Person:James Platt (1)

Watchers
James D. Platt
m.
  1. James D. Platt1828 -
m. Oct 1852
  1. Joe Platt1853 - 1853
  2. Mary Ann Platt1854 - 1872
  3. Edward Platt1857 - 1905
  4. Charles Platt1859 - 1862
  5. Elizabeth Platt1861 - 1862
  6. Sarah J. "Nettie" Platt1865 - 1951
m. 15 Jun 1873
  1. Jessie Burrett Platt1874 - 1925
  2. Walter Davenport Platt1877 - 1947
  3. Arthur Webb Platt1878 - 1950
Facts and Events
Name James D. Platt
Gender Male
Birth? 1828 Winsford, Cheshire, Englandpossibly Davenport
Marriage Oct 1852 Davenham, Cheshire, Englandto Mary Davenport
Marriage 15 Jun 1873 Forest City, Winnebago, Iowato Louisa E. Webb
Death? England

James D. Platt came to America sometime between 1857-1865 with Mary & their living children. Mary Davenport, by whom he had 6 children, died 25 October 1872 in Rockwell, Iowa. He met & married Louisa E. Webb (Craine) 15 June 1873 and they had 3 children. He was a frontier blacksmith & horse doctor. He went back to Winsford, England to check on some property he had inherited & was thought to have become ill and died there. He never returned to America. source: family stories, James & Mary's marriage record.