Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1893, JAN. 981 THE WEATHER. The Banking House of \ells & Co. is incorporated under the general law, and the family compose the stockh-olders. 1{.V. Pack taltes rharge o-f the Virginia Hotel in Platte City. The tirst \orlds Fair postage stamps are in use, and the mesmorial half-dollar appears. Park College has 33 1 students. Jun. .The weather: After two Weeks of extreniely (Old weather, the n1er-urtv is at 45 degrees. Sleighing has been de- lightful. The 10th the temperature was 5 degrees above; the 11th. 22 degrees above; the 13th. 4 degrees below. Snow that fell December 12th is still on the ground. The roads would be rough, b11t the snow ts them for g-ood sleighing. The 15th. 12 degrees above; the 18th. 10 degrees above; the 19th, 2 degrees below; the 28th. 8 degrees above; the 29th, 3 degrees above; the 30th, 18 degrees above; the 31st, 50 degrees above; but the next morning 7 degrees below with a blizzard. The Kansas legislative e1nbr-oglio. Jan. 8T. J. Stagners house at Dea-rborn burned. ~ Jrm. 1.2A whisky free ght at Tracy. Cal. Davis shot by Nie. Beery, a11d severely Wounded. Clements & Oldhain open their new stable at Platte City. Jan. 15Elias Siler died above Weston. THE SILER. FAMILY. Two brothers, Philip and Elias Siler, came in 1846 from Berkeley Count). Va. They were industrious farmers and earn- est Cumberland Presbyterians. They were sons of John Siler. I. PHILIP SILER, Born about 1815; died MEIPCII 2, 1879; married in Virginia Eliza- beth Robinson. She died February 5, 1879, and her husband sur- vived only 25 days. Children: 1. JOHN XV. SILER. n1d Elizabeth Way, of Kansas. Children: 1. Lena Siler. 2. Zelu. 3. llugg/vi-c. They live in California. 11. JENNIE R. SILER, md I. W. Carson. (See.) Children: 1. William Carson, 1nd Blanche Bledsoe. of Texas. 2. M in-nie C(1.2.9022. 5}. Fred I. 4. JIa.r1/ E. 5. Aruu. 6. forman. 7. Kittie Cruxs-on. III. NANNIE E. SILER. 1nd C. C. Graves. (See) IV. CHARLES M. SILER, b. Jan. 12, 1859; n1d Oct. 31. 1878. Jennie H. Cars-on. dr. of the sainted John II. (See.) Children: 1. Alma M. Siler, b. July 2, 1881.