Andrew Jackson Wyatt
Birth
7 May 1841
Edwards County, Illinois, USA
Death
3 Jun 1932 (aged 91)
Richland County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Marion Cemetery
Bennington, Edwards County, Illinois, USA
Olney Advocate, June 9, 1932: Obituary:
Andrew J. Wyatt, 91, died last Friday at home of his son William Wyatt, in the Seminery neighborhood. Funeral service held at Marion Church with burial in the Marion cemetery in north Edwards county. Mr. Wyatt was born May 7, 1841, near West Salem, his parents having located in Edwards county in 1838, coming from Virginia. In 1857 they located in Madison township, Richland County, where he spent most of his live. He married Elizabeth Carlton in 1869. They were the parents of six sons: Walter M., Arthur L., Wilbur S., Robert H., William H., and Harvey J. Wyatt.
Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1887), p.577
“ANDREW JACKSON WYATT, one of the pioneers of Richland County, is now a prosperous farmer of Madison Township, residing on section 29, where he owns and operates about three hundred acres of choice farming land, well-stocked and improved. The neat appearance of his place, with its rich and fertile fields and good buildings, indicates the thrift and enterprise of the owner.
"Mr. Wyatt was born on the 7th of May, 1841, in Edwards County, Ill. His parents, Joseph D. and Mary (Lough) Wyatt, were both natives of Virginia. The former was of Irish and the latter of German descent. They located in Edwards County, Ill., about three years before the birth of our subject, and after a long residence there of about twenty years, came to Richland County in 1857. The family located upon a farm on section 29, Madison Township, where Andrew now resides. Later in life, Joseph Wyatt became a resident of Wayne County, where his death occurred on Christmas Day of 1882. His wife passed away a few years previous, dying in the same county in February 1878.
“The subject of this sketch received but limited school privileges in his youth. During his boyhood, he aided in the labors of his father's farm and also assisted the neighboring farmers. It was on the 18th of February 1869 that a marriage ceremony was performed which united the destinies of Mr. Wyatt and Miss Elizabeth Carlton.
“Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Wyatt have been blessed with six sons, and the family circle yet remains unbroken by the hand of Death. In order of birth they are as follows: Walter M., Arthur L., Wilbur S., Robert H., William A., and Harvey J. The family are all members of the Christian Church, and in politics Mr. Wyatt is an enthusiastic Democrat, warmly advocating the principles of his party.
“Our subject has watched the growth and development of Richland County with increasing interest and satisfaction. When he was a boy, the people in this locality dressed in homespun, and they did their farming with very crude machinery as compared with the improved implements of today. Deer and other wild game supplied the settlers with meat, and bee trees were frequently found, so there was no dearth of food, although the nearest gristmill was twenty-five miles distant. The principal articles taken to market were pork and tobacco, and the hogs were usually driven long distances to a place where sales could be made. In the work of upbuilding and developing the country, Mr. Wyatt has ever done his part as a faithful citizen and well deserves representation in this volume.” (Published in 1887.)
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