Edward Sterling Wyatt

Brief Life History of Edward Sterling

When Edward Sterling Wyatt was born on 6 July 1863, in Johnson, Missouri, United States, his father, Benjamin Berry Wyatt, was 42 and his mother, Sarah Ann Mansfield, was 41. He lived in Crittenden, Kentucky, United States in 1870. He died about 1926, at the age of 64.

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Family Time Line

Benjamin Berry Wyatt
1821–1873
Sarah Ann Mansfield
1822–1867
Mary Elizabeth Wyatt
1844–1844
Louise Mildred Wyatt
1846–1913
James Henry Wyatt
1848–1904
Margaret Ellen Wyatt
1849–1870
John C Wyatt
1851–1866
Brunetta Eugenia Wyatt
1853–1927
Emma Wilkerson Wyatt
1855–1936
Fannie Belle Wyatt
1857–1925
Benjamin Franklin Wyatt
1859–1899
Sallie Price Wyatt
1861–
Edward Sterling Wyatt
1863–1926
Kirby Smith Wyatt
1865–1878
Wyatt
1867–1867

Sources (1)

  • Edwd Wyatt in household of B B Wyatt, "United States Census, 1870"

World Events (8)

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

1865 · The Assassination of a President

"While attending the play ""Our American Cousin"" in Ford's Theatre, actor John Wilkes Booth climbed up the stairs to the suite that President Abraham Lincoln and his wife resided. Once inside the suite Booth pulled out his pistol and shot The President in the head. In critical condition The President was carried out of the theatre for urgent medical attention. Unfortunately, Lincoln died the following day. Abraham Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated, and his death caused a period of national mourning both in the North and South."

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

English:

from the Middle English personal names Wiot or Wiet. These are often pet forms of Wy, from ancient Germanic Wido (see Guy , compare Wyand 1). Wy is the usual Norman French form of the name; the Parisian French form is Guy. Wiot was also used as a diminutive of William . As a surname Wyot(t) became Wyatt during the 16th century.

in Suffolk, this is sometimes a variant of Wyard, from the Middle English personal name Wiard, which is generally from Old English Wīgheard, which is composed of the elements wīg ‘battle’ + heard ‘bold, brave’. Occasionally it may be from Old French Wiard, ancient Germanic Withard (see Viard ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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