J. PYATT owns 200 acres of well-improved land in Section 33, of this township. He is native of Ohio, born in Seneca County, March 5, 1829, and first came to this county with his parents, Moses and Elizabeth (Parker) Pyatt, who were of French and Irish descent, in the fall of 1839, where they remained three years; then went to Kendall County, Ill., resided three years and returned. The mother died May 9, 1866; her husband the 24th of the following June. Both were members of the Disciples' Church. The subject began working in the saw-mill at Milford at the age of twenty-one, receiving from $13 to $20 per month, and by the strictest economy he purchased a farm of eighty acres at $5 per acre, built a good frame house, and in the fall of 1855 was free from debt. January 1, 1856, he married Julia Swogger, daughter of Isaac and Susannah Swogger, natives of Ohio, of German descent. They have three children -Ada, who married Eugene Nichols December 26, 1875; Amanda and Charles W. For a period of about twenty years, he was never more than twenty-five miles away from home; but October 30, 1876, he saw his neighbor, Mr. Acton, starting out, en route for the Centennial, and, without further ceremony, Mr. Pyatt concluded to accompany him, and did so, returning in time to vote for Tilden and Hendricks. Mr Pyatt's property is estimated at about $24,000.


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1882 History of La Grange County Indiana
F.A. Battey & Co., 1882