Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1877, AUG. 643 THE ELLIFRITS located near Weston. He married Ann E.________, who was born November 10, 1804, and died in Weston, September 5, 1891. Their children: I. HORACE W. ELLIFRIT, m'd March 9, 1864, Laura Thurston. II. R. T. ELLIFRIT, m'd July 3, 1867, Rebecca Story, dr. of Capt. George S. STory. Mr. Ellifrit kept a drug store in Weston, removed in April, 1876, to Platte City, and sold drugs until March, 1889, when he went to Higginsville, MO., where he now resides. He is a man of some scientific attainments. Children: 1. Ralph Ellifrit 2. Cue Ellifrit 3. Hume Ellifrit 4. Webster Ellifrit AUGUST Aug. 1 - Dog tax of $1 went into effect. Aug. 8 - Woodson & Wells' brick store-house on Lot 6, Block 29, is complete, and W. T. Jenkins removes his goods into it. A. F. Smith is chosen principal of the public school at Platte City, and Anna Paxton assistant. JAMES MARTIN having died, his widow, Rosetta, administers. Bond $500. Children: 1. Neely Martin 2. William Martin Aug. 9 - Tournament at Camden Point. The prize taken by William Perrin, Jr. Aug. 10 - Peaches and watermelons few and inferior. A. J. Coleman adds 60 feet to the rear of his store-house on Lot 5, Block 30, Platte City. Stephen Johnston adn George Mason open a grocery house in Platte City. W. G. COX W. G. COX died near New Market. He was born in Owen County, KY, in 1820. His first wife, a daughter of Henry Turner, died, leaving 1 child. He married, second, November 18, 1855, Sarah Ann Stone. He was a man of judgement, energy, and enterprise and accumulated wealth. His lands consisted of 1,400 acres of unsurpassed fertility. Children by his first wife: I. HARRY COX, b. in 1852; m'd Feb. 14, 1878, Katie S. Nelson (see), dr. of N. P. Nelson; 4 children. By second wife: II. DAVID K. COX, m'd 1st, Dec. 9, 1880, Ella Roney, dr. of Judge W. H. Roney. She died, leaving: 1. D. D. Cox David K. m'd 2d, March 25, 1889, Emma Whitton, Mr. Cox is one of the most intelligent and successful agricultureists in the county. He lives five miles north of Weston. III. JAMES W. COX, b. Feb. 5, 1861; m'd Sept. 3, 1884, Lizzie J. Noble, b. June 10, 1862, dr. of W. G. Noble, of Weston, She d. Dec. 31, 1891. (See.)