Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1893, SEPT. 998 THE FORDS. 1. Mrs. B. Cushman 2. Mrs. G. K. White 3. George W. Moseby 4. Martha A. 5. Chas. F. Moseby Mr. Moseby died in October, 1871, and his widow, Georgia A., married second, April 13. 1876, John B. Cole (his second wife), born in Woodford County, Ky. Dec. 9, 1820; died in Clay Jan. 16, 1894. Mr. Cole left no children by Georgia A., his wife, but he had married Sept. 25, 1853. Martha E. Ford, who died July 30, 1875, leaving: [a] Martha Cole, married C. B. Mills (see) [b] Ettie Cole, married J. W. Tate (see) [c] Rosa Cole, married Oct. 12, 1884, James M. Smith [d] John B. Cole Mr. John R. Cole lived near Farley for many years, and was a good Christian and upright citizen. He was blind or nearly so. Sept. 13 - Weather - Temperature 101 degrees. Sept. 16 - Frank Renz, son of ZACCHEUS BENZ. died in Weston. Zaccheus was a son of Joseph Renz and Elizabeth Gramer. Zaccheus learned the stone masons craft, and served six years in the German army. In 1850 he married Theresa Gramer, and in 1851 they came to America, locating at Weston, where he plied his trade. He is now proprietor of 240 acres of land. Children: I. FRANK RENZ, b. in Germany May 29, 1854; d. Sept. 16, 1893. II. SIMEON RENZ, married Pauline Ruf III. ELIZABETH RENZ, married J. W. McMichael IV. MARY RENZ, married A. C. Fankhanel V. JOHN RENZ VI. LENA RENZ, married April 4, 1888, John Hellman (see) VII. VICTORIA RENZ VIII. PAULINE RENZ The family are Catholics. Sept. 18 - Very dry. A. H. O'Dowd succeeds Magers as postmaster at Weston. Sept. 20 - Judge E. H. Norton operated on for stone in the bladder. For a month his life was in the balance, but he finally recovered. Sept. 25 - A. B. Sanderson becomes pastor of the M. E. S. churches at Platte City and Weston. A frost. Temperature 33 degrees.