William Harris Pyeatt

PYEATT, William - Mr. William Harris Pyeatt died at his home two miles northwest of Prairie Grove on Monday December 18 after ten days illness of pneumonia. Mr. Pyeatt was born in this county September 18, 1839 and came from a family of stalwart pioneers. All of his life has been spent in this county he being the last of three brothers, John and Preston Pyeatt having passed away several years ago. Mr. Pyeatt was a man of indominitable courage when the question of right and wrong was at stake and he never failed to do the right. In his discipline in his home he was firm though gentle, always taking the time to explain to the child why things should be thus. When a boy Mr. Pyeatt made a profession of religion at a revival held at Cane Hill while a student at Cane Hill College. At the beginning of the Civil War Mr. Pyeatt volunteered as a member of Capt. Jeff Tilley’s Co. and served with it until after the battle of Oak Hills when the command was disbanded. In the fall of 1861 he enlisted in Brook’s Co. of the 1st Arkansas battalion of Cavalry and served with it during the war, surrendering at Vicksburg. On November 25, 1868 he was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Barrington and to this union were born seven sons and three daughters, all of the sons and one daughter were with him in his last hours, two daughters having preceeded him to the grave The children are; B.E. Pyeatt of Cincinnati; W.E. Pyeatt, Butler, Mo.; J.M. Pyeatt, Chloe, Mo.; H.B. Pyeatt, Texas; J.H. Pyeatt, Ponca City, Oklahoma; F.C. Pyeatt, Medicine Lodge, Kansas; H.L. Pyeatt , who lives at the old home. Mrs. Kate Jaggers who has been her fathers’ companion and home keeper for several years was too ill to attend the funeral. The other daughter was Maud Elizabeth who died at the age of two years and Mrs. Douglas Davidson who died at the age of twenty-five years. The funeral took place in the Cumberland Presbyterian church Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock, Rev. E.M. Freyschlag officiating and the burial was made beside his wife in the Prairie Grove Cemetery. The floral offering was large and beautiful. Members of the Prairie Grove Camp of Confederate Veterans and Daughters of the Confederacy sat in a body at the funeral and assisted with the music. [Prairie Grove