Plantiff, Gaston (1874-1934)

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Peace Ship (1915-1916)

Emily Greene Balch to Jane Addams, December 4, 1915

Rosika Schwimmer to Jane Addams, January 26, 1916

Lola Maverick Lloyd to Jane Addams, March 6, 1916

Emily Greene Balch to Jane Addams, May 11, 1916

Rosika Schwimmer to Jane Addams, August 19, 1916

Jane Addams to Emily Greene Balch, September 7, 1916

Jane Addams to Emily Greene Balch, January 23, 1917

Henry Ford et al. to Jane Addams, December 7, 1915

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Birth Date

1874-09-25

Death Date

1934-10-17

Birthplace

Belchertown, MA

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Gaston Plantiff was a salesman who worked for the Ford Motor Company. Plantiff met Henry Ford while he was a sales associate selling bicycles in John Wanamaker's department store, and hired him. Plantiff became the manager of Ford's New York sales office. Plantiff accompanied Ford on the Peace Ship at the end of 1915. Plantiff retired from the Ford Motor Company in 1929 due to poor health, but remained friends with Ford and his family.

Plantiff met Ellen S. Kaae while in Europe with the Peace Ship. They were married in 1916. They had one child, Mary. Gaston Plantiff died in 1934.