From "The History of North Washington" Published 1904

Transcribed by: Nancy Grubb (nancyg@theofficenet.com)
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JOHN C. PLATTS 
John C. Platts is well known in the Colville valley as one of the indust-
rious and capable men, whose labors have resulted in the development and
improvement of the county until it is  one of the leading counties of the
state today. He dwells about eight miles southwest from Chewelah and devotes
himself to farming now, although previously he has done much sawmilling.
   John C. Platts was born in Prince Edward Island, Canada, on June 18,1862,
the son of Thomas and Ellen (Crockett) Platts, natives of the same place and
of English and Scotch ancestry, respectively. The ancestral families were
both well to do and prominent people. The immediate parents of our subject 
passed their lives in their native place and raised twelve children, Margret,
Mary E., William O., John C., J.H., Thomas, Robert, Russell, Fred, Henry,
Andrew, and Eliza. The schools of the island contributed the educational
training of our subject and when eighteen years of age he left the family
home and began to do for himself. He learned the canning trade and followed
it for three years, after which he went to Minnesota and later became engaged
in freighting for the Canadian Pacific. Next we see him at Rat Portage, then 
in Dakota, whence in 1888 he came to Spokane. He located at Laprey bridge,
below that city, then later came to Stevens county, where he was engaged in
railroading and saw milling. He finally took charge of James Monnaghan's
farm, in the Colville valley. Following this, Mr. Platts conducted a livery
business and then turned his attention to mining in British Columbia. He
handled the ores for the Payne mines for four years under contract and then 
came to his present location.
   In 1892 Mr. Platts married Miss Clara, daughter of J.C. and Eliza 
(Prevorse) Wright, natives of Michigan. They came to Spokane when it was but
a shanty town and now dwell in Stevens county. Four children have been born
to our subject, Jesse, Jocie, Dorothy, and John. Mr. PLatts is a firm Repub-
lican and has always endeavored to uphold those principles he believes for
the good of the community and state. He was delegate to the county convention
in 1894, and was marshal of Chewelah in 1895-6. Mr. Platts is a member of the
I.O.O.F. and the Miners' Union.    
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