Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1890, APRIL 916 M. HARRINGTON. APRIL. ELECTIONS. Fair - A. D. Burnes president, and William Foreman secretary. Platte Citv - J. Beery mayor; Baker, Bane, and Dearing aldermen. The county voted down school supervision. MILES HARRINGTON. April 4 - Miles Harrington died at his home south of Camden Point. He was a son of William Harrington and Hannah Lowell. and was born in Tennessee October 19, 1814.. He came with his parents to Howard County Mo., in 1816. In 1821 the family removed to Chariton County, thence. in 1822, to Clay. and finally to Platte in 1837. He possessed public spirit and Christian zeal. He was a. friend of Camden Point Academy. and was one of its founders. His friends pressed his claims for a seat on the county bench. His wealth and intelligence gave him prominence and influence. He was married five times. His first wife was Lerisa Fowler, mother of R. N. Harrington and William, who was killed in the War. He married, second, September 9, 1843, Sarah Ann Clark. nee Cole. He married, third. January 25, 1819, Olive A. Jeter, daughter of Hiram Jeter. He married. fourth, October 12. 1854, Sophronia Brown. nee Gaines (see); and he married. fifth. December 12, 1867. Cinderella Peyton, who survived him, went to Virginia. and died January 26. 1892. Children: I. RICHARD N. HARRINGTON, b. in Platte July 24, 1837. (see) II. FLORA S. HARRINGTON, dr. of the 4th Wife; married Nov. 6, 1878. Edwin C. Pixlee. They went to Clay. Where she died. III. ELIZABETH HARRINGTON, married R. H. Bywaters. (See) IV. JEFF D. HARRINGTON, married Gertrude Powell. (See) N. T. Dick buvs the Replublican from Meads & Kurtz, and becomes sole editor. April 6 - GEO. W. DYER, aged 76, died in Marshall Township. He married. November 28. 1883, Mrs. Elizabeth Lawson, nee Graves. who survived him. Children: 1. Jennie Dyer, married a Jones 2. Maggie Dyer, married Dec. 18, 1866, Wesley B. Cook, son of Thos. D. Cook (see) Children: [a] George Cook April 8 - James K. Lamar having died in Green Township, his brother, Thomas J. Lamar administers. Bond, $4,000. He was a son of, HENRY LAMAR. Born in 1814, who married Eliza Kennedy. They came in 1843, and settled near New Market. He was a decided and outspoken Union man during the war, and possessed courage, wealth, and influence. Children: