Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1863, NOV. 353 JOHN HUGHES. Nor. 1.IIenrv Vennemen having (lied below Weston, A. Tribble administers. He married July :30, 1854. Charlotte Yocom. (See./l Nor. I.L-eonidas ()ldh~am ha.ving (lied in the South, his widow. Mary E. Uldham. administered. Bond. $10,000. I be- lieve Mr. Oldham had no relatives in the eounty. except: a. sister, Mrs. W. S. Hughes. He married Mary E. Hughes, daughter of JOHN HUGHES, \ho was born in .Iaryland July 18. 1786. and died in Kentucky Septelnb-er 7. 1817; married, Septelnber 18. 1809 allie Villia.ms, born November . 1791, and died in Platte i11 1851. After her husbands death. Mrs. Sallie Hughes brought her family to How- ard (Jo~11ntv, Mo.. and thence came to Platte, in 1837. They settled ve miles north of Platte City. 011: I. WILLIAM SWAN HUGHES. b. in Jessamine County, Ky., Nov. 18, 1810. He n1d Matilda Oldham. Children: 1. Ge0rr/r Hughes, lives in Jackson County. 2. I{0bert. lives in Bates County. He md a Pemberton, and their daughter, Ola Hughes. n1d R. E. Wil1ia.ms. (S-ee.) II. ALFRED KY. HUGHES. b. Aug. 8, 1812; md Mary Wallace. He (1. January 11, 1875. They had no children, but raised Miss Mollie Nash. III. ZERELDA V. HUGHES, b. July 31. 1814: d. July 13. 1875; md Aug. 18. 1831. Jesse Morin. b. Nov. 21. 1808. in Bourbon County. Ky.; d. in Platte City Aug. 30, 1884. He was a son of John Morin and Sarah FiShbl(l(.0f (ulpeper County. Va. Maj. Jesse Morin was a. man of native iritelleet and supe rior edut-a.tion. Essentially military in his nature. he was ster11 and imperative. He was born to command and lead. After residing for some years i11 Howard Pounty. he came with a large eolony to Platte, in 1837. and settled on the quarter-section lying east of that on whieh Hartinsyille was situated. and now the home farm of Judge Norton. This he sold. and then bought a. farm near Settle. After the war. he came to Platte City. He was our rst repre. sentative. eleeted when Platte was attaehed to Clay. He beealne the rst eireuit elerk. 11pon the organization of the county. in 1839: and was elected for a. second term. He was register of the land ofee at Fort Scott: was a straight- out Democrat and hostile to all opponents. He raised a (~0111pa11v for the Mexiean War. and became major of Col. A. W. Doniphans regiment. His personal eourage and moral rmness gave him power and intluenee. He was not an orator, but his arguments were pointed. and his words were generally obeyed. He had many enemies. whom he allowed no quarter. He opposed seeession until war was inevitable. lov. :Taeks-on appointed him a hrigadier gen 23- L