Pennsylvania Family Group Sheet for the Alonzo Richard PLATT[1,2,4,5,7,8] Family *********************************************** Copyright Debb. All rights reserved. http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.shtml *********************************************** Submitted by: Debb Email address: Husband: Alonzo Richard PLATT[1,2,4,5,7,8] Birthdate: abt 1832 [1] Birthplace: Tompkins Co., New York[1,8] Death date: 1 Jul 1863 [2,4,7,8] Place of death: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Burial: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Father: Daniel W. PLATT [1, 5] Mother: Juliana LAMBERTSON [1, 5] Marriage date: 3 Jul 1856 Marriage place: Richmond Twp, Pennsylvania Wife: Abigail CLARK {1,2,4,5,7,8] Birthdate: 16 Sep 1833 [1,5] Birthplace: Richmond Twp, Crawford Co., Pennsylvania[1,9] Death date: 8 Jun 1882 [5, 9] Place of death: North Richmond Twp., Crawford Co., Pennsyvania Burial: North Richmond Cemetery [5] Father: Joseph CLARK [1,7] Mother: Sybil PHILLIPS [1,7] CHILDREN Child No. 1: Sibyl Francis PLATT[1,2,5,8] Sex: F Birthdate: 31 Mar 1857 [2,5] Birthplace: Richmond Twp., Crawford Co., Pennsylvania [1,2,8] Death date: 20 Jan 1874 [5] Place of death: Pennsylvania [8] Burial: North Richmond Cemetery Marriage date: unk Marriage place: unk Spouse's name: J.O. Humes [5] Child No. 2: Hampson Gates PLATT[1,2,4,5,8] Sex: M Birthdate: 20 Oct 1859 [2,8] Birthplace: Richmond Twp., Crawford Co., Pennsylvania [1,2,8] Death date: unk Place of death: Jamestown, New York [8] Burial: Maple Hills Cemetery, Fauncetown, Crawford Co., Pennsylvania [5] Marriage date: abt 1885 Marriage place: Crawford Co., Pennsylvania Spouse's name: Adela Belle ARMSTRONG [5,8] Child No. 3: Charles Richard PLATT[1,2,3,4,] Sex: M Birthdate: 14 Feb 1862 [2] Birthplace: Richmond Twp., Crawford Co., Pennsylvania[2] Death date: 22 Jun 1941 Place of death: Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California Burial: Los Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA Marriage date: unk Marriage place: Pennsylvania Spouse's name: Lillian WALDO [1,8] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Documentation: [1] U.S. Census records, [2] Military records, [3}Rootsweb, CA Death Index, [4] Family Bible, [5] gravestone, [6] Usgenweb, Ashtabula Co., OH, [7] USgenweb, Crawford Co., PA, [8]Family letter written in late 1800s/early 1900s and [9]Obituary/newspaper article. NOTES: Alonzo was killed at McPherson's Farm during the Battle of Gettysburg. After his death, the children were sent to Titusville to attend school at the orphanage. Shortly after Sibyl's 16th birthday she left the school, married and died giving birth to twins within the year. Hampson continually ran away from the school and stayed in the woods behind the family home so that he could care for his mother. He later married and had a large family. Charles married and had three children. He fought in the Spanish American War and later moved the family to California. .