Henry C and Eliza Inks Pyeatt
Henry Clay Pyeatte was born in November 1841 to John R and Elizabeth Buchanan Pyeatt and died in 1932. Both events probably occurred in Washington County, Arkansas. He married first on January 18, 1866 in Washington County, Arkansas (book C pg 182) Sarah T (or J) Yates who was born c1843. I do not believe they had children together.
Henry served in the Confederate army during the Civil War. He was a corporal in Company B of the 34th Arkansas Infantry. Some records are spelled Pyeatte and some are Pyeatt.
Some of Henry's children spelled their name "Pyeatte" which can be seen on their cemetery markers. Therefore, I will use that spelling for them.
Henry and Sarah appeared on the 1870 census of Boonesboro, Washington County, Arkansas:
- Pyatt, H C age 27 (should this be 29? mcp) born AR / wm / Miller / $1500/$500
- Pyatt, S ?T/J age 27 born AR / wf / KH (keeping house)
- Davis, C L age 24 born TN / wm / Laborer
- Peck, B A age 22 born TN / wf / DS (domestic servant)
- Rutherford, F age 70 born TN / wf / at home
This family was enumerated #125/126 pg 90 Boonesboro. F Rutherford appears to be a relative as she is not a laborer. Was she related to Sarah? Henry's father and unmarried sister, Mary Pyeatt lived at #123/124 and his sister, Katherine Jane Pyeatt Moore, lived at #124/125 with her husband, William S Moore and children. Neighbors were Caney Flour, John Lackey, Ellis Bolen, Wm Fane, and R B Prather.
Henry was married in 1874 to Eliza Inks who was born in December 1852 and died in 1911. Both Henry and Eliza are buried in the Cane Hill cemetery in Washington County, Arkansas, where their headstones read:
Henry Clay Pyeatt 1841-1932 and Eliza Inks Pyeatt 1852-1911
Henry and Eliza had the following children:
- Daisy Lillian Pyeatte b: 7 Oct 1874 Washington Co, AR d: 24 Nov 1888 (Cane Hill Cemetery, Washington Co, AR, as 'Pyeatte')
- Herbert R Pyeatt b: Mar 1876 Washington Co, AR d: 1958 (Cane Hill Cemetery, Washington Co, AR, as 'Pyeatt') m: 29 Apr 1900 Washington Co, AR, Mary B Buchanan b: Jun 1877 AR d: 1954 (Cane Hill Cemetery, Washington Co, AR)
- Ruth Pyeatt b: c1902 AR
- Clay B Pyeatt b: 13 Feb 1903 AR d: Dec 1985 Cane Hill, Washington Co, AR (SSN 431-07-9701)
- Ruby Pyeatt b: 1908 AR
- James 'Lim' H Pyeatt b: c1878 Washington Co, AR d: aft 1910
- Laura L Pyeatt b: Jul 1881 Washington Co, AR d: aft 1910
- Nellie K Pyeatt b: Apr 1883 Washington Co, AR d: aft 1910
- Mary E Pyeatt b: Aug 1885 Washington Co, AR d: aft 1910
- Samuel Thomas 'Tom' Pyeatt b: 10 Sep 1879 AR d: 25 Dec 1948 Los Angeles Co, CA SSN #562185772 m: Daisy Blakeslee
- Billy Franklin Pyeatt (ancestor of Tom Pyeatt)
- John Clay Pyeatte b: 27 Oct 1887 AR d: 10 Feb 1957 Los Angeles
- Elizabeth Pyeatt b: Dec 1889 Washington Co, AR d: aft 1910
- Clarice 'Clara' J Pyeatt b: ?Mar 1892 Washington Co, AR d: aft 1910
- George F Pyeatt b: Sep 1894 Washington Co, AR d: aft 1910
- Henrietta Pyeatt b: Oct 1898 Washington Co, AR d: aft 1910
On the 1880 census of Cane Hill, Washington County, Arkansas, the family of Henry Clay Pyeatt appeared as follows:
- Pyeatt, H. C. age 39 born AR / mwm / General Merchant / father born Ky/mother born TN
- Pyeatt, Eliza (wife) age 29 born AR / mwf / Keeping House / father/mother born TN
- Pyeatt, Daisy L (daughter) age 5 born AR / single / father/mother born AR
- Pyeatt, Herbert A (son) WM age 3 born AR / single / father/mother born AR
- Pyeatt, James (son) WM age 2 born AR / single / father/mother born AR
This family enumerated #19/#19 on page 615a ED #211 Boonsboro?. Other families nearby were the George F and Lorena Pyeatt family; Addie Pyeatt; C F Pyeatt; and Martha J Pyeatt.
By the 1900 census of Cane Hill, Washington County, Arkansas, they appeared as follows:
- Pyeatt, Henry born Nov 1841 AR age 58 / wm / married 26 yrs / farmer / father born KY/mother born TN
- Pyeatt, Elizzie (wife) born Dec 1852 AR age 47 / wf / married 26 yrs / 12 children/11 living / father/mother born TN
- Pyeatt, Laura L (daughter) born July 1881 AR age 18 / wf / single / father/mother born AR (same on all others)
- Pyeatt, Nellie K (daughter) born Apr 1883 AR age 17 / wf / single
- Pyeatt, Mary E (daughter) born Aug 1885 AR age 14 / wf / single
- Pyeatt, John C (son) born Oct 1887 AR age 12 / wm / single / farmer
- Pyeatt, Elizabeth (daughter) born Dec 1889 AR age 10 / wf / single
- Pyeatt, Clarice J (daughter) born ?Mar 1892 AR age 8 / wf / single
- Pyeatt, George T (son) born Sept 1894 AR age 5 / wm / single
- Pyeatt, Henrietta (daughter) born Oct 1898 AR age 1 / wf / single
- Pyeatt, Herbert R (son) born Mar 1876 AR age 24 / wm / married o yrs / farmer
- Pyeatt, May B (daughter-in-law) born June 1877 AR age 22 / wf / married 0 yrs / 0 children/0 living
This family was enumerated #331 pg 42A image 37/44.
By the 1910 census they appeared as follows still in Cane Hill, Washington County, Arkansas:
Pyeatt, Henry C age 68 born AR / wm / married2 36 yrs / father born KY/mother born TN
Pyeatt, Elizia H (wife) age 67 born AR / wf / married1 36 yrs / 12 children/11 living / father/mother born TN
Pyeatt, James H (son) age 33 born AR / wm / single / father/mother born AR
Pyeatt, Thomas S (son) age 31 born AR / wm / single / father/mother born AR
Pyeatt, Laura L (daughter) age 29 born AR / wf / single / father/mother born AR
Pyeatt, Nellie K (daughter) age 27 born AR / wf / single / father/mother born AR
Pyeatt, George ?J (son) age 15 born AR / wm / single / father/mother born AR
Pyeatt, Henrettie (daughter) age 11 born AR / wf / single / father/mother born AR
Corn, Wiliard (lodger) age 19 born AR / wm / single / father/mother born TN
Rennels, William (lodger) age 20 born AR / wm / single / father/mother born AR
This family enumerated #157 pg 35A image 15/24; neighbors were Lynn Crawford, Charles King, Frank Little, Wesley Kidd, John Brewster, and William Moore. Note that Henry's marriage is his second. Eliza claims that 11 of her 12 children are still living. I am amazed at the number of children at an advanced age that are still unmarried - maybe she was a really good cook!
Henry appeared as follows on the 1911 Confederate Veteran's census:
Pyeatt, Henry C 3:78
These entries were found in the California Death Index 1940-1997:
- PYEATT, SAMUEL THOMAS Male b: 10 Sep 1879 ARKANSAS d: 25 Dec 1948 LOS ANGELES SSN 562185772 mother maiden name: INKS father surname: PYEATT
- PYEATTE, JOHN CLAY Male b: 27 Oct 1887 ARKANSAS d: 10 Feb 1957 LOS ANGELES mother maiden name: TUKS father surname: PYEATTE
I am interpreting the 'Tuks' on John Clay Pyeatte to be a misinterpretation of an 'I' and an 'n' as a 'T' and a 'u'. I have never heard of a Tuks surname and all other information fits this individual.
Sources:
- Washington Co, AR, cemetery inscriptions
- Washington Co, AR, marriage records
- 1850/1880/1900/1910 federal census of Washington Co, AR
- 1911 Confederate Veteran census
- Civil War Rosters
- Unidentified family group sheets
- Social Security Death Index
- California Death Index 1940-1997
- First Flower Children linage of Tom Pyeatt
Updated Apr 2009
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