John Pyatt and Eliza Jane Hayslip
John Piatt was born September 1, 1831 in Jefferson Township, Adams County, Ohio, to Lewis and Priscilla Newman Pyatt. He was a Civil War veteran and died July 29, 1909, in Scioto County, Ohio. He married c1850, in Adams County, Ohio, to Eliza Jane Hayslip who was born c1836.
John and Eliza had the following children:
- Letha Ann Piatt b 14 Feb 1852, Adams Co OH; d after 1898
- Mary E Piatt b 1854, Adams Co OH; d after 1898
- Priscilla Jane Piatt b 1856 Adams Co OH; d 1870-1898
- Charles Piatt b 1857, Adams Co OH; d after 1898
- Oliver Piatt b 1858, Adams Co OH; d 1910, murdered at Rocky Fork Creek, Scioto Co OH, bur Berea Chapel
- Francis Piatt b 1859, Adams Co OH; d before 1870, Adams Co OH
- Minor Piatt b 1862, Adams Co OH; d 1910, murdered at Rocky Fork Creek, Scioto Co OH, bur Berea Chapel
- John Richard Piatt b 14 Feb 1864, Adams Co OH; d in auto accident, New Boston OH; m Elizabeth Simpson? [Dave Piatt, in a letter of Nov 1980 to Warren Packer stated that John E Piatt, s/o John Piatt Sr m Jane McDine. The IGI record shows his middle name as Richard.]
- Philip Sheridan Piatt b 30 Jun 1865, Jefferson twp, Adams Co OH; d Dec 1866, Jefferson twp, Adams Co OH
- Susannah Belle Piatt b 1866, Adams Co OH, d after 1898; m Doc Welch
- Minne Dell Piatt b 15 Apr 1868, Adams Co OH, d after 1898; m 27 Mar 1890, Adams Co OH, George W Seamon
- Artemitia Piatt b 15 Nov 1872, Adams Co OH, d after 1898; m 5 Mar 1900, Scioto Co OH, Newt McGraw
- Armor Piatt b 14 Aug 1875, Adams Co OH, d after 1898; m 27 Feb 1895, Scioto Co OH, Ida Florence Cook
Since so many of the children listed above were listed as dying after 1898, I would suspect that some of the information above was taken from an 1898 obituary which listed these particular children as survivors. Whose obituary that could have been is not known and is not published in the Piatt Family Newsletter. If not an obituary, some record must have existed which listed these children as being alive in 1898 - perhaps a county biographical sketch of the parents?.
The 1830, 1850 and 1860 census records show a John H Piatt as living in Scioto County, Ohio in Niles township (1830 and 1860) and Union township (1850). In 1840 he was in Tiffin Township, Adams County, Ohio. This John H Piatt was an uncle to the John listed above who married Eliza Jane Hayslip.
An account of the murder of the two Piatt brothers above states that the
murder "shocked the people of Rocky Fork, on the line between Adams and Scioto Counties." Also, the article states that the crime was committed "less than a hundred yards over the Scioto County line."
Certainly, the Scioto County Piatts and the Adams County Piatts were connected but further research is needed to demonstrate those connections.
Sources:
- Piatt Family Newsletter, Volume 6, 1991
Updated June 2001
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