Son of David Platt & Sarah "Sally" Gould; husband of Jennie Dusenberry [d. 1925]; born at New York City, while family was residing in the city; educated at "Ashland Hall" West Bloomfield, N. J. & at Princeton University - class of 1858; lawyer; admitted to the bar in 1863; w/ Van Winkle & Halsey in New York City; 1869-1885 partner in Street & Platt, Huntington, Suffolk County, L. I.; partner in Denshimer, Christie, & Platt in New York City; represented Suffolk County in the New York State Assembly 1864 & 1865; leader in Democratic Party politics; expert in customs law; appointed Ass't U. S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York by President Grover Cleveland in 1894; member of St. John's Episcopal Church, Huntington; local historian; wrote history of Huntington for the 1876 Centennial; a resident of New York City in 1900; died at Huntington, Suffolk County, L. I.
Son of David Platt & Sarah "Sally" Gould; husband of Jennie Dusenberry [d. 1925]; born at New York City, while family was residing in the city; educated at "Ashland Hall" West Bloomfield, N. J. & at Princeton University - class of 1858; lawyer; admitted to the bar in 1863; w/ Van Winkle & Halsey in New York City; 1869-1885 partner in Street & Platt, Huntington, Suffolk County, L. I.; partner in Denshimer, Christie, & Platt in New York City; represented Suffolk County in the New York State Assembly 1864 & 1865; leader in Democratic Party politics; expert in customs law; appointed Ass't U. S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York by President Grover Cleveland in 1894; member of St. John's Episcopal Church, Huntington; local historian; wrote history of Huntington for the 1876 Centennial; a resident of New York City in 1900; died at Huntington, Suffolk County, L. I.
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