JOHN
E. PLATO, a prominent citizen of
Amherst, born in Hanover Germany, November 11, 1848,
a son of John and Wilhelmina (Bodman) Plato
both natives of Germany. The father was a
professional musician in Germany; he came with his
family to the United States in 1857, and spent a
short time in New York, after which they located in
Vermilion, Ohio. A few months later they
removed to Amherst and settled on a farm.
Three years later they moved to the village of
Amherst, where the father died in 1890, at the age
of seventy-five years; his widow died in 1907, aged
eighty-two years. They had four children,
mentioned in connection with the article on Henry
A. Pluto, found elsewhere in this work.
John E. Plato lived with his parents until he
was twenty-three years of age, and then went into
the grocery business with his brother Henry
in Amherst, and later they also had an interest in a
hardware business. In 1897 the brothers
dissolved partnership and John Plato
continued in the hardware business five years
longer, and then sold out to his brother-in-law.
He then started into clothing and gents' furnishing
business, and March, 1909, took his son, John A.,
into partnership with him. Mr. Plato
has for years been one of the leading business men
of the town, and he is one of the organizers of the
Amherst Banking Company, of which he has always been
a director, and of which he was elected president in
1905, having since served in that capacity.
Mr. Plato is a man of good education and when a
young boy attended Catholic parochial schools in New
York City. He is a Democrat, and has served
many years as a member of the Amherst council.
He belongs to the Catholic Mutual Benefit
Association and to the Knights of Columbus of
Elyria, Ohio.
On November 27, 1877, Mr. Plato married
Elizabeth N. daughter of Peter and Matilda (Holderid)
Menz, born in Wisconsin. They became the
parents of five children, namely: Lenora,
wife of Albert C. Walsh, of Amherst; Agnes
M., wife of William Baker, Jr., of
Amherst; John A. and Henry L. of
Amherst and Ruth, also at home.
(Source: History of The Western Reserve - Vol.
III by Harriet Taylor Upton - Publ. 1910, page
1274) |
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