Born in Chillicothe, Ohio, April 22 1839. He spent his boyhood days on a farm, and attended school in the "Old Log School House," later attending the South Salem Academy, graduating from Miami University at Oxford, Ohio, in 1860, and receiving the classical honors in a class numbering twenty-six. In August, 1861, he enlisted in Company l 81st Ohio, and soon after his enlistment he was appointed quarter-master sergeant of the regiment, in which capacity he served one year when he was given a second lieutenancy and assigned to Company B. By merit and service he was frequently promoted, to first-lieutenant, then adjutant of regiment, and soon after that he was commissioned captain and appointed adjutant of his brigade. After being mustered out of the army, Mr. Platter located in Forest City, Mo., and engaged in the lumber business, but in the spring of 1870 he moved to Red Oak and located upon a farm just a mile west of this city where he resided for twenty-five years. He took an active part in public affairs, and, represented Montgomery county in the state legislature at the 15th and 18th General Assemblies. Mr. Platter's marriage occurred in 1866, when he was united to Lizzie F. Irwin, at Oxford, Ohio. In 1900, on January 8th, Mr. Platter was appointed postmaster of Red Oak by President McKinley. He was a republican in politics.

Born in Chillicothe, Ohio, April 22 1839. He spent his boyhood days on a farm, and attended school in the "Old Log School House," later attending the South Salem Academy, graduating from Miami University at Oxford, Ohio, in 1860, and receiving the classical honors in a class numbering twenty-six. In August, 1861, he enlisted in Company l 81st Ohio, and soon after his enlistment he was appointed quarter-master sergeant of the regiment, in which capacity he served one year when he was given a second lieutenancy and assigned to Company B. By merit and service he was frequently promoted, to first-lieutenant, then adjutant of regiment, and soon after that he was commissioned captain and appointed adjutant of his brigade. After being mustered out of the army, Mr. Platter located in Forest City, Mo., and engaged in the lumber business, but in the spring of 1870 he moved to Red Oak and located upon a farm just a mile west of this city where he resided for twenty-five years. He took an active part in public affairs, and, represented Montgomery county in the state legislature at the 15th and 18th General Assemblies. Mr. Platter's marriage occurred in 1866, when he was united to Lizzie F. Irwin, at Oxford, Ohio. In 1900, on January 8th, Mr. Platter was appointed postmaster of Red Oak by President McKinley. He was a republican in politics.