Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1874, JAN. 367 J. DRAIS. I. JOHN T. REYNOLDS. b. September 13, 1846; married November 19, 1873, Alice Price, of Richmond, Mo.; admitted to the bar April 9, 1875; left Weston for Texas April 18, 1878, and the 14th of May following, died. He was a lawyer, editor, Mason, and Methodist; and yet highly esteemed. Children: 1. Cassandra Reynolds The widow, Alice, married December 7, 1880, James M. Clay, of Plattsburg. II. MARTHA E. REYNOLDS, married Franklin Gilbert. Jan. 26 - Charles Cox having died, T. J. Doke administers. Bond, $2,000. He left a widow, Mary and children: I. JOHN II. PORTER III. JAMES H. C. Bond, stock agent for the C. & S. W. Railway Company, comes to Platte City and buys property. Lot 11, Block 22. FEBRUARY JANE DRAIS Feb. 1 - Jane Drais having died, James Drais administers. She was the widow of Jackson Drais. Children: I. ELIZABETH (BETTIE) DRAIS, married W. R. Claire II. ROBERT DRAIS III. MARTHA DRAIS IV. AGNES DRAIS, married John Cannon Feb. 21 - Andrew J. Stagner having died January 29, 1874, his widow Cynthia administers. Bond $2,500. THE STAGNER FAMILY Sprang form James Stagner, whos son, Thomas Stagner, born June 13, 1892, married Nancy Maupin, born December 2, 1803. Thomas and Nancy lived and died in Madison County, Ky. Thomas Maupin, a Revolutionary soldier, was the father of Mrs. Nancy Stagner, and Michie Maupin (i), of Platte, was her brother. The children of Thomas and Nancy Stagner were born in Madison County, Ky., and were: I. LITTLE R. STAGNER, b. December 11, 1824; d. in Marshall, Mo., March 12, 1893; never married. II. JASPER N. STAGNER, b. October 20, 1826; d. March 25, 1896; married Elizabeth Stagner (cousin), dead. Children: 1. Winston N. Stagner, married O. F. Wilhoit. Children: [a] Vickie Stagner [b] And. J. Stagner 2. A. L. Stagner III. SPEED STAGNER IV. DR. MICHIE STAGNER, late of Iowa. V. ANDREW J. STAGNER, b. December 11, 1830; d. January 29, 1874; married June 19, 1859, near New Market, Cynthia A. Davidson, b. May 15, 1830, dr. of Joseph Davidson. Mr. Stagner's father, Thomas, was born and reared in Madison Co., Ky. His parents came from North Carolina to Boonesborough, Ky.