Burnes (ii) she has but one living Child: 1. Daniel D. Burnes (iii), was b. at Ringold. Platte Co.. Mo., Jan. 4, 185]. He is a graduate of Washington College a11d the Law Department of Harvard. He married May 17, 1877. Minnie Farrar. of St. Louis. He has had at different times. as his partners. Judge Silas Woodson. Judge 0. M. Spencer. and Hon. S. B. Green. His name stands with the most illustrious lawyers at the St. Joseph bar. In November, 1882, he was elected to Congress as a Democrat. At the end of his term he declined another nomination. and is now engaged in a lucrative practice of law. in St. Joseph. But death has removed his wife. leaving a lovely child: [a] Kennett F. Burnes. b. in 1878. 2. Calvin Carr Burnes, b. in 1856, was rising to distinction when death called him hence Nov. 20, 1893. He located in Chicago, and there married Fannie Byram, who survives. with: [a] Myrtle Burnes, her only child. VI. CALVIN F. BURNES, b. in Indiana Feb. 18, 1830; d. at St. Joseph July 29. 1896, married Sept. 27. 1859. Kate Hughes, daughter of Hon. Jas. M. Hughes, one of our earliest congressman. Mr. Barnes was president of the Bank of St. Joseph and its chief stockholder. He was regraded as one of the best financiers of the age. He was connnected in business with his brother, James, throughout the life of the latter, and many attribute the financial success of the firm to his prudent management. While James N. engaged in his daring enterprises abroad, Calvin F. supplied the funds and kept the account at home. He is blessed with only one child: 1. Mary Burnes Jan. 19 - Capt. Andrew Johnson sells to James Kuykendall the E. 1/2 of Block 37, Platte City, for $1,200. FEBRUARY Feb. 3 - Platte City is granted, by the Legislature, a new charter.