John Cunningham Pyeatt was born on September 8, 1837, to Finis Ewing and Elizabeth Maxwell Pyeatt. John died July 16, 1888. He married October 24, 1867, in Washington County, Arkansas (book C pg 308) Julia A West who was born March 9, 1848, and died October 11, 1933. John fought in the Civil War in Gordon's Regiment 1st Arkansas Cavalry. He is buried in the Prairie Grove Cemetery, Washington County, Arkansas.
The synopsis of John's service in the Civil War is as follows:
PYEATT, JNO. C. 1Sgt - Captured 3 Nov 1863 in Washington Co, AR and sent to MP at Alton, IL 15 Aug 1864 then to Point Lookout, MD for exchange 17 Feb 1865 (from http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/4thcof.html).
The known children of John and Julia:
Elizabeth A Pyeatt b: 16 Jul 1868 m: 28 Oct 1891, John Herman Zellner b: 18 May 1868
Julia Zellner b: Aug 1, 1893 m: 16 Sep 1920 Mack Franklin Thompson b: Jul 3, 1888
Herman Frank Thompson b: 6 Oct 1923
Betty Ann Thompson b: 27 Aug 1925
Robert Ewing Pyeatt b: 6 Oct 1870 m: 9 Dec 1896 Washington Co, AR, Lillie O Woodruff
Ewing Philip Pyeatt b: 29 Apr 1900 m: 8 Dec 1822 Lillian Harrison
John Jasper Pyeatt 20 Jan 1907 m: Marjorie Guinn Bott b: 12 Nov 1912
John Samuel Pyeatt b: 29 Sep 1874 m: 20 Mar 1912 Myra Syrena Lloy
Francis Edith Pyeatt b: 14 Jan 1913 m: 20 Sep 1933 Raymond Ellwood Sargeant
Martha Elizabeth Pyeatt b: 2 Sep 1915
John Samuel Pyeatt b: 1 Apr 1931
Audley Pyeatt b: 29 Dec 1876 d: 15 Jan 1877
Martha Ann Pyeatt b: 5 Oct 1878 m: 26 Nov 1902, Dorsey Newton McCormack b: 30 Oct 1866
Robert Samuel McCormack b: 24 Aug 1903 d: 23 Jun 1917
Hayden Dorsey McCormack 10 Jun 1909
Kenneth Pyeatt McCormack b: 23 Jan 1919
Emmett Pyeatt (male) b: 22 Aug 1883 m: 22 Aug 1923 Iva E Jones d: 1923
Florence Jones Pyeatt (adopted) m: Louis C Nelson)
Wallace C Pyeatt b: 25 Oct 1886 m: Francesca Von Piontrowski
The 1870 census of Ray's Mill P O, Marrs Hill Township, Washington County, Arkansas, shows:
Pyatt, F E age 49 born AR / wf / KH (keeping house) / $5000/$2000
Pyatt, P J age 28 born AR / wm / at home
Pyatt, Wm age 18 born AR / wm / at home
Pyatt, J C age 33 born AR / wm / Farmer
Pyatt, J A age 22 born AR / wf / KH (keeping house)
Pyatt, A E age 2 born AR / wf
This family was enumerated #14/14 (F E Pyatt) and 14/15 (J C Pyatt) pg 153B Ray's Mill. Other neighbors were Josiah Roberts, Thos Gibson, James Burton, G W Ashley, Jack Daily, Preston Johnson, James Marrs, D C Thurman, Bolin Smith, S V Marrs, C McChristian, C B Pittigrew, J T Cabe, Robt Gibson, George Gibson, Jonas Burkett. The 'F E' is a female and the right age to be John's mother, Elizabeth Pyeatt. Living next door to this family was Thomas Jefferson 'Jeff' Cabe with his wife, Margaret Pyeatt Pierce Cabe, and their daughter Elizabeth. Jeff had been married to Martha Carnahan Pyeatt Pyeatt Cabe before her death and so was at one time the step-father of John's Dad. Living not too far away at #66 was William M Pyatt.
John and family (and his mother) appeared as follows on the 1880 census of Marrs Hill, Washington County, Arkansas:
Pyeatte, John C age 42 born AR / MWM / farmer / father born TN/mother born AR
Pyeatte, Julia A (wife) age 32 born AR / MWF / keeping house / father/mother born TN
Pyeatte, Elizabeth A (daughter) age 11 born AR / SWF / father/mother born AR
Pyeatte, Robert E (son) age 9 born AR / SWM / father/mother born AR
Pyeatte, Samuel J (son) age 5 born AR / SWM / father/mother born AR
Pyeatte, Martha A (daughter) age 1 born AR / SWF / father/mother born AR
Pyeatte, Elizabeth (mother) age 60 born AR / WWF / at home / father/mother born KY
The family was enumerated #95/95 Marrs Hill pg 501 7th June 1880. Their near neighbors were Barney ?Newberry and Ethan Cantrell. Living at #176 was his brother, Jacob Preston Pyeatte, and at #178 his brother, William H Pyeatte.
I do not have many of the abstracts from 1900 census. Julia and son appeared on the 1910 census of Prairie Grove, Washington County, Arkansas, as follows:
Pyaett, Julia A age 62 born AR / wf / widowed / 6 children/6 living / farmer - fruit farm / father/mother born TN
Pyaett, Wallier (son) age 22 born AR / wm / single / father/mother born AR
This family was enumerated #133/138 pg 100A ED 144 image 11/33; neighbors were William Mack, Wallen Dawn, Robert Simpson, and Frederick Lark. I'm concerned that Julia claimed to have 6 children and 6 living because I have her listed with seven children. Did she forget to count the one who died as an infant? Did Wallace answer these questions and forget about the baby?
Julia's widows application for Civil War pension is summarized as follows:
Pyeatt, Jno C / widow: Julia A Pyeatt / widow's appl #: 29252 / widow's dob: 03/09/1848 / veteran's unit: Capt Reefs Col Gordon's Rgt Arkansas Cavalry / veteran's date of service: 1862-1865 / widow's appl date: 07/15/1927 / county: Washington / veteran's dod: 07/16/18?? / widow's dod: 10/11/1933
Sources:
Yearwood information of Sharilyn Pyeatt
"In Re The Pyeatt or Piatt Family" Kenneth Randolph Pyeatt, Memphis, TN
