Re: Della Cathernine Pyeatt
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In reply to:
Re: Della Cathernine Pyeatt
1/30/00
info on Della Catherine Pyeatt:
proper first name Adella.
born 1862? Cane Hill Washington Co Ark. died Parents Henderson and Emeline(Forsyth) Pyeatt. Brother: Jessie Newton Pyeatt (Newt)
Married Joseph Lafayett Burkett Jun 11, 1882 Brown Co Tx.
Children: Annie (?Anna)Louise, Edgar L, Mae Delle Burkett(provided this info to me), George, Stella, Floyd, Lee, Birdie, Gladys,and John.
Folklore: provided by Mrs Goodwin and MC Pyeatt. Believed Della and Newts parents deceased by 1865. Children raised by their mother's sister Mary Cox and her husband William. Newt developed a dislike and left for Texas. When he was 16, 1875 he returned to Ark on horseback and bought his sister to Mullin in Mills County, Texas. They lived with Bud Forsythe (Emeline's brother).