Platner, Charles C.

PLATNER

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Date: 9/26/2019 at 13:20:41

Charles C. Platner

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.112, Hardin Twp.)
Farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Council Bluffs, born in Council Bluffs, this State, February 3, 1856, son of Ira and Elizabeth (Blair) Platner, both still living in Council Bluffs, he born in New York, she in this State. Subject has one full brother, two half-brothers and one half-sister; was educated in Council Blufifs; commenced life as a farmer in 1878; married, in Council Bluffs, September 21, 1881. Miss Anna B. Smith, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, daughter of H. A. and Maria (Kistler) Smith. Subject came to his mother's farm of 320 acres in 1878, and has since been farming and stock-raising, dealing in cattle and thoroughbred horses; has Lottie Moon, four of her colts, and other thoroughbred horses. He has improved the farm, which is one of the finest in the township.