Lewis married Josephine 'Josie' Ryle in Boone County, Kentucky, on June 27, 1878. She was the administratix of his estate when he died intestate. Josephine died in 1927.
The known children of Lewis and Josephine:
This family was enumerated in district 25 sheet 2 line 38; familysearch.org page 427B. No other Piatt families were found in Belleview. However, many were in Carlton District including Lewis's parents and younger sister, Catherine.
I received this information on March 25, 2001, from Elise Jourdan ejourdan@icx.net [now elisejourdan@att.net] "My name is Elise Greenup Jourdan and I am a descendant of Dr. Lewis Piatt (1853-1885) of Rabbitt Hash, KY and his wife Josephine Ryle (1863-1927). He was the s/o Robert Piatt (1830-1883) and his cousin Catherine Canby (1826-1888). Robert was the s/o John Piatt (1803-1863) and Millicent Ridell. I have an oil portrait of Dr. Piatt and photographs of his wife and daughter which a neighbor is going to photograph with his digital camera to get them on the website [if someone knows how to do it]. I also have recently been contacted by the lady who bought and restored the house Dr. Piatt built in 1879 in what is called Bellview in Boone Co.
For many years I have been writing books about the early settlers of the 5 counties of Southern Maryland, those and other books I have done are published now by Willow Bend Books, formerly Family Line Publications. I have stopped work on my current book to put the material I have on the Piatt family into the format of my Maryland books.
I have correspondence, as well as his major work, from Joe Kearney whom I once met, from Martha Eugenia deValcourt Piatt [of the Jacob Wycoff Piatt line], and several letters from Marian Rogers of Boone Co. which add some color to the documented information about Dr. Lewis Piatt. I am seeking the descendants of Catherine Piatt, sister of Dr. Lewis Piatt, who married a druggist named Bottorf of Hanover, IN.
I will be happy to share anything I have. Elise Greenup Jourdan"
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