Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1886, JAN. 834 J. W. TINDER home ve miles south of Platte City. She was born in Vo0d ford County. I{y., September 25, 1826, and came with her parents to (lay i11 184;, where her father died. The family in 18-13 came to Platte, where she married, January 27, 1848, James V. Tinder. JAMES W. TINDER (ii) Was born in Woodfoird County, Ky., December 25, 1825. His father was Lewis Tinder, born in 1795, son of James (i), a native of Virginia. The mother of James W. (ii) was Mary Urrim-sley, sister of the distinguished Thornton Grimsley, of St. Louis. James W. came to Platte in the fall of 1842, and engaged in farm- ing. He is tall of person, has a comnanding presence, genial disposition and sound judgment. He went with Doniphan to New Mexico as a. teamster, leaving Fort Leavenworth June 1, 1846. Subsequently he went to California, and returned by the Isthmus and New York. He has seen much of the world, and his experience makes him an interesting companion. Children: I. LARKIN E. TINDER, b. June 14, 1857; married 1st, Dec. 20, 1877, Charlotte Jones, dr. of Lewis Jones. She d. May 22, 1881, leaving: 1. William Tinder 2. Ella Tinder Larkin E. married 2nd, Oct. 13, 1890, Cynthia A. Perkins, dr. of Dabney Perkins, b. Feb. 4, 1871. Children: 3. Zerelda Tinder II. MOLLIE TINDER, b. in Jan, 1859; married Oct. 11, 1890, William Yates. III. STERLING P. TINDER, b. May 10, 1861 IV. SALLIE TINDER, b. Jan. 22, 1863, married March 14, 1878, John McGuire, b. Feb. 1, 1856. Children: 1. James A. McGuire 2. Jesse McGuire 3. Lula McGuire 4. Jessie McGuire V. GEORGE TINDER, b. May 13, 1868 VI. LULA TINDER, b. in 1870; married Taylor Babcock VII. JAMES R. TINDER, b. Sept. 9, 1864; married Nov. 6, 1885, Laura Odell, b. March 8, 1863; d. June 17, 1894. Children: 1. Ernest Tinder 2. Robert Tinder 3. Lollie Tinder FEBRUARY Feb. 1 - WILLIAM PRATHER having died, J. W. Carson administered. Bond, $6,000. His widow was Jane, and their only child Fannie, who married a Kidd. Feb. 4 - J. H. McGUIRE, of Edgerton, bleeds to death from an accidental pistol shot in the thigh. Feb. 8 - The press and printing material of the Edgerton Courier are removed to Plattsburg. Feb. 9 - John Kilpatrick died at his home, six miles north of Platte City. Was born in Donegal County, Ireland;