Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1881, MARCH. 726 ANN HOLLAND. March 20 - John I. Skillman killed a bald eagle measuring seven feet from tip to tip. March 21 - Wiliam Forman lectured at Platte City on "From Dan to Beersheba" CIRCUIT COURT. Sheriff Overbeck appoints his deputies: 1. T. J. Carson 2. Jas. Gittinger 3. R. W. Pack 4. J. W. Pope 5. T. Stiff 6. S. A. Woods Attorneys from abroad: Clough, Doniphan, Fenlon, Gilbert, Hale, Hardwicke, Lowe, Lucas, McDougal, Merryman, Mossman, J. F. Pitt, Porter, Reed, Stringfellow, A. Woodson, and S. C. Woodson. ANN HOLLAND. March 24 - Ann Holland died, at the age of 87. Her husband died in Virginia. Their children: I. THOMAS A. HOLLAND. II. SAMUEL 0. HOLLAND III. RICHARD H. HOLLAND IV. JAMES W. HOLLAND, married Martha E. . V. GEO. L. HOLLAND, married Jacqueline M. VI. ROBERT E. HOLLAND, married Martha . VII. AMANDA C. HOLLAND. VIII. MARY J. HOLLAND. IX. MARTHA A. HOLLAND, married E. Warren Lewis. X. ELIZABETH HOLLAND. married June 20, 1869. Jacob Faubion. MADISON OWENS March 31 - Madison Owens died. He was a son of John Owens and Ann Sanford, and was born in Henry County, Ky., December 7, 1809; married November 7, 1837, in Nelson County, Ky., Sallie A. Stone, bron March 16, 1819. After her death, Mr. Owens married, second, December 15, 1859, Fannie C. Corbin. He came to Platte in the spring of 1844, and settled seven miles northeast of Weston. His children by his first wife: I. J. HARVEY OWENS, b. October 7, 1843; died November 8, 1874. II. SALLIE FLORENCE OWENS, b. April 9, 1848; married January 21, 1879, A. C. Tucker III. JOHN M. OWENS, b. June 15, 1842; d. July 14, 1878 IV. MADISON ELI OWENS, b. November 7, 1849; married September 5, 1877, Maggie Middleton. Children: 1. John Harvey Owens (ii) 2. Ernest C. Owens V. WILLIAM S. OWENS, b. August 28, 1851. He is now practicing law and abstracting titles at Platte City. Mr. Madison Owens' children by his second wife are: VI. LUELLA P. OWENS, b. April 6, 1861; married February 12, 1882, Chas. H. Shortridge. Children: 1. Maitland Shortridge 2. Fannie M. Shortridge 3. Alfred Shortridge VII. FANNIE F. OWENS, b. November 28, 1870