General Information

Birth
18 SEP 1839
Fayetteville, Washingnton County, Arkansas
Death
18 DEC 1922
Prairie Grove Cemetery, Washington County, Arkansas, Arkansas, USA
Burial
Prairie Grove Cemetery, Washiington County, Arkansas

Notes

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

Parents

Finis Ewing Pyeatt
- Father
1816 - 1857
Birth
11 JUL 1816
Arkansas
Death
21 OCT 1857
Arkansas
Burial
Prairie Grove Cemetery, Washington County, Arkansas
Elizabeth Ann Maxwell
- Mother
1820 - 1894
Birth
22 AUG 1820
Arkansas
Death
19 NOV 1894
Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
Prairie Grove Cemetery, Washington County, Arkansas

Spouse

Elizabeth W. Barrington
- Wife
1852 - 1912
Birth
19 JUN 1852
Married
ABT 1887
Death
19 NOV 1912
Prairie Grove, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
Prairie Grove Cemetery, Washington County, Arkansas

Children

Henry Lee Pyeatt
- Son
1890 - 1941
Birth
1890
Death
31 OCT 1941
Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
Prairie Grove Cemetery, Washington County, Arkansas
James Henry Pyeatt
- Son
1886 - 1976
Birth
9 APR 1886
Prairie Grove, Washington County, Arkansas
Death
17 JUL 1976
Bentonville, Benton County, Arkansas
Burial
19 JUL 1976
Prairie Grove Cemetery, Washington County, Arkansas