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Note N3594 Index

"Jack Platter, with Nancy, his wife, and children, came to Defiance County from the southern part of Ohio, about the year 1824, per History of Defiance County. They had four sons--Jacob Jr., Louis, George and John, and four daughters - Betsy, Anna, Hannah and Mary. Jacob Platter, Sr., was killed by an accident while building a flat boat on the Maumee River. Louis was the only one of the family of children that settled in Delaware Township, in then Williams, now Defiance County. He was married February 24, 1831, to Elizabeth Gordon of t he same township. They had two sons, Oliver and William, and three daughters, Caroline, Harriet and Mary. William enlisted in the Fourteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and died July 21, 1862, at Corinth, Miss. Louis Platter was born March 1, 1799, and died July 21, 1842. Of the children, but two are now living -- Oliver is now in Washington Territory and Harriet Dysinger is still living in the county".--History of Defiance County, Ohio.

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Note N3595 Index

Jack Platter, with Nancy, his wife, and children, came to Defiance County from the southern part of Ohio, about the year 1824, per History of Defiance County. They had four sons--Jacob Jr., Louis, George and John, and four daughters - Betsy, Anna, Hannah and Mary. Jacob Platter, Sr., was killed by an accident while building a flat boat on the Maumee River. Louis was the only one of the family of children that settled in Delaware Township, in then Williams, now Defiance County. He was married February 24, 1831, to Elizabeth Gordon of t he same township. They had two sons, Oliver and William, and three daughters, Caroline, Harriet and Mary. William enlisted in the Fourteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and died July 21, 1862, at Corinth, Miss. Louis Platter was born March 1, 1799, and died July 21, 1842. Of the children, but two are now living -- Oliver is now in Washington Territory and Harriet Dysinger is still living in the county".--History of Defiance County, Ohio.

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Note N3596 Index

William enlisted in the Fourteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry

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Note N3597 Index

Per "Histor of Defiance County", Gilbert and Elizabeth settled in Defiance County in 1846.

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Note N3598 Index

1900 census gives birthdate as Feb 1862?

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Note N3599 Index

Married at the home of Mrs. Gordon in Port Jervis. He is described as being of Piermont, NY.

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Note N3600 Index

Living with daughter Mary J in 1860.

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Note N3602 Index

Husband Samuel not listed with family in 1860 census

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Note N3603 Index

1856 Iowa Census indicates Lecta had been in Iowa for 5 years.
Birthdate calculated from age at time of death.

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Note N3604 Index

AGe given as 29 in 1860 census, age 53 in 1880 census
1856 census states Eliza has been a resident for 11 years, indicating an arrival in 1845.
1900 census gives birthplace as Pennsylvania.

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Note N3605 Index

Lists NY as home state in 1850 census
Living with son Ferdinand in 1880 and gives New Jersey as place of birth.

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Note N3606 Index

Birghplace 1860 Ohio, 1870 Ohio, 1880 Ohio. Name given as Sarah Jeffries in son William's marriage documents.

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Note N3607 Index

9 years old in 1860 census