Joseph C and Docie Belle ? Pyatt
Joseph C Pyatt was born in January of 1868 to William Calton Pyatt and Elizabeth M Alford in Wright County, Missouri. He married c1891 Docie Belle ? probably in Wright County, Missouri. Belle was born in Missouri in April of 1870.
Joseph and Belle had the following known children:
- Effie Pyatt b: Jan 1894 MO (probably Wright Co)
- Bessie Pyatt b: Jan 1896 MO (probably Wright Co)
- Clarence Pyatt b: Apr 1898 MO (probably Wright Co)
- Infant Pyatt b&d: 1898 Wright Co, MO
- Essa Pyatt b: c1901 MO (probably Wright Co) m: c1919 Earl W Sanders b: c1898 MO
- Margaret Sanders b: c1920 MO
- Vesta Pyatt (female) b: c1905 MO (probably Wright Co)
- Lawrence Pyatt b: c1909 MO (probably Wright Co)
Joseph and Belle had lost a child in 1898 who is buried with other Pyatt family members in the Mt Zion Cemetery, Wright County, Missouri. Since they had a child born in April of 1898, I would assume that this was a less-than full term pregnancy that terminated early.
On the 1900 census, Joseph and Belle appeared as follows in Union Township, Wright County, Missouri:
- Pyatt, Joseph C born Jan 1868 in MO / 32 on last bday / wm / married for 9 yrs / farmer / father/mother born NC
- Pyatt, Belle (wife) born Apr 1870 in MO / 30 on last bday / wf / married for 9 yrs / 4 children/3 living / father/mother born MO
- Pyatt, Effie (daughter) born Jan 1894 in MO / 6 on last bday / wf / single / father/mother born MO
- Pyatt, Bessie (daughter) born Jan 1896 in MO / 4 on last bday / wf / single / father/mother born MO
- Pyatt, Clarence (son) born Apr 1898 in MO / 2 on last bday / wm / single / father/mother born MO
- Pitchford, B (cousin) born Dec 1864 in MO / 35 on last bday / wm / single / day laborer / father born KY/mother born NC
This family was enumerated #55/57 pg 248B (Ancestry.com image 6/26). Living in Boone Township were his parents and his brothers, William Thomas Pyatt and John R Pyatt. Joseph had two other siblings who were living at this time - but, I have not found where they are in 1900.
They were still in Union Township on the 1910 census as follows:
- Pyatt, Joseph C age 42 born MO / wm / married1 for 20 yrs / farmer / general farm / father/mother born NC
- Pyatt, Docie B (wife) age 40 born MO / wf / married1 for 20 yrs / 7 children/6 living / father/mother born MO
- Pyatt, Effie (daughter) age 16 born MO / wf / single / father/mother born MO
- Pyatt, Bessie (daughter) age 14 born MO / wf / single / father/mother born MO
- Pyatt, Clarence (son) age 11 born MO / wf / single / father/mother born MO
- Pyatt, Essie (daughter) age 9 born MO / wf / single / father/mother born MO
- Pyatt, Vesta (daughter) age age 5 born MO / wf / single / father/mother born MO
- Pyatt, Lawrence (son) age 1 born MO / wf / single / father/mother born MO
This family was enumerated #18/18 sheet 1B (Ancestry.com image 2/27). In Boone Township were Joseph's brothers, William T Pyatt and John Pyatt; his nephew, William A Pyatt (William T's son); and his first cousin, Thomas B Pyatt.
They were in Hart Township, Wright County, Missouri, on the 1920 census as follows:
- Pyatt, Joseph C age 52 born MO / wm / married / manager / alms house / father/mother born TN
- Pyatt, Docia (wife) age 50 born MO / wf / married / father/mother born MO
- Pyatt, Clarence (son) age 21 born MO / wm / single / farm laborer / working out / father/mother born MO
- Pyatt, Vesta (daughter) age 15 born MO / wf / single / father/mother born MO
- Pyatt, Lawrence (son) age 11 born MO / wm / single / father/mother born MO
This family enumerated #304/310 pg 163A 129/148/16/46 24 Jan 1920. Listed after this family were all the inmates of the alms (poor) house. Hartville City was marked out at the top of the page. Also enumerated at 129/148/1/9 appears to be their daughter, Vesta, enumerated with her sister who has just had a baby:
- Sanders, Earl W age 21 born MO / wm / married / marshal / city / father/mother born MO
- Sanders, Essa (wife) age 18 born MO / wf / married / father/mother born MO
- Sanders, Margaret (daughter) age 0/12 born MO / wf / single / father/mother born MO
- Pyatt, Vesta (sister-in-law) age 15 born MO / wf / single / father/mother born MO
Still living in Boone Township were William T Pyatt and his children, Walter Pyatt and Minnie Bunn as well as his brothers, Thomas B Pyatt, John R Pyatt and William J Pyatt.
I have been unable to locate any of Joseph or Belle's family on the 1930 census - including searches made using first name and year of birth only. Their daughter, Essa Sanders, was still in Hart Township on this census.
Sources:
- William C Pyatt info on his page
- 1900-1930 Wright Co, MO, census records
- Mt Zion Cemetery Inscriptions
Updated Jul 2005
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