My branch of the Platt family was very unlucky. They
lost three of their children very tragicly in
Tippecanoe County, Indiana. I've found the newspaper
articles that covered each untimely death, and those
of the parents. I was also fortunate enough to have
heard the story of each one of these deaths from a
great great uncle who remembers them happening. Even
those not related to this branch may find these
interesting- and certainly sad.
Lafayette Journal and Courier, Monday Evening,
November 25, 1929 � STOCKWELL BOY KILLED BY BIG-4
ENGINE, SUNDAY � STOCKWELL, IND., Nov. 24 (Special) �
Charles William Platt, 17 years old, son of Mr. And
Mrs. Quincy Q. Platt, of Stockwell, was instantly
killed when he walked directly into the path of
eastbound Big Four railroad passenger train No. 4 at
6:30 o�clock here tonight. The youth�s head was
crushed and his body bruised all over. In company
with Waymoth Rothenbarger, 16, young Platt started to
walk across the tracks. They saw the train coming,
according to Rothenbarger, and the latter crossed
safely. After the train had passed, Rothenbarger
stumbled onto the body of his companion lying at the
edge of the tracks on a pile of coal. Surviving,
besides the parents, are five brothers and three
sisters. They are Elva Platt and Earl Platt,
Lafayette; Ray Platt, Clarks Hill; Floyd Platt,
Jefferson; Cecil Platt, Stockwell; Edna Platt,
Chicago; Sarah and Lucille Platt, Stockwell. The
train failed to stop after the accident and,
evidently, the engineermen were unaware of the
tragedy.
Front page of Lafayette Journal and Courier, Thursday
Evening, March 23, 1922 � BULLET WOUND PROVES FATAL �
JOHN PLATT, DESPONDANT LOVER, DIES OF SELF-INFLICTED
INJURY; SWEETHEART REFUSED TO SEE HIM � John Platt, 24
years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Quincy Platt, of
Mulberry, who shot himself through the head early
Wednesday morning, following a quarrel with Miss
Wanita Watson, with whom he had been keeping company,
died Wednesday afternoon at the Indianapolis City
hospital. The tragic deed was committed in the rear
of the residence of Edwin Pickens, 1103 East Michigan
Street, Indianapolis. Miss Watson had been stopping
at the Pickens home and Platt went there to see her.
She refused to see him, and it is averred he remarked,
�she will be sorry.� Pickens started out through the
alley a few minutes later to the home of a policeman
to tell him of the visit of Platt, when he discovered
Platt lying in the alley. He had a bullet wound
through his head. The Watson girl�s home is in
Cloverdale. She is 18 years old. Mr. and Mrs. Platt
went to Indianapolis Wednesday afternoon after being
notified of the tragic happening by a Journal and
Courier correspondent.
Front page of Lafayette Journal and Courier, Monday,
June 21, 1937 � INJURIES FATAL TO WOMAN WHO USED
KEROSENE ON FIRE � CLARKS HILL, June 21 � (Special) �
Mrs. Edna May Worth, 33, wife of William Worth, died
at 6:30 o�clock this morning at the Home hospital,
Lafayette, from burns she suffered Sunday afternoon
when she attempted to kindle a fire with kerosene.
Her entire body was badly burned. Born January 7,
1904, in Stockwell, she was the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Quincey Platt and married Mr. Worth seven years
ago. She was a member of the Clarks Hill Christian
church and Royal Neighbors. Surviving with the
husband are four children: Maxine, Dorothy, Harold and
Johnny, all at home; five brothers and two sisters.
The body was taken to the Dickerson funeral home, in
Stockwell, and will be returned to the home here
Tuesday. Funeral Wednesday afternoon at 2 o�clock
from the residence; burial at Clark cemetery.
Lafayette Journal and Courier, Friday, February 12,
1945 � QUINCEY PLATT � STOCKWELL, Feb. 2. � Quincey
Platt, 70, farmer, died at 9:20 a.m. today. Born near
here, he was married Sept. 28, 1895, to Cora Carte,
and was a member of the old Christian church.
Surviving are the widow; seven children, Elva and Mrs.
James Fisher, Lafayette; Earl, Lloyd and Mrs. Everett
Doke, Clarks Hill; Ray of Stockwell; and Cecil, of
Columbus, Ind., with the following brothers and
sisters, Mrs. Ross Fisher, Stockwell; Mrs. Carrie
Stonebraker, Jacob, John and Everett, of Lafayette;
Mrs. Nora Locke, of Jefferson, and Willam of
Louisiana. Body at residence Saturday, with service
Sunday at 2 in Methodist church; Dickerson funeral
home in charge.
Lafayette Journal and Courier, forgot to write the
date on the back (probably Monday, June 30th, because
there was no Sunday papers at that time) � MRS. CORA
E. PLATT � Mrs. Cora Elizabeth (Carte) Platt, a
resident of the Stockwell community for 70 years, died
Saturday night in Home hospital in Lafayette,
following a lingering illness. She was 74 years old.
She was born in Charleston, W. Va. Her husband,
Quincy, died about eight years ago. She was a member
of the Methodist church. Surviving are five sons,
Elva of near Buck Creek, Earl and Lloyd of Clarks
Hill, Ray of Stockwell and Cecil of Columbus; two
daughters, Mrs. Sarah Doak [typo- Doke] of Clarks
Hill, Mrs. Lucille Fisher of Indianapolis; five
sisters, Mrs. Ella Sperback of Spencer, Mrs. Manuel
Wilson, Mrs. Belle Cory, Mrs. Jesse Johnson, all of
Lafayette, and Mrs. Bessie Murphey of Flint, Mich.
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