Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1887, AUG. 860 N IC SHAFER. -111;/. 31Bank Deposit~sBa.nk -of Edgerton. $54,870.85; Exchange Bank of Platte Citv. $75,359.89. The fair; bad Weather. SEPTEMBER. Sept. 1 Mrs. Alice Jenkins, widow of Thomas E., removes to Kansas (Jitv and ope11s a boardiing-l1(mse. H. C. R-adell is running the Platte Cit) Water Mills. heat averages 15 bushels per acre. The Missouri River bridge at Ft. Leavenworth is undergoing repairs of the damage of the late re. Sept. :2-T-ovurn-anient at the fair grounds. Prof. C. Cow- herd is proclaimed the successful chaimpion. and Miss Lou Tatman is chosen queen. Sam Jones in Plattsburg. Sept.16Presb)te1) of Upper hlissiouri meets at Platte Citv. It embraces 16 churches. with 1.636 members; contribu- tions, $552.0()0. There are three saloons in Platte City. The Lmulmur/c bristles with anti-prohibition articles. Beller and Paxton sustain locial option. Petitions asking the Legis- lature to submit a prohibitive amendnient of the State Constitu- rion are numerously signed. NICHOLAS SHAFER. Nicholas Shafer died near Ridgely. He was a son of John Shafer, and was born in Rockingham County, Va., Feb. 4, 1814. He removed to Ohio in 1835. and there he married. in 1836, Elizabeth A. Beery, daughter of Nicholas Beery. They removed to Indiana in 1838 and in 1842 made their home near Ridgely. I. MARY SHAFER, married Albert Conner. They live in Vernon County, Mo. Children: 1. William Conner 2. Lizzie Conner 3. Nicholas Conner 4. Lou Conner 5. Waller Conner 6. Alice Conner II. KATE SHAFER, married John Aker. He d. in 1885. Children: 1. Jacob Aker 2. Albert Aker 3. John Aker 4. Jasper Aker 5. Bettie Aker Live in Clay. III. DAVID E. SHAFER, b. Feb. 28, 1847, married March 22, 1866, Melissa E. Hurst, daughter of Rev. Thos. Hurst, b. March 23, 1842. Children: 1. Eva Shafer 2. Frank Shafer 3. Thomas Shafer IV. DR. ABRAM SHAFER, b. in 1849. Afer an academic education he attended the St. Louis Medical School and graduated in 1876. He practiced at Arnold's Station, in Clay and came to Edgerton in 1882, forming a partnership with