Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1883, NOV. 784 H. C. MCGEE. Dr. Wilson Coots locates at Westo1n. . Tracy has shipped since January 1st, 38,000 bushels of Wheat. 620 beeves. 3,250 hogs, 420 barrels of apples. Packers Mills are runnning day and night. Nov. 8 H. CLAY MCGEE, a former citizen of Platte, after shooting his wife and daughter, takes morphine and dies, in Jack- son County, Mo. He lived near Camden Point until the close of the war. returned to Kentucky, was tried for murder, a.nd then settled in Jackson County, Mo. His life was a tragedy. Nor. 11 MRS. ELDA BONE, wife of Rev. D. F. Bone, and daughter of Rev. Joseph Devlin. dies. and is buried at Rich- mond. She was born January 19. 1849; married November 30, 1869. Rev. D. F. Bone, born August 5, 1843, in Carroll County, Mo, son of Levi S. Bone, born February 16, 1812, and Catherine J. Burrow. He was ordained to the Methodist Episcopal minis- try September 14, 1868. He served with General Price in the Southern. army, and has been frequently assigned to circuits in Platte. Children: 1, Joseph M. Bone, b. Sept. 19, 1870; 2, Charles S. Bone. b. Sept. 11, 1872; 3, Fannie L., b. April 4. 1874; 4, Frank Bone; b. Aug. 19, 1876; 5, Annie L., b. Aug. 22, 1879. Apples Thus far Weston has shipped 11.575 barrels. Gano, near Parkville. gathered 2.500 bushels, and T. Gustin sold the fruit of his orchard for $705. Nor. 16 The Landmark is filled with local correspondence. Captain W. J. Miller is rebuilding his house, on Block 36, Platte City. The C. W. Mission Society are holding meetings in the country. Many Platte County people have gone to Kansas City. and 111ade 111o11~ey by the boom in real estate. J. H. Connelly, R. P. Tribble. V. A. White. W. S. Carey. John Valker. and others, think they have made fortunes in Kansas City property. Nov. 18 A joint stock company is building a creamery at Tracy. The Methodist Episcopal church at Edgerton dedicated. JOHN F. WOODSON was killed by Thomas Tipton, at Camden Point. Tipton was tried for murder, but not convicted. Woodson was a son of Ben J. Woodson, and was born in Knox County, Ky., in 1843; married October 22, 1871, Jennie Davison. Children: 1. Ben R. Woodson 2. Mary B. Woodson DECEMBER Dec. 1 - Elder Tate organizes the Christian Church at Edgerton. Dec. 3 - JOHN W. PALMER having died in Marshall Township, H. P. Palmer administered. Bond, $1,500. Children: 1. John A. Palmer 2. Nettie Palmer His widow's name was Martha