Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1892, NOV. 977 MRS. M. HARDVICKE. Nor. 20The sheriff. by order of the county court. killed the horse of Barton I-iellis. alfected with glanders. and burned his barn. Nor. 2.)MRS. MARGARET II.RDVICI{E. nee Gregg, died at Libert. She was born July 3]. 1801: married in Howard (o11n1. Mo.. October 9. 1821, Phil. A. Hardwiclce. They came to Clay in 1821. Il1e. were parents of Hon. Samuel Hardwicke. the distiiigiiislicd lawver of Libert). b-orn September 8. 1833; enrolled as a Inember of our bar March 4. 1857; (lied July 18. 1895. He was a pure. true. and conscienti~ous man. and had the independ- ence. nerve. and honesty to sl1plp01t the Union in war. to vote fo-r pr-ohibition when unpopular. and to denounce the brigandage of the James boys" when dangzers. assailed. Mrs. Hardwicke was a sister of David Gregg (sec) and of JACOB GREGG. sons of Harmon (.}1-egg. Jacob was born in Tennessee April 9, 1802. The family reiuoved to Illionis in 1811. and in 1812 came to Boone County. Mo. In 1818 Jacob saw the rst steamboat ascend the Missouri. In 1825 he went to Santa Fe with one of 24 wa.go11s. piloted by Hi Emnions. He was surveyor of Jack- son (ountvin 1828; in 1850 represented the county in the Legis- lature. and was sher1ff from 1832-36. DEC/ElIBEI5l. Dec. IJ. H. Throckmorton buys of Bledsoe the drug store at Hampton. Dec. 6 The Deestrick Skule performed at the opera house in Platte City by amateurs, and alnionlg the-m Y. A. Banister and Miss Phoebe Paxton. leautiful weather and ne -roads. 1)cc. 8John A. BaldAwins hotel in Parkville burned. Dec. .9~The Efdgerton If~ustIc1 succeeds the Co:mtz/ Press. A. M. Gustin is editor. 28 columns, patent outside. It fails in three months. The contract signed for building: a new steel bridge at Leavenworth. Dec. I2An 8-inch snow. Dec. 75Masonic: Allen McDowell. State Lecturer. had a lodge of instruction at Ed,,r:erton. Present from Platte City: Jo M. Bane. A. D. Burnes. J. H. (.hinn. A. J. (olman. John Dil- lingham. J. L. Freeland. Jas. Synnamon. H. Cam. Vells. From Camden Point: J. A. Hern-don. S. A. Hull. A. S. Hern- don. A. L. Perrin. James and Joseph Walters. e2