Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1874, AUG. 584 THE DEMOCRAT I. SUSAN A. STALLARD, married William Patton II. THOMAS E. STALLARD, married Amelia Moore, dr. of Jas. B. Moore III. MARY V. STALLARD, married Samuel McCormick IV. RICHARD WYLIE STALLARD, married Nannie Wilson V. ELIZABETH STALLARD, married Middleton McCormick VI. JAMES B. STALLARD, married 1st Jane Brown, dr. of Rev. John W. Brown. He married 2nd, Nannie Wilson, dro of John Wilson, of Tracy. Farmers' Savings Association report: Capital, $5,000; deposits, $33,520.54; loans, $23,929.31. AUGUST Aug. 1 - Picnic of colored people at Cockrill's Grove, near Platte City. Speaking at Farley by C. H. Hardin, candidate for governor, Senator F. M. Cockrill, and R. P. C. Wilson. Weather - Warm and dry. Aug. 7 - Picnic at Camden Point; Winston, Coffey, Watts, and others speak. THE DEMOCRAT Aug. 9 - The Democrat is sold to a company composed of A. R. Baker, H. T. Calicott, F. G. Cockrill, J. W. Pack, J. E. Merryman, M. C. Park, W. M. Paxton, R. P. Tribble, E. O. Waller, and others. It is placed in charge of W. M. Paxton until an editor is permanently employed, and its name is changed to Advocate. The Weston Commercial virulently attacks Dr. Coffey, candidate for reelection as sheriff, charging that his motive and apprehending a certain criminal was the reward offered. The attack helped Coffey in his election. Aug. 10 - A destructive storm passed over Platte City at night. WILLIAM COLE Aug. 13 - William Cole died. He was a wealthy and prosperous farmer, living two miles southeast of Platte City. He married, in 1832, Olive McGuire, born in Indiana February 2, 1815; died at the homestead in Platte County November 21, 1893. I. JAMES COLE, died in 1860; married April 12, 1857, Mary Bane Children: 1. Eupha O. Cole, married November 20, 1879, Gabriel A. Rice, son of Charles Rice. She died June 27, 1890, leaving: [a] Lena Rice, b. May 12, 1881. Mr. Rice married second, November 24, 1892, Eddie Oldham, daughter of F. M. Oldham.