Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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18-55, NOV. fl. 207 THE \INSTONS. H(ur1/ (f. llin.s-ton. b. in Platte County. \oodson resides at Liberty. .lo. He has tilled the oices of prosecuting attorney and of probate judge. and is recommended for (l()11;:1ess. He pos- sesses native intellect. supplemented by education. ambition. and chivalry. llc conmienced the practice of law at Platte ( "ity in 1864. entered the (onfederate army. served under Gen. Price. a11d became assistant adjutant-general of the Missouri State Guard. He is related to his wife thro~ugh the Hughes family. (h: [1] \insto-n \oodso-n. b. Aug. 9. 1865; d. Nov. 18. 1891: ["] Eli/.ab-eth 1. Voodson. b. (let. 17. 1870: [] W111. H. Voodso~n (iil. b. Feb. 21. 1874: ["] Arch. L. \oo~dson. b. Jan. 8. 1.876: ["] Lydia. L. \oodson. b. Oct. 12. 1.877: [7] Jos. L. \oodson. b. May 213. 1880; [U] Everard M. \o-odson. b. Dec. 27. 18-2. . ter ;:radu- ating at Villia1n Jewell College at Liberty. Mo.. at the Missouri State University. and at the Law School of Va.sl1i11gtom City. he has commenced the practice of la.w at Kansas City. He md his distant relative. Josie Kennedy. an amiable and intelligent lady. They have no children. 4. Geo F. Wilastoiz. graduated at. Villia1n Jewell College a.nd at the St. Louis Law School. icing law in Kansas City. Mo. He is now prac- 5. Al;/. S. Winston. 1nd May 10. 1881. .1nanda Duncan. b. July 29. 1863. dr. of James Du11ca11. Sidney. as he is called. is a. fa.rmer on part of the parental estate. Children: [1] Joseph insto-n: ["] Harry: ["] Bessie; [7] Cora; [P] Jo-hn. H. LOFISA \INSIOl. md in North C-arolina Jas. b. Frost. who died there. The widow came to Platte in 18:18. with her two children. and here died. (I12 1. Elisabeth Frost. 1nd in 1846. Col John E. Pitt. b. in southern Kentucky about 1822; (l. in Colorado June 19. 1884. Mrs. Pitt was a ha11dso111e and fascinating woinan. well read in the literature of the day. a bril- lia.nt eonversationalist. and a charming couipanion. (-ol. Pi came to Pla.tte City in. 1843. and rst intro- duced himself to public notice by running against Judge 9. L. Leonard for circuit attorney. His speeches were replete with wit and spicy. cutting: stories. His audiences were convulsed with laugh- ter. and his well-told anecdotes are not yet forgotten. He wa.s a Wl1ig. but ,r..rained favor by his courteous manners and genial disposition. He was an orator and a chaste writer. He was the life of every circle he entered. and made himself interesting: to all sorts