Abner Piatt 1827-1901

PIATT, HOLMES, MURPHY

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24 October 1901 - The Clarence Sun

ABNER PIATT DEAD. -- A telegram from Chicago yesterday announced the death there of that old time resident here, Abner Piatt. The remains will arrive here Saturday morning at 5:27 and the final services held at 2:00 p.m. From yesterday's Drover's Journal we take the following: "Abner Piatt, one of the oldest commission men in the business in Chicago, died at noon today after a long spell of sickness, having a complication of diseases. 'Ab' as he was familiarly called, was a general favorite with everybody in the trade, who will miss him. He always enjoyed a joke and his well known laugh, which everybody knew so well, could be heard above all others. The family, which consists of his wife and four children, have the sympathies of their many friends. Harry D. Piatt and J. H. (Ham) Piatt, the two sons, have been associated in business with their father since boyhood. Mrs. C. P. Holmes and Miss Annie Piatt are the other two children. The funeral will be held Friday from the residence, 4356 Calumet avenue."

31 October 1901 - The Clarence Sun

BURIAL.--The remains of the late Abner Piatt arrived from Chicago last Saturday morning, accompanied by the deceased's two sons, J. H. and H. D. and his son-in-law, C. P. Holmes. The remains were taken to the home of Fred Hecht, where short services were held at 10:30, conducted by D. M. Ogilvie of the Presbyterian church. At the cemetery the ceremonies were taken charge of by Mt. Hope Lodge No. 501, A.F. and A.M., of which the deceased had been an active member when he resided in Clarence. J. M. Rider of Wilton Junction gave the beautiful Masonic burial service in an impressive manner, assisted by forty other members of the order. The floral offerings were elaborate. Abner Piatt died at his home in Chicago, Oct. 23, of a complication of diseases, aged 74 years, 6 months and 24 days. He was born in Lycoming county, Pa., March 27, 1827, and came to Cedar county in 1854, residing in Clarence and vicinity until 1871, when he went to Chicago and established the commission firm of Piatt, Cochran & Whitehouse, which was subsequently changed to Shannon, Piatt & Co., and in 1880 to A. Piatt & Co., which continued till the present time. He married Miss Anna M. Murphy of Allegheny, Pa., in 1856, and was the father of eleven children, of whom two sons, J. H. and H. D., and two daughters, Mrs. M. Holmes and Miss Anna Piatt, with their mother, survive him.