Biography of H. A. Platner, page 262.  History of Northeast Indiana; 
LaGrange, Steuben, Noble, and DeKalb Counties, Vol. II, under the 
editorial supervision of Ira Ford, Orville Stevens, William H. McEwen, and 
William H. McIntosh.  The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago and New York, 1920.

   H. A. Platner is proprietor of the old Platner farm seven miles east of 
Auburn in Wilmington Township, and has 118 acres under a perfect state of 
cultivation and efficient management.
   Mr. Platner was born on this farm February 23, 1869, and has assisted 
in its cultivation for nearly thirty years. He is a son of Samuel and 
Sofia (Reynolds) Platner, both natives of Pennsylvania. The father was 
born in Lancaster County March 14, 1814.  They were married in Marion 
County, Ohio, farmed there for two years and in 1847 moved to DeKalb 
County, Indiana, first settling in Concord Township and later moving to 
Wilmington Township on the farm now owned by their son.  The mother died 
there in 1893 and the father on March 26, 1895.  He was a democrat and an 
active member of the Masonic Lodge at Newville. Of the nine children three 
are now living: Laura, widow of William Stroh, of Auburn; J.E. Platner, 
who lives near St. Petersburg, Florida; and H. S. Platner.
   H. S. Platner grew up on the home farm and had a district school 
education, supplemented by several terms in the Angola Tri-State College.  
He spent two years as a locomotive fireman on a western railroad, and on 
returning to DeKalb County he married Bertha Rose on May 4,1891.  She has 
lived in DeKalb County since early girlhood.
   Mr. and Mrs. Platner have two children: Joy, wife of Rolland Muhn, a 
contractor and carpenter of Auburn; and Jessie Platner.  They also have 
two grandchildren. Mr. Platner is affiliated with St. Joe Lodge No. 602, 
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is a democrat in politics

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Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
Agoodwin@ctlnet.com