Date of death on stone is wrong--Rachel died Jan. 15, 1900. Her death certificate reports her parents as John McWilliams and Margaret Fisher.
The Columbus Republican
Columbus, Indiana
Thurs., Feb. 10, 1876
On the 3rd inst., a surprise party was given to Grandmother Pyatt, three miles west of Columbus, by her children and neighbors, it being her 71st anniversary.
The Evening Republican
Columbus, Indiana
Thursday, Jan. 18, 1900
Mrs. Rachel Piatt, the oldest lady in Bartholomew county, died at 4 o'clock last Monday at the Piatt residence, four miles southwest of this city, aged 97 years this coming March.
Mrs. Piatt was the mother of eight children, two of whom are still alive. She has twenty-two grandchildren, and twenty-one great-grandchildren.
The funeral occurred from the Piatt residence Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock, conducted by Rev. M.A. Farr. Interment at Mount Pleasant cemetery.
The Columbus Republican
Columbus, Indiana
Thurs., Feb. 10, 1876
On the 3rd inst., a surprise party was given to Grandmother Pyatt, three miles west of Columbus, by her children and neighbors, it being her 71st anniversary.
The Evening Republican
Columbus, Indiana
Thursday, Jan. 18, 1900
Mrs. Rachel Piatt, the oldest lady in Bartholomew county, died at 4 o'clock last Monday at the Piatt residence, four miles southwest of this city, aged 97 years this coming March.
Mrs. Piatt was the mother of eight children, two of whom are still alive. She has twenty-two grandchildren, and twenty-one great-grandchildren.
The funeral occurred from the Piatt residence Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock, conducted by Rev. M.A. Farr. Interment at Mount Pleasant cemetery.
Date of death on stone is wrong--Rachel died Jan. 15, 1900. Her death certificate reports her parents as John McWilliams and Margaret Fisher.
The Columbus Republican
Columbus, Indiana
Thurs., Feb. 10, 1876
On the 3rd inst., a surprise party was given to Grandmother Pyatt, three miles west of Columbus, by her children and neighbors, it being her 71st anniversary.
The Evening Republican
Columbus, Indiana
Thursday, Jan. 18, 1900
Mrs. Rachel Piatt, the oldest lady in Bartholomew county, died at 4 o'clock last Monday at the Piatt residence, four miles southwest of this city, aged 97 years this coming March.
Mrs. Piatt was the mother of eight children, two of whom are still alive. She has twenty-two grandchildren, and twenty-one great-grandchildren.
The funeral occurred from the Piatt residence Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock, conducted by Rev. M.A. Farr. Interment at Mount Pleasant cemetery.
The Columbus Republican
Columbus, Indiana
Thurs., Feb. 10, 1876
On the 3rd inst., a surprise party was given to Grandmother Pyatt, three miles west of Columbus, by her children and neighbors, it being her 71st anniversary.
The Evening Republican
Columbus, Indiana
Thursday, Jan. 18, 1900
Mrs. Rachel Piatt, the oldest lady in Bartholomew county, died at 4 o'clock last Monday at the Piatt residence, four miles southwest of this city, aged 97 years this coming March.
Mrs. Piatt was the mother of eight children, two of whom are still alive. She has twenty-two grandchildren, and twenty-one great-grandchildren.
The funeral occurred from the Piatt residence Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock, conducted by Rev. M.A. Farr. Interment at Mount Pleasant cemetery.
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Rachel Pyatt, Died Jan. 15, 1901, Aged 96 Years (Civil death record reports death date Jan. 15, 1900, Book HD6B, page 8, which concurs with newspaper obituary.)
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