Moss K. Platt

Moss Kent Platt (May 3, 1809 – March 1, 1876) was an American merchant and politician from New York. Life He was the son of William Pitt Platt (1771–1835, son of Zephaniah Platt) and Hannah Kent (sister of Chancellor James Kent). On October 14, 1830, he married Elizabeth S. Freligh (1810–1856), and they had four daughters, and one son: John Freligh Platt (1837–1858) who died while a senior at Williams College. In 1847, he began the manufacture of iron near the Saranac river from iron ore mined west of Plattsburgh. He built plank roads to connect the iron works with the city and with Clinton State Prison, and employed the prison inmates to work in his plant.