Son of Jireh Platt and Keturah Smith
Married Sarah Dutton 4 September 1822. Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut
Children:
Born in Plymouth, Litchfield County, Connecticut
Henry Dutton Platt - 13 July 1823
Enoch Platt - 9 February 1825
Julia Sarah Platt - 4 December 1826
Mary Platt - 23 January 1830
Jeremiah Evarts Platt - 28 May 1833
Born in Mendon, Adams County, Illinois
Luther Hart Platt - 10 December 1835
Infant Platt - 1 April 1838
Martha Platt - 7 May 1839
Jireh Platt was from Puritan stock, a Congregationalist and an ardent Abolitionist. He was a cabinet maker and joiner and was also a farmer when he moved the family to Illinois.
He left New Haven, Ct., in July 1833 to join other New Haven families who migrated to Mendon, Adams County, Illinois not only for land but also to establish a bulwark against slavery. Mendon was near the border with Missouri and the Underground Railroad passed escapees northward through Iowa.
Jireh became an active station master in the Underground Railroad; his son estimated about 100 runaways passed through Mendon during the time the Underground Railroad was active. According to son Jeremiah, a Missouri slave hunter placed a $1,000 bounty on Jireh's head and $500 on his brother Enoch's head, dead or alive. The family had to contend not only with pro-slavery folks but also anti-slavery folks who didn't agree with their activities as at the time it was illegal.
Jireh was a deeply religious man and helped found one of the first Congregational Churches in Illinois. At least three of his sons became ministers and three of his sons, Enoch, Jeremiah and Luther, were part of the "Mendon Five" who migrated as young men to "Bleeding Kansas" in 1856 to Wabaunsee to make Kansas a Free State. Wabaunsee was founded by New England abolitionists and was on the western most loop of Underground Railway. They were founding members of the Beecher Bible and Rifle Church.
Married Sarah Dutton 4 September 1822. Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut
Children:
Born in Plymouth, Litchfield County, Connecticut
Henry Dutton Platt - 13 July 1823
Enoch Platt - 9 February 1825
Julia Sarah Platt - 4 December 1826
Mary Platt - 23 January 1830
Jeremiah Evarts Platt - 28 May 1833
Born in Mendon, Adams County, Illinois
Luther Hart Platt - 10 December 1835
Infant Platt - 1 April 1838
Martha Platt - 7 May 1839
Jireh Platt was from Puritan stock, a Congregationalist and an ardent Abolitionist. He was a cabinet maker and joiner and was also a farmer when he moved the family to Illinois.
He left New Haven, Ct., in July 1833 to join other New Haven families who migrated to Mendon, Adams County, Illinois not only for land but also to establish a bulwark against slavery. Mendon was near the border with Missouri and the Underground Railroad passed escapees northward through Iowa.
Jireh became an active station master in the Underground Railroad; his son estimated about 100 runaways passed through Mendon during the time the Underground Railroad was active. According to son Jeremiah, a Missouri slave hunter placed a $1,000 bounty on Jireh's head and $500 on his brother Enoch's head, dead or alive. The family had to contend not only with pro-slavery folks but also anti-slavery folks who didn't agree with their activities as at the time it was illegal.
Jireh was a deeply religious man and helped found one of the first Congregational Churches in Illinois. At least three of his sons became ministers and three of his sons, Enoch, Jeremiah and Luther, were part of the "Mendon Five" who migrated as young men to "Bleeding Kansas" in 1856 to Wabaunsee to make Kansas a Free State. Wabaunsee was founded by New England abolitionists and was on the western most loop of Underground Railway. They were founding members of the Beecher Bible and Rifle Church.
Son of Jireh Platt and Keturah Smith
Married Sarah Dutton 4 September 1822. Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut
Children:
Born in Plymouth, Litchfield County, Connecticut
Henry Dutton Platt - 13 July 1823
Enoch Platt - 9 February 1825
Julia Sarah Platt - 4 December 1826
Mary Platt - 23 January 1830
Jeremiah Evarts Platt - 28 May 1833
Born in Mendon, Adams County, Illinois
Luther Hart Platt - 10 December 1835
Infant Platt - 1 April 1838
Martha Platt - 7 May 1839
Jireh Platt was from Puritan stock, a Congregationalist and an ardent Abolitionist. He was a cabinet maker and joiner and was also a farmer when he moved the family to Illinois.
He left New Haven, Ct., in July 1833 to join other New Haven families who migrated to Mendon, Adams County, Illinois not only for land but also to establish a bulwark against slavery. Mendon was near the border with Missouri and the Underground Railroad passed escapees northward through Iowa.
Jireh became an active station master in the Underground Railroad; his son estimated about 100 runaways passed through Mendon during the time the Underground Railroad was active. According to son Jeremiah, a Missouri slave hunter placed a $1,000 bounty on Jireh's head and $500 on his brother Enoch's head, dead or alive. The family had to contend not only with pro-slavery folks but also anti-slavery folks who didn't agree with their activities as at the time it was illegal.
Jireh was a deeply religious man and helped found one of the first Congregational Churches in Illinois. At least three of his sons became ministers and three of his sons, Enoch, Jeremiah and Luther, were part of the "Mendon Five" who migrated as young men to "Bleeding Kansas" in 1856 to Wabaunsee to make Kansas a Free State. Wabaunsee was founded by New England abolitionists and was on the western most loop of Underground Railway. They were founding members of the Beecher Bible and Rifle Church.
Married Sarah Dutton 4 September 1822. Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut
Children:
Born in Plymouth, Litchfield County, Connecticut
Henry Dutton Platt - 13 July 1823
Enoch Platt - 9 February 1825
Julia Sarah Platt - 4 December 1826
Mary Platt - 23 January 1830
Jeremiah Evarts Platt - 28 May 1833
Born in Mendon, Adams County, Illinois
Luther Hart Platt - 10 December 1835
Infant Platt - 1 April 1838
Martha Platt - 7 May 1839
Jireh Platt was from Puritan stock, a Congregationalist and an ardent Abolitionist. He was a cabinet maker and joiner and was also a farmer when he moved the family to Illinois.
He left New Haven, Ct., in July 1833 to join other New Haven families who migrated to Mendon, Adams County, Illinois not only for land but also to establish a bulwark against slavery. Mendon was near the border with Missouri and the Underground Railroad passed escapees northward through Iowa.
Jireh became an active station master in the Underground Railroad; his son estimated about 100 runaways passed through Mendon during the time the Underground Railroad was active. According to son Jeremiah, a Missouri slave hunter placed a $1,000 bounty on Jireh's head and $500 on his brother Enoch's head, dead or alive. The family had to contend not only with pro-slavery folks but also anti-slavery folks who didn't agree with their activities as at the time it was illegal.
Jireh was a deeply religious man and helped found one of the first Congregational Churches in Illinois. At least three of his sons became ministers and three of his sons, Enoch, Jeremiah and Luther, were part of the "Mendon Five" who migrated as young men to "Bleeding Kansas" in 1856 to Wabaunsee to make Kansas a Free State. Wabaunsee was founded by New England abolitionists and was on the western most loop of Underground Railway. They were founding members of the Beecher Bible and Rifle Church.
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