Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1864. JUNE. 363 WILLAIM JACK CAPT. WILLIAM JACK Juno 8 - Capt. William Jack died at Platte City. He was born March 19, 1778, in Tennessee; married. in 1801, Esther Harris, born September 5, 1780, and died in 1863. They were living in Kentucky when agitated by the great revival out of which the Cumberland Presbyterian Church grew, and he became one of the founders of that denomination. They came west about 1820, and settled at Lexington Landing where Capt. Jack kept a ferry for many years. In 1837 the family removed to Platte, and after a few years, settled at Platte City. They were a father and mother in Israel. a11d enjoyed the esteem and veneration of all men. I knew him only in his hoary age, when his whole soul was absorbed in holy contemplations. I procured for him a large- print Testament. and every pleasant day, with the sacred volume under his arm, he would totter to the Presbyterian church, and, at a south window, spend an hour in reading, contemplation. and prayer. Children: I. PATSEY JACK. b. April 19. 1802; married July 4. 1821. Joseph Erwin. II. L. CULBERSON (CUB) JACK, b. in Tennessee May 10, 1805; d. in Platte March 30, 1861; married Oct. 2, 1828, Stacy Owen, dr. of Wilson Owen. She d. Feb. 3. 1996. Mr. Jack was a genial. hospitable. and agreeable gentleinan. His mirth and good 11111nor made him a. pleasant coinpanion. H-e was one of the few I have met who co11ld be merry without hurting a.nybodys feeliiigs. He had charge of the water-mills at Platte City in 1850-3. Children: 1. Amelia Jack, a handsome and accomplished lady. was b. April 8. 1831; d. in California Dec. 5. 1892: married March 8, 1853. Addison Burge. b. Feb. 20. 1824. killed in the street of Platte City Feb. 2, 1872. by a dagger driven to his heart by Dr. F. M. Johnson. who claimed that Barge had offered some indignity to his wife. Mr. Burge was a man of superior intelligence. He kept a drug store in Platte City many years; was elected a representative in November, 1868, over Manoah Miles, from the eastern district of Platte County. by a vote of 302 to 278: but he had much trouble to get his seat in the Radical Legislature. 2. Flora A. Jack, b. April 8. 1831; md 1st. Oct. 30, 1850. Judge James B. Martin (see). She married 2d. July 23, 1867, Geo. R. Hines. a banker of Leavenworth. She was a lovely woman, and much admired for personal and mental charms Mr. Hines is an intelligent gentleman, but failed in banking. Children: [a] George R. Hines Jr. 3. Lavenia Jack (Vene), b. March 16. 1833: married June 7, 1864 (second wife), Eardley O. Sayle, b. Feb. 24, 1832, son of Dr. C. W. Sayle and Lucinda M. Adams. Mr.