Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton




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1860, OCT. 304 W. T. WESTERFIELD. OCTOBER. Oct. 1Ja1nes H. Layton. under a. new law, becomes sole judge of the county court. Davis Chapel )1. E. Church organized. Oct. 5G-rand Union demonstration at St. Joseph. They sent to Platte City for a cannon. Tickets from Weston and back.$3. NOVEMBER. Nor. .3Tl1e turnpike is coinplete f1-om Weston to Bee Creek. The county has paid $900. DR. W. T. WESTERFIELD. Nor. 13D1. W. T. Veste1e1d having died, J. M. Railey ad- minis-te1ed. Bond. $8.000. Children: I. ELIZABETH WESTERFIELD. 1nd May 19. 1850. John S. Woods, b. Feb. 7 . 1824. II. GEO. WESTERFIELD. III. MARTHA. IV. SUSAN. V. FRANCES. Nor. ;26Judge lI(-Fenian holds cim-uit court. by request of Judge Silas Woods~on. Nor. ;28J. M. Railey. cashier of the Westo-n branch of the .IeChani-s Bank of Misisouri. Writes: I have a dispatch dated St. Louis. November 27th. 10 p. m.. saying: The banks have suspended; redeem no more of your C1111"9I1C. It is signed by the president of the parent bank. and will be obeyed. Nor. .29 E. G. Heriot -enrolled as an attorney. DECEMBER. Dee. 3W. O. Smith having died. R. N. Harrington adminis- tered. Bond. $1,000. Dee. .3Iat1-ick Shea having died. S. A. Gilbert administered. Bond. $2,000. I M-. 0Geo. .. Beeeliler died at \esto~n; b. Feb. 18. 1809. l)c(:. ]()(.11a1-lies B. \i1son and S. D. Fulton enrolled as atto1ne)s. Der-. I7lh~e Green House in Platte (ity is sold by the sheri as the propel-tv of B(2lll("h&1111p. Blooro and (lio1d. and is bought by Jonathan Tipton. at $2.031. The bar adopts the first rode of rules of prac-tic-e. South ( arolina. seeedes. Der. .20IIaj. . de1son (-a-uates Fort lloultrie and goes to Fort Smnter. Dew. 28Maj. John Doug-l1e1tV died in Clay. aged 69.