William A and Margaret F Wallace Piatt
William A Piatt was born January 05, 1822 in Warren County, New Jersey, and died April 18, 1882 in Bronson, Branch County, Michigan. He married December 30, 1851, Cass Co, MI, Margaret Forbes Wallace She was born November 08, 1827, in Ohio. William and Margaret lived in Three Rivers and Constantine, Michigan, area.
Children of William and Margaret are:
- Amanda Piatt b: Oct 23, 1852, OH d: 1874, MI m: Feb 24, 1874
Branch Co, MI Oliver Victor Canfield b: Dec 02, 1852, Romeo, Macomb Co, MI d: Mar 04, 1928, Constantine, St. Joseph Co, MI
- Cyrus Piatt b: Dec 08, 1853, Wayne Co, OH d: May 16,
1925, Bronson, Branch Co, MI
- Euphemia M Piatt b: Aug 11, 1858, White Co, IN d:
Nov 02, 1931, Constantine, St. Joseph Co, MI
- Sarah Piatt b: Dec 24, 1859, White Co, IN d: Jun
27, 1908, MI m: Jun 10, 1893 Miles J Pettit
- Frances P Piatt b: Nov 05, 1862, MI d: Jun 28, 1874,
Branch Co, MI
- Minerva Piatt
b: July 11, 1864 Vandalia, Cass Co, MI d: May 3, 1905 Jackson, Jackson Co, MI (or CO) m: Irving Hart Kinney
- Alice Piatt b: Jun 07, 1866, MI d: 1906 m: Jun 10, 1887 Frank
Rickard
William appeared on the 1880 census of Bethel, Branch Co, Michigan, with his daughter and her family as follows:
- Canfield, Oliver age 27 born MI / WM / Married / Laborer / father/mother born NY
- Canfield, Uphemia (Wife) age 21 born IN / WF / Married / Keeping House / father born NY/mother born OH
- Canfield, Cora (Dau) age 2 born MI / WF / Single / father born MI/mother born IN
- Canfield, Lucinda (Dau) age 1 born MI / WF / Single / father born MI/mother born IN
- Piatt, William (FatherL) age 58 born NJ / WM / Widowed / Boarder / father/mother born NJ (from familysearch.org; page 465D)
Other families living in Bethel include:
- 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)
- Piatt, James age 49 born PA / WM / Married / Farmer / father born NJ/mother born NY
- Piatt, Elizabeth (Wife) age 40 born IA / WF / Married / Keeping House / father born VA/mother born NY
- Piatt, William H (Son) age 11 born MI / WM / Single / father born PA/father born IA
- Piatt, Nora E (Dau) age 9 born MI / WF / Single / father born PA/mother born IA
- Piatt, Fredrick (Son) age 7 born KS / WM / Single / father born PA/mother born IA
- Piatt, Robert J (Son) age 3 born MI / WM / Single / father born PA/mother born IA (from familysearch.org; page 469D)
There was also an apparently unrelated Canadian Piette family on page 500D.
Living nearby in Bronson, Branch Co, Michigan, was William's son and daughter as follows:
- Piatt, Cyrus age 24 born OH / WM / Married / Farmer / father born NJ/mother born NY
- Piatt, Ellen (Wife) age 19 born MI / WF / Married / Housekeeper / father/mother born NY (from familysearch.org; page 492A)
- Haight, Solomon age 60 born NY / WM / Married / Farmer / father/mother born ---
- Haight, Katharine (Wife) age 47 born NY / WF / Married / House Keeper / father/mother born NY
- Haight, Walter (Son) age 9 born MI / WM / Single / School / father/mother born NY
- Piatt, Mernervia (Other) age 15 born MI / WF / Single /
Servant / father/mother born NY (from familysearch.org; page 495C)
Sources:
- Ken Lemmon Lemken@aol.com
- Ron and Jeannine Lemmon jlemmon@lemmonassociates.com
- Piatt Family Newsletter Volume 5, 1990
- 1880 Branch Co, MI, census
Updated Mar 2003
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