Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1882, JULY. 758 J. A. CAMPBELL. July 25 - Joseph B. Evans buys of J. M. McC1uer the C. A. Perry farm, one mile east of Weston. DR. J. A. CAMPBELL July 26 - J. A. Campbell died at Parkville. He was born in Rockbridge County, a.,February 19,1815; graduated at Washington College, a.. and at Jefferson Medical School, Philadelphia; came to Howard County, M0,. in 1846; married May 30, 1849. Mary E. McNair, who was born February 13, 1827; died in January. 1891. In August, 1853, he came to Platte, and in 1854 united with the Baptist Church. He was a s-on of Samuel Campbell, born i11 Virginia March 6, 1765, and Sarah Alexander. born March 26. 1774. His mother was one of that illustrious race of Alexanders whose intellectual prowess has added laurels to the escutcheon: of Virginia. And the lineage of the Campbells sparkles with many illustrious names. Dr. Campbell himself was a man of thought and research in his profession. Children: I. LUCY CAMPBELL, married Nov. 5, 1879, Dr. A. T. Holt. (See.) II. CHARLES A. CAMPBELL, married June 7, 1882, Fannie A. Price. July .29 - Democratic primary for Congressman. R. P. C. Wilson carried Platte County, but James N. Burnes carried the district. JOSHUA BOYD. July 30 Joshua. Boyd died three miles west of Platte City. He was born in Pennsylvania. in 1798; removed to Shelby County, Ky., married Nancy Perry, who died October 15, 1876, aged 81. They came to Platte in 1849. They were exemplary Baptists, and worthy people. Children: I. MARY BOYD, married N. H. Hope. (See) II. WILLIAM BOYD, married Mary C. Wells. Children: 1. Mary E. Boyd, married June 30, 1872, William R. Wills, who was a merchant in Platte City, and removed to Leavenworth. 2. Emma Boyd 3. Willie Boyd III. JOHN BOYD, married Nancy J. Tate (see) IV. MINERVA BOYD, b. in 1833; dead; married in 1848, Thos. Stewart, b. April 7, 1824, in Lafayette County, Mo.; d. April 30, 1896, in Platte; son of Archibald Stewart and Elizabeth Tribble, b. in 1776. He came to Platte in 1837, and settled four miles west of Platte City, where he yet resides. He is a farmer, genial and kind-hearted. In 1876 he was elected coroner of the county. Children: 1. Mary Jane Stewart, married 1st, in 1876, John Alexander. (See) 2. Stonewall Stewart, b. in 1862 3. Frank Stewart 4. Lizzie Stewart, married Noble King 5. Annie Stewart, b. in 1870