Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1891, OCT. 952 DR. A. R. BRASFIELD. These verdant immortelles p~roc1aiim Col. John H. Winston went to California, and sojourned until January, 1894. Oct. 29DR. A. R. BRASFIELD died at Farley. He Was a son of Thos. J. Brasfield, who was a brother of James (see), and consequently the doctor was a cousin of Judge John S. Brasfield. He was born in Kentucky, reared in Clay, and practiced at Farley. NOVEMBER. Nov. 2 W. J. Stone, candidate for Governor, and J. Heard, candidate for Congress in another district of Missouri, speak at Platte City. JESSE PAGE. Nov. 3J-esse Page died near Sugar Creek Lake. He was born in Fleming County, Ky., December 29, 1818; married June 11, 1839, Emily G. Plummer. They came to Platte in 1845, and settled in Marshall Township. He was a farmer of wealth, intelligence, and influence. Children: I. LOUISA PAGE, married N. B. Lawson. II. GEO. W. PAGE III. ALICE PAGE, married Samuel S. Hargrave IV. ELIZAEBETH PAGE V. CHARLES PAGE, married Feb. 16, 1888, Belle Dyer. VI. AMANDA PAGE, b. Dec. 16, 1850; married March 12, 1868, William Rees, b. in Ohio Jan. 15, 1837, son of Thos. Rees and Mary Hyatt, natives of Virginia. He volunteered as a private in Co. F., 7th Ohio Cav., and went through the Civil War; came to Platte in 1867, and with John M. Downey purchased a large tract of land on Beans Lake, which has since enhanced in value. He and his excellent wife have children: 1. Mary E. Rees, b. July 10, 1869; married July 10, 1888, Abe Risk. 2. Ida May Rees, b. Feb. 21, 1872 3. Thomas Rees, b. Feb. 19, 1874 4. Bertha Rees, b. July 10, 1881 5. Lena Martha Rees, b. June 9, 1885 VII. EMMA PAGE, married March 7, 1891, Garret L. Brown VIII. JOHN W. PAGE, killed by cars Oct. 13, 1894 IX. MELISSA A. PAGE, married B. W. Holland X. JAS. M. PAGE XI. CHARLES PAGE XII. ANNA PAGE