Who were the Piatts?

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Names for the Faces

1. Elizabeth Piatt

2. Benjamin Piatt

3. Donn Piatt

4. Abram Sanders Piatt

5. Louise Piatt

6. William McCoy Piatt

Their Story

Benjamin Piatt (2) was a Federal Circuit Judge and entrepreneur who transformed his economic ventures from land development and flat boat trade in Cincinnati to farms and mills in Logan County when he moved his family there in 1828. Elizabeth (1) became an abolitionist who raised her children to political and social activism. Their two youngest sons, Donn (3) and Abram (4), became journalists and officers in the Union army. Donn's first wife, Louise (5), also published, under the name of Bell Smith. After the war, Abram farmed in Ohio and built Mac-A-Cheek while Donn published The Capital, a literary and political journal, in Washington DC. Later, Donn returned to Ohio to write poetry and plays. His home, Mac-O-Chee, was designed, in part, by Abram's son, William (6), an inventor and collector who began the tradition of giving tours of Mac-A-Cheek in 1912.