ALEXANDER PIATT (deceased). Mr. Piatt was born in Clark Co., Ohio, Aug. 22, 1814. The early part of his life was spent in farming. At about the age of 30 he began the harness trade, which he followed in Spring Hills till the time of his death. In 1848, April 10, he married Aurelia Tennery, a native of Troy, Miami Co., born Jan. 11, 1825. She is a daughter of Zephaniah B. and Sarah (Shyrigh) Tennery, who were early settlers there. Alexander and Aurelia Piatt were the parents of six children, two of whom preceded him to eternity. The other four are still living -Fidelia Ann (now Mrs. J. M. Terrell), Joseph Edwin, Mary Effie and John Charles F. Alexander Piatt departed this life Sept. 10, 1874, having been a member of the Baptist Church for over thirty years. Mrs. Piatt and her children are members of the M. E. Church. Joseph E. carries on harness-making and lives with his mother. He is a patron of this work. Mary E. has been clerking in a store for about three years. She commenced teaching in the spring of 1880. The youngest son is learning the blacksmith trade with Mr. Eleyet, of this place.
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