Benjamin Pyatt

Brief Life History of Benjamin

When Benjamin Pyatt was born in November 1849, in Crawford, Missouri, United States, his father, Benjamin Pyatt, was 37 and his mother, Avis Eggers, was 36. He married Sarah E. Palmer on 25 September 1868, in Crawford, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. He lived in Osage Township, Crawford, Missouri, United States for about 20 years. He died on 29 October 1903, in Crawford, Missouri, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Cherryville, Crawford, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Benjamin Pyatt
1849–1903
Sarah E. Palmer
1844–1928
Marriage: 25 September 1868
John W Pyatte
1871–
George W Pyatte
1873–1951
James Andrew Nickols Pyatt
1878–1958
Benjamine F Pyatte
1887–1969

Sources (10)

  • Ben Piatt, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Benjamin Pyatt, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
  • Benjiman Pyatt, "United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949"

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World Events (8)

1862

Historic Boundaries: 1862: Crawford, Missouri, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

Name Meaning

English (mainly Staffordshire): nickname either from Middle English piot ‘magpie’ (Old French pïot, a diminutive of Old French pie), commonly used to denote a chattering woman, or alternatively from an unrecorded Middle English pyard, an uncomplimentary term derived from the same Old French word + -(h)ard. Compare Pye .

Variant of Piatt , a surname of French and Walloon origin.

History: This surname (see 2 above) is listed along with the variant Piatt in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors.

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

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