Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1857, SEPT. 243 VILLIAII PITTS. Sept. 13--IOIIN M. HAYES having died. C F. .ii(ldleton ad- ministers. Bond. $:~:.5l)(). His widow was Jane. (hr 1. Mary C.. b. in 1845; 5.. Elizabeth Ilayes. b. i11 1847; 2. Nat C. Hayes, b. in 1853; 4. Anna, b. in 1854: Susan Hayes, b. in 1855. Sept. l5AI)AM 1:}. 1)I7I{NING having died. Jacob Smelser administered. Bond .f$:..000. He married. Marcli 24. 1844, Ann Bollinger. Sept. 23Al1nond. Paxton & Owen le a plat of their addition to Platte City. The first indications of the great national panic. A splendid crop of hemp. \heat a failure. and corn short. OCTOBER. Oct. ZThe Sepoy rebellion in India. The siege of Delhi. Oct. 5.Iarcus J. Parrott. Free Soil candidate, elected a dele0ate to Congress from Kansas over Ranson bv 4 089 votes. 23 C 7 1 7 Oct. )F. )1. Tufts buys out Willis CartWrigl1ts interest in their New Market store. Oct. 10lhe great nancial panic at its height. llissouri bonds sell at 64 cents. Oct. ;209i1non P. Yocum advertises the Leavenworth steam ferrv. WILLIAM PITTS. Oct. .21Villian1 Pitts having died. Jacob and James Pitts administered. Bond, $10,000. He lived in the bottoms opposite Lea.venworth. Children: I. A DALbrHTER, 1nd Christian Shultz. and died. leaving: 1. Jlary H. Shults. 2. Dallas A. Shultc. 3. Margaret Shultz. II. A DAUGHTER, 1nd James Lewis. Children: 1. Robert 0. Lewis. III. 1A.(;Y PITTS. 1nd a Riggs. IV. HENR Y PITTS. V. JACOB PITTS. "I. HILARY PITTS. VII. JAMES PITTS. n1d April 10, 1888, Ange Yocom. IX. SAMUEL PITTS. Oct. :2/A great fall in stocks. Missouri bonds sell at 59 cents. Oct. 26Bank of the State of Missouri suspends. The Legis- lature. being in session, legalizes suspension for one year. F. G. Gaylord arrives in Platte City and opens the male schooL NOVEMBER. Nor. 3-The Legislature forbids collectors to take any paper money, except bills of the Bank of Missouri.