Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1859, MARCH. 276 RAILROADS. March 4 - R. P. C. Wilson enrolled as an attorney. THE WESTON & ATCHISON R. R. CO. The Weston & Atchison Railroad Company John Doniphan president July 15, 1859, the W. & A. Railroad and A. & St. J. Railroad were consolidated with the Platte Country Railroad. In January 1860, the road went into operation to Atchison. In December 1861, it was finished to Iatan, and connected with Weston and Leavenworth by steamboats. April 4, 1861, the road was finished to Weston In 1863 the name was changed from Platte County Railroad to Platte Country Railroad. In 1867 it took the name of Missouri Valley Railroad, and in 1870 the road was named K. C., St. J. & C. B. Railroad. March 9 - J. H. Bell is appointed commissioner of the poor-house, and is charged $2.50 per acre rent, and is allowed $2 per week board for inmates. March 15 - Benjamin Walker having died, Henry Basye administered. Bond $6,000. His widow, Nancy, had died in 1856. 1. William Walker 2. Andrew J. Walker JOHNATHAN BONNELL having died, Huston McFarland administered. Bond, $10,000. I. WILLIAM S. BONNELL II. ELIZABETH BONNELL, married a Highfield III. LUCINDA BONNELL, married a Jacobs IV. THOMAS BONNELL V. JONA R. BONNELL VI. REBECCA BONNELL, married a Lawless VII. SARAH BONNELL VIII. A DAUGHTER, married a Wallace 1. Jonathan Wallace 2. Rebecca Ann Wallace, married a Haynes 3. William Wallace 4. Selman H. Wallace, married Sarah A. Simmons 5. Thomas Wallace 6. Sarah J. Wallace, married John Webber 7. Mary A. Wallace, married Jacob Hamm, Jr. APRIL April 1 - The Salt Lake trade is vigorously prosecuted. M. L. Young purchased in Philadelphia a large stock of goods, and started west with them. At Atchison they were attached; but an