Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1890, NOV. 931 MAPLE LEAF R. R. X01. ;3.I1"he house of Villian1 F. (oekrill, i11 lla:t"te City. burned. DECEMBER. live. ..The last spike driven in tihe .l~a.ple Leaf Railroad. The stations are ])earborn. New Market, \oodrut1, and Beverly. John .l,waters sells his farm near (.,a.n1den Point to George A. \ilrlis for per acre. Grippe prevalent and fatal. Dec. b1h-e ll(?Sl))l(?ll2lIFS at Platte City had a bazaar, which was a success. It netted $131.. - I1np1oven1ents at Edgerton: F.I1s. Ellen St. John is building a dwellin.g-h-ouise of four 1-oonis; H. 1. Stone, one of ve rooms; T. -J. Doke, one of four roeoms; J. H. Doke, one of ve rooms; L. M. .Iorgan, one of five IOOll1S; David Dodson. one of two rooins. S1111(lZl)-SiCll00l artten~d~anice: Baptist. 07 ; col1ectio~ns, $62; John Cox superintendent. Cilirisitian. scliolars. 70; co-llections. $85; W. H. Dearln-ond superinitendent. Methodist, soholarsi, 60; Collections, W5; Andrew Kerr superiintendvent. Dec. 12;. T. Dick, having relnoved the Repwbliica/n from Platte City to Edgerton, issues the rst number. Shipnients from Eidgeriton the last six inontihsz Apples. 12.035 barrels; flour, 105 cars; wheat. 50 cars; stock. 75 cars; be- sides broken lots. e~sti1na~.ted half as l:11ge. Dec. .l3A car-load of cattle burned between Tracy and Cam- den Point. Dec. 1,The old St. George (Exchange) Hotel at Weston burned. Loss $8,000. But the Perkins Ho-use takes its place. Doc. 3The DeaIbor.n Land C-ompany bu ys of A. H. Burgess 9 :l.(lS of la11d. and lays off the ;Ia.ple Leaf .ddition. ALFRED G l STIN Having died, his son, A. M. Urustin, ~.Ld1ni11istered. He was a son of Archibald Gustin, and borrn i11 Virginia. I+ebruary 5. 1810: married Abigail Ferguson, born Iebruary 7. 18143. Sl1e (lied. and he inarrie-(1. second, Judith Barnum. His third wife was .-1113.IJdl. .[. F. \. Blankenship. He (mile to Platte in 1843, and beeaine a merchant at R.id=gelV. I)l.1IlIl;.,Tll(: war he was for the Union. He was honoraable and uprriglliit. (=hil~dren by first wife: I. Al1..DA (}USTIN. b. Sept. 1.934; (lead. Cl1ild1-en by his seeond wife: II. (0.K"PAI"1I1I] L. (}USII.. b. .lar~h 1.. 1837. iii Greenup (o., K.: d. Dec. 21, 1801: buried at Ridgzel)". He was one of the early C.lilZ(lnSl of E(l~;{(]i?0I]. He marrived in 1860 Margaret Ralston. (See) (hz