Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1868, FEB. 448 C. M. BOYD. house. About ten oclock two shots were heard, the Window lights in the front door were blown o=ut, a.nd C. M. Boyd was found dead, on the stairway leading to his rooms. Joseph Boyd te-stied that he had shot him when in the act of entering the store. Nothing was done. but much scandal was freely spoken. CHARLES M. BOYD Vas a son of Judge J. R. Boyd and Harriet Henderson, of Ten- nessee. He was born September 29, 1838; married August 13, 1865, Edmonia Cannon (see), of Platte City. He was a. young lawyer of ability and untiring enterprise. and a trusted leader of the Radical party. His mother was at Henderson, and her family embraces some of the best citizens of Platte. whose names will appear in the following notice of THE HENDERSON FAMILY. John Henderson. of Charlottesville, Va., a lawyer, married Anna B. Hudson. The family came to Kentucky, and th-ence to Missouri. Children: I. MARY HENDERSON, md , for whom Jeerson City was named; 3 children. II. EMILY HENDERSON, who died June 16. 1864; md George Winn. of Tennessee. (See D. D. Burnes, J. E. Ireland, and Emily Winn.) III. HUDSON HENDERSON. IV. CHARLES HENDERSON, of Kentucky. V. HARRIET HENDERSON. 1nd Judge John R. Boyd, of Ten- nessee. Children: 1. Dr. J 071% R. Boyd, a dentist, now of Leavenworth. 2. Georgia A. Bog/dd. md Stephen Johnston (i). (See.) 3. S. Entmm Boy/cl, md 1st, a Mulhurn. who died. leaving: [0] Emma Mulhurn. Mrs. Mulhurn 1nd Qd. March 19. 1856. Perry Keith. Mr. Keith rst married the widow of Felix G. Cockrill. (See) Mr. Keith and a large family of children live in Kansas City. 4. .l[. Bog/(I. "I. HETTIE HENDERSON. 111d 1st. :1 Stalter. and,married second. an Armistead. She lives in Leavenworth. VII. SARAH HENDERSON, md Gen. G. P. Dorriss. (See.) VIII. .l-RIIlA HENDERSON. md 1st. James H. Johnston. (St-ta.) She married second. Sept. 17. 1860. Hon. A. W. Morrison, dead; no :hildre11 by her second husband. GEO. B MCADOW. Geni-gt: ll. )I:-A(low having died. his widow, Martha lIcAdoW, :1 dministered. THE MCADOW FAMILY .- r- tlesm-iitlc-l from John .It-.dow. an emigrant from Scotland, who ]lllIll((l Mary llnrns and settled in Mason County, Ky. Their (-hildi-en: