Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1873, MAY. 546 THE NORTONS. Sta.te. Some years ago I wrote for Gatewoods History of Platte a notice of Senator Anderson, which I will transcribe as my conrmed sentiments: Norton B. Anderson came to Platte County a young man, with a eld of usefulness before him. In purity of thought and chasteness of diction, he is the rst writer of the county, if not of the State. His cla.ssical education and varied reading give him a command of words and phrases that few attain. His mind is trained to thought, a.nd he has been a constant contributor to- the press. He seldom puts his name to an article, but the author is betrayed by its excellence. He writes deliberately, and weighs every word. He polishes every sentence. and every phrase is a gem of thought. He has not ventured into the fragant elds of poetry. but when he makes an eort. his prose is a garden of owers. There is no one in t-he county that is such a master of rhetoric. But Senator Andersons scholarship ex- tends to the departments of history. science. philoso- phy, jurisprudence, and government. He is hand- some in person, dignied in carriage, and urbane in address. Mrs. Anderson is an intelligent, pure. and charming Woman. For their children. see their mothers sketch. 2. John .~1nde7sm2. lives in Texas. 3. W/illliam, lives in Kentucky. 4. I rem; Anderson, dead: m"d a Hess. 5. Ed. L. Andaman (ii), b. June 1. 1853; md April 28. 1886, Lizzie Field, b. Feb. 22. 1864. dr. of Dr. G. W. ( See.) Th-ey live in Platte City. He was county treasurer in 1893-4, and is no-w teller in the Exchange Ba.nk of Platte City. He is an excellent business man, and his wife is a lovely woman. They have no children. VIII. SUSAN NORTON, wife of Thos. W. Norton. She mar- ried young, and died early, leaving: 1. Maud. 2. Gabriel. IX. SARAH NORTON. md Jas. W. Ryan. a. merchant. She is now a Widow in New York city. Children: 1. [arr1/Rya/n. 2. M and. 3. James. .l[(I-I/ 16lIiles Harrington contests T. H. Talbotts election as county justice at large. But his notice is not served in time. Jas. H. Connelly retires from the drug rm of G. W. Smith & Co., of Platte City. M a1/ 20The rst train crosses the St. Joseph bridge. May 92Ascension Day at Platte City observed by a banquet at the hall at night. B. V. Gilbert elected E. C. C. B. Kurtz and B. Kiefer visit their old homes in Germany.