Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1864, NOV. 382 THE HEATHS. For Representa.tiVes John Wilson, 908; D. D. Burnes, 874; A. G. Brown, 445; Thomas Quinn, 449. For Sheritf W. T. Woods, 892; J. A. Price, 457. For County Judge J . H. Layton, 925; J. B. Wright, 423. For Circuit Clerk ~ G. W. Belt, 1,029; D. W. Moore, 2301. For County Clerk D. P. Lewis, 915; J. M. Mulkey, 424. For Treasurer M. C. Bonnell, 683 ; C. M. Boyd,,296. For Coroner E. D. Cord, 680; W. A. White, 447. For Assessor J. A. Stone. 910; M. Miles, 429. Public Administrator was not voted for, and W. M. Paxton held over. Nov. 4 - The Border Times advertises 69 sheriff sales. Platte County has sent 1,800 men to the Southern army. Clinton Heath is appointed administrator of James Heath. Bond, $5,000. THE HEATH FAMILY. ISRAEL HEATH was the progenitor of the Platte County family. He lived in Cabell County, Va, and married Elizabeth Blue. He was a farmer and stone-mason. An earnest Methodist, he raised all his family in that faith. Three of his sons were preachers. He came to Platte in 1840. Children: I. JOHN HEATH, b. in Cabell Co., Va., Oct. 24, 1809; d. Nov. 30, 1888; married May 12, 1833, Judith McComas. dr. of Moses McComas. They came West in 1840. and settled in the Missouri bottom, near Waldron. They then removed to the Brasfield prairie. His Wife d. July 10, 1850. and March 9. 1851, he married Susan Smoot, b. Feb. 16, 1815; d. Feb. 1, 1892. He was a. Methodist Episcopal minister, and an out- spoken Union man. as were all of the Heath name. Chil- dren by his first wife: 1. Sarah Heath. b. June 26, 1834; married Feb. 22. 1854, Ezra Kerr (i), b. in Holmes Co,. Ohio. Aug. 22, 1831. son of William Kerr and Elizabeth Dugan. He came to Platte in 1844, and settled five miles east of Platte City, where he still lives. Children: [a] John Kerr, single [b] Victoria Kerr, married Robert St. Clear, and died, leaving 1 child [c] Sarah Kerr, married March 12, 1885, Edward Fleming; 3 children [d] Ezra Kerr (ii), married March 5, 1884, Bertha J. Carter [e] Waller Kerr [f] Laura Kerr, married Feb. 25, 1883, a Powell; no children [g] Daniel Kerr [h] Lucy Kerr 2. James Jackson Heath, married Sept. 4, 1859, Eliza J. Frazier, dr. of George Frazier. Children: [a] Geo. W. Heath, married Dec. 18, 1884, Elizabeth St. John, dr. of James St. John [b] William Heath, b. Sept. 29, 1863; married Jan. 17, 1892, Missouri A. Cockrael, dr. of Martin [c] Jackson Heath [d] Jennie Heath [e] Sarah Heath [f] Mary B. Heath, married Warren H. Powers