Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1889, MAY 899 COUNTY FINANCES May 5 The removal of the Orphan School to Fulton is strenuously opposed. A meeting is held at Camden Point, and a liberal sum is subscribed to retain the school. The courts gave the funds to the home board, and both schools were built, the Fulton school becoming the State institution. The old amphitheatre on the fair grounds is removed. COMMODORE PERRY ARMSTRONG. May 10 - Commodore Perry Armstrong died at Dearborn, and was buried at New Market. He was born in Hawkins County, Tenn, March 1, 1822. He was a life-long merchant. At New Market, W. Cartwright and F. M. Tufts, at different times, were his partners. At Arnoldsville he was associated with G. M. Ray. At Dearborn he was alone. At one time he was cashier of the Burnes Bank in Weston. He was a kind and generous Christian gentleman, and enjoyed the full confidence of his neighbors. His first was Cynthia Carson, whom he married in 1846. She died in 1864, leaving: I. JULIA ARMSTRONG, b. June 26, 1849; married March 22, 1868. John W. Osborn, of St. Joseph, b. July 20, 1834, son of Aaron (i). Children: 1. Myrtle Osborn, married Dr. Smedley II. BELLE ARMSTRONG, married Nov. 2, 1875, Ben W. Gilbert. (See) After Mr. Gilbert's death, she married S. Frank Goodson, of Omaha; 6 children. III. LIZZIE A. ARMSTRONG, b. in 1846; married Jan. 26, 1865, Frank L. Miller, who was shot May 27, 1865, by Sam Hill. (See) Dec. 24, 1867, she married second, H. Clay Park (see), of Atchison, Kas. Children: 1. M. C. (Dolly) 2. Gilbert 3. Robert V.