William and Margaret had the following known children:
I have put the unknown child of Thomas and Margaret that died in the large space between Elmer and Minnie as that is most likely where he was born. He had died by the 1900 census (see below).
"Wm T" was 2 in 1860; "Thomas" was 12 in 1870; and "Thomas" was 22 (school teacher) in 1880 on the Wright County, Missouri, census with his parents.
By the 1900 census, Thomas and Margaret and family appeared as follows:
This family was enumerated #145/148 pg 111B 114/144/7/85 (Ancestry.com image 14/23). On the previous page were William's parents and his brother, John Pyatt, and in Union Township was his brother, Joseph C Pyatt.
On the 1920 census they appeared in Boone Township, Wright County, Missouri:
This family was enumerated 129/142/2/49 - probably Hartville. Their children, Walter Pyatt and Minnie E Pyatt Bunn, were enumerated nearby and next door to William's brother, John R Pyatt.
Margaret was widowed by the 1930 census and appeared in Boone Township, Wright County, Missouri, with her daughter:
This family was enumerated #210/212 pg 85B Apr 1930 (Ancestry.com image 19/24). Living in the house next-door was Maggie's son, Walter Pyatt, and nearby was her brother-in-law, John R Pyatt.
Margaret's death certificate reads as follows:
Missouri State Board of Health; Certificate of Death; County: Wright; Township: Boone; City: (blank); Registration District: 906; Primary Registration District: 6224; File No: 31710; Registered No: 36; Full Name: Margarett Balinda Pyatt; Sex: Female; Color: White; Marital Status: Widowed; Husband or wife: Wm T. Pyatt; Date of Birth: Sept 26 1860; Age: 75 yrs # mnths 4 ds; Occupation: Housewife/Retired; Date last worked: 1928; Total time spent in this occupation: 50 yrs; Birthplace: Wright Co, Mo; Name of father: Joseph B. Kendrick; Birthplace of Father: Don’t Know; Maiden Name of Mother: Louise Hyde; Birthplace of Mother: Don’t Know; Informant: Walter Pyatt; Informant Address: Hartville, Mo; Burial or Removal: Mt Zion; Date: Sept 30, 1935; Undertaker and address: R. M. Garner, Grovespring Mo; Filed: Nov 8, 1935 Carlyn Ellis; Date of Death: Sept 29, 1935; I hereby certify that I attended the deceased from Sept 6, 1935 to Sept 29, 1935 that I last saw her alive on Sept 19, 1935, and that death occurred on the date stated above, at 7 pm. The cause of death was as follows: Carcinoma of Colon (?Trauseveise colon); Date of onset: (blank); Contributory and duration: (blank); Name of operation: (blank); Date of: (blank); What test confirmed diagnosis: (blank); Was there an autopsy: (blank); Signed: J. R. Mott, M. D. (address) Hartville, Mo
An abstract of Minnie's obituary is as follows: Bunn, Minnie Elizabeth: Boone Township; died in Springfield Baptist Hospital at 5:15 p.m. on August 5, 1959; housewife; born Nov. 3, 1894 in Wright County; d/o Thomas W. Pyatt and Margaret Kindrick; w/o Fleet; 1 son Carlyle F. Bunn of Bethesda MD; 1 daughter LaVera Viehl of Clearfield PA; 7 grandchildren. Burial Mt. Zion Cemetery.
Walter's obituary abstract is as follows: Pyatt, Walter Owen: Hartville, MO; died at his home on May 15, 1964; carpenter; born Jan 12, 1914; s/o William A. Pyatt and Docia Bigby nee Todd; h/o Ruth; 2 daughters Karen of Springfield and Sally of the home; 1 son Larry of Kansas City, MO; 2 sisters Opal Bigby of Sand Springs, OK and Lavon Jefferson of Texas; 1 brother Kermit of Springfield; 1 grandchild. Burial Steele Memorial Cemetery.
An abstract of Ruth Pyatt's obituary is as follow: Pyatt, Ruth Jane: Hartville, MO; died at her home on Jan 22, 1972 at 4:30 a.m.; homemaker; born Apr 7, 1918 in Wright Co., MO; d/o Alfred D. Latimer and Mary E. Fuson; 2 daughters Mrs. Karen McGee of Lenexa, KS and Mrs. Sally Culver of Hartville, MO; 1 son Larry J. Pyatt of Kansas City, MO; 1 brother Luther Latimer of Hartville; 1 sister Ethel Cantrell of Boise, ID; 5 grandchildren; 2 step-grandchildren. Burial Steele Memorial Cemetery.
This is the obituary of Docia Todd Pyatt's second husband: Bigby, Edward Clyde: Hartville; died in Cox Medical Center at 12:30 p.m. on Sept. 29, 1970; farmer and janitor; born Oct. 11, 1883 in Stillwell OK; h/o Docia; 4 daughters Vera Mayberry of Monte Bello CA, Eula Alexander of Santa Ana CA, Sue Miller of Tulsa OK and Elizabeth Meeks of Westville OK; 3 sons Ray Bigby of Burbank CA, Clarence Bigby of Sand Springs OK and Walter Bigby of Granger WA; 2 stepdaughters Opal Bigby of Sand Springs OK and Lavon Jefferson of Lone Star TX; 1 stepson Kermit Pyatt of Springfield MO; 1 sister Kate Bigby of Westville OK; 21 grandchildren; a number of great-grandchildren. Burial Marshfield Cemetery.
These obituaries relate to Ruth's family:
Latimer, Mary E.: Wright Co., MO; died at Goss & Stradler, Springfield on Mar 6, 1956; housewife; born Sep 3, 1879 in Wright, MO; d/o Jonathon Akins Fuson born in Tennessee and Martha Jane Wood; w/o Alfred D. Latimer; 2 daughters Ethel Cantrell of Lewiston, ID and Ruth Pyatt of Hartville, MO; 1 son Luther Latimer of Hartville, MO; 1 sister Essie Findley of Hartville; 9 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren. Burial Little Creek Cemetery.
Latimer, Alfred Delford: Hartville, MO; died Jun 25, 1960 at 11:30; farmer; born Nov 18, 1883 in Wright Co., MO; s/o William Latimer and Amanda Huffstetler; h/o Belle; 1 son Luther Latimer of Hartville; 2 daughters Ethel Cantrell of Orofino, ID and Ruth Pyatt of Hartville; 9 grandchildren; 8 great-grandchildren. Burial Little Creek Cemetery.
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