Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1854. J ULY. 184 THE GARDINERS. 1. Perry Layton (ii). 2. M aalmda. 3. David, md Aug. 10, 1891, Clara Decker. 4. Lurzintla (L-uvlitc). 5. Jlinerval. 6. James. 7. Noah. 8. Ben Layton. Mr Layton is a son of the late Judge Jas. H. Layton, and a cordial and intelligent, gentleman. JOHN I. GARDINER. July 11John I. Gardiner having died, his widow, Nancy J., administered, Bond, $20,000. They settled, about 1847, at Sec- ond Creek Church. He was a highly respected gentleman, and his wife was handsome and intelligent. Children: I. ANNA ANASTASIA GARDINER, md Feb. 21, 1860, And. Cook. No children. H. LETITIA A. GARDINER, d. June 9, 1878, aged 28. July 27Leonard Cannon having died near Farley, R. F. Mason administered. Bond, $2,600. The Argus oers $200 reward for the apprehension of Eli Thayer, president of the New England Emigrant Aid Society. The Atchison Town Company formed, with P. T. Abell, presi- dent; J. H. Stringfellow, secretary; and J. N. But-nes. treasurer. PLATTE COUNTY SELF-DEFENSIVE ASSOCIATION. July :29A meeting was held to-day, in pursuance of a call signed, among others, by W. B. Almond, D. R. Atchison, J. N. Burnes, Dr. G. W. Bayless, Jas. Adkins, P. T. Abel], Danl Cary, J. V. Cockrill, Geo. Galloway, Jesse Morin, V. J. Miller, W. H. Spratt, B. F. Stringfellow, J. H. Stringfellow, Jarret Todd. Jno. M. Wallace, J. W. Vineyard. Geo. Galloway was made president, and J. H. Stringfellow secretary. After resolving that all settlers sent to Kansas by aid societies must be turned back. they formed a society, to be known as the Platte County Self-Defensive Associa- tion. to hold public meetings. and urge the settlement of Kansas lay 11-o-slavery men .antl to guard elections against the frauds of Almlitionists. Ynder the patronage of this institution. Atchison, l5ale.s. Striugfellow. and others made frequent public addresses. THE KANSAS LEAGUE. TheK.:111S:1S League was a subsidiary institution, to carry into e-tl-ct the decrees of the Platte County Self-Defensive Association. It was (Ulll1mS(f1. t"lll(ll. of the same persons, bmziid to secrecy by an oath, and holding meetings in the dark, wherever and whenever 4-alled out. l.hrou;-"h the agency of this institution. newspapers xw-re Sll]h]IPSSPd and Northern Methodists silenced.