Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1885, SEPT. 824 R. P. S. ELLEY. Sept. 24 - Elder Jermane holds an interesting meeting at the Christian church in Platte City. ROBERT PEYTON SMITH ELLEY. Robert Peyton Smith Elley died at Weston. He was a son of George Ed. Elley, of Scott County, Ky., and was born January 20, 1812; married September 13, 1838, Cassandra Quinn, born May 21, 1821; died June 6, 1882. Mr. Elley came to Platte in 1841, and purchased a large and fertile tract of land on Bee Creek, now possessed by his children. He was a Gentleman of superior social qualities, and a generous heart; indulgent to his family and friends, and pure and true in all his transactions. His good nature was imposed on and the war cost him a portion of his estate. Children: I. GEORGE ED. ELLEY, b. June 4, 1840. Lives at West Line, Mo. He served under General Price in the Confederate army, and was at the battles of Springfield, Pea Ridge, and Carthage. He married in 1881, Appa Franklin; no children. II. ELIZA J. ELLEY, b. February 22, 1842; dead. She married Oscar J. Murray. Children: 1. Mary Murray III. THOMAS B. ELLEY, b. December 21, 1845; married Jodie Lober. He served under General Price in the Civil War. He lives on Bee Creek, and has a splendid farm. IV. ANNIE B. ELLEY, b. February 13, 1848; married November 3, 1871, Virgil Wilhoite, son of Obed Wilhoite and Elizabeth Searcy. V. ROBERT P. S. ELLEY (ii), b. May 21, 1850; married June 4, 1896, Nona Powell. He was elected, in November, 1894, treasurer of Platte, and reelected in 1896. He lost a leg accidentally. VI. KATE ELLEY, b. December 10, 1852; married Andrew J. Calvert. VII. CASSIE ELLEY, married John E. Darst. VIII. MATTIE E. ELLEY, b. July 15, 1859; married Januaury 23, 1888, S. Richard Pope. HENRY M. PARROTT. Henry M. Parrott died at his home n Bee Creek. He was born in Abingdon, Va., May 2, 1816; married in January, 1843, Elizabeth Hickman. They came to Platte in March, 1850. Mrs. Parrott was born in Virginia March 20, 1824, and died July 3, 1892. Children: I. JOSEPH H. PARROTT, married Amelia W. Overbeck II. WILLIAM M. PARROTT, married Sue Cunningham, daughter of Judge W. E. Cunningham. They went to Clinton County. III. SUSAN M. PARROTT, died in June 13, 1894; married in January 1864, James Pence, born in Scott County, Ky., September 21, 1838.