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Elsie Fuller (59287) & Joseph Platt
64122. Erastus David Platt. Born on 17 Oct 1800 in Lanesborough, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Erastus David died in Canfield, Mahoning County, Ohio, on 31 Dec 1868; he was 68. Buried in Canfield Village Cemetery.

Erastus was sheriff of Mahoning County.

Mahoning Dispatch, 2 Jul 1897, Article No. 24 by Dr. Jackson Truesdale
Excerpt re burials after Cook Fitch's death from cholera:
    The village undertaker, John Ohl, absolutely refused to go near the dead bodies, and very unwilling, if at all, furnished the materials or suffered the coffins to be made in his shop. I have heard that Tom Peterson, with the aid of many oaths, dug the first graves for these victims. I was not living in Canfield at this time and therefore have no personal knowledge of the events spoken of. About all the information I have been able to gather is derived from a conversation had with our townsman, Ira H. Bunnell. At the time he was a lad some 14 years of age, and whose memory may be relied upon as fully as any one now within reach. Mr. Bunnell says that his father, Charles A., Erastus Platt and one other man whose name he could not recall, prepared the coffins and buried the bodies as speedily as possible and likely without any Christian ceremony whatever.

1850 Federal Census. Canfield, Mahoning County, Ohio
Roll 707, page 489B
    Erastus Platt, 49, farmer, $200 real estate, b. MA
    Julia Platt, 46, b. CT
    Vantile Platt, 26, b. OH
    Napoleon Platt, 16, b. OH
    James Platt, 13, b. OH

1860 Federal Census. Canfield, Mahoning County, Ohio
Roll 1005, page 273
Post Office Canfield
    Erastus Pratt, 59, farmer, $1400 real estate, $400 personal estate, b. MA
    Julia Pratt, 56, b. CT
    James Pratt, 23, b. OH
    Mary Pratt, 21, b. OH
    Hattie Pratt, 1 month, b. OH
    Carrie Makay, 10, b. OH
Son Napoleon Platt’s family is listed on the same census page.
On 19 Nov 1822 when Erastus David was 22, he married Julia Hitchcock (65243) , daughter of Jabez Hitchcock (61039) (14 Oct 1781-22 Jun 1875) & Lovina Bunnell (60912) (22 Nov 1788-1 May 1850), in Canfield, Mahoning County, Ohio.680 Married by Shadrach Bostwick, MG. Born on 25 Apr 1804 in Connecticut. Julia died in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio, on 12 May 1883; she was 79. Buried in Canfield Village Cemetery.

Vol. 1 Trumball County Ohio Marriage Record Index: One Hundred Years 1800-1900 lists, “Hitchcock, Julia to Erastus Platt of Canfield, married 19 November 1822 by Shadrach Bostwick, MG. (Liber 1822-1827, p. 6) (QS/233).

In 1880, Julia was living with her son James.

From the - Mahoning Dispatch of Canfield 18 May 1883, appearing in Mahoning County Ohio Newspaper Obituary Abstracts, 1843-1870:
    On Sunday morning last, Mrs. Julia Platt, mother of the late Vantuyl H. Platt, died at 8:30 o'clock at the residence of her son (James Platt) in Warren at the advanced age of 60 years. Her disease was dropsy. The deceased formerly lived in Canfield and was among the first residents of that town. She was well known here and very highly respected. She is the widow of the late Ex-Sheriff Erastus Platt with who she lived up to the time of his death. She had quite a number of relatives in Canfield. (Vantuyl Hitchcock being her brother) besides many other near relatives. The remains of the deceased were brought here for interment by the side of her husband in the family lot in the Canfield cemetery on Monday afternoon, being followed to their final resting place by a large number of relatives, friends and acquaintances from Warren and Canfield.
Their children include:
66345i.
Calvin Platt (30 Aug 1823-6 May 1903)
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Vantile Hitchcock Platt (17 Jun 1830-30 Apr 1883)
66347iii.
Napoleon B. Platt (29 May 1834-25 Jan 1878)
66348iv.
James Edwin Platt (9 Mar 1837-19 Aug 1883)
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