Sacramento County Biographies

P. E. PLATT

Transcribed by: Nancy Pratt Melton

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SACRAMENTO TOWNSHIP.
Page 289-290.
 
	was born in Providence, Rhode Island, in the year 1852. When two 
years of age his parents emigrated to Australia; in 1858 his parents returned to 
New Jersey and remained two years, when he was taken to Massachusetts. During 
1868 he came to Sacramento, where he has since resided; he worked at hard work 
for several years, and, by economy, saved a handsome sum. Invested in one of the 
oldest and heaviest fruit, produce and seed houses in the city. The firm is W. 
R. Strong & Co., and is closely identified with the producing interests of 
Sacramento county. In 1874, Mr. Platt was married to Miss Levina A. Barrett, a 
native of Wheelersburg, Ohio. They have one child, a boy. Mr. Platt's property 
is worth at least $8,000. Post Office, Sacramento. 
 
Source: History of Sacramento County, California With Illustrations 1880 by 
Thompson & West.