This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Felt, Platt Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Jg.2ADI/356.2 Message Board Post: I know your message was quite a while ago but I happened to be looking at Heritage Quest at a book on the History of Illinois where Benjamin F. Felt has a bio. Some facts were "Benjamin F. Felt married Sept. 11, 1854 Miss Ann Elizabeth Platt of Plattsburgh, New York. She was born March 12, 1830 and died April 4, 1909. She moved to Galena as a bride. Surviving children were Zephaniah Charles Felt, Benjamin Franklin Felt and Anna E. Felt." There is quite a long article as they started the library at Galena, I will research more if you haven't already discovered this information. I was interested as I am researching the Platt family, though my Platt's came from Connecticut to Ohio to Quincy, Illinois.