Oliver married c1882 in Missouri Mary Ellen Lauer (name also found as Lower and Lowen) who was born October 21, 1856 in Iowa.
Oliver and Mary had the following known children:
They appeared as follows on the 1880 census of Clear Creek, Cooper County, Missouri:
This family was enumerated 9/131/2/5. At 9/131/2/4 (next door) was Oliver's brother, James Piatt, and his wife Nancy Belle with their family. And, at 9/131/2/28 was Oliver's step-sister, Sallie Jane Dix, with her husband, James L Dix, and his brother, Charles Dix, and Oliver's step-brother, George Piatt. Oliver's father and family were enumerated in Pilot Grove Township.
The following birth record is found in Cooper County, Missouri:
This birth record indicates that the female born in 1884 was Mary's second child. This does not necessarily mean that it was Oliver's second child, but, I am going to go with that assumption and list a first child for them born before 1884.
By the 1900 census of Pilot Grove Township, Cooper County, Missouri, Oliver and family appeared as follows:
Oliver's death certificate appeared as follows:
Missouri State Board of Health; Certificate of Death; County: Cooper; Township: Clear creek; City: [blank]; Registration District: 223; Primary Registration District: 5304; File No: 29035; Registered No: 7; Full Name: Oliver Martin Piatt; Sex: Male; Race: white; Marital status: Married; Date of birth: Jan 22, 1853; Age: 65 yrs 8 mos 4 days; Occupation: Farming; General nature of industry: small farm 80a; Birthplace: Tipton Mo; Name of Father: James M Piatt; Birthplace of Father: Virginia; Maiden name of Mother: Un[known] Morgan; Birthplace of Mother: Virginia; Informant and address: Pilot Grove, Mo / John Piatt; Filed: Oct/10 1918 J. S. Parrish;
Date of Death: Sept 26, 1918; I attended the deceased from Apr 1912, to Sept 26, 1918, that I last saw him alive on Sept 25, 1918, and that death occurred on the date stated above at 9:25 am; Cause of Death: Diabetes Mallitus; Duration: 6 yrs 5 mns 26 dys; Physician and address: W. S. Barnes M.D., Sep 26, 1918, Pilot Grove, Mo; Place of burial or removal: ?Pinensular Cem; Date of burial: Sep 28, 1918; Undertaker: Elliot & Chapman, (address) Pilot Grove, Mo
Mary lived another 7 years. Her death certificate appears as follows:
Missouri State Board of Health; Certificate of Death; County: Cooper; Township: Clear Creek; City: [blank]; No: [blank]; Street: [blank]; Ward: [blank]; Registration District: 222; Primary Registration District: 5303; File No: 145 (handwritten) 7332 (stamped); Registered No: [blank]; Full Name: Mary Ellen Piatt; Residence No: [blank]; Street: [blank]; Ward: [blank]; Length of residence in city or town where death occurred: 28 yrs [blank] mos [blank] ds; Sex: Female; Color: White; Marital Status: widowed; Name of Spouse: Oliver Piatt; Date of Birth: Oct 21 - 1856; Age: 68 years 4 months 19 days; Occupation: General House; General nature of industry: Work on farm; Name of Employer: [blank]; Birthplace: Iowa; Name of father: [blank] Lauer; Birthplace of Father: Iowa; Maiden Name of Mother: dont know; Birthplace of Mother: [blank]; Informant: John Piatt; Informant Address: Pilot Grove, Mo: [no filing date or signature]; Date of Death: March 10, 1925; I hereby certify that I attended the deceased from March 10, 1925, to March 10th, 1925, that I last saw her alive on March 10, 1925, and that death occurred on the date stated above, at 5-30 p.m. The cause of death was as follows: Lobar Pneumonia 101A; Duration: [blank] yrs [blank] mos 10 ds; Contributory and duration: [blank] [blank] yrs [blank] mos [blank] ds; Did an operation precede death? [blank]; Was there an autopsy? [blank]; What test confirmed diagnosis? [blank]; Signed: (too faint to read) M. D. March ?, 1925 address: (too faint to read); Place of burial or removal: Peninsula; Date of Burial: Mar 12 1925; Undertaker: E E Chapman; Undertaker address: Pilot Grove Mo.(A Supplementary adds the filing date and name: 5/6, 1925 Otto Kistumacher)
I would guess their son, John, is the informant.
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