Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1855, JAN. 19? ELISHA GREEN. iewspapersAt Weston, the Argus (Democratic); the Re- porter (Yhig), Finch & Gorman editors, for law and order. At Parkville, the Ind ustrtial Lunti41(ng/ (Free Soil). Park & Patterson editors. Popula.tio~nOf Kansas. 8,501; of Parkville. 2300; Weston, 1,400; Platte City, 700. PricesCoee. 12 cents; our. per 100, $2.50; eggs. 10 cents; corn. 00 cents; wheat. $1.50; whisky, $1; oysters. per can, $1. )IailsTri-weekly from the Fort to Leavenworth. Lewis Rees is postmaster at Leavenworth, and his services are paid for by subscription. From Weston to the Fort. three times a Week; from Liberty to Weston. the same. JANUARY. Jan. 4Ja1nes Ferguys haying died, Ranson & Gabbert ad- minister. Bond. $25,000. Mr. Ferguys, with Mr. Ransonn. opened. about 1841, a. dry goods store in Platte City, and about 1847 re- moved to Weston. Mr. Ranson. after the death of his partner, removed to Kansas City. ELISHA GREEN. Jan. 9Elisha Green died a.t his hotel in Platte City. F. Mar- shall and N. R. Green adniinistered. giving bond for $100,000. He was born in east Tennessee May 15. 1801; died January 9, 1855; in 1818 he l1li"L1l"lECl Malinda Green (no ki11 to Mr. Green). In the spring of 1826 he removed to Lexington, M0,. and thence to Platte. i11 1.837. He pu1c-hased a. wigwain of a Pottawatomie Indian. and settled in the Missouri bottoms. near Farley. In 1844 he removed to Platte City. and erected the hotel still known as the Green House. His hotel was the resort of a club of Democratic pOliTi(:1I1S. and professional a11d literary gentlemen. It was the home of Senator Atcliison while he lived in Pla.tte. Mr. Green was a man of entei-prise a.nd energy. a.nd Platte City owes to him many valuable improvements. At the time of his death he wa.s lmiltliiig :1, ("HStl mill. to be run by steam. just below Platte River liridge. lint upon his death all operations ceased. He was the life of the towneve1- ready with a good story or a. pm etieal joke. llis s-urviving friends often speak of his hospitality. enterprise, and lmmoi-. M1-s. Green was born i11 Heni-it-o County. a.. May 2;. 1800. and died in Platte City Oc-tober 9. 187."). She was a l:lI;,"t~, In-isk. independent. and kindhearted woman. I. I{lIIl.I8? FR-.KI.I GREEN, ll. in 1821: went to Santa Fe in 184.0. mat-1-ied a Mt-xit-ail lady. had several children, and d. Dee. 18, 1878. II. .II.. )ll{l A. GREEN. in early life was handsome. spirited. and imlt.],e11de11t. She labored effectively in every good cause: was ever -;e11ei-ons and kind to the poor and zealous