When Rachel Irene Pyatt was born on 21 February 1916, in Cherryville, Crawford, Missouri, United States, her father, Daniel Washington Pyatt, was 38 and her mother, Cora Luvice Anderson, was 32. She married James Headley Massey in December 1937, in Chandler, Lincoln, Oklahoma, United States. She lived in Osage Township, Crawford, Missouri, United States for about 10 years. She died on 16 December 1989, in Sullivan, Franklin, Missouri, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Cherryville, Crawford, Missouri, United States.
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U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
A farmer’s revolt known as the Green Corn Rebellion resulted due to frustration toward landowners and local authorities. A small group of wealthy landowners obtained property by fraudulent means which forced many Oklahoma farmers into a tenancy in 1917. Many farmers joined the Working Class Union who became hostile toward county officials. Hundreds of men gathered on the farm of John Spears in Sasakwa where they planned to march to Washington to repeal the draft act and end the war. Their plan included eating green corn and beef along the way, which gave the rebellion its name. An informer alerted authorities and their effort was halted as several groups collided with the rebels, firing shots into the air. The men scattered, three were killed, over 400 were arrested, and 150 were convicted and received federal prison sentences.
The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
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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