Annals of Platte County, Missouri

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1863, JULY. 346 CHARLES HAMILTON. IV. MARY E. PAYNE, b. May 30, 1841. V. JOHN XV. PAYNE, b. Oct. 17, 1844. VI. VIRGINIA W. PAYNE, b. Oct. 5, 1846; md Lendas Duval, of Richmond, Mo. I have lately been in correspondence with Mrs. Duval. Her letters show a noble Christian Woman. She and her sisters were educated at Prof. H. B. Todds Academy, in Platte City. JULY. July 3The nal battle of Gettysburg and the surrender of Vicksburg. CHARLES HAMILTON. Charles Hamilton. of New Market. having died. I. P. Cart- wright administered. Bond, $8,000. His widow was Sarah, born in May. 1820, living. Children: I. JOHN HAMILTON. H. MARY C. III. GLENN. IV. JAMES IV. V. MARGARET E. HAMILTON, md a Wilson. "VI. RICHARD. VII. ANN E. HAMILTON, b. in Scott County. Ky.; md Nov. 25, 1862. Isaac Pinkston Cartwright. ( See.) VIII. CHAS. F. HAMILTON, md in 1897. Lou Brown. IX. BURNETT F. July 12Col. John Morgans raid into Indiana and Ohio. July 19Martial law declared in Leavenworth by Gen. Ewing. AUGUST. .4215/. 21The sack of Lawrence by Quantrell. It is said 150 persons were killed. .4214/. 25Gen. Ewing issues his famous Order No. 11. .4vu(/ 26The indignation in Kansas over the Quantrell raid is intense. and we are charged as accessory to the crimes com- mitted. The Red-leg dogs-of-Inurder are turned loose. The border is infested with prowling thieves a11d assassins. The alarm in Platte is universal. Ve inquire every morning into the outrages committed the previous night. On one occasion a large force was orgin7.ed at Leavenworth to come over and burn Platte City. but the military authorities a.t Fort Leavenworth interfered. It had been reported that Platte City had indorsed Quantrell. JOHN BRYANT. -1u,r/. 3 lJohn P:-vant having died. his widow. Mary. admin- istered. Bond. 5l:~1.200. He was born in Fauquier County, Va., in 1.7.00. and died in Platte August 8. 186?: he removed to Pennsyl- vania. Wliere. in 1912. he married Sarah )IcCalister. who was born in 17.0.). (laughter of James Mr-(alister. a wealthy Scotchman.