Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 May 1911 — ANSWERS LAST ROLL-CALL [ARTICLE]

ANSWERS LAST ROLL-CALL

“Uncle*’ Charley Platt Dies After Extended Illness. Charlie Pl'att, aged 81 years, died at his home on South Van Rensselaer street at 5:30 Friday afternoon after an extended sickness from kidney trouble. The funeral was held Monday at 2 p. m., from the M. E. church, and interment made in Weston cemetery. The remains were followed to the church and cemetery by a line of old soldiers whose ranks are fast being depleted. , Mr. Platt was born in Germany Sept. 17, 1829, and came to this country in 1852, locating here in 1854. He was married in July, 1857 to ‘Eliza Jane Cooper of Barkley tp., who with four of the eight children born to them survive him. He served in Co. A, 87th Reg. in the civil war about two years, being wounded in the arm at Chickamauga and the next May was discharged as totally disabled. After his return from the war he served two terms as sheriff and one term as treasurer of Jasper county.