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Platt Hull Hastings
3 Sep 1842 – 26 Apr 1921
| Birth | 3 Sep 1842 |
| Death | 26 Apr 1921 |
| Cemetery | Greenwood Cemetery Council Grove , Morris County , Kansas , USA |
| Added by | JKK on 06 Jul 2009 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23409975 |
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Platt Hull Hastings is the son of Barnet Magee Hastings and Elizabeth Hull He married Mary Ellen Grindol 19 Jan 1865 Decatur, Macon Co, IL. Moved from Illinois to Jefferson Co, Ks in the winter of 1877. After the flood of 1903 they moved to Morris Co, Ks Children are Thomas, William, Sophia, Theodore, John, Oscar, Mary Etta, Arthur,Francis, Lulu, Walter, May, Flora, Anna, Bertha, Joseph. Obit: Platt Hull Hastings The Daily Guard, Sat April 30, 1921, Council Grove, Ks Platt Hull Hastings was born 3 Sep 1842 at Circleville, Ohio where he lived until he resided at the age of fifteen Years. The then moved to Lovington, IL. On Jan 19 1865 he was united in marriage to Miss Ellen Grindol(Grindle) of Decatur, Illinois. To this Union were born sixteen children, six of Whom died in infancy. The ten children living are William, Council Grove;T C, Topeka; John, Grantville; F M, Topeka; Walter, Topeka; Joseph, Council Grove; Mrs Mary Tibus, Independence, Ks; Mrs Flora Hinton Cane, Abilene; Mrs Anna Price, Dunlap,Ks; Mrs Bertha Cochran of Litchfield, Ne. All the children attended the funeral of their father which was conducted in his late home in Kelso,Ky by Mr B N Sypolt, paster of the Council Grove Christian Churc, Tues Afternoon at 3:00. In the year 1877 Mr and Mrs Hastings moved to Kansas and setteled at Grantville where they resided until 1904, when they moved to a farm near Kelso making this their home until 1918 at which time they retired from the farm and moved to the present home in the quiet little town of Kelso where on April 24 1921, after but a few days of sickness, he responded to the call to a better world, at the good old age of 78 years, 7 months and 19 days. His wife, ten children, twenty four grandchildren and five great grandchildren survive. He also leaves to mourn their loss two sisters, Mrs Susan Swife, Decatur, Illinois; Mrs Anna Seibert , Topeka, Ks When a child Mr Hastings was baptised into the Christian Church at Lovington, Illinois. He lived a good hosest life and was loved by his large family and by hundreds of friends and neighbors. He was especially fond of children and was loved by them. The minister used as his text for the funeral serman, I 25:1 "And Samuel died and all the Israelites weere gathered together and lamented him." The mourning brought Many many beautiful flowers told a story of the love and esteem in which Mr Hastings was held by those in the community. He pass out this life but will never be forgotton." Platt Hastings went to Kansas in a covered wagon, abt 1877. They crossed the Mississippi River in winter, in order to bring their stock on the ice. Platt brought a team of horses with which to farm, a cow for milk, a pig to butcher and the family dog for companionship. The dog, who didn't like Kansas, was later found back in Lovington. He settled at Wakarusa, Shawnee Co. Once settled Ellen and the children came by train to Topeka. In 1880 in Williamsport. Later the family Southeast of Grantville, Jefferson Co Kansas where they rented a farm from Mose Shirley. One of the last times I was with my Grandmother Flora and her brother Joseph the most outstanding thing they remembered was the flood of 1903. Joe writes: "The flood of 1903 caught them on the Kaw River bottom near Grantville. They lost 20 brood sows andpigs, a crload of fat hogs ready for market. 2 Thousand bushels of wheat in the bin, 1000 bushels corn in the crib, besides the crop they planted. They bought the farm in Kelso, Morris Co, Ks. And we moved in a covered wagon in the spring of 1904. It took three days to make the trip." (Letter from Joseph R Hastings 4 Aug 1981) Walter Ivan Hastings, son of Platt and Ellen is memorial 18953349. Burlington City Cemetery in Osage Co, Ks. his second wife Margaret Hotchkiss is with him. "Mary Etta Hastings wrote "In August 1865, Platt bought 20 acres of land near Lovington, Moultrie Co, Il, from his parents for $500.
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- Asariah Sollars Hastings 1832–1865
- Mary B. Hastings Pea 1833–1912
- Elias Green Hastings 1836–1902
- Susanna Hastings Booker Swift 1838–1930
- Harriet W Hastings Booker 1840–1862
- Sarah Ellen Hastings Massey 1845–1866
- Louisa Hastings Ingle 1850–1883
- Diantha "Pony" Hastings Siebert 1852–1934
Children
- Thomas P Hastings 1866–1866
- William H. Hastings 1867–1941
- Sophia Nell Hastings 1869–1871
- Theodore Collett Hastings 1871–1949
- John Clarence Hastings 1873–1964
- Oscar Eugene Hastings 1874–1874
- Mary Etta Hastings Thibus 1875–1935
- Arthur Hastings 1877–1879
- Francis Marion "Dick" Hastings 1879–1949
- Lulu Hastings 1881–1884
- Walter Alvey Hastings 1884–1953
- May Beth Hastings 1885–1886
- Flora Ellen Hastings Kean 1887–1981
- Anna Gertrude Hastings Price 1889–1977
- Bertha I Hastings Long 1891–1973
- Joseph Raymond Hastings 1894–1987
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