Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1874, FEB. 569 W. BONNELL. Feb. 27C~has. J. Nesbit buys a half-interest in the Lun(lnuul.. Geo. S. Park publishes in the Lumhmlrk a long article 011 the culture of apples in the West. He maintains that between tl1e Missouri and the Pacic slope there is no soil suitable for apples. )1. B. \ood. of Pal-kville, opens a drug store in Farley. HARCH. March 1Granges are orgaiiized over the county, and their inuence predominates in politics. Rev. John Cr. Fackler, of St. Joseph. holds a protracted meet- ing in Platte City. Six additions to the Presbyterian Church. Dr. Fackler makes a public lecture on the beauties of the Yosemite Valley. California, the 10th. XWILLIAM BONNELL. Jlarch bWilliam Bonnell having died. Jonathan Bonnell administered. Bond, $200. His wife was Catherine, born June 10, 1809, and his children: I. CHARLES BONNELL, md Nov. 3, 1859, .lary S. Shouse. II. REBECCA BONNELL, n1d a Simmons. III. ELIZABETH, md a Henson. IV. SARAH BONNELL. md a Henson. V. LEAH BONNELL. md Feb. 21. 1865. John S. Shouse. Children: 1. Thomas Shousc. VI. JO1AIHA1 BO1XELL. VII. HENRY BONNELL. VIH. JIARGARET BONXELL. md a Lamar. IX. BIARY BONNELL. X. MARTHA. Jfarch 1.3Hamilton & Oldham are buying hemp at Platte City, a11d shipping to St. Louis. Jlarch 15Thomas Holland died, aged 56. THE STANDIFORDS. Thomas Standiford died. Skelton Standiford and Sarah Dodson had two sons, Thomas and Vi1liam. who came from Virginia with their parents to Howard County, M0,. in 1817, and thence to Platte in 1841. and settled near Ridgley. I. THOMAS STANDIFORD Vas born in Virginia October 30. 1813; died near Edgerton March 15. 1874. He was an esteemed farmer. Baptist, and Democrat. He married, rst, in 1834, Rhoda Jennings, born May 4, 1815; died in 1863. Children: I. MARGARET S1A1DIFORD. b. July 3. 1836: d. Ju11e 16. 1890; md Hiram Cook. son of Adam. Children: 1. W. T. 0001., mdvJul,v 15, 1882. Laura A. Jones: no children.