Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1861, SEPT. 315 THE BANES. furnished under duress to the United States 2,000 pounds of hay. $10; 10 bushels of corn at :25 cents. $2.53(); 8 cords of wood. at 2.25. 3518. These accounts were only waste paper. Troops, both Northern and Southern. are gathering at Lex~ ington. Half of \instons regiment are there. Sept. 2ICol. Mulligan. at Lexington. surrenders. and his men are paroled. Ross. Jack. Link. Moore. and Todd. Southern men from Platte. are among the wounded. .-s the paroled Federal soldiers return to their homes. they are sometimes treated with indignity. At Platte ("itv several were denied food; but they were speedily supplied by more humane citizens. Sept. 2-:iGe11eral Ben M. Prentiss is in command at St. Joseph. OCTOBER. Oct. 8D. R. Anthon) is provost-marshal at Kansas City. R P. Clark having been appointed probate judge. in the place of H. C. Cockrill, holds the October term. So probate court was held in Januarv. 1862. Judge S. A. Gilbert holds the April term. 1862. I presume that (lark refused to take the oath. and his office was vacated. so that Gilbert could succeed. Oct. 16 The Constitutional Caonventio-n passed the Ousting Ordinance. requiring the ironclad oath of all oicers. a.nd vacating the ofces of such as failed to comply. Oct. 18Baldwin Bane having died. R. D. Johnston admin- isters. Bond. $1(),(l00. THE BANE FAMILY. Four brothers came to Platte in 1838. from Lewis Uounty, Ky. They possessed wealth. enterprise, probity. and inuence. I. JOHN BANE, was full of energy, a.nd accumulated wealth. which he left to his widow. Mary Ba.11e. At her death. a large bodv of la.nd was sold. and the proceeds were dis- tributed to his and her collateral kindred. The will of John Bane gave his estate to his wife. for life. and remainder, half to his heirs. and half to hers. In 18.23. when Mrs. Bane died. the beneficiaries constituted a host. Mr. Ban-e died in June, 1871. He ha.d large experience as a mate on steam- boats. and when the Haidcc wa.s purchased by Platte (ity parties. he was employed as mate. ll. BALDVIN BANE. married i11 Kentut-kv. (h: 1. EfIN(l7(l Bum. 2. .l[(um. S. Bane. n1d Nov. 11. 185.9. H. (lay Hateld. 3. JIar1/ Bane. n1d James ("ole. a11d was mother of Pinkie Cole, rst wife of Gabe Rice. 4. EupI1a.B(1nc. md E. J. Phillips. Mr. Ba.ldwin Bane married second. Nov. 22. 1841. Hulda Ann