Marshall and Jane Pyeatt Sledd
Jane Pyeatt was born in Missouri in 1819. She might have been the daughter of Jacob and Olivia Pyeatt. She married Marshall Sledd who was born in 1819 in Virginia.
The children of Marshall and Jane:
- Marion F Sledd b: Jan 1839 MO m: 1869 Cedar Co, MO, Eliza C Bell b: Nov 1845 MO
- Maria A (Mary C?) Sledd b: c1841 MO
- Matilda J Sledd b: c1843 MO
- Margaret A Sledd b: c1846 MO (might have died bef 1860)
- Andreas Sledd b: c1849 MO (male)
- Malentia/Malida A Sledd b: Oct 1849 MO d: 11 Mar 1914 Pacific, Boles Twp, Franklin Co, MO m1: 27 Feb 1868 Jefferson Co, MO,(by Isaac Sullens, Minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Jefferson Co., Mo) William Downs Byrd (s/o William Downs Byrd and Eliza Barksdale) b: 25 May 1844 MO m2: bef 1880 Adolphus Bruce b: 1853 IN d: 3 Mar 1924 Deaconess Hospital, St. Louis, St. Louis Co, MO (buried Pacific, MO)
- Martha J Bruce b: 1871 MO
- Edward Bruce b: Aug 1879 MO [did he marry Katie Pyatt daughter of Eldridge and Elizabeth Mathews Pyatt?]
- Robert Bruce b: Jan 1883 MO
- three child b&d: bef 1900
- Almira Ellen Sledd b: c1851-1853 MO m: 23 Nov 1865 St. Louis, St. Louis Co, MO, William Winn b: c1840 MO
- Julia Winn b: c1868 MO
- Elmira Winn b: c1872 MO
- William Luther Sledd b: 8 Jan 1856 MO (or 1854 MO) d: 28 May 1916 St. Louis, St Louis Co, MO m: c1890 (probably St Louis, MO) Anna Lorraine Mitchell b: 18 Sep 1871 St. Louis, St. Louis Co, MO d: 26 Mar 1946 St. Louis, St. Louis Co, MO (buried Sunset Burial Park, St. Louis, MO)
- Louisa O Sledd b: 1857 MO (1880 w/ parent)
- Charles E Sledd b: 1859 MO
The family appeared as follows on the 1850 census of Meramac Township, St Louis Co, MO:
- Sled, Marshall age 31 born VA / male / farmer / $800
- Sled, Jane age 31 born MO / female
- Sled, Marian age 11 born MO / female (error?)
- Sled, Maria A age 9 born MO / female
- Sled, Mathida? age 7 born MO / female
- Sled, Margaret A age 4 born MO / female
- Sled, Andreas age 1 born MO / male
This family was enumerated Sept 1850 at #1583/1613. Their neighbors were #1584 Jacob Hamilton, #1585 Bartholomew Chesser, #1586 William Keller, #1587 David Keller, #1588 John Gutermutt, #1589 George Guttermutt, #1590 John Gutermutt.
On the 1860 census the family appeared as follows in Fenton, Meramec Twp, St. Louis County, MO:
- Sledd, Marshall age 40 born VA / male / T?n Farmer / $0/$975
- Sledd, Jane age 40 born MO / female
- Sledd, Marion F age 21 born MO / male / ?Afst Farmer / att school
- Sledd, Mary E age 18 born MO / female / att school
- Sledd, Matilda J age 16 born MO / female / att school
- Sledd, Malita A age 13 born MO / female / att school
- Sledd, Almira E age 9 born MO / female / att school
- Sledd, Wm L E age 6 born MO / male / att school
- Sledd, Louisa O age 3 born MO / female
- Sledd, Charles E age 3/12 born MO / male
- Alexander, Geo age 25 born IA / male / Farm Laborer
This family was enumerated #756/732 26th July 1860 pg 998B (ancestry image 20/52); neighbors were #747 John Potterfield, #748 Marion Bittick, #749 Julius Young; #750 John S Gano?, #751 Lorenzo D Votaw, #752 Henry Buckstatt, #753 Louise Brinkley, #754 Jacob Reed, #755 Ignace Augustin?, #757 Elisha Pyeatt, #758 Jacob Fisher, #759 JOhn Adams, #760 Jacob Block, #761 Isaac Brooks, #762 Dwight Hill, #763 Jeremiah Cookley, #764 Michael Welsh, #765 John Fleming.
On the 1870 census they were in Melrose PO, Meramac Township in St Louis Co, MO:
- Sledd, Marshall age 51 born VA / farmer / $0/$100
- Sledd, Jane age 51 born MO / Keeping House / cannot write
- Sledd, William age 16 born MO / at home / att school
- Sledd, Louise age 13 born MO / at home / att school
- Sledd, Marion age 31 born MO / farm laborer
- Sledd, Eliza age 24 born MO / Keeping House
This family was enumerated #146/147 Melrose PO Meramec Twp (ancestry pg 37/96)). Eliza was Marion's wife. Searches for Mary/Maria and Matilda J turned up no likley matches in Meramac Township.
This family appeared as follows on the 1880 census of St Louis Co, Meramec Twp, MO:
- Sledd, Marshall age 60 born VA / wm / married / farmer / father/mother born VA
- Sledd, Jane (wife) age 60 born MO / wf / married / Keeping House / father born PA/mother born KY
- Sledd, William L (son) age 25 born Mo / wm / single / works on farm / father born VA/mother born MO
- Sledd, Louisa (daughter) age 21 born MO / wf / single / at home / father born VA/mother born MO
- Winn, Julia (granddaughter) age 11 born MO / wf / single / at home / att school / father/mother born MO
- Winn, Elmira (granddaughter) age 8 born Mo / wf / single / at home / att school / father/mother born MO
- Atkins, Aaron (servant) age 17 born MO / wm / single / servant / father/mother born MO
This family was enumerated 8th & 9th Jun 1880 pg 16 ED 187 Meramec Twp. Their next door neighbor, #137/139 was Isaac Hetterbrand (thought to be the son of Nancy Pyeatt and Isaac Hildebrand. Other neighbors were #133 Josephine Desmonds, #134 Joseph Buscher, #135 William Maxwell, #136 George Renneberg, #139 Adophus Bruce, #140 Samuel Spears, #141 Alexander Smith). Their son, Marion, was in Linn Township, Cedar County, Missouri. Here is the enumeration of their daughter living nearby in Meramec Township:
- Bruce, Adolphus age 30 born IN / wm / laborer / father/mother born IN
- Bruce, Maleatin/Malentia (wife) age 28 born MO / wf / keeping house / father born VA/mother born MO
- Bruce, Martha J (daughter) age 9 born MO / wf / at home / father born VA/mother born MO (?error, should be 'IN' not 'VA)
- Bruce, Edward age 8/12 born Sept MO / wm / at home / father born VA/mother born MO (?Error, should be 'IN' not 'VA')
Adolphus Bruce's family eventually ended up in Pacific, Boles Township, Franklin County, Missouri. This is the same place that Jane Pyeatt Sledd's brother, Elisha Pyeatt lived. It is also thought Elisha's wife, Francis Bohle was the daughter of Benjamin Boley and Evelina Sledd (who was the sister of Marshall and Wilson Sledd).
I would assume that both Marshall and Jane were dead by the 1900 census. Their son, Marion Sledd, and family were enumerated in Linn Township, Cedar County, Missouri. I need to locate the rest of this family. Attempts to locate Louisa on the 1900 census turned up no likely matches.
Marshall's daughter's death certificate gave the following information: Malida Bruce born Oct 1849 MO; died 11 Mar 1914 Pacific, Boles Twp, Franklin Co, MO age 65 yrs; white married female; father Marchel Sledd born VA; mother ____ Pyatt born MO; informant Adolphus Bruce of Pacific, MO; buried Pacific City Cemetery, Pacific, Franklin Co, MO
Sources:
- John Kielch of Bakersfield, CA research
- 1850 - 1880 census of St Louis Co, MO
- 1910 St Louis City census
- St. Louis Post Dispatch
- Death certificate of William L Sledd
- Death certificate of Anna Lorraine Sledd
- Death certificate of Julia Mae Sledd
- Death certificate of Malida Sledd Bruce
Updated Nov 2012
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