Annals of Platte County, Missouri

Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton

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1885, SEPT. 825 THE PARROTTS is a son of Joseph Pence and Sally Chism. They live in Liberty, Mo. Children: 1. Ella E. Pence, married Jan. 28, 1889, John W. Miller (see) 2. Emma R. Pence, married Dec. 23, 1890, Robt. D. Lober (see) 3. Jos. H. Pence 4. Etta M. Pence THE PARROTTS Three brothers came to Platte, Henry, Joseph, and David V. Parrott, and engaged in the mercantile business at Weston. We have noticed Henry M. II. DAVID V. PARROTT. Was born in Virginia October 8, 1820; died in Weston July 5, 1886; married, in Virginia, Sarah ______, who was born in August 19, 1824; died March 1, 1854, childless. III. JOSEPH V. PARROTT, Married November 14, 1846, Poca Railey (i), daughter of Daniel Parrott. WILLIAM CONNAWAY. Sept. 6 - William Cornnaway died at his home near Barry. He was born in Virginia in 1805, removed to Indiana. and there represented his county in the State Legislature. He was one of the earliest settlers of Platte, and selected a home on the Garrison road. two miles west of Barry, in one of the loveliest spots on the beautiful prairie. He was one of the intelligent men selected for justices of the peace by the county court of Clay. I sometimes attended his courts. and was pleased with his gravitv and sound judgement. He represented Platte County in 1846-7. as a Democrat, and stood in intelligence in the fore-rank of his associates. Children: I. DANIEL CONNAWAY, married July 14, 1870, Elizabeth Wilson. He was a merchant and an enthusiastic Mason. II. ELIZABETH CONNAWAY, married Sept. 23, 1845, Jesse Reno, a man of brilliance and poetic genius. They live in Buchanan. III. JOHN CONNAWAY, single. IV. ANDREW J. CONNAWAY V. WALTER A. CONNAWAY Sept. 28 - James F. Flannery opens a grocery house in Platte City. Sept. 29 - Rev. L. Pulliam, the new Methodist preacher, takes the Platte City parsonage, and the people donate him. OCTOBER Oct. 3 - The county court contracts for an iron bridge at Iatan, and orders three new cottages for the poor-house.