James A T and Elizabeth Burnside Piatt
James A Tindall Piatt was born July 26, 1830, in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, to William and Hannah Tindall Piatt and died March 15, 1904 in Broomfield Twp, Isabella County, Michigan. He married February 18, 1868, Sturgis, St. Joseph County, Michigan, Elizabeth Burnside daughter of Robert and Lydia Crousher Burnside. She was born December 17, 1839 in Scott
County, Iowa, and died July 20, 1922 in Holton, Muskegon County,
Michigan.
Children of James and Elizabeth are:
- William H Piatt b: Jun 09, 1869, Gilead TWp, Branch Co, MI
d: Nov 29, 1940, Broomfield Twp, Isabella Co, MI m: Sarah McCoy
- Nora E Piatt b: May 24, 1872, Noble Twp, Branch Co, MI d:
1945 m: Charles Winnie
- Frederick B Piatt b: Jun 23, 1873, Concordia, Cloud Co,
KS d: Jan 28, 1946, Muskegon, Muskegon Co, MI
- Robert James Piatt b: Dec 22, 1876, Bethel Twp, Branch Co,
MI d: Jul 23, 1943, Broomfield Twp, Isabella Co, MI m: Dec 16, 1896 Isabella Co, MI, Lulu Fisher Steele b: 1878 d: 1969 Broomfield Twp, Isabella Co, MI
James and family appeared on the 1880 census of Bethel, Branch County, Michigan, as follows:
- 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)
Also in Bethel township were James' brothers, Nathaniel Piatt and William A Piatt who was living with his daughter, Uphemia Canfield.
Sources:
- Ron and Jeannine Lemmon; Grand Rapids, MI; lovetron@iserv.net
- 1880 Branch Co, MI, census
Updated Mar 2003
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