Platt, Calvin

Platt, Calvin

Male 1823 - 1903  (79 years)

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  • Name Platt, Calvin  [1
    Born 30 Aug 1823  Mahoning County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Census 12 Aug 1850  Canfield Township, Mahoning County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Census 1860  Jackson Township, Brown County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Military Draft Registration Jun 1863  Brown County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Census 1870  Jackson Township, Brown County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Census 1880  Jackson Township, Brown County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Census 1 Jun 1900  Noblesville Township, Hamilton County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Will 5 Mar 1903  Hamilton County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Died 6 May 1903  Noblesville, Hamilton County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Buried Mahalasville Cemetery, Mahalasville, Morgan County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Person ID I36716  Sackett | Descendants of John Sackett the Colonist
    Last Modified 7 Jun 2016 

    Father Platt, Erastus David,   b. 17 Oct 1800, Lanesborough, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Dec 1868, Canfield, Mahoning County, Ohio USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Mother Hitchcock, Julia,   b. 25 Apr 1804, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 May 1883, Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 19 Nov 1822  Canfield, Mahoning County, Ohio USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 11
    • Married by Shadrach Bostwick, MG [1]
    Children 4 children 
     1. Platt, Calvin,   b. 30 Aug 1823, Mahoning County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 May 1903, Noblesville, Hamilton County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     2. Platt, Vantile Hitchcock,   b. 17 Jun 1830, Canfield, Mahoning County, Ohio USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Apr 1883, Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years)
     3. Platt, Napoleon B.,   b. 29 May 1834, Mahoning County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jan 1878, Monroe County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years)
     4. Platt, James Edwin,   b. 9 Mar 1837, Canfield, Mahoning County, Ohio USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Aug 1883, Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years)
     
    Family ID F23274  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Peterson, Louisa,   b. 20 Aug 1824, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Apr 1853, Canfield Township, Mahoning County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 28 years) 
    Married 8 Sep 1846  Mahoning County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    Children 
     1. Platt, Julia Louisa,   b. 21 Nov 1852, Canfield Township, Mahoning County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jul 1853, Canfield Township, Mahoning County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    Last Modified 7 Jun 2016 
    Family ID F23307  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Camp, Angeline J.,   b. 10 Feb 1828, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Apr 1883  (Age 55 years) 
    Married 2 Aug 1854  Mahoning County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 13
    Children 
     1. Platt, Erastus David,   b. 4 Jul 1855, Brown County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Dec 1931  (Age 76 years)
     2. Platt, Julia M.,   b. 2 Nov 1856, Brown County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Dec 1882  (Age 26 years)
     3. Platt, Jabez,   b. Abt 1858, Brown County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Unknown
     4. Platt, Eben Leander,   b. Jul 1859, Jackson Township, Brown County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1926  (Age ~ 66 years)
     5. Platt, Presley Hunt,   b. Mar 1864, Jackson Township, Brown County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 May 1946  (Age ~ 82 years)
    +6. Platt, Elizabeth Susan,   b. 3 Feb 1866, Jackson Township, Brown County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 May 1910  (Age 44 years)
     7. Platt, Bertha Adelia,   b. 22 Apr 1871, Jackson Township, Brown County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Mar 1896, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 24 years)
    Last Modified 7 Jun 2016 
    Family ID F23308  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 30 Aug 1823 - Mahoning County, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 8 Sep 1846 - Mahoning County, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 12 Aug 1850 - Canfield Township, Mahoning County, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Platt, Julia Louisa - 21 Nov 1852 - Canfield Township, Mahoning County, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 2 Aug 1854 - Mahoning County, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Platt, Erastus David - 4 Jul 1855 - Brown County, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Platt, Julia M. - 2 Nov 1856 - Brown County, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Platt, Jabez - Abt 1858 - Brown County, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Platt, Eben Leander - Jul 1859 - Jackson Township, Brown County, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1860 - Jackson Township, Brown County, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMilitary Draft Registration - Jun 1863 - Brown County, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Platt, Presley Hunt - Mar 1864 - Jackson Township, Brown County, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Platt, Elizabeth Susan - 3 Feb 1866 - Jackson Township, Brown County, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1870 - Jackson Township, Brown County, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Platt, Bertha Adelia - 22 Apr 1871 - Jackson Township, Brown County, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1880 - Jackson Township, Brown County, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1 Jun 1900 - Noblesville Township, Hamilton County, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill - 5 Mar 1903 - Hamilton County, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 6 May 1903 - Noblesville, Hamilton County, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mahalasville Cemetery, Mahalasville, Morgan County, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S835] David Pane-Joyce, Payne-Joyce, David, (3 MAR 2013).

    2. [S543] Find A Grave (www.findagrave.com) (Reliability: 3), 7 Jun 2016.
      From Find A Grave Memorial# 68343713
      http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=68343713

      Calvin Platt
      Birth: Aug. 30, 1823
      Death: May 5, 1903

      Age: 79y-8m-5d

      Son of Erastus & Julia (Hitchcock) Platt.

      Husband of Angeline J. Platt, who me married August 2, 1854.

      They were the parents of seven children:
      Erastus David - B: 7-4-1855
      Julia - B: between 1856-1857
      Jabus - B: between 1857-1858
      Eben L. - B: July-1859
      Presley Hunt - B: Mar. 1864 - D: 1945
      Elizabeth - B: between 1865-1866
      Bertha Adelia - B: 1871 - D: 1896

      * ================= *

      CALVIN PLATT, farmer and stock-raiser, is a native of Mahoning County, Ohio, was born August 30, 1823, and is the eldest of the four boys of Erastus B. and Julia (Hitchcock) Platt, natives of Massachusetts and Connecticut respectively, and of Puritan stock.

      Calvin passed his boyhood on a farm, attended the common schools at intervals, and so remained at home until he was of age, thereafter working for himself at $12 per month.

      In August, 1846, he married Miss Louisa, a daughter of Thomas Peterson, to which union were born two children, both deceased.

      Mrs. Platt died in April, 1853, and in August, 1854, Mr. Platt wed Angeline Camp, of Mahoning County, Ohio, and to this marriage were born seven children Erastus D., Julia (deceased), Jabez, Eben, Presly, Elizabeth and Adella.

      This wife died, April, 1883. Mr. Platt moved to this county in March, 1855, settled on 160 acres, which he partially improved, and where he remained about twelve years, at which time he removed to his present home and farm, which is well improved, planted, and containing considerable stock. Mr. Platt has in all 316 acres.

      While in Ohio, he served as Constable and Deputy Sheriff.

      He is an active Republican, and a worthy citizen.


      (Thanks to Contributor, Kyle # 46635009 for sending the obituary on 3/5/2016)


      Family links:
      Parents:
      Erastus David Platt (1800 - 1868)
      Julia Hitchcock Platt (1804 - 1883)

      Spouses:
      Louisa Peterson Platt (1824 - 1853)
      Angeline J. Platt (1828 - 1883)

      Children:
      Erastus David Platt (1855 - 1931)*
      Julia M. Platt Gibbs (1856 - 1882)*
      Eben Leander Platt (1859 - 1926)*
      Presley Hunt Platt (1864 - 1946)*
      Elizabeth Platt Smith (1866 - 1910)*
      Bertha A. Platt (1871 - 1896)*

      Siblings:
      Calvin Platt (1823 - 1903)
      Vantile Hitchcock Platt (1830 - 1883)*
      Napoleon B Platt (1834 - 1878)*
      James Edwin Platt (1837 - 1883)*

      *Calculated relationship

      Burial:
      Mahalasville Cemetery
      Mahalasville
      Morgan County
      Indiana, USA

      Created by: Ruth (Hickman) Wicks
      Record added: Apr 14, 2011
      Find A Grave Memorial# 68343713

      Researched by Ted Smith

    3. [S1366] Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2011, (Ancestry.com) (Reliability: 3), 7 Jun 2016.
      Name: Calvan Platt
      Gender: Male
      Race: White
      Birth Date: 30 Aug 1823
      Birth Place: Ohio
      Death Date: 5 May 1903
      Death Place: Noblesville Township, Hamilton, Indiana, USA
      Age: 79
      Marital Status: Widowed
      Spouse: Angeline Platt
      Father: Erastus Platt
      Mother: Julia Hitchcock
      Informant: Ralph Smith
      Burial: Mahaloville, Ind.
      Proposed burial date: May 8, 1903

      Ancestry.com. Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.

    4. [S506] 1850 U.S. Census (Reliability: 3), 7 Jun 2016.
      1850 Census, enumerated 12 Aug 1850 in Canfield Township, Mahoning County, Ohio, United States

      Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
      Calvin Platt M Ohio
      Louisa Platt F Ohio
      William Phillips M 12 Ohio

      "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX3Q-CPR : accessed 7 June 2016), Calvin Platt, Canfield, Mahoning, Ohio, United States; citing family 367, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

      Researched by Ted Smith

    5. [S835] David Pane-Joyce, Payne-Joyce, David, (3 MAR 2013).
      1860 Federal Census. Jackson Twp., Brown County, Indiana
      Series: M653 Roll: 246 Page: 136
      Calvin Platt, 46, $2000 real estate, $500 personal estate, b. Ohio
      Anjaline J. Platt, 32, b. Penn
      Arastus D. Platt, 5, b. ditto [should be Indiana]
      Julia A. Platt, 3, b. ditto
      Jabus Platt, 2, b. ditto

    6. [S895] U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865, (Ancestry.com) (Reliability: 3), 7 Jun 2016.
      Name: Calvin Platt
      Birth Year: abt 1824
      Place of Birth: Ohio
      Age on 1 July 1863: 39
      Race: White
      Residence: Jackson, Brown, Indiana
      Congressional District: 3rd
      Class: 2

    7. [S835] David Pane-Joyce, Payne-Joyce, David, (3 MAR 2013).
      1870 Federal Census. Jackson Twp., Brown County, Indiana
      Series: M593 Roll: 301 Page: 330
      Calvin Platt, 46, farmer, b. Ohio
      Angeline Platt, 42, keeping house, b. Pennsylvania
      Erastus Platt, 14, ferming, b. Indiana
      Julia Platt, 13, b. ditto
      Jabes Platt, 12, b. ditto
      Eben Platt, 9, b. ditto
      Presley Platt, 7, b. ditto
      Lizza Platt, 4, b. ditto

    8. [S835] David Pane-Joyce, Payne-Joyce, David, (3 MAR 2013).
      1880 Federal Census. Jackson Twp., Brown County, Indiana
      Series: T9 Roll: 267 Page: 314
      Calvin Platt, 56, farmer, b. Ohio, father b. Massachusetts, mother b. Connecticut
      Angeline Platt, 52, wife, keeping house, b. Pennsylvania, mother b. Pennsylvania, father b. New Jersey
      Eben Platt, 19, son, farmer, b. Indiana, father b. Ohio, mother b. Pennsylvania
      Presley H. Platt, 16, son, farmer, b. ditto
      Elizabeth Platt, 14, dau., at home, b. ditto
      B. Adella Platt, 9, dau., b. Indiana, parents b. Indiana

    9. [S954] 1900 U.S. Census (Reliability: 3), 7 Jun 2016.
      1900 Census, enumerated 1 Jun 1900 in Noblesville Township, Hamilton County, Indiana, United States

      Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
      Ralph Smith Head M 44 Indiana b. Aug 1856
      Susan Smith Wife F 34 Indiana b. Feb 1866
      Leafie Smith Daughter F 14 Indiana b. Sep 1886
      Maud Smith Daughter F 12 Indiana b. Dec 1888
      Orville Smith Son M 9 Indiana b. Mar 1891
      Ina Smith Daughter F 6 Indiana b. Jan 1894
      Herbert Smith Son M 2 Indiana b. Aug 1898
      Calvin Platt M 77 Ohio b. Aug 1823

      "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM1C-FV8 : accessed 7 June 2016), Calvin Platt in household of Ralph Smith, Noblesville Township (portion west of White River excl. Noblesville city), Hamilton, Indiana, United States; citing sheet 1A, family 3, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,375.

      Researched by Ted Smith

    10. [S1367] Indiana, Wills and Probate Records, 1798-1999, (Ancestry.com) (Reliability: 3), 7 Jun 2016.
      Hamilton County, Indiana
      Will Records, Vol H, 1902-1911; Will Records, Vol I, 1911-1920

      Last Will of Calvin Platt

      I, Calvin Platt, of Hamilton County in the State of Indiana do hereby make this my last will. I hereby devise and bequeath all my property, both real and personal to my daughter Elizabeth Smith and her heirs forever.

      In witness whereof I have hereuntoset my hand and seal this March 3, 1903.

      Calvin Platt [his mark X]

      Witnesses: Joseph J. Roberts
      Elliott Cheesman

      The State of Hamilton, Hamilton County ss:
      Be it remembered that on the 15th day of May 1903 Joseph A. Roberts [appeared before the court and testified that the will was that of Calvin Platt.]

      Transcribed by Ted Smith

    11. [S838] The Trumball County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society, Howland Printing, Cortland, Ohio. 1998 Volume: Vol. 1, (The Trumball County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society, Howland Printing, Cortland, Ohio. 1998 Volume: Vol. 1).

    12. [S543] Find A Grave (www.findagrave.com) (Reliability: 3), 7 Jun 2016.
      From Find A Grave Memorial# 39543008
      http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=39543008

      Louisa Peterson Platt
      Birth: Aug. 20, 1824
      Ohio, USA
      Death: Apr. 5, 1853
      Canfield
      Mahoning County
      Ohio, USA

      PLATT, Louisa nee PETERSON
      Mrs. Calvin Platt ? m. 8 Sep 1846 in Mahoning Co. OH
      B. 20 Aug 1824 in OH
      D. 5 Apr 1853 in Canfield Twp., Mahoning Co. OH
      at 28y 7m 16d
      Burial ? Apr 1853 in Canfield Village Cemetery, Section A Row 02, Canfield, Mahoning Co. OH

      Republican Sentinel, Canfield, 19 Apr 1853 - Abstract
      "Louisa Platt ? Canfield, 5i, 28y, wife of Calvin"

      Note: Birthdate calculated from death date and age

      PLATT, Calvin
      Husband of
      1. Louisa nee PETERSON ? m. 8 Sep 1846 in Mahoning Co. OH
      2. Angeline Camp
      Son of Erastus David and Julia Hitchcock Platt
      B. 30 Aug 1823
      D. 6 May 1903 in Noblesville, Hamilton Co. IN
      Burial ? May 1903 in Mahalasville, Morgan Co. IN

      Comment: Calvin and Angeline Camp Platt had seven children.
      Their son, Presley H. Platt, b. Mar 1864. d. between 1920 and 1930 censuses and is also buried in Mahalasville Cemetery, Mahalasville, Morgan Co. IN. He was a veteran of the Spanish American War. He married Anna M. CAIN on 4 June 1892 in Brown Co. IN. Their children were Omer C. Platt, Christine (Platt) McElroy, Thomas Platt, & Irvin/Irving/Ervin Platt. Thomas is also buried in Mahallasville Cemetery with this posting (no dates):
      "THOMAS PLATT PASSES AWAY- Thomas Platt, age 25 years, three months and 21 days, son of Presley Platt of near Mt. Zion Church, died Saturday afternoon at three o'clock. Mr. Platt had been in failing health for the last ten years. His is survived by his father, two brothers; Homer and Ervin and one sister, Mrs. Henry MacElroy of Martinsville. The funeral services were held at Mahalasville last Tuesday at 2 P.M."
      Source: Find a Grave - genealogyfever (#46554566)

      Family links:
      Spouse:
      Calvin Platt (1823 - 1903)*

      Children:
      Julia Louisa Platt (1852 - 1853)*

      *Calculated relationship

      Burial:
      Canfield Village Cemetery
      Canfield
      Mahoning County
      Ohio, USA
      Plot: Section A Row 02

      Created by: Jennifer L. Neff
      Record added: Jul 17, 2009
      Find A Grave Memorial# 39543008

      Researched by Ted Smith

    13. [S1205] Ohio, Marriages, 1803-1900, (Ancestry.com) (Reliability: 3), 7 Jun 2016.
      Name: Calvin Platt
      Gender: Male
      Spouse: A. S. Camp
      Spouse Gender: Female
      Marriage Date: 2 Aug 1854
      County: Mahoning
      State: Ohio

      Jordan Dodd, Liahona Research. Ohio, Marriages, 1803-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.

      Researched by Ted Smith


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