Phillip H and Lovinia Galbreath Piatt
Phillip H Piatt was the ninth child of James and Mary Donahue Piatt and was born 1820 in Virginia (probably Augusta County) and died in Kirklin, Clinton County, Indiana, in 1919. Phillip was the oldest county resident at his death.
Phillip married Lovina Galbreath who was born in 1824 and who died in 1893. Both are buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Kirklin Township, Clinton County, Indiana, where they have a common headstone.
Claudius Piatt, Va Mil, War of 1812
Phillip H Piatt 1820-1919 Luvina Piatt 1824-1893
Clara A Piatt 1852-1932
Homer E Piatt 1866-1939
The known children of Phillip and Lovina were:
- Malinda J Piatt b: c1850 IN
- Sarah G Piatt b: c1852 IN
- William C Piatt b: c1854 IN
- Clarissa 'Clara' A Piatt b: 1852 (or c1856) IN d: 1932 (buried Oak Hill Cemetery, Clinton Co, IN)
- Mary C Piatt b: c1858 IN
- Lydia Alice Piatt b: c1863 IN
- Homer E Piatt b: 1866 IN d: 1939 Kirklin, Clinton Co, IN (buried Oak Hill Cemetery, Clinton Co, IN)
Also buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery is Claudius Piatt 'Va Mil, War of 1812'. How is he related to Phillip's family?
On the 1860 census of Jasper County (Gillam Twp - Francesville-Medaryville PO), Indiana, Phillip and Lovina appeared with Phillip's parents as follows:
- Pyatt, James age 74 born NJ / Gardener
- Pyatt, Mary age 72 born VA
- Pyatt, Phillip age 37 born VA / Farmer
- Pyatt, Lanna age 35 born KY
- Pyatt, Malinda J age 10 born IN
- Pyatt, Sarah G age 8 born IN
- Pyatt, Wm C age 6 born IN
- Pyatt, Clarissa age 4 born IN
- Pyatt, Mary C age 2 born IN (this family enumerated pg 98 703/683)
By the 1880 census, Phillip and family appeared in Kirklin Township, Clinton County, Indiana, as follows:
- Piatt, Philip H age 60 born VA / father/mother born VA
- Piatt, Lovina (wife) age 58 born KY / father/mother born KY
- Piatt, Mary C (daughter) age 19 born IN / father born VA/mother born KY
- Piatt, Lydia Alice (daughter) age 17 born IN / father born VA/mother born KY
- Piatt, Homer (son) ag 13 born IN / father born VA/mother born KY
- Medsker, George (adopted) age 5 born IN / father/mother born IN
- Medsker, Dora (boarder) age 8 born IN / father/mother born IN
- Piatt, Cliffa P (grand daughter) age 2/12 born IN / father/mother born IN
According to a bastary claim filed 24 Feb 1880 against Edward Fulkerson, Cliffa P Piatt was the daughter of Lydia Alice Piatt and Edward Fulkerson.
On the 1930 census for Kirklin, Clinton Co, IN:
- ?Pliatte, Clara age 72 born IN / wf / single / $300 / father born VA/mother born KY
- ?Pliatte, Homer (brother) age 63 born IN /wm / divorced / father born VA/mother born KY (farm labor)
This family was enumerated #165/177 Roll #581 (stamped page #173B)
They lived on Washington Street, second family after Ohio
Street.
Sources:
- Piatt Family Newsletter, Vol 4, 1989
- History of Delaware County, Ohio, by O L Baskins and Co, 1880 (personal history of William S Piatt)
- 1860 census of Jasper Co, IN
- 1880 census of Clinton Co, IN
- Oak Hill Cemetery inscriptions
Updated Feb 2008
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