The first census entry for Christopher in his own household appears as follows on the 1880 census of Elk Township, Stoddard County, Missouri, as follows:
This census taker had possibly the worst spelling of any I have seen. All 'George's' are 'Garge', 'Campbell' is 'Camble', 'Alice' is 'Ales', etc.
I am sure that the following marriage is for this Christopher Pyeatt although his descendants were never told of it:
This license authorizes any judge, justice of the peace, licensed or ordained minister.....to solemnize marriage between Christopher Pyatt of "Elk Township" County of "Stoddard" and State of "Missouri" who is "above" the age of twenty-one years, and "Ellen Tatum" of "Elk Township" in the County of "Stoddard" and State of "Missouri" who is "under" the age of eighteen years. "S B Tatum father and natural guardian of the said Ellen Tatum having given his consent in writing to said Marriage" Witness my hand as recorder, with the seal of office hereto fixed, at my office in "Bloomfield", the "11th" day of "March" 188"2" "C. H. Barham, Circuit Clerk and exofficio Recorder". This is to certify, that the undersigned "J W Simmons" did, at "the Brides fathers" in said County, on the (blank) day of "March" A.D. 188"2", unite in marriage the above named persons. "James W Simmons, Justice Peace" Filed for record this "20th" day of "March" 188"2" "C. H. Barham, Recorder"
Note that in 1882 the JP, James Simmons, lived within a few houses of Christopher Pyeatt's 1880 residence. The only Tatum family in Elk Township in 1880 was as follows:
Christopher married second on August 20, 1885, Stoddard County, Missouri, Seldria Frances Montgomery who was born December 30, 1866 in Missouri to William C and Nancy Elizabeth Wheat Montgomery and died June 27, 1937, St. Louis County, Missouri. Both Christopher and Seldria are buried in Valhalla cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri. Seldria's name is spelled differently on each reference. It is pronounced Sarilda. Their marriage license appears as follows in Stoddard County, Missouri:
This license authorizes any judge, justice of the peace, licensed or ordained minister.....to solemnize marriage between "Christopher Piatt" of "Liberty Township" County of "Stoddard" and State of "Missouri" who is "above" the age of twenty-one years, and "Surrilda Montgomery" of "Liberty Township" in the County of "Stoddard" and State of "Missouri" who is "above" the age of eighteen years old. Witness my hand as recorder, with the seal of office hereto fixed, at my office in "Bloomfield", the "18th" day of "August" 188"5" "C. H. Parham, Recorder". This is to certify, that the undersigned "of the county and State aforesaid" did, at "the Residence of Peter Piatt" in said County, on the "20th" day of "August" A.D. 188"5", unite in marriage the above named persons. "J W Hammonds, Minister of the Gospel" Filed for record this "27th" day of "August" 188"5" "C. H. Parham, Recorder"
Christopher and Seldria had the following children:
Christopher and family appeared as follows at #3404 (or 3904) North Grand, St Louis, Missouri, on the 1910 census:
On the 1920 census of St Louis, Missouri, Christopher and family were enumerated at #3521 Bailey Avenue as follows:
The abstract of Christopher death certificate is as follows:
Missouri State Board of Health - Certificate of Death - File #: 29634 Registration #: 175 Registration Dist No: 213 Primary Registration Dist #: 3014 1. Place of Death - County: Cole - Township: - City: Jefferson 2. Full Name: Chris C Pyeatt 3. Sex: M 4. Color or Race: W 5a. Single, Married, Widowed or Divorced: Married 5b. Husband or wife name: Scryeldia Pyeatt 6. Date of Birth (month, day, year): Dec 29, 1860 7. Age (years, months, days): 62; 9; 6 8. Occupation of Deceased: Field Hand 9. Birthplace - City or Town: (blank) - State or Country: St. Louis Co, Mo 10. Name of father: C Pyeatt 11. Birthplace of Father: Unknown 12. Maiden name of mother: Unknown 13. Birthplace of mother: Unknown 14. Informant (address): Mrs. C. C. Pyeatt (J C Mo) 15. Filed: 10/24/23 Florence ?Youca - Deputy 16. Date of Death (month, day, year) : Oct 23, 1923 17. I hereby certify that I attended the deceased from Oct 23, 1923 to Oct 23, 1923 that I last saw him alive on Oct 23, 1923 and that death occurred on the date stated above at 11:30 pm. The cause of death was Cerebral Hemorrage (duration 1 day) Contributory - Arteriosclerosis (duration 3 years) 18. Where was disease contracted: (blank) Did an operation precede death? No Was There an autopsy: No What test confirmed diagnosis? History and physical (Signed) Herbert Taylor M.D. Oct 24, 1923 Jefferson City, MO 19. Place of Burial, Cremation or Removal: St. Louis, Mo Date of Burial: 10/26/1923 20. Undertaker: ???? (address) J C Mo
Seldria's death certificate appears as follows:
Missouri State Board of Health - File No. - 22578 Registration Dist No. - 6330 Primary Registration Dist No: 4026 Peck St 1. Place of Death - County: (blank) - Township: (blank) - City: St. Louis 2. Full Name: Seldria Frances Pyeatt 3. Sex: Female 4. Color or Race: White 5. Single, Married, Widowed or Divorced: Widowed 5a. Husband or wife name: Christopher C. Pyeatt 6. Date of Birth (month, day, year): Dec 31, 1856 7. Age (years, months, days): 70; 5; 26 8. Occupation of Deceased: Housework 9. Industry or business: Home 12. Birthplace - City or Town: Missouri - State or Country: (blank) 13. Name of father: William Montgomery 14. Birthplace of Father: Indiana 15. Maiden name of mother: Nancy Wheat 16. Birthplace of mother: Indiana 17. Informant (address): Jesse J. Pyeatt (4026 S Peck St.) 18. Burial, Cremation or removal: Valhalla (date) June 30, 1937 19. Undertaker (address): Provost Und Co (3710 N. Grand) 20. Filed: June 29 1937 J T Bridick Registrar 21. Date of Death (month, day, year) : June 27, 1937 22. I hereby certify that I attended the deceased from Oct 4, 1935 to June 27, 1937 that I last saw her alive on June 25, 1937. Death is said to have occurred on the date stated above at 6:30 pm. The cause of death was Carcinoma of Cervix (date of onset: Apr 1935) Contributory - Vasico - Vaginal Fistula - Generalized Carcinomatosis. Name of operation: None What test confirmed diagnosis? Biopsy Was there an autopsy: No 23. Injury questions: (blank) 24. Was disease or injury related to occupation: No (Signed) Paul F Max M.D. (address) 3720 Washington Blvd
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