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Henry Pyatt Jr
Henry Pyatt was born March 5, 1821, in Illinois to Henry and Rachel Ferrell Pyatt) and died June 9, 1881. He married first on June 25, 1843, in Montgomery County, Illinois, Elizabeth Snider. Elizabeth was born c1824 in Ohio to Frederick and Elizabeth Snider. The marriage bond was for 'Henry Pyatt' and 'Elizabeth Schnider' vol 2 pg 8 license #593. Elizabeth died between the 1870 census and October 31, 1876, when Henry married second Nancy Elmore Gass in Montgomery County, Illinois. The marriage license was for 'Henry Pyatt' and 'Mrs Nancy Gass' vol 7 pg 24 license #5662. I find that 'Nancy Elmore' had married 'Eustin Gass' in Bond County, Illinois on March 10, 1851.
The known children of Henry and Elizabeth:
- Harriett Pyatt b: c1844 Montgomery Co, IL
- Louisa Pyatt b: c1848 Montgomery Co, IL
- Susan Pyatt b: c1850 Montgomery Co, IL
- John Pyatt b: c1856 Montgomery Co, IL
- Rachel Pyatt b: c1864 IL
The family appeared as follows on the 1850 census of Montgomery County, Illinois (22Nd Dist S W Part):
- Piatt, Henry age 29 born IL / m / farmer / $400
- Piatt, Elizabeth age 26 born OH / f / cannot read/write
- Piatt, Harriett age 6 born IL / f
- Piatt, Louisa age 2 born IL / f
This family was enumerated 2 Oct 1850 #865/881 page 155. Living at #864 was Henry's brother, Cornelius Pyatt, and at #867 was Henry's sister, Elizabeth Wright whose household included his mother, Rachel.
On the 1860 census of Vanburensburgh (T7NR2W) in Montgomery County, Illinois they appear as follows:
- Piatt, Henry age 33 born IL / m / farmer / $1000/225
- Piatt, (not named) age 35 born OH / f /
- Piatt, Harriet age 16 born IL / f / att school
- Piatt, Louisa age 11 born IL / f / att school
- Piatt, Susan age 10 born IL / f / att school
- Piatt, John age 4 born IL / m
The family was enumerated #1606 on 15 Jul 1860 (ancestry image 223/358). Their neighbors were #1602 Greenbury Mathews, #1603 Louis Humble, #1604 Thos Kearnes, #1605 Peter Rochk, #1607 Cornelius Piatt, #1608 James Davis, #1609 Elija Wright, #1610 John Qualls, and #1611 William Whitten.
On the 1870 census, Henry and family appeared in Vanburensburg, Hurricane Township, Montgomery County, Illinois, as follows:
- Pyatt, Henry age 49 born IL / W M / Justice of Peace / $3000/$1200 /
- Pyatt, Elizabeth age 46 born OH / W F / Keeping House
- Pyatt, Susan age 19 born IL / W F /
- Pyatt, Rachel age 6 born IL / W F /
This family was enumerated #110/110 on 4 Aug 1870 (ancestry image 16/19). Neighbors were #106 George Isbell, #107 Jas Davidson, #108 George Davidson, #109 Allen Austin, #111 Jeremiah Ellis, #112 Chas ?Swerstand, #113 J W Brown.
The 1880 census entry for Henry and family appears as follows in Fillmore, Montgomery County, Illinois:
- Pyatt, Henry age 59 born IL / WM / Married / Farmer / father born VA/mother born NC
- Pyatt, Nancy (wife) age 50 born KY / WF / Married / Keeping House / father born NC/mother born KY
- Pyatt, Rachel E. (daughter) age 16 born IL / WF / Single / father born IL/mother born OH
- Gass, America (s-daughter) age 24 born IL / WF / Single / father/mother born KY
- Gass, Rochel C. (s-daughter) age 13 born IL / WF / Single / father/mother born KY
- Gass, Mary E. (s-daughter) age 10 born IL / WF / Single / father/mother born KY
This abstract is from familysearch.org; page 217A. It appears that new wife, Nancy, had children from her first marriage who were still at home. I would guess that 'Rochel' is 'Rachel' or 'Rochelle'. Do you think it might have been confusing to have two Rachels in the house? Also in Fillmore was the family of 60-year-old Elizabeth Pyatt whom I have not yet placed, and Henry's brother, Milburn Pyatt.
Some writing of Henry Pyatt Jr can be found on the page for Henry Pyatt Sr. He tells about many early settlers and times of the Hurricane area of Montgomery County, Illinois.
Source:
- Piatt Family Newsletter, Volume 11, 1996
- Phyllis Welsh welsh@cdepot.net CA
- 1850-1880 Montgomery Co, IL, federal census
- Montgomery Co, IL, marriage records
Updated Feb 2008
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