Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton




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1876, JAN. 614 BUSINESS MEN. JANUARY Jan. 1 - Leap-year party in Platte City. Ten prisoners in jail. Platte County Protective Association met at Platte City. Jan. 7 - Clinton Cockrill was thrown from his horse and so bruised that he was confined to his bed for several weeks. Jan. 8 - Samuel Doyle died in Preston Township. His father was: MICHAEL DOYLE Born in Lewis County, Ky., March 6, 1800; died March 14, 1884; married February 7, 1852, Sultana Bell. She was the last of his wives. Lydia Best was mother of all his children.