Page County, Iowa: Andrew Platter

Andrew Platter

ANDREW PLATTER BIO "Andrew Platter was the thirteenth child of Peter and Sarah Platter, born in Twin Twp, Ross Co., Ohio, Jan. 15, 1816. When he was a young man he went to Iowa, in company with the West boys, and took up a praire farm near Villisca. I spent a week in his home in 1873, and recounting to me some of the hardships endured during those days of pioneering, he said that while he had succeeded in winning through to success he had to pay the price. At the time his farm of four hundred acres was in fine state of cultivation, and he was living in comfort and prosperity. He remained single till the age of forthy, when he was married to Mrs, Elizabeth Barrett West, the widow of John West, at St. Joseph, Mo., Sept. 27th, 1867. She was the daughter of Richard L. Barrett, of Hillsboro, O. He was an elder in the Presbyterian Church of Villisca, a man of fine Christian character, and held in high esteem by all who knew him. He died at his home near Villisca, Jan 19th, 1875, in the 59th year of his age. He was survived by his widow and two daughters [WILMA .] Quoted from A History of The PLATTER FAMILY from about the year sixteen hundred to the present time, by Rev. David Edwin Platter. Published in Cleveland, Ohio, May 1st, 1919. ------------------ JAMES BRISLIN-ANDREW PLATTER CONNECTION Alice Ruth Brislin Stanford [Daughter of Frank Brislin, Granddaughter of Andrew J. Brislin, Great Granddaughter of James Brislin] of St. Joseph, Missouri, writes: Grandpa [James Brislin] couldn't read or write, & signed with an 'X'. He lost an eye chopping wood. He originally came from County Cork, Ireland & he crossed the United States in a covered wagon to Ohio; he then drove with some people named Platters to Villisca, Iowa; Upon arrival, he worked for them [Platters] until he could homestead for himself." I have listed under his profile confirmation of most of this. He died in 1915... in St Joseph, Mo.

Andrew Platter

ANDREW PLATTER BIO
"Andrew Platter was the thirteenth child of Peter and Sarah Platter, born in Twin Twp, Ross Co., Ohio, Jan. 15, 1816. When he was a young man he went to Iowa, in company with the West boys, and took up a praire farm near Villisca. I spent a week in his home in 1873, and recounting to me some of the hardships endured during those days of pioneering, he said that while he had succeeded in winning through to success he had to pay the price. At the time his farm of four hundred acres was in fine state of cultivation, and he was living in comfort and prosperity. He remained single till the age of forthy, when he was married to Mrs, Elizabeth Barrett West, the widow of John West, at St. Joseph, Mo., Sept. 27th, 1867. She was the daughter of Richard L. Barrett, of Hillsboro, O. He was an elder in the Presbyterian Church of Villisca, a man of fine Christian character, and held in high esteem by all who knew him. He died at his home near Villisca, Jan 19th, 1875, in the 59th year of his age. He was survived by his widow and two daughters [WILMA .]
Quoted from A History of The PLATTER FAMILY from about the year sixteen hundred to the present time, by Rev. David Edwin Platter. Published in Cleveland, Ohio, May 1st, 1919.
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JAMES BRISLIN-ANDREW PLATTER CONNECTION
Alice Ruth Brislin Stanford [Daughter of Frank Brislin, Granddaughter of Andrew J. Brislin, Great Granddaughter of James Brislin] of St. Joseph, Missouri, writes: Grandpa [James Brislin] couldn't read or write, & signed with an 'X'. He lost an eye chopping wood. He originally came from County Cork, Ireland & he crossed the United States in a covered wagon to Ohio; he then drove with some people named Platters to Villisca, Iowa; Upon arrival, he worked for them [Platters] until he could homestead for himself." I have listed under his profile confirmation of most of this. He died in 1915... in St Joseph, Mo.