Annals of Platte County, Missouri

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1856, MAY. 214 HENRY F. CALLICOTTE. A squad of n1e11 was raised in Platte, and crossed at Delaware, taking two brass six-pounders. They were organized as )Iissouri militia, a.nd armed by the State. They went to Lawrence by way of Franklill. About twenty-ve men from Clay and Platte. in command of Capt. J. B. Thompson, oered their services to Gov. Shannon, and were assigned to the command of Col. Titus. They Went to Law- rence. Among them were J. P. Harbeson, W. C. Hatton, W. C. Baker, D. C. Date, and other Pla.tte County men. John Brown was in Lawrence, but took no open part. Atchison, Stringfellow, and Morin were the counsellors of the Pro-slavery party. 31 ag/ 2.5John Brown a.nd his troop, at Fra.nklin, seize ve Pro-slavery men and shoot them, producing consternation in that quarter. Eight families. with twelve teams, from Illinois, were stopped in Platte. on their way to Kansas, and were sent to Clay, Where they were provided With homes. At Franklin, Kansas, Old Sacramento, the cannon brought back from Mexico. fell into the hands of Free State men. and it was bu rsted a. few years ago. HENRY F . CALLICOTTE %ecomes a worthy and inuential citizen of the east part of Platte. His father. J ORDAN CALLICOTTE, from North Carolina, md in Kentucky Frances Dunbar. Henry F. was b. in Russell Co.. Ky.. May 27. 1827. Dec. 24. 1851. he md in Kentucky. Mary Ann .[urray, b. April 6. 1826. They came to P1a.tte in 1856. Mr. Cal- lic-otte is a man of superior judgment. and exercises a commanding inuence in his neighborhood. Children: I. MARY F. CALLICOTTE, b. July :26. 1856; md Sept. 27, 1.977. YWilliam A. Elgin. (See) II. JOSEPH C. C.-XLLICOTTE. b. May 30, 1858; md Feb. 20. 1883, Mollie Hardesty. Children: 1. Fannie ((1Nic01/fc. 2. Cliff. 3. G00. J UNE. The Deniot-ratic Convention at Cincinnati nominate Bu- chanan and P.re:linri(lge. -Iunc 5-Battle of Black Jack. The Free State men dislodge the Soutlicrners from Franklin, Kansas. Sevc-ral hundred thousand dollars are sent to Kansas, to make it a free State. June (i()sawato1nie sacked by Pro-slavery men. Juno 9~Goernor Shannon at Westport, in person, orders Soutliern troops to disperse. Free State men gather from Iowa. The )Iis-sonri is bloc-kaded by Pro-slavery men.