Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1876, OCT. 629 THE BLEDSOES Shelby. I. MARY ALICE BLEDSOE, b. Aug. 3, 1853; d. July 30, 1893; married Aug. 26, 1872, Henry William Waldron (see); no children. II. WALTER R. BLEDSOE, b. in Jackson County, Mo., Sept. 15, 1860. He engaged in the drug business with his father, and after his death, removed from Farley to Hampton, and, with H. G. S. Meyer, opened a general store. He bought out Meyer, and continued his business in his own name until 1893. He married Sept. 25, 1879, Angie Moss, daughter of H. H. Moss. Oct. 9 - R. P. C. Wilson and J. E. Pitt, rival candidates of the Democratic party for State senator, and Ben J. Franklin, Democratic candidate for Congress, spoke at the court-house. The Thurston-Nesbitt fiasco is at its height. Dr. B. F. Spencer is building a costly residence on Lots 11 and 12, Block 30, in Platte City, and J. R. Swain is building on Lot 6 in the same block. Oct. 15 - PERRY LEWIS having died, Richard Babcock administers. Bond, $800. His widow was Jane, and their children: 1. George W. Lewis 2. May Lewis 3. Perry A. Lewis 4. William Lewis 5. Jerry Lewis OBADIAH TIMBERLAKE Oct. 19 - Obadiah Timberlake died. He lived near Waldron. He was a son of Wesley Timberlake, and born in Platte in 1840. He married November 20, 1864, Mrs. Bettie Snedegar, daughter of Ignatius Naylor (i). She died May 2, 1882. Children: I. JOHN TIMBERLAKE, b. Feb. 6, 1868; married Oct. 2, 1890, Ella Noland, b. Feb. 18, 1872, daughter of Matthias Noland (see). Children: 1. Roy Timberlake, b. Aug. 15, 1892 II. MARY MARGARET TIMBERLAKE, b. Sept. 4, 1835; d. Feb. 13, 1892; married Jan. 10, 1884, Thos. J. Payne. Children: 1. Jessie Payne, 2. Delbert Payne III. DILLARD TIMBERLAKE, b. Nov. 9, 1871; married Sept. 6, 1894, Flora Morris, daughter of Charles Morris who was killed Sept. 6, 1894, by Veatch. An affray between R. T. Darnall and T. C. Thurston in which the latter receives some slight wounds. Oct. 20 - J. R. Swain takes the Sunday-school children on a nutting picnic in his woods pasture north of Platte City. Clark Brown announces himself as a candidate for county treasurer. Oct. 23 - JOHN A LYKINS having died, D. J. Thorp administers. Bond, $25,000. Children: 1. Arethusa Lykins 2. Sarah Lykins