Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1879, DEC. 693 J. LIGGETT. Allison, 1). Sept. 10, l8. and died Sept. 21. 1872; no children. VII. LYl)I- Sl.0... 1. Feb. 17.1844; ml Feb. 113. 1876}. Jacob 8. Lewis. Children: 1. Joscpli Lcui.s-. b. Aug. 7. 1877. 2. H811-3/It 11. l.cui.s, b. Feb. 8. 1871. 3. John A. L(Ni.-, b. April 28, 1887. DE(,EMBE1{. Dcc. 2Xine carloads of hogs sliipped from lracv by Link & McComas. Dcc. .;The first snow. Dec. 8 Elder A. C. )l("K(((1 lectures on Science, Literature. and Art. The furniture factor at Vesto1i has started up again. and is running day and nigzlit. Shipments from Trac: B) Pope & Bruce. 1. cars of prod- uce; by McCon1as, 2-5 cars: by Link. (Jhinn & Davis. :.,.;()0 hlishels of apples and 79 cars of wheat. A. J. Jaques is mining coal near Farley. Knrtz & Bro. move their stock of l)0()l{S. stationer. ll(.. tn the southeast corner of Main and Second Streets, Platte City. JOHN LIGGETT. Dec. 13John Liggett died near Ridgelv. He was born in Wythe County, Va.. November 11. 1808. He was a son of Thomas Liggett. He married Jannarv 24. 1828. .ancV Simpson, born July 1,1810; came to Clay with his father. and in 1837. when Platte was open for settlement, came to the Forks of Platte (l?reston Township). He was then the father of ve children. He entered land by preemption, and followed farming until h-is death. In intelligence and enterprise he stood among the foremost of the settlers. Children: I. EMERAANDA LIGGrETJ, b. April 9. 1829; d. in 1858; ind Vn1. T. Val1ace. Children: 1. James. 2. .a.nc;z/. 3. John. 4. JIur,1/. 5. Jane Wtlllacc. (3. 4][(I.th(I. II. EXOC-H LIGGETT. b. Jan. 6, 1831: died. single. June 1. 1852. HI. ELIZABETH LIGGEl"I, 1. Way 16. 1.:%3: (1. in 1873: Ind John Evans. Children: 1. Allen Er~a.n..-. 2. Jlurrtlm. md a. (irowther. 3. EIi.:abcz. Ewms. md a Miller. of Kansas. 4. J0ImErm1.e. 5. S(nnmI. All non-resident. IV. V. P. LIG(rETI. b. Aipril 20. 1835; 1nd Margzaret Jeiinings, dr. of Moses. Children: 1. Janzcs I.ir1,r/cff.n1(la Logsdon. 2. En-ncli. 3. George I/2g(/cit. md Feb. 23, 1882. 101:1 J(l]I1ln{1S. Lecture course orgzmized for the coniing winter.