Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1879, JAN. 674 THE CHRISTYS. 1V. LIZZIE F. CHRISTY, b. Nov. 11. 1839; d. June 30, 1864; md May 10, 1863, Fred Krause. No children. V. LUANNA CHRISTY, b. June 17, 1848; md Dec. 15, 1875. Henry C. Mann. (See) They live now two miles north of Platte City. VI. SUE H. CHRISTY, b. Feb. 16. 1846; md March 16, 1870, Thomas Braxton George, b. in Virginia. Aug. 4, 1841, son of Peyton George and Aletha Carson. He entered Stonewall Jackson's brigade, and was with him at the first Bull Run fight. He is a brother of E. R. George and Dudley George, and came to Platte after the war. He is a man of business qualifications, and a courteous old Virginia gentleman. The family live o11 the old Christy farm, a mile south of Platte City. a11d inherit and adorn the Christian faith of their ancestor. Children: 1. Miriam George 2. Pearl Virginia George 3. Rufus W. George 4. Claude George Jan. 25 - A long controversy has been raging between T. W. Park and W. M. Paxton, which exhausted itself, and peace is restored. Jan. 29 - The lunatic asylum at St. Joseph burned. FEBRUARY THE MARTIN FAMILY Feb. 8 - ANDREW THOMPSON, died. He was born in Virginia in 1806; married December 26, 1833; Nancy Coleman. After his death, she married, second, December 11, 1879, John T. Martin, whose lineage is as follows: 1. John and Priscilla Martin lived in Virginia. Their son, 2. Beniah Martin, was born December 10, 1742; died October 10, 1777; married Margaret Manning, born December 20, 1746. Their son: 3. Jeptha Martin, born in Virginia April 12, 1767; married September 6, 1792, Allie Williamson, born March 3, 1776. Their son, 4. John T. Martin, born in Berkeley County, Va., Feb. 16, 1807; came to Platte in 1837, and settled in Marshall Township; married July 5, 1832, Elize Coleman, who died January 29, 1879. He married, second, December 11, 1879, Nancy Thompson, widow of Andrew, and sister of his first wife. No children by his second wife. Children by his first wife: I. MARY E. MARTIN, married Brown II. JEPTHA J. MARTIN III. WILLIAM MARTIN IV. JAMES A. MARTIN V. NANCY M. MARTIN, married a Dunlap and died VI. JASPER MARTIN VII. WINFIELD MARTIN VIII. OLLIE MARTIN, married P. Loller, son of Levi Loller Feb. 9 - The court-house is insured at $30,000 for 3 years. at $600.