Joseph F and Biddie L Biggerstaff Pyatt
Joseph Franklin Pyatt was born on April 13, 1859 to John Davis Pyatt and Caroline Finger and died c1943. John is buried in the Dysartville Baptist Cemetery, McDowell County, North Carolina.
He married Biddie L Biggerstaff. Biddie was born c1853 and died c1930. Joseph's brother, John Davis Pyatt, married Patsy Elizabeth Biggerstaff. Were Patsy and Biddie sisters or some other relation? Biddie is also buried in Dysartville Baptist Church Cemetery, McDowell County, North Carolina.
Joseph and Biddie had the following (probable) children:
- John G Pyatt b: 2 Dec 1881 d: 4 Feb 1922 (buried Dysartville Baptist Church Cemetery, McDowell Co, NC) m1: Sallie M ? b: 13 Jun 1889 d: 4 Sep 1917 (buried Dysartville Baptist Church Cemetery, McDowell Co, NC) m2: Maggie Byrd b: 7 May 1887 d: 28 Aug 1986 (buried Dysartville Baptist Church Cemetery, McDowell Co, NC)
- Charlie Young Pyatt b: 1 Mar 1889 d: 21 Jun 1965 (buried Dysartville Baptist Church Cemetery, McDowell Co, NC)
- Florie E Pyatt b: 16 May 1891 d: 17 Mar 1971 (buried Dysartville Baptist Church Cemetery, McDowell Co, NC)
Charlie Y Pyatt is definately Joseph's son according to the following information from the McDowell County, North Carolina delayed birth index:
Mar. 1, 1889 Pyatt, Charlie Young / father: Joseph Franklin Pyatt / D8 517
Joseph appeared on the 1880 census of Dysartsville, McDowell County, North Carolina, as follows:
- Pyat, Joseph F. age 22 born NC / Married / Male / W / Farmer / father born NC/mother born ---
- Pyat, Biddy L. (Wife) age 27 born NC / Married / Female / W / Keeping House / father/mother born NC
This abstract taken from familysearch.org page 409D.
Living in Higgins, McDowell County, North Carolina, was Joseph's brother, John Davis Pyatt, along with some of their siblings and mother, Caroline. Also living next door was Joseph's brother, Charles F Pyatt.
Sources:
- "The Pyatt Family of Western North Carolina" 1977 Martha A Pyatte
- Cemetery inscriptions of North Carolina
- 1880 McDowell Co, NC, federal census
Updated Oct 2006
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