Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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208 THE WINSTONS. of eompanv. As a huinorist he had few equals, and yet he possessed a high order of intelligence. In August. 1815. he was elected a delegate to the second State Coiistitutional Convention, and in 1858 he wa.s chosen a. (rountv representative. with Dr. Samuel Mt-Guire as his associate. In 1878 he was elected county a.ttornev. In April. 1881. he removed to Colorado. to live with his daughter. Mrs. Katie Dameron. where he died. His children have a.ll left us. I knew the family well, and can testify to their faseinating beauty. their remarkable protieienc-v in music. their (l1{111l1l1]g graces. and thei-r edut-ational aeeomplishments. The three daughters of Col. Pitt were a. triad of noble sisters. charining wives. and true and faithful inothers. Children: ["] James Frost Pitt. b. in 1851; is a rising lawver of St. Joseph. He is. even now. one of the best praetitioners of the State. ["] Lula Pitt. 1). Sept. 13. 1853; n1d Feb. 28. 1881. Dr. Guilford Yokom. b. in 1844. The) live in (,olorado. Children: [1] Helen Yokom. lo. Oct. 1. 1882; and aeeidentallv killed in July. 18)-1. by a shot from a. g11n iii the hands of a. negligent vouth. Lula is now a sad and childless mother. ["] Katie Pitt. b. in 18515: d. Dec. 1. 1881); 1nd Sept. 21. 1876. Geo. M. Dameron. She was a delicately strung harp. se11si- tive to every breath of air or beam of sunshi11e. Her soul was from infam-v a.ttuned to harniony. She met you in eestasies of delight. and when she left. you were sure an angel had been with vou. Vords of kindness and atfeetion owed as net,-tar fron1 her lips. and to your imagination she was a. bird of par- adise. But these perfeetions were more than her nature eould sustain. She lost her reason. and (lied in an as)lum. She left a ehild. \arren. who. with Mr. l)ameron. is in the far Vest. But her dust re- poses in our een1eter. and a large harp. appropriately ])l:l(((l at the head of her grave. is garlanded with honevsu-kle. Her life was a song. and her 1nonu- ment is a lIe whose -lColian strains lull her slum- bers. [1] Lettie litt. m(l Oet. E39, 1885. R. H. Wel- ler. a dealer in 4-allele at Kansas (it,v. Lettie is much like her moth;-ra brilliant talker. and a. faithful worker in the Episeopal (llmreli. lo her talent for musie she :Hl(lS iaeit. purity. and unwavering faith. (li: [I] .lolm 1. \eller: [.2 James W.; [3] l.i7,zie l. 3. -/IIIII(. /3. Ilr(;.sf. lIl(l UH. lll. l.S5)fl. "1115. E. Almond. ll. H4-1. lfl. l.-ll. [] .(ltlie l1ns1. To them was born one child: llIey separated. and are both in