Today would have been my Dad's 72nd birthday had he lived this long.
Cancer took him at age 61, but his Platt bloodline was more often likely to live longer.
In fact, only one of the Platt men in his past back to his third great grandfather James Platt lived less.
James Platt was 80 years old in the 1830 Census and one source, the History of Oklahoma, says he lived until age 104.
His son, George lived until 1861 and 75 years. Amos made it to age 83.
It was Royal Platt who died the youngest at 58.
My grandfather, Richard, lived until 76.
The passing of generations, it seems, does not always bring longer lives.
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