The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-09-24
Death OF Rev. George Platteuburg.

Died, at his home near Dover, Mon
day evening, Sept 19th, at 9o'clOck
Rev. George Plattenburg aged II
years and I months.
Rev, Plattenburg had been critically
i'll for about month and his family
had been called to his bedside; but
within the past ten days his cOndi.
tion seemed to be improved, and
when the end came only two Of his
children were present-John and Mrs.
Harvey Vaughan.
Rev, Plattenburg was born 10
Wellsburg Virginia In March 1927.
He graduated from Bethany College
Virginia, with either the first OF the
second class that graduated from
that institution-a class contain
ing Lard, Proctor, McGarvey and
several other notables. After gradu-
alton he went to Selma, Alabama,
where for about five years he
practlced law In little while he
gave up law and began to preach 10
Alabama and later was called to the
pastorate Of church in Little Rock,
Arkansas. Before going to Little
Rock he was married to Miss
Josephine Howard Of Memphis,
Tennessee. Mrs. Plattenburg died
at Dover about two years ago.
When the war between the states
came, Rev. Plattenburg was Of warm
ly Southern sympathies. General
Steele, who held Little Rock and that
part Of Arkansas, banished him from
the state. He went first to Hender-
sou, Kentucky, where he preached
and taught school until he was called
to the pastorate of the Dover church
in 1855 From that date he has
lived at Dover, preaching for the
local church for many years. He also
had charge OF the churches at Well.
ington and Marshall, but without
changing his place of residence. He
was chaplain TO the Missouri state
senate and also to the house OF repre-.
sentatives in 1882. He was the
founder and editor Of the Christian,
afterwards Christian Evangelist. For
many years he was contributor to
that paper, to the STANDARD and to
the Christian Quarterly.
The survlviig members Of his iln-
mediate family are his two SONS,
John and Charles, the former OF
Dover and the latter of Iowa; and
two daughters, Mrs. Harvey Vaughan
Of Dover.and Mrs, Anna Littleiohn OF
independence. Besides these there
is the family OF his uncle, the late
]. S, Platteudurg, ~So was living in
this county when he came to Mis-
souri,.
The life Of this really great mar
was simple and uneventful. 1t would
be too much to say that he was with
out ambition, but be was entirely
Without that form of it which seeks
che applause of men He was stu
dent and a scholar. His persona
acquaintance In the religious demon
ination Of which he was a highly
valued and honOred member was very
small, but he has always been ranked
with Lard, Longan, McGarveY ant
Hopson in the honor roll of his church
He was possessed Of a remarkably
clear, orderly, right thinking mind
and his literary style was
model of lucldity and energy
Yet he did not write a great deal
He never wrote unless he had some
thing to say. An article bearing hi
signature was as eagerly sought afte
as those of any man of his religion
faith.
The funeral services were held a
the Christian Church in Dove
Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock
Rev. T. P. Haley Of Kansas Cit.
officiating. The interment tool
place in Dover cemetery.
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