Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1881, FEB. 723 W. H. THOMAS I. GEORGE STURGISS furniture business Lucy Dodson Feb. 4 - Platte River overflows Wheeland The Landmark and the Advocate consolidate, taking the name of the former. Park retires, Valliant and Cockrill edit the paper, with James L. McCluer as silent partner. Feb. 10 - W. A. Singleton sells his farm adjacent to New Market to T. Benton Gabbert, for $14,000. Feb. 13 - A heavy snow obstructs county roads and railroads, by drifting. On the 14th a sleet broke down trees and winter-killed fruit. On the 16th there was another snow, and then it turned intensely cold. Cumberland Presbyterian Presbytery met at Barry. Feb. 24 - ELDER WILLIAM H. THOMAS died at his home near Camden Point. Thomas Thomas Ann Noll 1. Winneford Thomas Noll 2. Willaim H. Thomas 3. Nancy D. Thomas 4. Elizabeth Thomas Peck 5. Lucy Thomas 6. Martin Thomas Patterson 7. Susan Thomas Rogers 8. Dr. Thomas L. Thomas 9. Owen R. Thomas, prosecuting attorney of Hardin County, KY. 10. David T. Thomas I. WILLIAM H. THOMAS Calvinist