Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1858, SEPT. 263 DAVID SMITH Sept. 4 - Fire in Weston. Loss: F. Kaufman, $4,500; Shaw & Newhouse, $6,000; John Deitz, $10,000, City, $3,000. DAVID SMITH Sept. I.il)u.vid Suiitli. colored, was husely mu1de1ed at his home. on the .lissou1i. below L(2l(1l()Ilil. by :1. gang of outlaws. A free negxro, he was honest and imliistriolis. and owned :1 good farm. He left :1. son, Hem- (7. Siuith. horn in Imlepemlelice, Mo.. Septeiuber 1845. Our fellow-citizen. R. F. .Insou. became his ;:11:11diz1n, and ;,vz1e him 21 ;.,(H)(l eduezitiou. He l)ec:11ue protege of Senator Bruce (c0lo1ed). of Mississippi. and was employed in the T1ez1.su1 Dep;1.1tn1ent :1.t Vz1.sl1iu;:ton. He held the office of State superiiiteiident of schools of Mississippi. He is :1. rising man {t1Il0Il;: the negroes of the South and West. Sept. .3()l)r. E1n.s1uus S. (lzirdy died at Pmkville. Clardy & Broadliiirst administered. Bond. $5.000. THE CLARDY FAMILY. NOR.l.I S. CL.R.I)Y was born i11 Virgiiiizi. i11 1774; mar- ried Rachel Johnson. born in 1787. ll1e weue parents of Johnson and Giles (~. (1:11dv. I. JOHNSON (.L-RDY. was fa1.tlie1 of Dr. E. S. Clardy. of Park- ville, whose death l1.a.s just been noticed. Dr. Clardy was a learned pliysician. He 111d :1. Miss Ottoc. II. GILES C. (iLARDY. b. i11 V:1.1re11 (Zo.. KV.. June 10, 1813. He was :1 fzimuer in Platte. near Smitliville; :1 1ne1cha.nt in that vi1l:1ge.and postinzlster at Smitliville during: Harrisons administ1a.tion. He 1ud Oct. 1, 1835, A1-;1n1i11.t:1 .-.da.ms. dr. of Jus. F. She was born in Tennessee Marcli 28, 1817. They canie to Platte in 1840. He is an uncle of Hon. M. L. (.la.1dV, Inelnber of (/0I1gI0SS from Missouri. (lit 1. G(1rIrm(l U. (.7I(Ird1/, b. Dec. 26. 1836; md Sept. 10. 1801, lI:1.1ga1et V. Vallet1. d1. of Absalom. 2. .-lm(m(I(z F. (I(u(II/. b. Aug. 16. 1837; dead: md Jos. Duncan. son of J:1.s.: 1. child1en. 2%. James T. (llardg/. b. April 1. 1842; killed in April, 1870: n1d June 27. 1RliT, Lou Todd: 2 children. 4. .lIm1a Jl. (lartlg/, b. Oct. 16. ],8J.(i; u1dJa.u. 29. 1867. E. B. Tliaitclier, son of Dzlnielz 2 children. 7 J - (iiIc.s W. (.l(tr(Ig/. h. M:11ch 3. 1849; u1d 1st, Eliza lhmn:1s; 3} children; 1ud 2d, .Iinnie Thomas (sister: no children. Sept. 21 - HAZEL L. BUTTS having died. J. F. Broadhurst ~.1dministered. Bond. $9,000. He lived on the prziirie. seven miles southeast of Ila.tte City. He was :1 man of sound judgment. and diS(til{1I:Pd the duties of :1. justice of the peace with credit. His widow was .Ia.1y A. ("h: 1. Frances A. Butts; 2. Villiani; 3. James T. Butts. and an infant. All left the county.