Nathaniel and Nancy Ritter Piatt
Nathaniel Piatt was born May 27, 1826, in Hackettstown, Warren County, New Jersey, to William and Hannah Tindall Piatt and died June 06, 1908, in Bethel Twp, Branch County, Michigan. Nathaniel was married January 25, 1848, in Holmes County, Ohio, to Nancy Ritter who was born January 28, 1827, in Mount Eaton, Wayne County, Ohio, and died September 29, 1875, in Bethel Twp, Branch County, Michigan.
- David Maxwell Piatt b: Jul 02, 1849, Berlin, Holmes Co, OH;
d: May 14, 1886, San Bernadino, CA
- Melissa Piatt b: May 10, 1851, Berlin, Holmes Co, OH d:
Dec 1933, Goshen, IN
- Lucretia Piatt b: Dec 06, 1852, Clinton Twp, Elkhart Co,
IN d: Mar 27, 1905, Seattle, King Co, WA
- Franklin Piatt b: May 23, 1854, Clinton Twp, Elkhart Co,
IN d: Jan 18, 1918, Yakima, WA
- William Albert Piatt b: Jun 09, 1858, Greenfield Twp, LaGrange
Co, IN d: Apr 22, 1928, Sioux Falls, SD
- Lucinda Ida Piatt b: Aug 01, 1860, Gilead Twp, Branch Co,
MI d: Sep 09, 1898, Chicago, Cook Co, IL
- Ella Piatt b: May 20, 1863, Gilead Twp, Branch Co, MI
- Marietta "Mattie" Piatt b: Aug 25, 1870, Bethel Twp, Branch
Co, MI d: Nov 02, 1961, Seattle, King Co, WA
Nathaniel married second on September 2, 1876, in Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin
Margaret Wilson who was born c1835 in Illinois and who died May 22, 1904, in Bethel Twp, Branch County, Michigan. Margaret seems to have been first married to ? Chapin based on Nathaniel having a stepson by that name on the 1880 census.
Nathaniel appeared on the 1880 census of Bethel, Branch County, Michigan, as follows:
- Piatt, Nathaniel age 54 born NJ / WM / Married / Farmer / father/mother born NJ
- Piatt, Margaret (Wife) age 45 born IL / WF / Married / Keeping House / father/mother born NJ
- Piatt, Albert (Son) age 22 born IN / WM / Single / At Home / father born NJ/mother born NY
- Chapin, Albert (SSon) age 13 born WI / WM / Single / At School / father born NJ/mother born IL (from familysearch.org; page 467D)
Other families living in Bethel included Nathaniel's brothers, James Piatt and William A Piatt who was living with his daughter, Uphemia Canfield.
Sources:
- Ken Lemmon; Lemken@aol.com
- Ron and Jeannine Lemmon; Grand Rapids, MI; lovetron@iserv.net
- Piatt Family Newsletter Volume 5, 1990
- 1880 Branch Co, MI, census
Updated Mar 2003
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