Ross Naylor, left, a descendant of Joseph Martin, a descendant of Zed Martin, looks at the document officially proclaiming the Fourth of July this year as Zed Martin Founder’s Day, joined by Betty Soper, secretary of the Platte County Historical Society, and Platte City Mayor Truman V. Glenn, who has just made the proclamation. Naylor has a brother and a sister still living, Ina Naylor McElhiner of Platte City and Alva Naylor of Shawnee Mission,…
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