Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1891, FEB. 938 A T. F. WARNER. FEBRUARY. Feb. ;2The first train of the Maple Leaf through from St. Joseph to Beverly. It was the Sabbath, and a large and profane crowd was aboard. Edgerton is organized as a city of the fourth class, with Jesse Barnard as mayor. Tem~perature1st, 14 degrees; 2d, 20 degrees; 3d, 2 degrees; 4th, 20 degrees; 5th, 35 degreesa1l above. On the 28th it Was 4 below. Feb. 5The Kings Daughters Ihad a literary entertainment at the opera house for the benet of the Clhristian Church. James A. Grustin, having made an exchange with the Hunter Bro-s., of the Argus, for the Moiberly Democrat, removes with his family to Mloberly. THEO. F. WARNER. Feb. 9.lheo-. F. Varner died at Kansas City, Whither he had removed. He was a son of Colonel Wyncoop Warner and Min- erva S. Boone, daughter of the pioneer Daniel Bo-0-ne. He Was born in Greenuup County, Ky., April 10, 1818. The family re- moved t-o Callaway County, Mo., in 1819, and afterwards- came to Independence, Where Theo. F., as a merchants clerk, had his rst lessons in trade. About 1842 he located at Weston, and engaged in the commission business, buying, selling, and storing hemp, tobacc-o, wool, a.nd other products. He established an enviable reputation for energy, judgment, and pro-mptness in his mercan- tile transactiions. During the Mexican Va.r he operated largely in furnishing supplies for the army. For twenty years he traded upon the plains in merchandise and live stock. He never lost his commercial integrity, but lost "his fortune, by bad habits. In 1868 he was elected as a Democrat to the .S:t.ate Le-gislature. He was cashier of the Platte Savings Institution. He served two terms (1878-1884) as county clerk. His wife died December 4, 1879. He became discouraged, and when defeated for a third term as county clerk. removed to Kansas City. and tried various ways of making an honest and honorable liveliihood. but age and inrmi- ties opened for him a grave February 9. 1891. He married June 19. 1842, Emily H. Underhill, born April 22. 1824; died December 4. 1879. She was a daughter of Charles Underhill, who estab- lished. at an early day. a store at Rialto. Children: I. ANGIE S. W.=R.NER,, md Aug. 27, 1866, M. M. Blackmo-re, of Fort Smith, Ark. IT. CHA.RLES S. VARNER. was teller in the Mechanics Bank of St. Louis. He md a Miss Moss. and killed himself a.t Paris. M0,. June 27. 1895. leaving a child. lll. HATTIE M. WARNER, md Geo. L. Andrews. of Decatur. Illinois.