WILLIAM H. PLATT, 89TH Illinois VOLUNTEER
Again the death angel spread its great white wing over the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Platt and took "home' a kind and loving husband and father. Mr. William Platt was born in Hewton, Manor, near Manchester, England, July 6 1844. In the fall of 1859 the family came to America and settled in this county. They crossed in the sailer "Lucy Thompson," which spent six weeks in the voyage, experiencing two severe storms, the ship sailing into New York harbor. From there the family traveled by rail to Buffalo, thence by lake to Cleveland, and from there by train to Joliet. When the family came to America William was fifteen years of age. From Joliet he walked to Kendall county with his father and selected a suitable location for their home. He at once began to assist in the breaking of the prairie, and proved so efficient that he succeeded in breaking every acre but one in the entire place.
In August, 1862, he enlisted in Co. H. 89th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and was sent to the front serving in Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia, and taking part in battles of Stone River, Liberty Gap, Chattanooga, Chickamauga, and several others. He accompanied General Sherman in his famous march to the sea until he was wounded at Kenesaw Mountain, June 22, 1864. The wound was a serious one, his right hand being completely shattered by a gunshot so that amputation was necessary. The operation was a serious one, but slowly his strong constitution triumphed and he was able to leave the field hospital for more comfortable quarters in Chattanooga and later in Nashville. From the later city he was returned home on a furlough, but refused to accept his discharge for it was his ambition to return and be of service to his country in some way until the war was ended.
In 1865 he was honorably discharged, with a record of a soldier of which he and his might well be proud. It was some months after his return home before Mr. Platt was able to engage at any work. In the spring of 1865 he rented forty acres, but a few months later he bought eighty acre and repairing and building with his one hand, he at a good age left his loving wife and children a beautiful earthly home. He was for a short time connected with the G. A. R. Post at Morris and then joined the Yorkville Post. For the past fourteen years he has been connected with the First Congregational church and was a good and faithful Christian. The first marriage of Mr. Platt was in the fall of 1864, when Ellen Putney became his wife. One child, -- Libbie - was born to this union. By his second wife, Ellen Bannon, he had no children. By his present wife who was in her maidenhood Bertha Larson, sic children were born.
Mr. Platt had been as well as usual until two weeks before his death when he was taken with a complication of diseases and passed to the Home where no sorrow or pain ever dwells, on Saturday morning, August 27, The funeral was held Monday, August 29 at 1 o'clock at the house and at 2 at the church, Rev. Mr. Brown officiating. The church choir sang three of his favorite songs. The pall-bearers were the old soldiers - Captain Hobbs of Britol, A. M. and S. S. Boomer of Bristol Station, Wallace McCloud of Plattville, Richard Olson of Seward, Barney Phillips of Plattville, Alex Patterson of Bristol Station and George Collops of Minooka. Mr. Platt was laid to rest beneath a bed of flowers in Mound cemetery. He leaves to mourn his loss a kind and loving wife and six children - William Sherman Bert Ulysses, John Garfield, Oscar Winfield Grant, Sylvia May and Annie Myrtle; Two brothers - James of Seward, Samuel of Kansas; one sister - Jane of Nebraska; beside a host of other relatives and friends.
Card of Thanks
We wish to extend heartfelt thanks to all who so kindly assisted us during the illness and death of our husband and father.
- Mrs. William Platt and Family,
Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Platt
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Platt
- Kendall County Record (ILLINOIS),
September 14, 1910
Again the death angel spread its great white wing over the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Platt and took "home' a kind and loving husband and father. Mr. William Platt was born in Hewton, Manor, near Manchester, England, July 6 1844. In the fall of 1859 the family came to America and settled in this county. They crossed in the sailer "Lucy Thompson," which spent six weeks in the voyage, experiencing two severe storms, the ship sailing into New York harbor. From there the family traveled by rail to Buffalo, thence by lake to Cleveland, and from there by train to Joliet. When the family came to America William was fifteen years of age. From Joliet he walked to Kendall county with his father and selected a suitable location for their home. He at once began to assist in the breaking of the prairie, and proved so efficient that he succeeded in breaking every acre but one in the entire place.
In August, 1862, he enlisted in Co. H. 89th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and was sent to the front serving in Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia, and taking part in battles of Stone River, Liberty Gap, Chattanooga, Chickamauga, and several others. He accompanied General Sherman in his famous march to the sea until he was wounded at Kenesaw Mountain, June 22, 1864. The wound was a serious one, his right hand being completely shattered by a gunshot so that amputation was necessary. The operation was a serious one, but slowly his strong constitution triumphed and he was able to leave the field hospital for more comfortable quarters in Chattanooga and later in Nashville. From the later city he was returned home on a furlough, but refused to accept his discharge for it was his ambition to return and be of service to his country in some way until the war was ended.
In 1865 he was honorably discharged, with a record of a soldier of which he and his might well be proud. It was some months after his return home before Mr. Platt was able to engage at any work. In the spring of 1865 he rented forty acres, but a few months later he bought eighty acre and repairing and building with his one hand, he at a good age left his loving wife and children a beautiful earthly home. He was for a short time connected with the G. A. R. Post at Morris and then joined the Yorkville Post. For the past fourteen years he has been connected with the First Congregational church and was a good and faithful Christian. The first marriage of Mr. Platt was in the fall of 1864, when Ellen Putney became his wife. One child, -- Libbie - was born to this union. By his second wife, Ellen Bannon, he had no children. By his present wife who was in her maidenhood Bertha Larson, sic children were born.
Mr. Platt had been as well as usual until two weeks before his death when he was taken with a complication of diseases and passed to the Home where no sorrow or pain ever dwells, on Saturday morning, August 27, The funeral was held Monday, August 29 at 1 o'clock at the house and at 2 at the church, Rev. Mr. Brown officiating. The church choir sang three of his favorite songs. The pall-bearers were the old soldiers - Captain Hobbs of Britol, A. M. and S. S. Boomer of Bristol Station, Wallace McCloud of Plattville, Richard Olson of Seward, Barney Phillips of Plattville, Alex Patterson of Bristol Station and George Collops of Minooka. Mr. Platt was laid to rest beneath a bed of flowers in Mound cemetery. He leaves to mourn his loss a kind and loving wife and six children - William Sherman Bert Ulysses, John Garfield, Oscar Winfield Grant, Sylvia May and Annie Myrtle; Two brothers - James of Seward, Samuel of Kansas; one sister - Jane of Nebraska; beside a host of other relatives and friends.
Card of Thanks
We wish to extend heartfelt thanks to all who so kindly assisted us during the illness and death of our husband and father.
- Mrs. William Platt and Family,
Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Platt
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Platt
- Kendall County Record (ILLINOIS),
September 14, 1910
WILLIAM H. PLATT, 89TH Illinois VOLUNTEER
Again the death angel spread its great white wing over the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Platt and took "home' a kind and loving husband and father. Mr. William Platt was born in Hewton, Manor, near Manchester, England, July 6 1844. In the fall of 1859 the family came to America and settled in this county. They crossed in the sailer "Lucy Thompson," which spent six weeks in the voyage, experiencing two severe storms, the ship sailing into New York harbor. From there the family traveled by rail to Buffalo, thence by lake to Cleveland, and from there by train to Joliet. When the family came to America William was fifteen years of age. From Joliet he walked to Kendall county with his father and selected a suitable location for their home. He at once began to assist in the breaking of the prairie, and proved so efficient that he succeeded in breaking every acre but one in the entire place.
In August, 1862, he enlisted in Co. H. 89th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and was sent to the front serving in Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia, and taking part in battles of Stone River, Liberty Gap, Chattanooga, Chickamauga, and several others. He accompanied General Sherman in his famous march to the sea until he was wounded at Kenesaw Mountain, June 22, 1864. The wound was a serious one, his right hand being completely shattered by a gunshot so that amputation was necessary. The operation was a serious one, but slowly his strong constitution triumphed and he was able to leave the field hospital for more comfortable quarters in Chattanooga and later in Nashville. From the later city he was returned home on a furlough, but refused to accept his discharge for it was his ambition to return and be of service to his country in some way until the war was ended.
In 1865 he was honorably discharged, with a record of a soldier of which he and his might well be proud. It was some months after his return home before Mr. Platt was able to engage at any work. In the spring of 1865 he rented forty acres, but a few months later he bought eighty acre and repairing and building with his one hand, he at a good age left his loving wife and children a beautiful earthly home. He was for a short time connected with the G. A. R. Post at Morris and then joined the Yorkville Post. For the past fourteen years he has been connected with the First Congregational church and was a good and faithful Christian. The first marriage of Mr. Platt was in the fall of 1864, when Ellen Putney became his wife. One child, -- Libbie - was born to this union. By his second wife, Ellen Bannon, he had no children. By his present wife who was in her maidenhood Bertha Larson, sic children were born.
Mr. Platt had been as well as usual until two weeks before his death when he was taken with a complication of diseases and passed to the Home where no sorrow or pain ever dwells, on Saturday morning, August 27, The funeral was held Monday, August 29 at 1 o'clock at the house and at 2 at the church, Rev. Mr. Brown officiating. The church choir sang three of his favorite songs. The pall-bearers were the old soldiers - Captain Hobbs of Britol, A. M. and S. S. Boomer of Bristol Station, Wallace McCloud of Plattville, Richard Olson of Seward, Barney Phillips of Plattville, Alex Patterson of Bristol Station and George Collops of Minooka. Mr. Platt was laid to rest beneath a bed of flowers in Mound cemetery. He leaves to mourn his loss a kind and loving wife and six children - William Sherman Bert Ulysses, John Garfield, Oscar Winfield Grant, Sylvia May and Annie Myrtle; Two brothers - James of Seward, Samuel of Kansas; one sister - Jane of Nebraska; beside a host of other relatives and friends.
Card of Thanks
We wish to extend heartfelt thanks to all who so kindly assisted us during the illness and death of our husband and father.
- Mrs. William Platt and Family,
Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Platt
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Platt
- Kendall County Record (ILLINOIS),
September 14, 1910
Again the death angel spread its great white wing over the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Platt and took "home' a kind and loving husband and father. Mr. William Platt was born in Hewton, Manor, near Manchester, England, July 6 1844. In the fall of 1859 the family came to America and settled in this county. They crossed in the sailer "Lucy Thompson," which spent six weeks in the voyage, experiencing two severe storms, the ship sailing into New York harbor. From there the family traveled by rail to Buffalo, thence by lake to Cleveland, and from there by train to Joliet. When the family came to America William was fifteen years of age. From Joliet he walked to Kendall county with his father and selected a suitable location for their home. He at once began to assist in the breaking of the prairie, and proved so efficient that he succeeded in breaking every acre but one in the entire place.
In August, 1862, he enlisted in Co. H. 89th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and was sent to the front serving in Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia, and taking part in battles of Stone River, Liberty Gap, Chattanooga, Chickamauga, and several others. He accompanied General Sherman in his famous march to the sea until he was wounded at Kenesaw Mountain, June 22, 1864. The wound was a serious one, his right hand being completely shattered by a gunshot so that amputation was necessary. The operation was a serious one, but slowly his strong constitution triumphed and he was able to leave the field hospital for more comfortable quarters in Chattanooga and later in Nashville. From the later city he was returned home on a furlough, but refused to accept his discharge for it was his ambition to return and be of service to his country in some way until the war was ended.
In 1865 he was honorably discharged, with a record of a soldier of which he and his might well be proud. It was some months after his return home before Mr. Platt was able to engage at any work. In the spring of 1865 he rented forty acres, but a few months later he bought eighty acre and repairing and building with his one hand, he at a good age left his loving wife and children a beautiful earthly home. He was for a short time connected with the G. A. R. Post at Morris and then joined the Yorkville Post. For the past fourteen years he has been connected with the First Congregational church and was a good and faithful Christian. The first marriage of Mr. Platt was in the fall of 1864, when Ellen Putney became his wife. One child, -- Libbie - was born to this union. By his second wife, Ellen Bannon, he had no children. By his present wife who was in her maidenhood Bertha Larson, sic children were born.
Mr. Platt had been as well as usual until two weeks before his death when he was taken with a complication of diseases and passed to the Home where no sorrow or pain ever dwells, on Saturday morning, August 27, The funeral was held Monday, August 29 at 1 o'clock at the house and at 2 at the church, Rev. Mr. Brown officiating. The church choir sang three of his favorite songs. The pall-bearers were the old soldiers - Captain Hobbs of Britol, A. M. and S. S. Boomer of Bristol Station, Wallace McCloud of Plattville, Richard Olson of Seward, Barney Phillips of Plattville, Alex Patterson of Bristol Station and George Collops of Minooka. Mr. Platt was laid to rest beneath a bed of flowers in Mound cemetery. He leaves to mourn his loss a kind and loving wife and six children - William Sherman Bert Ulysses, John Garfield, Oscar Winfield Grant, Sylvia May and Annie Myrtle; Two brothers - James of Seward, Samuel of Kansas; one sister - Jane of Nebraska; beside a host of other relatives and friends.
Card of Thanks
We wish to extend heartfelt thanks to all who so kindly assisted us during the illness and death of our husband and father.
- Mrs. William Platt and Family,
Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Platt
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Platt
- Kendall County Record (ILLINOIS),
September 14, 1910
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