Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1894, snpr. 1018 THE KRAUSES. Vl1ere s the man so true and faithful To the Savior-is holy cause? here is the man so rm and loyal To the Stateits courts andlaws? In the word of God he trusted. And its precepts were obeyed. He was true to faith and consvcien-ice, And he voted as he prayed. Mrs. Kr-ause still occupies the family mansion in Platte City Her children: I. ANXIE KRAUSE, b. Aug. 4. 1869; md Sept. 9, 1891, IV. E. Hunter. 11. EYORA KRAUSE. b. Sept. 4. 1871. III. MIXNIE B. KRAUSE. b. Dec. 14, 1873. IV. JOHN G.. b. Oct. 9. 1876. Y. BER-THA KRAUSE. b. in 1878. V1. AMELIA, b. in 1880. VII. IDA, b. in 1882. Sept. 1;The barn of Mrs. B. R. Morton, two miles south of Platte City, struck by lightning, and burned, with its contents. OCTOBER. COL. R. P. WOOD. Oct. 3~Col. R. P. Wood died at Parkville. He was born in Mercer County, Ky., December 1813. His parents were Wil~ liam Wood and Sarah Thomas. They came to Clay County. Mo., in 1829. and settled near Liberty. The father and mother died in 1834, within two weeks of each other. In 1838 Richard P. 111ar- 1-ied Angeline Vallis, a member of the distinguis~hed family of VYallises hailing from Clay. The newly married couple came to what is now the B. 1). Moore farm, on Toddls Creek. In 184) Mr. \ood sold out. and made the overland trip to California. Fpon his return. he purchased a farm near Liberty, and in 1867 engaged in the dry goods trade in Liberty. He subsequently removed to: larkville. and entered the drug and grocery business. He was. a gentleman of noble and generous feelings. I was his intimate friend for titty years. and can testify to his intelligence. kindness of heart. and his social teinperament. In early life. he served a lH]l1 as justice of the peace. and in the militia took some pride. Ilc sa.w much in the early settlement of the State. and in his: \estcrn adventures. and was entertaining in conversation. He never joined any church. though a believer. His widowv siirvives. :r-ee.) Children: I. M. l{lO, B. YVOOD. 1ud May 6. 1870. .;melia Davis. dr. of Tlms. \. He has been a merchant of Parkville, Fai-l.ey,. .=ml otlwr places. He lives at Mound City. Mo. ll. .l().l2Ill l. \()()l). of Mound (fity. Mn.