Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1859, JAN. 274 THE GLADDENS THE GLADDENS. Nov. 23, 1856; 1nd Sept. 12, 1878, Lydia Hoy (see), b. Feb. 8, 1859. They live near Settle. [D] Thos P. Rixey, State lecturer for the I. O. O. F. of Missouri. Jan. 3 - The Platte City public cistern. at the southwest cor~ ner of the court-house, having failed to hold water, the town board order it filled up. Jan 15 - The Bee Creek bridge. on the road to Weston, at Tatman's, built by Harvey, is finished and paid for. Col. Sumner is again in command at Fort Leavenworth. Jan. .25Dr. John W. Doy was apprehended in Kansas. for aiding runaway slaves from Missouri to escape. He was brought by Pro-slavery 1nen to Yeston. examined before a justice of the peace. and conunitted to Platte City jail. He was removed to St. Joseph. and placed in charge of Jailer Brown. A party of his friends appeared at night. with (as they pretended) a noted prisoner to put in jail. and by artice and intimidation got pos- session of the keys, and bore Doy away in triumph. The telegraph has reached Leavenworth. FEBRUARY. Feb. 1 - The St. John Episcopal Church buy a building lot in Block 13, Weston. DAVID GLADDEN having died, his widow, Nancy, administered. Bond, $8,000. Mrs. N. Gladden died in August, 1879, leaving: I. NANCY GLADDEN (ii), b. Aug. 8, 1842; married Feb. 19, 1863. George Beery, b. in 1843, son of John A. He died Jan. 27, 1879. Mrs. Beery still lives with her children: 1. Elizabeth Beery, b. April 4, 1866; married in 1884, Isaac Baker, of Clinton; 3 children; 2. William Beery, b. in 1864; went to Oklahoma Territory. 3. Mary Beery, married Jesse Stone; 3 children. 4. Julia Beery, married George Cook; 2 children. 5. Georgia Beery. 6. James Beery. II. NATHANIEL GLADDEN, b. in 1851; married a Francis. III. SARAH GLADDEN, married a McCracken and was divorced. LUCY THROCKMORTON Feb. 11 - Lucy Throckmorton having died J. F. Broadhurst administered. Bond, $3,000. She was a Holladay, a sister of Benjamin and David. Her husband, John J. Throckmorton (i), died in 1853 in Kentucky. Mrs. Throckmorton and her son, John J. (ii), came to Platte in 1854. The latter is still an enterprising citizen, having been a farmer, a stock-raiser, a hotel-keeper, etc.