Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1857, APRIL. 234 ETI-IAN ALLEN. APRIL. April 4The Platte City Wceklg/ Atlas is issued by Ethan Allen, at $2 per year. His terms for advertisements are: A square of 12 lines, rst time, $1; all subsequent insertions, half price each; administra.tors notice. $2; nal settlement notice, $2.50; business card. $5; announcement of candidate. $3: obitu- aries. 50 cents per square. I have full les of the Atlas. and henceforth my data will be more reliable. ETHAN ALLEN. Ethan Allen was descended from Gen. Ira Allen. brother of the illustrious Ethan Allen, who demanded the surrender of Ticonderoga in the name of the great Jehovah and the Co-nti- nental Congress The father of Ethan Allen. Jr., was Anson Hall Allen. born July 7, 1806. and Marena Morehouse was his mother. Ethan was born in New York August -:1, 1834; married &ptember 20, 1857, A11n Rachel Musgrove, born March 27, 1838; died February 13, 1895. Mr. All-ens paper. the Atlas. was admir- ably conducted. and the literary talent of a large number of con- tributors puts to shame the partyridden and sycophantic sheets of to-day. Poetry sparkled in every number, and the young and ambitious made something interesting, besides politics. Mr. Allen lives now a.t Lexington. Mo., and stands among the foremost in the State editorial fraternity. Children: I. MARY ELIZ. ALLEN. b. in Platte City Dec. 28, 1858. II. VERGILLA ALLEN. b. May 1860. III. OLIVIA ALLEN. b. Nov. 14. 1863. IV. FRANCES CORNELIA ALLEN. b. Sept. 1. 1866. V. ETHAN ALLEN (iii). b. Nov. 4. 1868. VI. ANNIE ALLEN. b. June 26. 1871. THE ACADEMY STOCRHOLDERS. The Academy stockholders having chosen H. B. Todd. W. M. Paxton. and IV. A. Fox a building committee. A. V. Henning takes the contract to build the Academy. at 3515.000. Platte (ity is on a boo1nnot a house to rent. H. (lay Cockrell is announced for probate judge. A. V. Henning advertises for brick and stone-masons. The .~al(-mv committee calls for one-half the subscriptions. The --atlu-nrv is to be nished by the rst .londav in November. when it is to dedicated and opened. J. F. Pitts oc1s the reward of $100 each. for the capture and return of two runaway slaves. Sales of real estate: IV. J. Norris to C. F. Spencer. 302 .ltl(.1. int-lmling T1-at-v. at $45 per acre. John Bane to J. W. (hristv. 80 acres at $40; and James A. Headley to Gen. Je. Wil- liams. 160 acres at $:.5.