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.