Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1873. MARCH. 539 THE WHITELEYS I. JENNIE W. WHITELEY, married John H. Snyder, of Ohio II. BENNETT WHTTELEY, married Fannie McIntosh By his second wife he had: III. BEN. FRANK WHITELEY, b. in Clark Co., Ohio, April 23, 1860; married October 20, 1880, Mary A. Miller, dr. of Jas. L. Miller. She d. January 6, 1884, childless. He married, second, June 22, 1887, Mary Skinner, daughter of Phinehas Skinner (ii). Mr. Whiteley received his education at Denison University, Ohio, and is one of the most accomplished gentlemen of the county....They live near Beverly. March 18 - The weather has moderated after an intensely cold season. March 25 - The county court, on advice of Prosecuting Attorney S. C. Woodson, orders the money collected for the Green Township bonds to be paid over. March 29 - A Sunday-school Convention of the Baptist Church at Pleasant Grove. APRIL MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS At Platte City: Trustees elected: Cockrill, Coffey, Hatton, Herndon, Krause, Lutes. At Parkville: Dr. B. F. Moore, mayor, and Carmody, Rhodes, and Taylor, councilmen. At Weston: J. L. Reynolds is appointed clerk and attorney, Mat. Schindler treasurer and assessor, F. H. Lewis marshall and collector. Township Law went into effect, and Hamm, Handley, Noland, Owens, and Talbott were chosen county judges. Peach trees are killed by the severe winter. Wheat looks well. THE ROLLINS FAMILY April 11 - Lorinda Ford, nee Rollins, having died, her mother, Susan M. Rollins, administers. Bond, $1,000. She left no children. Her brothers and sisters: