Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1869, SEPT. 479 A. G. WILLIAMS CROPS. Wheat and corn, the yield is large. but the qua1ity inferior; apples, immense; peaches. scarce; grapes. badly injured by grasshoppers. John B. Wells exhibited at the fair an apple weighing 2 1/4 pounds. Potatoes excellent. Sept. 17 - The C. & S. W. Railway complete to Platte City. Trains cross the Missouri on a ferry boat. Sept. 18 - The county court refuses to issue the Green Township Strip bonds. W. H. Thomas and W. E. Stitt oppose them. Sept. 19 Weather - A heavy and general rain. The trestles supporting the Platte City bridge are washed away. but the structure stands. The pontoon and ferryboat are gone. and Jerry Beery does a lively business with his skiff. ALBERT G WILLIAMS Albert G. Williams died. He was a man of superior judgment and of uncommon business qualifications. He was a son of John Williams and Unity Stanely, of Henry County. KY. and was born January 7. 1807. After receiving a good English education at St. Marys College. Marion County. K52. he married October 31. 1833. Ellen M. Owens. born July 1, 1818. and yet living at the homestead. three miles east of Weston. known as Hazelwood. In 1838 the fa1nilv came to Monroe County. Mo.. and thence to Platte in 1854. Mr. Villia1ns traded in 1a11d a11d stock while farming.and accumulated a. large estate. (h: I. AMANDA ANN WILLIAMS, b. Aug. 29, 1838; d. Feb. 7. 1883: married May 13, 1859, M. S. Allgair, who was born Jan. 1, 1828, a merchant of Weston, and removed to Clinton, where he filled the office of sheriff several terms. 1. Albert W. Allgair, married April 11, 1882, Lottie Harris, daughter of John M. Harris (see). He has six other children living in Clinton. II. JOHN S. WILLIAMS, b. March 16, 1843; married Fannie Hager, of Monroe County. They live between Weston and Platte City. III. ELIZABETH ELLEN WILLIAMS, b. March 16, 1846; d. Nov. 21, 1878; married March 19, 1868, Dr. Samuel Rixey. (see) IV. EVA A. WILLIAMS, b. July 18, 1852; married F. P. Vaughn, of Monroe County. V. SARAH ADA WILLIAMS, b. Jan. 8, 1856; dead; married H. E. Hornbuckle. VI. ALBERT O. WILLIAMS, b. Jan. 25, 1858; d. June 18, 1881 VII. MARY ANN WILLIAMS, b. July 11, 1836; d. April 2, 1856; married Walker Lasley, dead. VIII. EDWARD W. WILLIAMS, b. March 24, 1859. IX. LAURA B. WILLIAMS, b. Sept. 8, 1861; married May, 26, 1883, C. D. Hall, who came to Platte from Front Royal, Va., and