"Hardesty's Biographical Atlas of Tyler County West Virginia"
H. H. Hardesty, 1872

JOHN E. PIATT - born in Tyler county, August 10, 18944, and Mary E. Bond, 
born in Doddridge county, were in the last-named county joined in 
wedlock, July 21, 1867. In the home they have founded are six children, 
born: William M., May 3, 1868; Nancy J., March 11, 1870; Thomas F., 
February 15, 1872; Martha A., August 21, 1875; Mary A., August 16, 1877; 
Sarah E., January 25, 1881. The mother of Mrs. Piatt is deceased; her 
father, Frank Bond, is living in Doddridge county. William and Martha 
(Underwood) Piatt, who were long residents of Tyler county, were the 
parents of John E. His father died in this county, October 6, 1863. 
Thomas J. Piatt, whose record is given with that of James H. Weekly of 
this district, is a brother of John E. Piatt. In the 1861 war, both 
brothers were Union soldiers serving in company C, 6th West Virginia 
Infantry. their grandfather was a captain of militia in the war of 1812, 
and their father was a soldier of the same war. John E. Piatt owns and 
cultivates an excellent farm in McElroy district. His post office address 
is Josephs Mills, Tyler county, West Virginia.

Submitted by Rosalie Markins.