Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1897. MARCH. 1091 THE GALBRAITHS. I. EDWARD GALBRAITH, b. in 1839; d. in Platte, and the widow and children returned to Jamaica. II. AUBREY, b. in 1849; married in Platte Margaret, dr. of Joseph Ford. Children: 1. Maude Galbraith 2. Joseph Galbraith 3. John Galbraith 4. Leda Galbraith III. CHAS S. GALBRAITH, b. in 1851; married Florence, daughter of John H. Nash. Children: 1. Edward Galbraith 2. William Galbraith 3. Frances Galbraith IV. HENRY S. GALBRAITH, b. Oct. 29, 1854; married Feb. 25, 1886, Zilpah Noland, dr. of Matthias Noland, b. in Nov., 1864. Children: 1. Arthur Galbraith 2. Charlotte Galbraith 3. Lena Galbraith The banking house of Bailey & Bro. became a corporation. March 15 - The thermometer for several days at zero. John Davis house in Dearborn burned. Convention of Fourth District of the Christian Church of Missouri met at Platte City. Many distinguished persons attended. The assessment for the State wa.s $976,341,320; for Platte County, $5,109,600; for Clay County, $5,837,005; for Clinton County, $5,874,015; for Buchanan County, $28,351,694. The Baptists at Weston are preparing to rebuild their church that was burned. March 22 F. M. MANN died at Weston. He was born in Kentucky February 1, 1850: came to Weston and married Sep- tember 10, 1882, Cora B. Mitchell. Children: 1. ;Iittie; 2, Eva; Flossie. March 27 PROF. CHAS. A. SMITH. a hermit, aged 73, died, unattended, at his lonely home in Weston. Handsome. intelligent, educated, and refined, he was. as a civil engineer in Indiana, rising to distinction, when an unfortunate love-affair unhinged his mind, a11d he ca111e to W-est0n to hide himself from the world. He made a precarious living by occasionally teaching and by serving as a justice of the peace. All loved the good old man. but he was intimate with no one. The coroner found his death was natural. March 28 - EBERHARD BONS died at Weston. He was born April 16, 1811. His wife died before him. They left but one child, Mrs. George How. By industry he had accumulated considerable property. APRIL. April 2 - B. F. Murdock is appointed a member of the Board of Managers of the Confederate Home at Higginsville, which has been conveyed to the State of Missouri.