Frank Bryden Piatt married Dora Evalene "Lena" Ott in Hamilton in 1898. They had three children: Robert Bryden, 1898-1966: Phil Delbert, 1901-1932: and Mary Frances, 1904-1928. Frank and Lena lived on the home place. A new house was built nearby for Olive (this is the base of Harmon's present home.) The farm was quite large by that time, and took a lot of people to keep it going. Many people still tell me they worked for the Piatts. Girls would stay there to attend school and work for their keep. Boys stayed in the bunkhouse, worked, and walked across the pasture to the high school. Frank was a large man and always "chewed" a cigar. Lena was also a large woman. She attended the academy at Baker University and she gave music lessons. She was a fantastic cook, and everyone loved her. She was always there when you needed her. Many stories came from this life. As Granddad learned to drive his first car, doors had to be put on both ends of the garage. The boys opened them both up and Granddad would keep driving through until it "whoaed!" I'am not sure he ever really learned to drive because I remember he thought the whole road was his! Once when Grandmother was having a "society" meeting, Daddy and his brother decided it was time to teach sister to swim, even though she was only one year old, had the measles, and it was February. Another time, Daddy came to the house alone. Inquiring about Phil's whereabouts, the others were informed that he was gone. He was stuck in the "quicksand" at the creek. Daddy had tried and failed to get him out, so he had convinced Phil that was it and had left. What must have been a busy, "fun" life turned into tragedy. In 1928, Mary Frances, who was everyone's darling, was an opera singer in Chicago. She contracted pneumonia and died within a week. In 1929, Phil, who had married Ruth Milliken of Eureka, had stopped in at the doctor's office, on a trip to Emporia. It was decided he had appendicitis, He died on the operating table. This was more than Grandmother could take, and she passed away in 1933. As if this wasn't enough, the Depression hit and Grandad lost large amounts of money on cattle. He married Helen Griblin in 1935. He had diabetes and was very ill. He continued to struggle, but finally lost everything. They moved to Hamilton, and he worked for the State Banking Commission as a livestock appraiser during his last years. He passed away in 1944. Helen continued to live in Hamilton until she moved to the Madison nursing home and died in 1985, at the age of 102. She had been a graduate nurse. submitted by Drusill Esslinger typed by anita