By her daughter Pearl
My mother was born 5 May, 1876 in Mona, Utah. She was the daughter of William Henry Platt, born 13 February, 1855 in St. Helen, Lancashire, England, and Mary Alice Kay born 9 November, 1855 in Payson, Utah. I remember my mother as a good woman and a hard working one. She had bad eyes and I remember her having the cataracts on both eyes removed. She had to stay in a dark bedroom for a day. She was always good to go and help out when anyone was sick and needed help. She use to do laundry for the men who lived at the Mammoth boarding house. She also walked from where we lived in Upper Town by the Mammoth Mine down to the hospital in Lower Mammoth. It was several miles. She cleaned and washed all day long for $1.00 and maybe they would give her a gallon of skimmed milk for dinner. She and my father had separated and she had four children to finish raising. For this reason, we all had to work hard. When she died, it seemed she was so old, but it was because she had had to work so hard. She was 40 years, 10 months, and 26 days old. She was a wonderful mother.
By her daughter Pearl
My mother was born 5 May, 1876 in Mona, Utah. She was the daughter of William Henry Platt, born 13 February, 1855 in St. Helen, Lancashire, England, and Mary Alice Kay born 9 November, 1855 in Payson, Utah. I remember my mother as a good woman and a hard working one. She had bad eyes and I remember her having the cataracts on both eyes removed. She had to stay in a dark bedroom for a day. She was always good to go and help out when anyone was sick and needed help. She use to do laundry for the men who lived at the Mammoth boarding house. She also walked from where we lived in Upper Town by the Mammoth Mine down to the hospital in Lower Mammoth. It was several miles. She cleaned and washed all day long for $1.00 and maybe they would give her a gallon of skimmed milk for dinner. She and my father had separated and she had four children to finish raising. For this reason, we all had to work hard. When she died, it seemed she was so old, but it was because she had had to work so hard. She was 40 years, 10 months, and 26 days old. She was a wonderful mother.
Family Members
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Sarah Elizabeth Platt Hatton Harper
1877–1967
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Mary Ellen Platt Simmons
1880–1954
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Nancy Platt McLelland
1882–1957
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William Platt
1884–1946
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Vera Platt Christensen
1885–1962
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Rachael Luella Platt Parks
1888–1973
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Lydia Platt Bowman
1891–1919
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James Edward Platt
1892–1955
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Jennie Lula Platt Greenhaugh
1895–1983
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Glenn Platt
1897–1956
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