Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1880, FEB. 700 J. DAVIS. Mason, of Platte City, for a large tract of land worth $18,000. The real consideration was the encouragement and assistance given by Mason to Johnson when the latter was a youth strug~ gling against poverty and adversity. The lands lay in Vernon County, Mo.. and were exchanged by Mason for D. A. Millers large farm on Bee Creek, which Mason sold, and came to Platte City. Allen McDowell, lecturer for the Grand Lodge of Masons, for Missouri. is visiting and instructing the lodges of Platte County. JOHN DAVIS. Feb. 26 - John Davis dies at his home, three miles north of Platte City. He was born in Alabama January 1, 1812; removed to Tennessee. and thence came to Platte in February, 1838. He was a substantial farmer, and a worthy citizen. He married a Fulton. Children: I. JOHN CALVIN DAVIS, married April 17, 1866, Ann E. Corbin. (See) II. HATTIE M. DAVIS, married Jan. 15, 1866. G. W. R. Chinn, b. in Bourbon County, Ky, March 19, 1843. He was a son of L. F. Chinn and Lucy H. Jackson, dr. of Joseph Jackson. By way of Illinois and of Knox Co., Mo., Mr. Chinn came to- Platte. After serving the lost cause, Mr. Chinn went West, and returned to Tracy in 1875, where he built several fine houses. and engaged largely in the ice trade. He is a man of enterprise. full of ardor in his pursuits, and versatile in his genius. But the Oklahoma fever took him to that territory, and there we will leave him until another epidemic breaks out. Children: 1. John L. Chinn 2. Hattie L. Chinn, married Feb. 12, 1889, W. T. Marcus 3. Geo. W. Chinn 4. James H. Chinn 5. Lillie M. Chinn 6. Ollie Chinn III. WM. WESLEY DAVIS, married July 27, 1875, Melissa Corbin. (See) WILLIAM MOORE Feb. 28 - William Moore died on his farm near Waldron. He was a son of John Moore and Elizabeth Noland, and born in Estill County, Ky., June 8, 1812; came with his parents to Howard County, Mo., in 1817, and to Clay in 1824, and thence, in 1826, to Jackson. July 4, 1839, he married Elizabeth Wilson, born in Estill County, Ky., in 1812. They came to Platte in 1840, and settled on the land where he died. Children: I. GEORGE W. MOORE, b. May 14, 1849; d. Nov. 19, 1891; married Dec. 11, 1870, Viranda J. Carpenter, daughter of Zenith Carpenter (see). He was a prosperous farmer near Waldron. Children: