Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1868, FEB. 450 LEAVENWORTH BRIDGE. LEAVENWORTH BRIDGE. Feb. 3 A deputation of Leavenworth business men held a meeting at the court-house. Capt. Wm. Triplett presiding, to pre- sent to 0111 people the project of building a railroad and wagon bridge across the Missouri at Leavenworth. MELODY CHAPTER, No. 21, Commenced work under a dispensation dated January 27, 1868. Present: G. V. Belt, H. P.; J. S. Brasfield, K.; F. M. Johnson, S.; W. M. Paxton was secretary. John Cain, R. T. Darnall. H. De Bard, and A. T. Guthrie were charter members. Visitors: Henry Colman, L. R. Ringo, F. H. Lewis, E. C. Cockrill, and S. A. Gilbert, of Weston Chapter, No. 4, Samuel Hardwicke, of Liberty, Lee M. Williams, of Barry, and V. M. Rush. of St. Joseph. A number of petitions were presented, and in the course o-f a few months, the following were exalted: 1, IV. R. Adams; 2, Jas. Ad- kins; 3, H. A. Anderson; 4, Je1ry Beer); 5. James A. Baldwin; (5, Jesse Blakley; 7. W. D. Bonnell; 8. W. P. Brightwell; 9, J. L. Carmack; 10, R. P. Clark; 11. I. P. Cartwright; 12. W. F Cockrill; 13. J. M. Darnall; 14. A. J. Colman; 15, Thos. Colman; 16. J. W. Coots; 17. IV. H. Elliott; 18, J. B. Flanniery; 19. J. F. Flannery; 20. J. C. Greenawalt; 21, C. J. Hamblin; 22, C. B. Hawley; 23. G. C. Henson; 24. Dr. J. A. Herndon; 25. Jesse Hodges; 26. L. F. Hollingsworth; 27. L. W. Horner; 28. David Hunt; 29. W. H. Hunt; 30, T. E. Jenkins; 31. Chas. Loan; Henry Meads; 33, E. J. Miller; 34. W. J. Miller; 35. J. G. Minnear; 36. J. M. Oliver; 37, E. J. Park ; T. W. Park; 39. John Shepard: 40, W. V. Slone; 41. G. W. Smith: 42. John Spratt; 43. J. R. Swain; 44. Jas. Tate; 45, F. M. Tufts; 46. Jas. Wallace; 47. R. P. C. Wilson; 48. S. C. Woodson; 49. H. S. Yates. Feb. 14 - The Methodist and Presbyterian Churches of Platte City raise, by a festival, $440, on their church debt. JOHN S. LIGHT Feb. 18 - John S. Light having died. Thos. D. Cook administered. Bond, $1,000. His widow, Hannah, was born in 1808, and died June 10, 1881. Children: I. JACOB LIGHT II. WILLIAM LIGHT III. JOHN W. LIGHT, amrried May 13, 1894, Rhoda Morgan IV. JOSEPH LIGHT V. NANCY LIGHT VI. ASBURY LIGHT Nancy light married April 28, 1874, Robert Murdock; no children. She was his second wife. His third wife was Carrie Grah (Minter), who subsequently (October 10, 1882) married Jas. H. Mann. MARCH March 7 - A democratic club formed at Weston; S. A. Gilbert president, S. D. Fulton secretary. A democratic club formed at Platte City; R. D. Johnston president, G. W. Belt secretary.