Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1862, NOV. 333 THE WALLERS I. HENRIETTA DANIEL II. JOHN A. MONTGOMERY III. WILLIAM MONTGOMERY, dead. IV. JAMES F. MONTGOMERY V. NANCY MONTGOMERY, married November 2, 1871, Meritt S. Wilson, b. January 29, 1849, son of Matthew B. Wilson. VI. ROBERT MONTGOMERY, dead Nov. 24 - Judge Silas Woodson Baptist Church Male Academy DECEMBER Dec. 6 - Gov. C. F. Jackson died at Little Rock, Arkansas. ELDER HIRAM WALLER Dec. 9 - Elder Hiram Waller died. He was born in Fauquier County, Virginia, June 8, 1802. His father, Lewis Waller, was born in the same county June 1, 1772, and died in July, 1842. Lewis married Elizabeth W. Woodruff, born October 19, 1775, daughter of Owen Woodruff, an emigrant from Scotland. Their son, Hiram Waller, married January 13, 1829, Eliza J. Gaines, born October 11, 1813, and died July 10, 1895, daughter of Richard H. Gaines, of Fauquier County, Virginia. Hiram and his family came west in 1837, and settled in Clay County, Mo. In 1838 they crossed the line into Platte. I. RICHARD LEWIS WALLER (i). b. in Fauquier County, Va., January 30, 1830. Engaged in the mercantile business with James E. Frost joined Capt. W. P. Chiles company of the Missouri State Guard battles of Lexington, Springfield, et al. lieutenant in Col. Elhart's battalion of Shelby's brigade 1872 elected collector of Platte County 1874 circuit clerk and reelected in 1878 1884 appointed county judge lives on his large farm four miles east of Platte City