Platter, Hartzell H.
(1850-1910)




Birth: January 2, 1850, Elrod, Ripley County, IN
Death: December 18, 1910, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN
Parents: Peter & Sarah Jane (McCracken) Platter
Spouse: Electa Jane John, married December 19, 1871
Known Children: Herbert Ralph, died in childhood; Amelia Leona Platter (m. Boyd Walsh)
Family Photographers: father, brother, nephew
Other Occupations While Photographer: merchantile (books, queensware, stationery, etc.)
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Individual Number: 3818


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1886 Platter & Sons Studio owner / Partner Seymour, Jackson County, IN























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Parents: Peter & Sarah Jane (McCracken) Platter
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OriginalNotes: 1886: History of Jackson County, Indiana. Brant and Fuller, p. 710
PETER PLATTER, photographer at Seymour...he is now a photographic artist at Seymour, in partnership with his sons.  Mr.[Peter] Platter's marriage to Miss Sarah Jane McCracken, of Dearborn County, this State, occurred October 17, 1847. Their three children are
Hartzell H., Herbert T. and Amelia W. The two first named are now engaged in trade in books, stationery, fancy goods, queensware, etc., and, as above mentioned, are in partnership with their father in photography.

http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookView&ti=0&dbid=12242&iid=dvm_dez_GenMono001680-00018-1&fn=&ln=Record+Hartzell+Platter&st=d&ssrc=&pid=31
A history of the Platter family from about year sixteen hundred to the present time, by. Rev. David Edwin Platter, 1919, p. 38
Hartzell Hiner Platter (son of Peter), b. Jan 2, 1850 in Elrod, Ripley Co., Ind. M. Dec. 19, 1871 in Seymour to Electa Jane John, b. Jan. 12, 1850. While living in NY, he was sandbagged and robbed and never recovered from the effects of the blows he received. Died in Indianapolis Dec. 18, 1910; lists 2 children.
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OriginalSource: 1886: History of Jackson County, Indiana. Brant and Fuller, p. 710
PETER PLATTER, photographer at Seymour...he is now a photographic artist at Seymour, in partnership with his sons. Their three children are Hartzell H., Herbert T. and Amelia W. The two first named are now engaged in trade in books, stationery, fancy goods, queensware, etc., and, as above mentioned, are in partnership with their father in photography.
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