Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1879, MARCH. 678 GRAND JURY Grand jury: Probasco Thomas (foreman), W. H. De Armond, William Down. John S. Duncan, James A. Gittinger, James G. Morris, Abner Naylor. F. M. Oldham, D. T. Polk, W. J. Summers. James O. White, James Wallace. Attorneys from abroad: J. Doniphan, Roland Hughes, Gov. W. P. Hall, Lowe, Shanklin, Sandusky. Simrall, Porter, Mossman, Stringfellow. Thoroughman. Vineyard, Vories. The iron bridge over Platte River, near Farley. is complete. James Childs, son of James H. Childs, killed near Parkville, by falling under the wagon he was driving. March 24 - Samuel Hardwicke lectured at Platte City on Old Times. The exodus of negroes from the South to Kansas. March 26 - JAMES R. SHACKELFORD died near Ridgely. He was born in Boone County, M0,, March 15. 1883; married in 1857 Sallie Beery. She survived him with 1 child, N. C. Shackelford. A. T. Jenkins & Co. become the proprietors of the Parkville Bank; J. B. Flannery cashier. The Landmark is sold, nominally, to the foreman, W. C. Julian, but T. W. Park still controls. APRIL. April 1 - W. A. Bowen is elected school commissioner. The fair: F. M. McCormick is chosen president, and A. L. Smith secretary. Platte City town board: Carmack, Colman. Guthrie, Morin. Smith, Spencer. Lands are advancing - rent at $4 per acre. April 2 - The House of Representatives of Missouri passes a law submiting the question of prohibition to the people, but the Senate does not act on it. An effort to impeach Treasurer Gates failed. WILLIAM S. KERR April 3 - William S. Kerr is dead. His widow administers. Bond, $1,700. They lived near Smith's Fork. He was a son of Moses Kerr, and married June 20, 1849, Sarah J. Wills, daughter of Arch. Wills. She still lives. Children: I. SARAH A. KERR, d. Dec. 2, 1877; married John Thatcher. Children: 1. Daniel Thatcher II. LUCY KERR, married Geo. Barnard; no children III. CHARLES KERR, b. Jan. 2, 1868; married June 3, 1891, Mollie Pancake IV. WILLIAM S. KERR (ii), married Minnie Newby. Children: 1. Nannie Kerr