Ebenezer J and Penina Crane Pyatt
Ebenezer Jefferson Pyatt was born December 6, 1833, in Perry County, Illinois to Samuel Pyatt and Mary Phelps and died October 23, 1899, in Jackson County, Illinois. He married on February 5, 1847, in Perry County, Illinois, Penina Crain, who was born April 4, 1840, in Perry County (or Randolph County), Illinois, to Benjamin and Cassandra Brown Crain and who died December 25, 1878.
The children of Ebenezer and Penina were as follows:
- Mary Pyatt b: 18 Feb 1858 Perry Co, IL d: 26 Sep 1869 Perry Co, IL (buried Greenbriar Cemetery, Perry Co, IL)
- Medora Pyatt b: 10 Jan 1860 Perry Co, IL d: 21 Mar 1880
(buried Greenbriar Cemetery, Perry Co, IL - possibly died during childbirth) m: 31 Jul 1879 Perry Co, IL, Nicholas Mead (Nicholas also m2: 8 Sep 1881 Amanda Harriss m3: 23 Jan 1883 Rosa Garver m4: 14 Nov 1893 Martha Thompson - all in Perry Co, IL)
- Cassandra Pyatt b: 25 Aug 1861 Perry Co, IL d: 18 Mar 1921
m: 16 Feb 1886 Perry Co, IL, George W Leeright
- John Pyatt b: 10 Dec 1863 Perry Co, IL [is this the John L Pyatt b: 15 Dec 1864 Jackson Co, IL d: 5 Sep 1922 Cape Girardeau Co, MO?]
- Jane Pyatt b: 1866 IL
- Kate Pyatt b: 2 Feb 1869 Perry Co, IL d: 21 Oct 1920
- Sarah Pyatt b: 23 Mar 1872 Perry Co, IL d: c1872
- Martha Pyatt b: 2 Jun 1875 Perry Co, IL d: c1875
- Penina Pyatt b: 13 Dec 1875 Perry Co, IL d: c1878
The family first appeared together on the 1860 census in Pckneyville, Perry County, Illinois:
- Pyatt, E ?J age 26 born IL / male / farmer / $2,800/$1,200
- Pyatt, ?Pernina age 20 born IL / female
- Pyatt, Madora age 4/12 born IL / female
This family was enumerated #1529/1529 10th July 1860 pg 214 (ancestry image 216/246). Living nextdoor was Ebenezer's father and step-mother, Cyrena Marlin Pyatt, with his sister, Nancy A Pyatt. Also in the same neighborhood were Ebenezer's brothers, Milburn M Pyatt and Isreal Pyatt.
Ebenezer and family were enumerated on the 1870 census in Denmark P O (T6R3) in Perry County, Illinois, as follows:
- Pyatt, E J age 36 born / W M / Farmer
- Pyatt, Penina age 30 born / W F / Keeping House
- Pyatt, Dora age 10 born / W F / At Home / attended school
- Pyatt, Casandra age 8 born / W F / At Home
- Pyatt, John age 6 born / W M / At Home
- Pyatt, James/Jane age 4 born / W M (F written over) / At Home
- Pyatt, Kate age 1 born / W F / At Home
This family was enumerated #79/79 20 Jul 1870 pg (pg 11 top left corner) ancestry image 22/23 [Pickneyville marked through and changed to Denmark]. Neighbors were #74 J Nelson Taylor, #75 Jacob Owens, #76 Alexander Watkins, #77 Isabelle Boyd, #78 James Cravil, #80 Robert McClellan, #81 John McElworth. Living at #11/11 was Ebenezer's brother, John W Pyatt.
By the 1880 censusa of Pickneyville, Perry County, Illinois, Penina had died and the family appeared as follows:
Pyatt, E J age 46 born IL / WWM / Farmer / father born OH/mother born KY
Pyatt, Casander (Dau) age 18 born IL / SWF / Keeps House / father born IL/mother born TN
Pyatt, John (Son) age 16 born IL / SWM / Works On Farm / father/mother born IL
Pyatt, Jane (Dau) age 13 born IL / SWF / Works In House / father/mother born IL
Pyatt, Katie (Dau) age 10 born IL / SWF / Works In House / father/mother born IL
This abstract was taken from familysearch.org; page 102A. This entry seems to put to rest the 'James/Jane' issue on the 1870 census. Living on page 103 was the family of Ebenezer's brother, Isreal J Pyatt and his nephew, J M Pyatt and family. Living in the house next door to Ebenezer as a boarder of the Owens family was Nicholas Mead - his recently widowed son-in-law.
Sources:
- Marjorie Legris mikemarg1@aol.com
- 1860-1880 Perry Co, IL, federal census
- Marriage records of Perry Co, IL
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