John H and Sara A Maxwell Pyeatt
John Henry Pyeatt was born in Arkansas (probably Cane Hill, Washington County) November 9, 1829 to Andrew Finley Pyeatt and Martha Carnahan. John died June 30, 1889 in Rio Vista, Johnson County, Texas. He married August 21, 1851 in Washington County, Arkansas, Sara Ann Maxwell who was born on July 31, 1832 in Arkansas (or Madison County, Kentucky) and died April 22, 1902 in Rio Vista, Johnson County, Texas. Sara's parents were William and Ann Rae Billingsly Maxwell. John and Sara are both buried in the Grange Hall Cemetery, Johnson County, Texas.
The children of John and Sara:
- William Henry "Billy" Pyeatt
b: 11 Jul 1852 Cane Hill, Washington Co, AR d: 29 Oct 1941 Amarillo, TX m: 25 Jun 1882, Cleberne, TX, Lucetta Ann Gatewood b: 22 Sep 1858 TN d: 8 Jan 1901 near Silverton, TX
- Finis Ewing Pyeatt b: 14 May 1854 AR (probably Cane Hill, Washington County) d: 4 Feb 1925 (buried Burkburnett, TX) m: 2 May 1878 Frances 'Fannie' Elizabeth Sly/Sligh b: Mar 1854 AR
- Martha Ann Pyeatt
b: 6 Mar 1856 Washington Co, AR d: 3 Sep 1938 Shamrock, Wheeler Co, TX m: 25 Nov 1875 Dr. Evalyn Laban Menefee b: 3 Oct 1853 Joshua, Johnson Co, TX d: 9 Apr 1929 Muleshoe, Bailey Co, TX
- Elizabeth "Betty" Jane "Janey" Pyeatt b: 4 May 1858 AR (probably Cane Hill, Washington County) d: 28 Mar 1892 Rio Vista, Johnson Co, TX (buried Grange Hall Cemetery, Johnson Co, TX) m: aft 1880 Henry Gatewood (probably born c1859 TN son of Henry and Lucinda Gatewood who were a few houses away from John and Sarah on the 1880 census of Johnson Co, TX)
- Charlie Davis Pyeatt b: 9 Jul 1860 Rio Vista, Johnson Co, TX d: Jul 1917 Hadley, TX (buried Caddo Cemetery, Joshua, Johnson Co, TX) m: Sep 1886 Nona M Toler b: 1869 d: 1949 (buried Caddo Cemetery, Joshua, Johnson Co, TX)
- James F Pyeatt (not listed by all researchers) b: 10 Jun 1861 (some researchers have 10 Jun 1862 or 1860 or 1863) Rio Vista, Johnson Co, TX d: 1928 (some researchers have 5 Dec 1931) (buried Grange Hall Cemetery, Johnson Co, TX) m: Lucinda "Lou" Jean Alford b: May 1878 d: 1965 (buried Grange Hall Cemetery, Johnson Co, TX)
- John M Pyeatt b: 8 Apr 1866 (or 10 Jun 1866 (or 1867)) Rio Vista, Johnson Co, TX d: 14 May 1936 Claude, Armstrong Co, TX (buried Claude Cemetery, Armstrong Co, TX) m: Gillie Mae Rude b: 7 Jul 1870 d: 22 Feb 1943 (buried Claude Cemetery, Armstrong Co, TX)
- Sarah Josephine "Sallie" Pyeatt b: 13 Apr 1869 Rio Vista, Johnson Co, TX d: 27 Sep 1950 Mangum, OK m: 1888 Samuel D Rude
- Benjamin A Pyeatt (not listed by all researchers) b: 1 Jul 1872 (some researchers have 1873) Rio Vista, Johnson Co, TX d: 3 Dec 1943 Memphis, TX (buried Fairview Cemetery, Memphis, Hall Co, TX) m: 11 Dec 1895 Aurelia Adella Hoory b: 14 Feb 1875 TX d: 25 Jun 1971 (buried Fairview Cemetery, Memphis, Hall Co, TX)
- Edward Pyeatt b: 19 Feb 1874 Johnson Co, TX d: 6 Jun 1960 (buried Grange Hall Cemetery, Johnson Co, TX) m: Lula H Gatewood b: 18 Jul 1877 d: 3 May 1959 (buried Grange Hall Cemetery, Johnson Co, TX)
- Mary E "Mollie" Pyeatt b: 6 Apr 1876 Rio Vista, Johnson Co, TX d: 20 Nov 1932 Rio Vista, Johnson Co, TX (buried Rio Vista Cemetery, Rio Vista, Johnson Co, TX) m: 13 Dec 1899 Charles E Nanny b: 27 Oct 1872 Dallas Co, TX d: 22 Jun 1956 Rio Vista, Johnson Co, TX (buried Rio Vista Cemetery, Rio Vista, Johnson Co, TX)
John and family can be found on the 1860 census of Texas, Johnson County, Nolands River District as follows:
- Pyatt, John H age 30 born AR / M / $350/$1375 / Stock Raiser
- Pyatt, Sarah A age 28 born AR / F / Housekeeper
- Pyatt, Wm age 8 born AR / M
- Pyatt, Ewing age 6 born AR / M
- Pyatt, Martha A age 4 born AR / F
- Pyatt, Elizabeth A age 2 born AR / F
- Maxwell, S M age 23 born AR / M / $0/$950 / Stock Raiser
- Maxwell, Ann R age 60 born TN / F / $0/$180 / Domestic pg 481
Ann R Maxwell was Sarah's mother and I would assume that S M Maxwell would have been a brother of Sarah's.
John and family lived in ED 82 of Johnson County, Texas, during the 1880 census:
- Pyatt, John H age 50 born AR / WM / Married / Farmer / father/mother born KY
- Pyeatt, Sarah A (Wife) age 47 born AR / WF / Married / Keeping House / father/mother born KY
- Pyeatt, William H (Son) age 27 born AR / WM / Single / father/mother born AR
- Pyeatt, Bettie J (Daughter) age 22 born AR / WF / Single / At Home / father/mother born AR
- Pyeatt, Charles D (Son) age 19 born TX / WM / Single / At Home / father/mother born AR
- Pyeatt, James F (Son) age 17 born TX / WM / Single / At Home / father/mother born AR
- Pyeatt, John M (Son) age 13 born TX / WM / Single / At Home / father/mother born AR
- Pyeatt, Sarah (Daughter) age 11 born TX / WF / Single / At Home / father/mother born AR
- Pyeatt, Benjamin A (Son) age 7 born TX / WM / Single / At Home / father/mother born AR
- Pyeatt, Edward (Son) age 6 born TX / WM / Single / At Home / father/mother born AR
- Pyeatt, Mary E (Daughter) age 4 born TX / WF / Single / At Home / father/mother born AR (this family enumerated pg 273)
Living next door was son, Finis and his wife:
- Pyeatt, Finis E age 26 born AR / WM / Married / Farmer / father/mother born AR
- Pyeatt, Fannie E (Wife) age 26 born AL / WF / Married / Keeping House / father/mother born AL (this family enumerated pg 273)
By the 1900 census, John had died and the widowed Sarah was living with one of her sons (I guess you could say he was living with her) in Precinct 2, Johnson County, Texas, as follows:
- Pyeatt, Sarrah A born Jul 1832 AR age 67 / wwf / 11 children/10 living / father born KY/mother born TN
- Pyeatt, Edward (son) born Feb 1874 TX age 26 / mwm / married 3 yrs / father/mother born AR
- Pyeatt, Lula (daughter-in-law) born Jul 1877 TX age 22 / mwf / married 3 yrs / 1 child/1 living / father/mother born GA
- Pyeatt, Seth (grandson) born Oct 1898 TX age 1 / swm / father/mother born TX
This family was enumerated #288/300 pg 164b. At #289 and #290 were her sons James F Pyeatt and Benjamin A Pyeatt. On the next page at #297 was her son, Finis E Pyeatt; and son, Charles D Pyeatt was in Precinct #3 on page #215. Son, William H Pyeatt, was in Briscoe County, Texas. Her daughter, Martha Ann Menefee, was in Greer County, Oklahoma. I did not locate daughter, Elizabeth's, widowed husband (and possible children); John M Pyeatt; or recently married Mary E Nanny. Their neighbors were ?Chapin, James Pyeatt, Ben J Pyeatt, Bryant Horry, John Sanders, Robert Gatewood, Harry Gatewood, William Bailey, and Joe Lacewell.
Inscriptions from the Rio Vista Cemetery, Rio Vista, Johnson County, Texas, for this family (and collateral lines) are as follows:
- Reed, Percy Ellis 29-Apr-1888 29-Nov-1940 *
- Reed, Eugene Ellis 24-Oct-1922 01-Oct-1972 *
- Reed, Bobby Lee 06-Mar-1935 25-Mar-1965 *
- Reed, Helen Lou 07-Jul-1922 11-Jun-1973
- Chalmers, M. Reed, Jr. 01-Apr-1925 22-Jan-1987 *
- Reed, Ethel Rose 1881 1962
- Reed, Helen Lou 07-Jul-1922 11-Jun-1973
- Reed, Chalmers M. Sr. 06-Feb-1898 04-Jul-1978 *
- Pluge, John 14-Feb-1900 13-Aug-1973 *
- Pluge, Alliene L. 27-Feb-1907 26-Mar-1977
- Reed, Clarence O. 25-Apr-1893 04-Apr-1960 *
- Reed, Mabe M. 13-Jan-1905
- Gatewood, Euchlite 22-Jul-1890 15-Apr-1949
- Gatewood, Nora Lee 24-Nov-1887 20-Nov-1959
- Nanny, Charles E. 27-Oct-1872 22-Jun-1956
- Nanny, Mollie E. 06-Apr-1876 20-Nov-1932
- Chapman, Nora Alice 1874 1925
- Nanny, Mrs. Manerva 31-Aug-1846 22-Aug-1926
- Nanny, A. W. 16-Mar-1845 05-Dec-1918
- Nanny, Clyde G. 20-Dec-1900 30-Jun-1943 *
- Smith, Nan 17-Jul-1930 05-Sep-1932
- Nanny, Keith 31-Dec-1908 30-Mar-1928 *
- Nanny, Mintie 11-Jul-1881 28-Aug-1936 *
- Nanny, William Herman 20-Oct-1875 13-Mar-1943 *
- Menefee, Infant 11-Dec-1909 11-Dec-1909
- Menefee, Jessie Franke 19-Mar-1915 18-Dec-1929
- McKinney, Mrs. James 03-Jan-1847 23-Dec-1910
- Menefee, Lesbie C. 20-Jul-1885 09-Jul-1953
- Menefee, W. A., Sr. 18-Mar-1881 01-Sep-1947
- Menefee, Warren A. 09-Mar-1858 25-Nov-1908
- Menefee, Mattie Elizabeth 12-Feb-1859 27-Jan-1918 *
- Alford, John T. 01-Feb-1876 25-Nov-1955
- Alford, Willie 04-Aug-1885 08-Jul-1937
- Alford, William T. 08-Dec-1914 10-Sep-1944 *
- Alford, Charlie N. 12-Feb-1842 11-Jan-1916 *
- Alford, Mate E. 05-Mar-1843 25-Nov-1917 *
- Alford, N.W. 15-Jun-1880 17-Apr-1922 *
- Alford, H. D. 29-May-1870 01-Dec-1925 *
- Day, Earnest Patrick 13-Nov-1938 13-Nov-1938
- May, Lela May 04-Jan-1908 25-Sep-1969 *
- Colquitt, Fred A 15-Feb-1885 28-Nov-1923
- Colquitt, Maude L 11-Feb-1885 11-Jul-1968
- Colquitt, William Pyeatt 15-Nov-1912 05-Oct-1975
- Steadman, Gene W. 23-May-1937 10-Feb-1978
- Colquitt, Henry W. 09-Oct-1881 11-Aug-1934
- Colquitt, Lena M. 14-Feb-1884 31-Oct-1960
- Colquitt, William Pyeatt 15-Nov-1912 05-Oct-1975
- Reed, Rabe Clinton, Jr, (Ray) 01-Dec-1927 31-Mar-1984
- Myers, Robert Nov 1841 10 Mar 1916 05 34 1
- Myers, Christene 28 May 1856 05 May 1940 (w/o Robert Myers) 05 34 2
- Pyeatt, Lelia 19 Jun 1868 25 Feb 1941 05 34 10 (plot owned by A A Pyeatt)
- Pyeatt, Mrs. (no marker; plot owned by A A Pyeatt) 05 34 11
- Pyeatt, A (no marker; plot owned by A A Pyeatt) 05 34 12
- Wilson, Ninnie 1882 28 Jun 1955 (w/o Ed Wilson) (plot owned by R A Myers) 05 34 3
- Wilson, Edward A 1883 06 Jun 1966 (plot owned by RA Myers) 05 34 3
Other various cousins and family are buried in this very large cemetery. A more complete list can be found on the cemetery page and the complete census can be viewed at Rio Vista Cemetery.
Inscriptions from the Grange Hall Cemetery, Johnson County, Texas, for this family are as follows:
- Baldwin, Rosa Pyeatt Oct 03, 1903 Sep 01, 1947 'Mother'
- Pyeatt, Cora H. Dec 12, 1911 Dec 03, 1915
- Pyeatt, Earl Nov 09, 1889 'aged 3 yrs, 10 mos, 24 days son of P. E. & E. F.'
- Pyeatt, Edward Feb 19, 1874 Jun 06, 1960 Pop (shares stone with Lula H. Pyeatt)
- Pyeatt, Lula H. Jul 18, 1877 May 03, 1959 Mother
- Pyeatt, J. F. 1860 1928 (shares stone with Lucinda J. Pyeatt)
- Pyeatt, Lucinda J. 1877 1965 Mama
- Pyeatt, John H. Nov 08, 1829 Jun 30, 1889 Father
- Pyeatt, Sarah A. Jul 31, 1832 Apr 22, 1902 Mother
- Pyeatt, Infants 'babies of E. D. & L. H.' [Edward and Lula]
- Pyeatt, Infant Sep 09, 1886 Sep 09, 1886 'son of W. H. & E. F.'
- Pyeatt, Earl Nov 09, 1889 aged 3 yrs, 10 mos, 24 days son of P. E. & E. F.'
- Pyeatt, Wade H. Feb 24, 1892 Nov 10, 1896 'son of F. E. & E. F.'
- Pyeatt, Robert Ewing Jun 29, 1910 Jun 09, 1961
Sources:
- John Pluge 9213 Crockett Place, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772-5208 egulpj@wmconnect.com
- Yearwood-Marion Family History website
- JONESGEN@aol.com
- E Leon Daniel ELeonDaniel@aol.com
- Jason Reed ph_4_13@yahoo.com
- 1860/1880 Johnson County, TX federal census
- 1900 Johnson County, TX federal census
- Grange Hall Cemetery Inscriptions
- Rio Vista Cemetery Inscriptions http://users.htcomp.net/JCGS/RioVista.htm
- http://members.cox.net/ourside/html/fam00068.html
- Claude Cemetery Inscriptions
Updated Aug 2012
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