J H Timothy Pyatt and Minnie S Nelson

He married on November 15, 1900 Minnie Sophie Nelson who was born February 3, 1884, in Missouri to Marion and Martha King Nelson. Minnie died February 10, 1950. Tim and Minnie are both buried in the Boss Cemetery, Dent County, Missouri.

Tim and Minnie had the following known children:

• Jesse O Pyatt b: c1903 MO (buried Hardin, Illinois) m1: Gertie Nickels (d/o Thomas W and Jane Williams Nickels; gd/o William and Eliza Nickles and William D and Mary Elizabeth McQuiree Williams) of Mtn Herman, Dent County, MO
  • Adda Adean Pyatt b: 7 Dec 1938 d: 18 Sep 1939
  • several other children
  • one married son d: 1968 (buried in Illinois)
  m2: Lora May Raper (d/o Jack Raper and Mincie Nelson Raper Hedrick) b: 7 Sep 1901 Dent Co, MO d: 24 Feb 1962 Boss, Dent Co, MO (buried Boss Cemetery, Boss, Dent Co, MO)
  • Howard Alvin Pyatt b: 21 Jan 1924 Boss, Dent Co, MO m: Mary Lou Hemington b: Rock Island, IL
    • Howard Alvin Pyatt, Jr m: Barbara Dodson (ch: Kris, Charish, Jeffrey and Steven)
    • Melba Pyatt m: Ronnie Bryant (ch: Robbie and Rusty)
    • Jerry Pyatt m: Rhonda Bateson (ch: Chad and Samantha)
    • Terry Pyatt m: Mary Jane Martin (ch: Cory and Tara Marie)
    • Danny Pyatt m: Carol Whitecotton (ch: Timothy)
    • Dennis Pyatt
    • Dave Pyatt m: Deloris White (four step-children)
  • Eldon Pyatt
• William Courtney Pyatt b: 27 Dec 1904 MO d: 12 Nov 1995 m: Silvia Mae Hedrick b: 17 Aug 1906 d: Jun 1986
• Roma/Romey C Pyatt (son) b: c1907 MO
  • Wilfred Herbie Pyatt m: 29 Dec 1945 Myrtle Lou Davis
• Grandbell Buford Pyatt b: c1910 MO
• Virgil Pyatt b: c1913 MO
• Lonzo Pyatt b&d: 1914
• Billie Pyatt (do not see on any census; if this is 'William Courtney' then there weren't 10 children. MCP)
• Vernie Pyatt b: c1918 m: Glenn Major
• Bonnie Pyatt m: Lawrence Wofford
• Emil Pyatt b&d: 1921

Timothy and family appeared on the 1910 census, in Osage Township, Dent County, Missouri, as follows:

• Pyatt, James T age 34 born MO / wm / married1 for 10 yrs / farmer / general farm / father/mother born MO
• Pyatt, Minnie ?S (wife) age 26 born MO / wf / married1 for 10 yrs / 4 children/4 living / father born TN/mother born ?KY
• Pyatt, Jessie O (son) age ?7 born MO / wm / single / father/mother born MO
• Pyatt, William C (son) age 5 born MO / wm / single / father/mother born MO
• Pyatt, Romey C (son) age 3 born MO / wm / single / father/mother born MO
• Pyatt, ?Samuel D (son) age 3/12 born MO / wm / single / father/mother born MO

This family was enumerated #201/203 (Ancestry.com image 11/19). Tim's parents and younger siblings along with two widowed sisters were living at #205/207 (Ancestry.com image 12/19). Also in Osage Township were his brothers John E Pyatt and Newton Pyatt.

By the 1920 census, the family appeared as follows still in Osage Township, Dent County, Missouri:

• Pyatt, James T age 42 born MO
• Pyatt, Minnie S (wife) age 35 born MO
• Pyatt, Jessie O (son) age 18 born MO
• Pyatt, William C (son) age 15 born MO
• Pyatt, Romey C (son) age 12 born MO
• Pyatt, Grendbell B (son) age 10 born MO
• Pyatt, Virgil L (son) age 7 born MO
• Pyatt, Vernie V (daughter) age 1 2/12 born MO

This family was enumerated #31/33/5/26. Also in Osage Township was his brother, Newton Pyatt.

I do not have this family on the 1930 census.

Myrtle Pyatt sent me pages from a manuscript that looks like it might have come from a county genealogical society. Across the top is hand-written 'Families of Boss Cemetery, Dent County, MO'. Here are extracts related to this family starting pg 76:
PYATT FAMILY
Pyatt, Minnie; Born 2-3-1884, Boss; Died 2-10-1950. Her parents were Marion and Martha Nelson and she was married to James Timothy Pyatt on 11-15-1900 and they were the parents of ten children. The children are Jess, Courtney, Roma, Buford, Virgil, Billie, Vernie (Mrs. Glenn Major), Bonnie (Mrs. Lawrence Wofford); and two sons died in infancy, Emil and Lonzo Pyatt. She lived most of her life at Boss. She was converted in 1915 and joined the Assembly of God Church. Several of her sons have established their homes in the State of Illinois. The two daughters reside in Salem.
Pyatt, Lonzo; Born and Died in 1914
Pyatt, Emil; Born and Died in 1921
Pyatt, Adda Adean; Born 12-7-1938; Died 9-18-1939. She was a daughter of Jess and Gertie Nickles Pyatt who have several other children. They had one married son who died in 1968 and was buried in Illinois. Gertie Pyatt is a native of Dent County from the Mt. Herman Community. She was the daughter of Thomas W. and Jane Williams Nickles; and the granddaughter of William and Eliza Nickles, and William D. and Mary Elizabeth McQuiree Williams, all of Dent County.
Pyatt, Lora May; Born 9-7-1901, Dent County; Died 2-24-1962, Boss. Her parents were Jack Raper of Salem and Mincie Nelson Raper Hedrick of Boss. She married Jess Pyatt and they were the parents of two sons, Howard and Eldon Pyatt. Her life was spent in Dent County, most of the time near Boss.

Sources:

• Information of Myrtle Davis Pyatt ML70Pyatt@cs.com 607 N. Main St, Freeburg, IL 62243
• 1910-1920 census of Dent Co, MO
• Boss Cemetery information
• Dent County Missouri Family History pg 241

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