Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 84, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1898 — Death of Mrs. Mary Platt [ARTICLE]

Death of Mrs. Mary Platt

Mrs. Mary Platt, widew of Henry Platt, died at the residence of her brother-in-law, Charles Platt Sr., on Van Rensselaer street, Sunday, June 26th, 1898. She was taken sick about 8 or 9 o’clock Sunday and died at 2:30 in the afternoon. Previous to that morning she had been in her usual good health. The cause of her death whs palpitation on the heart. Her age was 64 years, 10 months, 8 days. She was born in Germany, but had lived in Rensselaer since about 1850 or 1856. She married Henry Platt about in 1862. She leaves four children, Charles Platt Jr., of Rensselaer, Mrs. Mary Wood, of Chicago, Mrs. Louisa Cox, of Russiaville, this state, and Mrs. Lovine Mackey, of San Antonio, Texas. The funeral will be held Tuesday, at 2:30 p. m., at Mr. Platt’s residence, on Van Rensselaer, by Rev. H. M. Middleton.