John Ellet of Platte County, Missouri
HISTORY OF PLATTE COUNTY, MISSOURI
1897 - "March 22 - John Ellet died three miles west of Platte City. He was a son of William Ellet and Susanna Brink (sic), and was born in Hardin County, Ky., November 22, 1799. There he engaged in milling and cabinet-making. October 12, 1820, he married Margaret Owens. They sold out March 30, 1837, and came with the flood of settlers to Platte, settling 1-1/2 miles northeast of Weston. After 17 years, they removed to a farm 1-1/2 miles west of New Market. In the spring of 1855 they sold out and removed to the farm on the Platte City and Leavenworth road, where he died. Mr. Ellet was a fine-looking old gentleman, genial in his address, and generous in his disposition. He was an earnest Baptist, and manifested his faith by pure words and generous actions. Ch:
1. MARTHA ELLET, m'd John Hornbuckle, who d. in Feb. 1851, leaving:
1. John Hornbuckle, Jr., b. July 29, 1849; killed May 16, 1896 by Stewart.
Martha's third husband is Mr. Ransome, but they live seperate.
2. MATILDA ELLET, m'd Feb 4, 1841, Jarret Todd (ii) (see), b. April 10, 1818; d. at St. Louis, in 1861, in a Federal prison. I often met Jarret Todd in years before the war, in the halls of society and of Masonry. He was a noble-hearted and generous Christian gentleman. Their ch:
1. Jarrett Todd (iii), who enrolled as an attorney of our bar March 28, 1883, and went to Texas.
After the death of Matilda, Mr. Todd m'd her sister Martha, the widow of John Hornbuckle. Their son:
2. Jas. A. Todd, is now an old bachelor.
3. Matilda Todd, m'd Feb. 6, 1894, James A. Lober, b. Jan, 15, 1839 (see).
3. SUSAN ELLET, m'd John Hornbuckle, and d. leaving:
1. Hardin E."
Elsewhere in the Annals, (page 131), it says the widow of Joseph Todd married John Ellet. Joseph Todd was the father of Jarret Todd, who married John Ellet's daughter.
photo of tombstone: http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Eusgenweb/mo/platte/photos/tombstones/todd/todd16.jpg
Also from the Annals of Platte County:
(John Hornbuckle Jr. was John Elliott's grandson, the son of John Hornbuckle and Martha Elliott)
"May 16, 1896 - John Hornbuckle killed at Pat Doran's saloon in Leavenworth by Stonewall Stewart. Both resided in the hills near Beverly, and were Democrats, neighbors, and friends, but their respective candidates were rivals for Democratic nominations. They met in a saloon at Leavenworth at 9 p.m., and angry words passed between them. They were separated, and Hornbuckle was led into an adjoining room. Stewart followed, and in a melee that suceeded, Hornbuckle stabbed Stewart in several places. When Stewart saw the blood he was enraged, and drawing his pocket-knife, plunged it with vengeance into Hornbuckle's bosom, and he fell and died without speaking. Stewart was confined in the Leavenworth jail without bail. On trial he was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary.
One Fred Marks, who worked on the Hellman Farm, near Beverly, witnessed the affray, and became deranged. After opening a vein in his wrist, he cast himself into a cistern, and when found, was dead."
photo of tombstone: http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Eusgenweb/mo/platte/photos/tombstones/todd/todd31.jpg
Elinore Ellit's tombstone can be seen to the left of John Hornbuckle's. She was the second wife of John Ellit.
see also: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/kansas/kansas/genweb/leavenwo/library/HORNBUCK.htm
