Platt Family Association
the Official web site.
Mar 2001, Vol 19
Garrett M. Platt of Williston, FL has send a lot of information on the descent from his grandfather of the same name (E-111) in the back of the 1963 Richard of Milford book. This leads us to ask if anyone has found the connection of the first of this line, Eli Platt (E-1), b 1769? Because they were located in Otsego Co., NY, it would appear that Eli must be of the Richard family somehow.}
Wilma Meaden, e-mail wlmeaden @aol.com, seeks parents of Charity Platt, b. Fairfield, Co., CT abt 1755, d. CT or OH bef 1830; m. abt. 1774, Westport, Fairfield Co., CT, Asa Disbrow. Children: Samuel Platt, Olive, Lodemia, Betsy Platt, Jesse, Banks Davis, Platt, Levi, Lucy, Rhoda.
Seen on NYBROOKLYN-L[@rootsweb.com], a death notice from the Brooklyn "Daily Standard Union", dated 20 January 1894: "Platt - on Thursday, Marion Louise, daughter of Frank C. and Clara L. Platt, in her 9th year. Funeral from 565 Willoughby Ave., Sunday at 6:30 P.M." Can anyone identify this family?
Jo Platt Clark of Columbus, OH says that she was watching a TV program on historic houses in Denver. One, built just after the Civil War, looked like a small castle. The present owners, who have turned it into a B&B, say that one of the former owners was a Col. James Platt, and that he once ran for Vice President. We thought that it could have been James McClure9 Platt (Richard #131-232-312) but members of that family don't think so. James McClure Platt spent many years in Mexico and South America, and then lived in Beverly Hills, CA. Does anyone know who this Col. James Platt was? If he ran for Vice President, it wasn't for the Republicans or Democrats, unless he was a contender for the nomination and didn't get it.}
On the website: lcweb.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/ we found a reference to the papers of John Daly Platt (1824-1892). He was a county judge and state legislator of Jo Daviess Co., IL, and a bank president of Waterloo, Iowa. His wife was Julia Carpenter (b 1824) and they had a son, Franklin C Platt (1854-1924), who was a district judge in Iowa. Can anyone identify this Platt family?}
Marilyn Gilbertson, e-mail Marlyngib2 @aol.com, is looking for any information on her great grandfather, Charles Platt, who served in the Confederate Army from 18 September 1862 to 26 June 1863. He came over from Liverpool, England, to protect his interests in the cloth trade. He married Margaret Paton in Fall River, MA in August 1862. After the war he returned to Liverpool where he was a designer of materials in the cloth industry, and died there.
Stella Platt Hughes of Rapid City, SD has found
the following names on the internet. Can anyone identify them?
Robert Dale Platt, b. 12 August 1925 in
Shelbyville, IN; son of Clarence Edgar Platt.
Robert C Platt m Mary E Myers 5
October 1882 in DeKalb Co, IN.
Robert L Platt m Hazel Edna Smith,
24 December 1910 in DeKalb Co, IN.
Wendy Wolff, e-mail, wewolff @skadden.com, seeks parents of Henrietta Platt, b. Redding, CT 1843; mar 24 Mar 1867 Samuel Dean, b 1835. There were many Platts in Redding, so it would appear that there must be a connection somewhere.
A lady in Iowa has sent us a scan of an article that appeared recently in the Sac City, IA, newspaper about the history of the area. It reads in part: "Asa Platt also ventured into the Sac City area in 1855 from New England. Platt purchased 320 acres of land, and much of current Sac City is on this land." Other surnames of settlers in the area during the same period were William, Cory, Metcalf, Wine, Criss, Hobbs, Early, Tiberhien, and Basler. Does anyone know who this Asa Platt was?
Jean Wilcox of Millsboro, DE, has sent the
following from Dutchess County Cemetery Inscriptions, found at a
Family History Center:
A cemetery at Corlies Ave., and Main St., Poughkeepsie, NY,
dilapidated and abandoned: John H Platt, d. Sept
18, 1830, age 7 yrs, 8 days. [birth calculates to 10 Sep 1823];
Catherine A Platt, d Sept. 1, 1830, age 2 yrs, 6 mo. 8
days.[birth calculates to 22 Feb 1828].
Baptist Church Yard Cemetery, Salt Point, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, New York: Thomas V Platt, d. Apr 21,
1861, age 53 yrs, 11 mos. 19 days [birth calculates to 2 May
1807].
Union Vale, Hall Burying Ground, unmarked graves.
1) John J Hall, d May 10, 1903, ae 79, son of John
and Mary (Waite) Hall.
2) Platt Vail Hall, d. ab. 1891, paralysis,
eldest son to John and Mary (Waite)
Hall.
3) Infant son to Platt V. Hall,
ab. ae. 3 yrs.
Platt Vail, d Aug 27,
1798, ae 2 yr & 11 mo.
Can anyone identify these people?
Lee Stover, New Hampton, IA, e-mail lmstover @rconnect.com, has sent information that Samuel Lewis Platt, identified as (SL) 11 on p 361 of the 1963 Richard Platt Genealogy was really Smith Lewis Platt. He was b. NY?, 12 April 1853 and d. Cawood, MO 19 October 1929, bur Oelwein, IA. He m. Mary Eva Putnam 20 August 1871. Mary was b NY? 20 August 1858, d. Oelwein, IA 21 September 1924. Their son Jesse Abram Platt (SL) 112, was Lee's grandfather. Can anyone provide a connection?
John Russel Wheat, Berkeley, CA seeks parents/ Platt connection of Benjamin Jarrold Platt, b 4 May 1911 in New Rochelle, NY. He m. . . . 1942 at Bay City, MI, Barbara Clements Wheat. Children, Jarrold "Jarrie" Platt, b . . . 1944, m Leonel Suarez; and Barbara Wheat "Bobbie" Platt, b . . . 1946. Both b. in Kalamazoo, MI. [Specific dates omitted on internet version]
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