Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1873, oer. 560 J. RAMEY. 4. Violetta King, m'd July 27, 1854, David McMillan, b. in 1835, in Kentucky;d. in Jan., 1891. Children: [01] Daniel T. MoMil1an; [11] Mollie McMillan; [0] Laura lIc.Millan, n1d Nov. 6, 1880, Jos. Duncan. Children: [1] Lillie; [2] Joseph; [3] Wininie; [4] John. [(5] James XV. Mclllillan, b. May 30, 1862; md July 25, 1895, Millie Clarke, dr. of Willi-am; [6] Susie, md March 2, 1892, Waller L. EdW8.1dS; [f] Zora. McMillan. 1nd Jan. 2, 1889, Geo. F. Carney. II. LEVINIE KING Married in 1842 Burkett Dearing, born in 1818 in Virginia. Children: I. THOS. DEARING. II. ANNA M., m'd John Vandeburg. Oct. 17 - YelloW fever fatal at Memphis. Between Septem- ber 16th and October 22d, there were 1,004 deaths. James Smock is shot and killed, two miles above Weston, by Anderson G. Mitchell. Oct. 21 - Special election of State senator, to fill the place of Thos. McCarthy, deceased. John R. Keller's vote Was 3,367, against 1,219 for C. A. Perry, in the district; and in Platte, Ke1ler's 911, to Perry's 466. JOHN RAMEY. John Ramey died. H-e was born in Culpeper County, Va., in 1791; removed to Montgomery County, Ky., with his parents in 1800; taught school in 1819-20. In 1814 he married Juda Gordon, sister of Thomas Gordon, of Clay. She was born in 1797, in Loudoun County, Va, and died April 16, 1869, in Platte. They came to Platte in 1840, and settled on Second Creek, below Link- ville. and entered a splendid body of prairie land. Children: I. MARY JANE RAMEY, b. March 8, 1815; md Wm. Prunty, brother o-f Leonard; no children. 11. SUSAN RAMEY, b. April 20, 1817, living. She md in Ken- tucky Hugh B. Wren, b. May 9, 1796; d. in Kentucky. The widow came after her father, to Platte. Children: 1. Edwin 0. Wren, m'd Mary Daniel, dr. of Shelby. (See) Children: [0] Lillie Wren, d. Oct. 10, 1894: md Davis Raine). of Mt. Sterling, Ky. 1 child: [1] Ed. 0. Ramey. 2. Mary E. Wren. m'd Richard Oldliam. Children: [0] Olive Way. 3:. James J. Wren, b. in Kentucky Sept. 9. 1844; m'd Jan. 7. 1880, Helen C. Adkins. (See) 1]]. LEWIS RAMEY, b. March 1, 1819; sold goods in Platte City; went to California in 1850; made a fortune by trade, and was frozen in a snow-storm, leaving a large sack of gold in