Joshua Ephriam Piatt and Jennie Leo Cork
Joshua Ephriam Piatt was born September 4, 1866, in Henry County, Illinois, and died November 16, 1943, in Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa.
He is descended from Abraham Piatt, one of the five revolutionary brothers. He married on December 28, 1887, in Onawa, Monona County, Iowa, Jennie Leo Cork who was born November 15, 1867, in Moorhead, Monona County, Iowa, and died July 30, 1953, in Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa. Joshua is buried in the Graceland Cemetery in Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa.
The known children of Joshua and Jennie were as follows:
- Wallace Edgar Piatt b: 16 Oct 1888 Monona County, IA d: 1 Jan 1974 Sioux City, Woodbury County, IA (buried Graceland Cemetery, Sioux City, Woodbury Co, IA)
- Howard Franklin Piatt b: 25 Nov ???? in Monona Co, IA d: 9 Jan 1950 Pelican Rapids, Otter Tail Co, MN m1: Blanche Earway b: Smithland, Woodbury Co, IA d: Pelican Rapids, Otter Tail Co, MN m2: Minnie Skinner b: Holly Springs, Woodbury Co, IA d: Holly Springs, Woodbury Co, IA
- Kate Almiba Piatt b: 6 Oct 1894, Grant Center, Monona Co, IA
d: 17 Dec 1972, Monticello, Jones Co, IA m1: Jess Rains b: 23 Aug 1889, NE m2: 15 Feb 1911 George W Custer
- Wyman Custer
d: Halstad, Norman Co, MN
- Georgia Almira Custer b: 31 Dec 1913, IA
d: 14 Dec 1993 Riverside, CA m: ? Sanger
- Nellie Mona Piatt b: 7 Sep 1896, Grant Center, Monona Co, IA
d: 4 Oct 1980, Orange Co, CA m1: Wilbur M Strong m2: ? Buchanan
- James Lafayette 'Fay' Piatt b: 14 Dec 1898, Grant Center, Monona Co, IA
d: Bountiful, Davis Co, UT m1: Rachel Mary Mulestein m2: Alice Elizabeth Trimble d: Elk Point, SD
- Dorothy Piatt b: 1924
- Doran Piatt b: 1931
- Barbara Jean Piatt b: 1936
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