William M Pylant, 18471910 (aged 63 years)

Name
William M /Pylant/
Given names
William M
Surname
Pylant
Birth
Unique identifier: 561188DCA9C5042BA4494FC262BEB6D4
Record ID number: MH:IF351
Death of a paternal grandfather
Unique identifier: 561188DCF36EE40974494FC262BEB6D4
Record ID number: MH:IF25
Burial of a paternal grandfather
Unique identifier: 561188DCF37E440994494FC262BEB6D4
Record ID number: MH:IF26

tombstone inscription:
John Pylant
Died
18th June 1851
aged 82 years

Census
Unique identifier: 561188DCAE26042C34494FC262BEB6D4
Record ID number: MH:IF356
Shared note: in parents' household

in parents' household

Death of a sister
before 1870 (aged 23 years)
Unique identifier: 561188DCA3D1042A64494FC262BEB6D4
Record ID number: MH:IF339
Marriage
Unique identifier: 561189076DCF341644494FC262BEB6D4
Record ID number: MH:FF6328
Birth of a daughter
Unique identifier: 561188E734A08B1504494FC262BEB6D4
Record ID number: MH:IF48136
Death of a father
Unique identifier: 561188DC98BB0428B4494FC262BEB6D4
Record ID number: MH:IF325

Obit: The People's Banner, Thursday, November 2, 1876: Mr. John A. Pylant, so long and well known as a former citizen of this place and Elmore and Coosa counties, who with his wife, went out to where their children are in Texas last winter, died there on the 7th of last month.

Burial of a father
Unique identifier: 561188DC99BC0428D4494FC262BEB6D4
Record ID number: MH:IF326

tombstone inscription:
Masonic Emblem
John A Pylant
BORN
Wake County, N.C.
Jan. 29, 1810
DIED
Sept. 30, 1876

Birth of a son
Unique identifier: 561188DF82964C74A4494FC262BEB6D4
Record ID number: MH:IF18239
Census
1880 (aged 33 years)
Unique identifier: 561188DCAC5D042BF4494FC262BEB6D4
Record ID number: MH:IF354
Death of a mother
Unique identifier: 561188DCA1150429D4494FC262BEB6D4
Record ID number: MH:IF334
Burial of a mother
Unique identifier: 561188DCA1E00429F4494FC262BEB6D4
Record ID number: MH:IF335
Birth of a daughter
Unique identifier: 561188DF82EE7C7564494FC262BEB6D4
Record ID number: MH:IF18246
Birth of a daughter
Unique identifier: 561188DF8328BC75F4494FC262BEB6D4
Record ID number: MH:IF18250
Birth of a son
Unique identifier: 561188E7ECE99ACD74494FC262BEB6D4
Record ID number: MH:IF47594
Census
Unique identifier: 561188DCAD80042C14494FC262BEB6D4
Record ID number: MH:IF355

in William E Bozeman household: William E, head of household, age 59, born Mar 1841 in AL, farmer; Sallie, wife, age 57, born Aug 1842 in AL; Annie, mother, age 82, born Dec 1819 in AL; William M Pylant, age 53, born Jan 1847 in AL, boarder; William and Sallie have been married 35 years; Sallie has had 8 children, 6 of whom are living. (Sallie Bozeman is William Pylant's sister.)

Marriage
Unique identifier: 56118909913A78B724494FC262BEB6D4
Record ID number: MH:FF15751
Residence
Unique identifier: 561188DCAE79042C44494FC262BEB6D4
Record ID number: MH:IF357
Reference Number
Unique identifier: 561188DCAEE6042C64494FC262BEB6D4
Record ID number: MH:IF358
Shared note: 70
Updated at
27 NOV 2015 18:51:27 GMT-6
Death
Unique identifier: 561188DCAB39042BC4494FC262BEB6D4
Record ID number: MH:IF352
Shared note: Obit:

Obit:
The funeral of William M. Pylant, aged 63, who died at a local infirmary Friday morning from injuries received August 30, will be held from the residence, 600 First Avenue, Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Interment at Elmwood. He is survived by a wife. (Lige Loy, undertaker)

(Death Certificate). "hit by the Birmingham Southern Railroad at Smithfield community, Birmingham, Alabama." He lived 30 days after being hit.
(Alabama Deaths, 1908-59)
Volume 11
Certificate 269
Roll 1

Burial
Unique identifier: 561188DCAC0C042BE4494FC262BEB6D4
Record ID number: MH:IF353
Record ID number
Updated at
19 NOV 2015 17:42:38 GMT-6
Record ID number
Family with parents
father
18101876
Birth: January 29, 1810 38 35 Wake Co, NC
Death: September 30, 1876Milam Co., TX
mother
18101881
Birth: February 19, 1810Greene Co, GA
Death: September 3, 1881Milam Co., TX
Marriage Marriageabout 1838
4 years
elder sister
18411870
Birth: 1841 30 30 Hanover, Coosa Co., AL
Death: before 1870Milam Co., TX
5 years
elder sister
18451917
Birth: July 13, 1845 35 35 Hanover, Coosa Co., AL
Death: July 29, 1917Milam Co., TX
-6 years
elder brother
18391916
Birth: April 11, 1839 29 29 Hanover, Coosa Co., AL
Death: June 11, 1916Confederate Home, Austin, Travis Co, TX
3 years
elder sister
18421918
Birth: August 28, 1842 32 32 Hanover, Coosa Co., AL
Death: January 3, 1918Milam Co., TX
5 years
himself
18471910
Birth: January 1847 36 36 Hanover, Coosa Co., AL
Death: September 30, 1910local infirmary at 7th Ave & 21st St N., Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL
Mother’s family with Harkins
stepfather
mother
18101881
Birth: February 19, 1810Greene Co, GA
Death: September 3, 1881Milam Co., TX
Marriage Marriagebefore 1838
Family with Frances Isabelle 'Fannie' Enslen
himself
18471910
Birth: January 1847 36 36 Hanover, Coosa Co., AL
Death: September 30, 1910local infirmary at 7th Ave & 21st St N., Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL
wife
18501940
Birth: November 3, 1850 38 29 AL
Death: September 27, 1940Montgomery, Montgomery Co., AL
Marriage MarriageNovember 24, 1874Wetumpka, Elmore Co, AL
11 years
daughter
18851915
Birth: July 3, 1885 38 34 Montgomery, Montgomery Co., AL
Death: February 15, 1915Montgomery, Montgomery Co., AL
7 years
son
18921955
Birth: February 29, 1892 45 41 Mountain Creek, Chilton Co., AL
Death: August 23, 1955St. Jude's Catholic Hospital, Montgomery, Montgomery Co, AL
-14 years
son
18781939
Birth: February 24, 1878 31 27 Elmore Co, AL
Death: January 30, 1939death certificate, Wetumpka, Elmore Co., AL
11 years
daughter
18881963
Birth: August 1888 41 37 Montgomery, Montgomery Co, AL
Death: 1963Montgomery, Montgomery Co, AL
-13 years
daughter
18751915
Birth: October 10, 1875 28 24 Elmore Co, AL
Death: November 14, 1915Augusta, Richmond Co, GA
Family with Antoninette 'Nettie' Martin
himself
18471910
Birth: January 1847 36 36 Hanover, Coosa Co., AL
Death: September 30, 1910local infirmary at 7th Ave & 21st St N., Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL
wife
18591933
Birth: 1859 41 31 China Grove, Pike Co, AL
Death: June 29, 1933Mount Creek, Chilton Co, AL
Marriage MarriageAugust 1, 1910Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL
T L Farrow + Antoninette 'Nettie' Martin
wife’s husband
1899
Birth:
Death: 1899Birmingham, Jefferson Co, AL
wife
18591933
Birth: 1859 41 31 China Grove, Pike Co, AL
Death: June 29, 1933Mount Creek, Chilton Co, AL
Marriage MarriageJuly 14, 1889Pike Co, AL
Johnnie A Head + Antoninette 'Nettie' Martin
wife’s husband
Birth:
wife
18591933
Birth: 1859 41 31 China Grove, Pike Co, AL
Death: June 29, 1933Mount Creek, Chilton Co, AL
Marriage MarriageJanuary 8, 1882Pike Co, AL
4 years
stepdaughter
18851948
Birth: 1885 26 AL
Death: December 24, 1948Mt. Creek, Chilton Co, AL
James Henry 'Jim' Boatfield + Antoninette 'Nettie' Martin
wife’s husband
18871960
Birth: March 1887 35 18 AL
Death: 1960AL
wife
18591933
Birth: 1859 41 31 China Grove, Pike Co, AL
Death: June 29, 1933Mount Creek, Chilton Co, AL
Marriage MarriageJanuary 12, 1916Mount Creek, Chilton, Alabama
Marriage
Census
Shared note

in parents' household

Census
Shared note

in William E Bozeman household: William E, head of household, age 59, born Mar 1841 in AL, farmer; Sallie, wife, age 57, born Aug 1842 in AL; Annie, mother, age 82, born Dec 1819 in AL; William M Pylant, age 53, born Jan 1847 in AL, boarder; William and Sallie have been married 35 years; Sallie has had 8 children, 6 of whom are living. (Sallie Bozeman is William Pylant's sister.)

Reference Number
Death
Shared note

Obit:
The funeral of William M. Pylant, aged 63, who died at a local infirmary Friday morning from injuries received August 30, will be held from the residence, 600 First Avenue, Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Interment at Elmwood. He is survived by a wife. (Lige Loy, undertaker)

(Death Certificate). "hit by the Birmingham Southern Railroad at Smithfield community, Birmingham, Alabama." He lived 30 days after being hit.
(Alabama Deaths, 1908-59)
Volume 11
Certificate 269
Roll 1

Burial
Shared note

Funeral from residence, 600 First Avenue, Birmingham, Alabama.

Shared note

William enlisted in Company B, 2nd Regiment, Alabama Reserves at Montgomery, Alabama on 17 July 1864. The designation was changed sometime between March and May, 1865, to the 63rd Regiment, Alabama Infantry. He was captured 9 April 1865 at Blakely, Alabama and was held prisoner at Ship Island, Mississippi. He was transferred from Ship Island to Vicksburg, Mississippi on 1 May 1865 and was paroled at Meridian, Mississippi on 11 May 1865.

The 63rd Alabama Infantry Regiment was organized at Fort Blakely in July 1864 with men who were nearly all conscripted from various parts of the state (excepting men in Co.'s "A" and "B" and the officers, who were mostly veterans) and who had been designated the 2nd Regiment of Reserves. The regiment remained in the defences of Mobile until ordered to Spanish Fort, three days before it was invested in March 1865. It was, with the 62nd Alabama, a part of Gen'l Thomas' brigade, and it lost several killed and wounded during the first six days' operations at Spanish Fort. Relieved and sent to Fort Blakely, the 63rd arrived there in time to endure the siege. After some loss, the regiment was captured with the fortress, 9 April 1865, about 300 in number. They were exchanged just prior to the surrender of the Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana, 4 May 1865.

Field officers: Cols Oland S. Rice (until reorganized), and Junius A Law (Macon, captured at Blakely); Lt. Cols. Junius A. Law (promoted); and John H. Echols (Macon, captured at Blakely); Majors John H. Echols (promoted); and I. W. Suttle (Coosa, captured at Spanish Fort).

Enumerated with sister, Sarah Pylant Bozeman, in Milam County, Texas in the 1900 census.

Abstracted Newspapers of Elmore County, Alabama (1870-1880): The Elmore Republican, Friday, Nov. 20, 1874: Hymeneal - At the residence of the bride's father, John Enslen, Esq., on the morning of the 24th inst., Mr. Wm. M. Pylant to Miss Fannie I. Enslen, by the Rev. Geo. E. Brewer of Tallassee.

People's Banner, Thursday, Feb 24, 1876: The following list embraces the Grand and Petit Jurors for the spring term of Elmore County Circuit Court. Petit Jurors 1st week: ....William M. Pylant

In 1992 Hubert Reynolds of Purvis, MS sent me a copy of a letter he'd received in the "late 1960's" from a Mrs. Alma G. Pylant of Montgomery, Alabama:

437 Earl Place
Montgomery, Alabama 36104

Dear Mr. Reynolds,
I am very sorry not to have answered your letter sooner, but things were such just could not. Can't say that I can shed any light for you as the family I married into never mentioned his side, only his mother's, she was an Enslen. My husband was James Andrew Pylant, born Feb. 29, 1892, now deceased as is his brother and sisters. I guess he was born in Mt. Creek, Alabama, as he said when he was two years old his mother and children left there and went to Meridian, Mississippi, as her brother's wife had died, so she took her five and went to keep house for him and his five. My husband's father was named W. K. Pylant, I think. Remember not too long after my marriage, my husband received a telegram from a Mrs. Nellie Pylant saying his father had been killed crossing a railroad track (in horse and buggy). I have the telegram but am not able now to look for it, but as soon as I can, if you would like for me to, I'll write the date and contents to you.
One of Mr. Pylant's nieces might be able to shed a little light, am not sure, but I'll give you her address: Mrs. L. M. Becton, 69 Madeline Ave., Ashville, North Carolina 28806. She is my husband's niece. .......

Sincerely,
Mrs. Alma G. Pylant

(According to the Social Security Death Index, Mrs. Alma Pylant died Jul 1976 in Montgomery, Alabama.)

Obtained copy of William's death certificate on 23 Nov 1998. He died in Birmingham, Jefferson Co, Alabama on 30 Sept 1910. According to the document, he "was hit by the Birmingham Southern Railroad at Smith Field." He lived 30 days after being hit by the train.