Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1896, MAY. 1063 HORNBUCKLE FAMILY THE HORNBUCKLE FAMILY Hardin B. Hornbuckle I. JAMES HORNBUCKLE II. JOHN HORNBUCKLE III. GILBERT C. HORNBUCKLE, of Weston Dr. J. V. Cornish, druggist at Woodruff, becomes insane JIM McDONELL, son of Tim McDonell committed suicide May 19 - Weather - six inches of rain in the last four days May 28 - Commencement at Camden Point The Christian Church at Platte City forms a Christian Endeavor Society CATHERINE O'CONNER Catherine O'Conner was buried at the Catholic church, at Platte City. Her maiden name was Duffy. She married, first, P. H. McDonnell, in Ireland. They came to America, and settled near Barry in 1859, where the husband died, leaving: I. BRIDGET McDONNELL Moran, of Kansas II. KATIE McDONNELL John Foley III. ANTHONY McDONNELL Michael O'Conner May 29 - Shakespearean recital at the opera house in Platte City by Miss Nell Adams adn her class in elocution. The 14-year locusts appear, and the "army worm". Neither do material damage. May 30 - Decoration Day observed at Platte City. Many visited the cemeteries, and at 2:30pm there was a general meeting and several speeches. Epworth League formed in the M. E. S. Church at Platte City; Thomas Flannery president. Frank Sexton chosen principal of Platte City Public Schoo, with Anna Wilson assistant. CHAS F. SODEMAN was born in Ohio August 24, 1842; came to Platte after the war; settle four miles north of Platte