Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1877, APRIL 637 THE MITCHELLS II. RICHARD MITCHELL Vardie L. Cockrill J. M. Cockrill hardware merchant in Platte City 1. Richard M. Mitchell V. WARREN MITCHELL APRIL Trustees elected for Platte City 1. W. F. Cockrill 2. A. J. Coleman 3. A. T. Guthrie 4. W. O. Oldham 5. J. R. Swain 6. W. C. Wells 7. J. Zarn Financial report Britton debt H. W. Magers was elected mayor of Weston, J. A. Foley marshall State school money Daughters' College was publicly sold by the sheriff, under a decree of partition, and bought in by E. O. Waller at $100. Methodist Episcopal Church Minnear house and lot, in Block 42, Platte City, was bought for a parsonage. In a few years it was exchanged for the present parsonage on Lot 3, Block 28, Platte City. J. C. Alderson buys the Oliver Steel farm for $12,000. George S. Cline, merchant at Settle, sells to Henry Turner his stand and stock of goods. Weather - Rain 2 1/2 inches. Platte River is overflowing. Tracy is booming. DAVID NICOL David Nicol dies four miles southeast of Platte City. Michael Nicol Ellen Peyton I. ANN C. NICOL William A. Green