Background
Piatt, John James was born on March 1, 1835 in James’ Mills, Indiana, United States. Son of John Bear and Emily (Scott) Piatt.
Piatt, John James was born on March 1, 1835 in James’ Mills, Indiana, United States. Son of John Bear and Emily (Scott) Piatt.
Educated Capital U., Columbus, Ohio, and Kenyon College, Ohio.
Clerk United States Treasurer Department, 1861-1867. Librarian United States House of Representatives, 1871-1875. United States consul at Cork, Ireland, 1882-1893.
At Dublin, April-September 1893. Contributed verse and prose (editorial) to Louisville Journal, 1857-1860. Editorially connected with Cincinnati Chronicle, 1868-1869.
With Cincinnati Commercial as literature editor and correspondent, 1869-1878. Author: (poems) Poems of Two Friends (with W. D. Howells), 1860. The Nests at Washington and Other Poems (with Mistress Piatt), 1864.
Poems in Sunshine and Firelight, 1866. Western Windows, 1869. Landmarks, 1871; Poems of House and Home, 1879.
Idyls and Lyrics of the Ohio Valley, 1884. The Children Out of Doors (with Mistress Piatt), 1885. At the Holy Well, 1887.
A Book of Gold, 1889. Little New-World Idyls, 1893. The Ghost’s Entry and Other Poems, 1895.
Also, in prose, Pencilled Fly-Leaves, 1880. A Return to Paradise. Editor: The Union of American Poetry and Art, 1880.
The Hesperian Tree, 1900, 1903. Home: North Bend, Hamilton Company, O.
Married Sarah Morgan Bryan, June 18, 1861.