Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton




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1878, AUG. 665 VlI. TURNER. Mr. Staples then married second. in 1891. Belle .l-(lax-g. dr. of James. lug. 1oGood rains put the ground in order for the plow. Judge Sawyer accepts the call. and is announced as a candi- date for Congress, against Crisp. Now the war commences. (Joekrell. editor of the .l(lr0cute, hesitated which side to take; but the stockholders of the paper were unanimous for Sawyer. and a ointed a eomntititee to control the M1 yer lllt)1l"ll0lll the can- . . F vass. The llantlmark and (-ommcreml were for (r1sp. .~lug/. 18Elder P.\tal1er employed bythe(.hristia11(flmrch to preach for them, at Platte City. .l/ug. .2J(risp speaks at Platte (it; the 2-lth, at. Park- ville. and Sawyer at Weston. ESQ. \lLLlAM lll{.lJ ll. .lur/. .3.;\illiam Turner died near Ia tan. Ixlis parents were Lewis Turner and Sarah Martin. He was born near Riclirnond. a., in 1797; removed to Mayslick. l{y.. and married. in 1823, Mar- garet lIcAdow. daughter of John, who was mother of all his chil- dren. I11 October. 1840, he followed his wifes l{iI1(l1C(l, and set- tled among them, 11ear latan. For inany years he was an hon- ored magistrate. His wife died in 1859. leaving: I. LEWIS Tl,TRNlIR. 1). in Mason Cotlnty, l{y., Aug. 25, 1824; n1d in 1850 Elizabeth Douglas; .1 children. II. MARY lURNEP. b. Julv 7. 1825; n1d M. M. Bland. (See) III. JOHN TtUI{NEI{.. 1. in 18:37: n1d Mar)" \rigl1t. IV. SARAH TUR1EIx.l. in 1829; md 1st. in 1849. V11ite111an El- liott. who died i11 1851. and she married second. i11 1853. James Douglas; 5 children. V. HENRY C. .1I;l{Nl} R. 1). Nov. :1, 18:11; md Feb. 24. 1870. His- souri T. Ilrown. lle was a l7(,llilll Ll. i11 the Mexicali \-ar. went overland to (.alifornia. labored in the mines for ten years, served under Lieutellant \111. Marshall in his explo- rations of the R-oclclv Mountains. returned in ]86S) to Leav- enworth. opened a. store at Sett1es Station in 1877 and was the rst postmaster there; and after two years he went upon a farm. He is a man of sense and experience. a Knight Templar. and an excellent eiti/.en. (711: 1. James Imner. 2. Yelltic. 3. Willirzm. I. lIARGrAR-ET TURNER. 11. in 1.9.-}.".; md in 18717 James Mc- Daniel: 1 child. VII. WILLIAM TURNER. 1). in 1936; md Mary Squires. Mrs. Margaret Turner died in 185.). and Esq. Vi11iam Turner married. second. in 186.). ,l:1I) Staggs. who died. childless. in 1871. He married. third. in 1972. Lucinda \vmer (see). who sur- vived him. lnarried Isaac Hon (see1. and died childless. Aug. 27Ten1perature 10] degrees. and politics hotter. Colonel Crisp spoke at Camden Point.