Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1892, JAN. 959 COOTS FAMILY I. BETTIE COOTS, b. Oct. 1841; maried July 12, 1876, Ishmael Davis, of St. Joseph, son of Ishmael. II. S. WILSON COOTS, M. D., a rising physician of Weston; married June 23, 1890, Alma Nolley. III. MARY C. COOTS, b. in 1857; married Oct. 4, 1883, Phil. S. Davis. IV. JOHN W. COOTS, b. May 27, 1856; married May 28, 1889, Ola W. Funk. Mr. Coots is an ambitious young lawyer. In 1886 he was elected prosecuting attorney, and reelected two years later. In 1890 he was chosen representative in the Legislature. He received his education from Prof. Gaylord, and was licensed in 1883. V. LIDA K. COOTS, married Oct. 26, 1892, Judge L. W. Walker, of Plattsburg. She was a schooll teacher for several years, and was greatly admired for her graces adn accomplishments. Civil War in Kansas - Sheriff Dunn and posse, of Seward County, ambushed and several killed. The life of Judge Botkin threatened by mobs. The trouble grew out of Brannan killing Sam Wood, and the fear that the murder would go unavenged - as it did. Jan. 8 - The Missouri University burned; lose $300,000. The governor called a special meeting of the Legislature to provide means of rebuilding. Sulphur said to have been discovered, in immense quantities, by Ed Dowling, eight feet below the surface, near East Leavenworth. Jan. 9 - WILLIAM E. MINOR died at Neosho, Mo. He was an urbane gentleman and possessed of wealth. He married first, Mary D. Duncan, daughter of Judge Ed P. Duncan, and was divorced. She then married D. R. Stallard, and he married a Miss Green, of Kentucky. GEO. W. JOHNSON Jan. 11 - George W. Johnson died at his home, Union Mills. He married October 19, 1843, in Marion County, Indiana, Amy McCullum, and in 1856 removed to Valley Falls, Kansas, and in 1866 came to Platte and purhcased Union Mills.