George Enison and Katherine A Platts
From the Biographical Cyclopedia of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, published by the John M Gresman Company, Chicago-Philadelphia 1896
GEORGE E PLATTS, MD, a graduate of Denison University of Granville, Ohio and of the Miami Medical College of Cincinnati, a druggist and well known business of Bellevue, was born in the town of Dent, Hamilton County, Ohio, August 6, 1854 and is a son of David G and Hannah Ann (Wood) Platts, both of whom were natives of Bridgeton, New Jersey. They came to Hamilton County, Ohio in 1834 where they lived until three or four years prior to Mr. Platts death in 1892, when they removed to Bellevue, Kentucky, the present home of Mrs. Platts, who is greatly advanced in years. Mr. Platts was a farmer in Ohio for nearly sixty years and was a quiet and unpretentious citizen, a man of intelligence and culture and an upright Christian gentleman who commanded the respect and confidence of his neighbors. He was a Republican in politics, having decided convictions and was free to express his sentiments; but he was not an office seeker, or in any sense a politician. His antecedents were of French-German extraction.
George E Platts was educated in the common school of Dent, at the Denison University of Granville, Ohio, from which he graduated in 1876, and prepared for the medical profession in the Miami Medical College in Cincinnati, graduating in 1882.
He practiced medicine for one year in Cheviot, Hamilton County, Ohio; and in 1883 engaged in the drug business in the thriving little city of Bellevue, a business which as grown in proportion to the growth of the population of the place. Thoroughly equipped for the responsible business of the pharmacist, Dr. Platts has commanded the confidence of his patrons. His drug store requiring all of his time he has abandoned the professional work of the practicing physician.
He takes a lively interest in the prosperity of Bellevue and deals to some extent in real estate. He is particularly interested in the public schools and has served as school examiner, an office for which he is qualified in an eminent degree. He is a Republican but is devoted to his business and has no aspirations for political preferment.
Dr. Platts was married in 1883 to Katherine L "Kate" Davis, daughter of Shipley Davis and Harriet Cullom of Hamilton County, Ohio, and they have one son Charles Gilman Platts. Mrs. Platts is a graduate of the Cincinnati College of Pharmacy and assists her husband in his business, in which capacity she is thoroughly engaged.
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Kentucky Post, Friday, 2 June 1897, page 1
George Platts, Bellevue, sold his drugstore to his brother, Howard of Covington and said he would establish in business in Denver Colo.
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Kentucky Post, Monday, 30 June 1899, page 5
George Platts and Alexander Smith, while riding their bicycles collided and were thrown and severely shaken up.
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Kentucky Post, Monday, 5 October 1903, page 3
At the Republican primary election Saturday the following candidates were nominated for Bellevue City Council and Board of Education: First Ward-School Board George E Platts.
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Kentucky Post, Thursday, 5 November 1903, page 8
The Republicans of Bellevue elected Board of Education G E Platts.
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Kentucky Post, Wednesday, 13 September 1905, page 5
The latest candidate for Bellevue mayor on the Republican ticket will be George E Platts, druggist.
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Kentucky Post, Friday, 27 April 1906, page 7
Louis Walker, Charles Cunningham and Dr. Platts were appointed as a committee to receive donation of money, canned goods and clothing at Campbell County Bank for the benefit of the San Francisco sufferers.
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Kentucky Post, Saturday, 2 February 1907, page 5
A break in the water pipe in front of Platts drug store, Berry and Fairfield av. Bellevue, has necessitated the digging up of the street. The workmen have not as yet reached the break but by night expect to stop the flow of water.
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Kentucky Post, Monday, 8 March 1909, page 5
Frank W Ulm has filed suit in the Campbell Circuit Court against G E Platts, to compel specific performance of a contract. Ulm alleges the defendant agreed to lease to him the premises at 169 Fairfield av. Bellevue and to sell to him the merchandise therein contained together with the fixtures, good will & for a term of three years.
The Court is asked to require Platts to answer under oath the value of the merchandise on payment and the delivery of 53 promissory notes to secure the balance.
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Kentucky Post, Wednesday, 13 July 1910, page 7
In the case of Frank W Ulm vs. G E Platts, an action to recover possession of a drug store at 169 Fairfield av. Bellevue, Judge Yungblut dismissed the petition at plaintiff's costs.
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Kentucky Post, Thursday, 24 February 1916, page 4
The history of Douglas Lodge is a notable one. It was organized Feb 2, 1885, with 32 members of whom C W Nagle, Andrew Ditz, Henry Corriel, Albert Keuchler, George Platts, C S Knight and E W Revel still remain. The original lodge room was in the historic Balke Opera House until 1913, when it was removed to Fraternal Hall, a newly constructed building, of which Bellevue can well be proud. The present membership of the lodge is 94.
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George Enison Platts 1919 Obituary