Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1887, MARCH 854 THE RADERS II. JOHN RADER, lives in California III. JAMES RADER, lives in Illinois IV. WILLIAM T. RADER Susan Beckum Mrs. Tolly carpenter 1. John Rader 2. William Rader 3. James A. Rader 4. Jesse Rader 5. Addison Rader 6. Claude Rader V. GEO. RADER, went to California VI. P. MALINDA RADER William Lanzer John Hoff John T. Owens & Son buy the store of Hurst Bros. in Camden Point T. De Will Talmage visits Parkville SAMUEL KOKER died in Leavenworth County. Malinda E. Campbell Mollie Koker Thomas W. Jones Lewis Jones 1. Laura Jones 2. Minnie A. Jones APRIL W. A. Bowen J. T. McRuer, mayor of Platte City C. C. Kemper, Edgerton J. M. Davidson, Parkville Tracy has plank sidewalks, and the town is growing, bu the creamery is a failure. Ben Jacks sells his farm near Barry to Winner Investment Co., for $10,000 and buys M. C. Park his farm on Todd's Creek for $13,000. Park buys a quarter in Section 2, Township 51, Range 34, and builds a hotel and advertises "Artesian Springs" as a place of summer resort, and its waters as conducive to health. He gets a postoffice, keeps it himself for a few years, and sells the property. Simeon H. Bryant at New Market shoots and kills William Grundon. He is convicted of murder and sent to the penitentiary for ten years. "Richelieu" is performed by the Platte City Dramatic Club.