Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1892, MARCH. 963 DR. J. F. MORTON. Jlurt-I1 18IC)R. J. F. )IORTOI died at New H211-lu-I. He- was a. son of Rit-l1a1d and lile-.111o1 Morton. and was horn in (lurk (,o11ntv. K53. Mareli 1.5. 1824; llli1lli("l1 .li1l S), 1864. Jmlea. Hall. 111- g,1a.d11ated in medicine at St. Louis; located at Lilw1t; Stl(t1 as a stirgeon i11 Doniph-ans 1egi111e11t. iii the Mexit-an \a1-; ])li1t~ tieed i11 (flay, (.linto11. and Platte; a .lason. and buried with the 11o11o1s of the f1ate111ity at Ca~111den loi11I. Jlurch 30DABlEY B()VEN died on his fa1111 tl11ee iniles west of llatte City. He was born in Virginia I)e1-e~1nbe1 2), 1805). He 1na11~ied three times, and left 1nl1i1d1e11 by em-h wife. His last was Iilizahetli Doyle, nee Noon. widow Olf John I)ole. He was a 1na11 of 11e sense, but ee1. 111e111be1" of his body t1e111hle~d with palsy. Elder XV. M. Feathe1ston ehiosen pastor of the Il-at.te Cit) Cliristian ()h111c.h. lhe Bank of Platte City a11d the First 1atio111:1l Bank of Platte City consolidate, with the new name of The Exchange Bank of Platte City. The latter sur1=ende1~s its (-,l1a1te1, and A. R. Jack continues cashier. Jlarch .;7V. E. Stitt buys o11t A. 1". Fu1cl1e1"s store i11 11-ac). illlld takes c-liarge of it: llarch 30Weston Votes to beoonie a city of the f1o111tl1 class. and Mayor Kenney so announces by pi1i0C1a1111{lil011. J. F. Kenney reelected mayor. APRIL. REV. GEO. S. WOODWARD. .l[Hil 1Rev. Geo. S. Woodwa1-d died at Leavenworth. He was a native of Maine, and a graduate o-f Bowdoin College. He coininenced preaching at Parkville i.n Ma1~(-h, 1849, to :1 P1esb- terian church of three n1e1nbe1s. He soon raised $500 for a clinrch, and a like sum for a ]l{lIS01lg. and by his laibors the fOllII1d{1il()I1S were laid of the present c-1l1111eh a11d college; a11d it was b11t an act of justice that the first and principal st111e:tu1e of Park College has, since his death. been called "Voodva.1d Insti- tute." He 1n-arried April 7. 1853. Mrs. Eliza Tylee, \ido1w of John R. Tylee. a law)e1. who came to V1-ston in 1945.. and died about 1850. M1. Woodwa1-d siipplied the Platte (ity I-1esbv- terian C1llll(h before the war. but his delity to the Union cause b1-ought 11i1n into danger, and he ae1epte(l a call to Leavo11wo1tl1. Fro-n1 disease of the ihI0li 111- liad to stop preaeliing, and he e11te1e(l into the insurance hiisiiiess. He was a learned. true. and faithful 111an of God. He left a siiiall estate to his widow. his son, and his daughtei". I am proud to claim him as a friend and b1~othe1.