Missouri Phillips and her husband, John Sparks were second cousins.

Dora, Delbert, their daughter Sarah and her husband Delbert, are allburied in the Linwood Cemetery, in Boone, Iowa.

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!NOTES:
SQ pg 2618: On April 5, 1927, she was married to Perry M. Moore a tJoliet, Illinois. They have one child: Carol Ann Moore.

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!NOTES:
SQ pg 2616: He married Ann W. Pauge on april 16, 1932. They liv e inMt. Olive, Illinois. They had no children.

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!NOTES:
SQ pg 2517: He married Gladys Lafferty in 1925 and they had one child, Robert Pierce.

SQ p. 2617:

"Edgar C. Pierce was born on October 21, 1893, at Colfax, Iowa. Heserved in England during World War I. On October 15, 1925, he marriedMabel Evelyn Reynolds at Abingdon, Illinois. He died on September 1,1954, at Colorado Springs, Colorado. Mabel died on May 5, 1982. Theyhad no children."

SQ pg 2616:

"Edgar Charles ("Ed") Pierce, son of David and Sarah (Sparks) Pierce,was born on February 22,
1854, in Knoxville, Illinois. He was a talented musician and also acapable photographer. He played the
clarinet and violin as well as other instruments. He taught hisbrother, Harry, a great deal about music
and photography. In his later years, he became a druggist. He was amember of the Pickett Masonic
Lodge in Bushnell. He married Ada Crowl on March 28, 1888. She wasborn in 1865 and was a
daughter of George and Jennie (Welch) Crowl. Ed died on September l,1913, and was buried in the
Bushnell Cemetery. Ada died on June 5, 1949, and was buried at Mt.Olive, Illinois. They were the
parents of one child."

SQ p2616-17:

"Harry Clyde Pierce, son of David and Sarah (Sparks) Pierce, was bornon November 23, 1862, in Bushnell, Illinois. He was an excellentmusician and learned much about music and photography from hisbrother, Ed. He was a band director in many towns throughout theMidwest, spending most of his life as a musician. He played theclarinet. He, like his brother, was also a capable photographer, and,according to a descendant, he met his wife when she came to him tohave her picture made. In later years, he became an interiordecorator.

"Harry Pierce married Emma Caroline Spurgeon on November 3, 1888, atPalmyra, Missouri. She was
born on February 2, 1868, at Butler, Missouri, and was a daughter ofJeremiah and Julia Catherine
(Houston) Spurgeon. Harry died at Canton, Illinois, on October 17,1828, and was buried in the Bushnell
Cemetery. Emma died on August 27, 1943, at Bloomington, Illinois, andwas buried at El Paso, Illinois.
She and Harry had nine children.

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!NOTES:
SQ pg 2617: On October 20, 1928, she was married to R. Wayne Nort onat El Paso, Illinois, and they had two children: Jerry Norton an dLinda Sue Norton. Wayne was a native of Bloomington, Illinois.

SQ p. 2617:

" Max S. Pierce was born on December 14, 1890, at Bushnell, Illinois.He died on February 22, 1919, aboard the ship The Mercury as he wasreturning from France after the close of World War I. He was buried inthe Bushnell Cemetery."

See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, June 1993, Whole No. 162, p. 4104:
A UNION SOLDIER RECALLS THE SIEGE OF VICKSBURG
"A number of years ago, Minnie Mae (Pierce) Huffer, who died in 1984,(see the QUARTERLY of September, 1984, Whole No. 127, p. 2673, for herobituary (see below) shared with us a letter that had been written byher grand-uncle, William M. Sparks (1838-1922) on January 14, 1914.It is apparent from the contents of this letter, that William M.Sparks had learned that his brother, Thomas J. Sparks (1843-1936), alawyer and a resident of Champaign, Illinois, was planning a trip toNew Orleans, Louisiana, and also to Vicksburg, Mississippi. Williamwrote a hurried letter to his brother, urging him to visit the sitesin both cities that he remembered from his service fifty years earlierin the Union Army during the Civil War. He also drew a map to guidehis brother in finding the area where his regiment had camped andfought at Vicksburg. Although, after half a century, William Sparks'smemory of the landscape was probably a bit inaccurate, we believe thatthe reproduction of his drawing makes an interesting cover design forthis issue of the QUARTERLY."
(The remainder of this article is copied under notes for William M.Sparks.)

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See the above cited article on p. 2673:

DEATH TAKES MINNIE MAE (PIERCE) HUFFER

"It is with deep regret that we report the death on August 28, 1984,of Minnie Mae (Pierce) Huffer (Mrs. Enos G.) in Manitowoc, Wisconsin.Mrs. Huffer joined our association in 1953, the very year in which itwas founded. A record of her branch of the Sparks family, for whichshe and her sister, Rita M. Pierce, contributed much of theinformation, appeared in the March and June, 1984, issues of theQUARTERLY.

"Mrs. Huffer was born on March 10, 1896, at Two Rivers, Wisconsin. Shewas a daughter of Harry Clyde and Emma Caroline (Spurgeon) Pierce. Herpaternal grandmother, Sarah (Sparks) Pierce (1834-1883) was a daughterof Joseph and Sarah (DeFord) Sparks; she was a descendant of JosephSparks who died in Frederick County, Maryland, in 1749.

"Mrs. Huffer was a graduate of Illinois State (Normal) University and,prior to her marriage in 1930, she taught school in Illinois and Ohio.She was a member of a number of patriotic and historical societies,including the D.A.R. Her husband, Enos G. Huffer, had been an invalidfor a number of years; his care had occupied most of Mrs. Huffer'stime for the past seven years. He died on September 5, 1984, just oneweek following Mrs. Huffer's passing. Mrs. and Mrs. Huffer were theparents of two children, the Rev. Bruce P. Huffer and Nancy (Huffer)Macomber."

See the SPARKS QUARTERLY for September, 1988, Whole No. 143, p. 3285,for the following article:

DEATH TAKES RITA M. PIERCE

by Paul E. Sparks

It is with a great deal of personal sadness that we record the deathof a longtime member, Rita M. Pierce, who passed away on May 10, 1988,at her home in El Paso, Illinois. We exchanged many letters with herover the years which dealt with her branch of the Sparks family, andwe frequently reminded each other that we had a common Sparks ancestorwho died in Frederick County, Maryland, in 1749--thus we were"cousins."

Rita Maxine Pierce was born on February 26, 1909, in El Paso and was adaughter of Harry and Emma
(Spurgeon) Pierce and a granddaughter of David and Sarah (Sparks)Pierce. Her branch of the family left
Frederick County, Maryland, about 1773 and settled in WashingtonCounty, Pennsylvania. From there they went to Indiana and then toFulton County, Illinois, about 1844. An obituary for Rita's sister,Minnie Mae (Pierce) Huffer, appeared on page 2673 of the QUARTERLY forSeptember 1984, Whole No. 127.

Rita taught junior high school history in the Springfield, Illinois,area and had a special interest in American history. She was a capablegenealogist. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of El Paso,the Daughters of the American Revolution, and the Eastern Star. She issurvived by a sister, Besse (Pierce) Moore of Chicago.

We extend our sympathy to her sister and her other relatives. (Forfurther details of this branch of the Sparks family, see the March1984 and June 1984 issues of the QUARTERLY, Whole Nos. 125 and 126,respectively.)

SQ pg 2617:

"...He was married three times. His first marriage was t o Alice G.Woodruff on June 18, 1918. They had three children: rit a A. Pierce,Evelyn L. Pierce, and Ryland H. Pierce, Jr. After the d eath of hisfirst wife in 1926, Ryland married (2nd) Mary Anderson o n June 21,1928. They had two children: Phyllis J. Pierce and Albert a Pierce.Ryland married (3rd) Mrs. Olive Grey Swenson."

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!NOTES:
According to Robert S. Pigott, Sr. letter 3 Mar 1991, Agnes is liv ingat the
present time. No address given nor details of marriage to Mr. Joines.

!VITAL RECORD:
Birth Record, Cherokee Co. IA., FHL #1O3529O: Birth Index, Boo k 2ofRecords, page 31O shows birth of Agnes Bernice Pigott on 1 Feb ,19O9.

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!NOTES:
BIRTH: FHL 1,035,290 Book 2 Page 310, Cherokee County, Sherida n T/S
25 December, 1907.
Also listed in 1910 census of Sheridan T/S, FHL #1374409. For copy
see MRIN 9, Cornelius and Annie Pigott.

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!MARRIAGE:
See Cherokee County, Iowa, INDEX TO REGISTER OF MARRIAGES 1889-189 6,
Vol. 3, REGISTER OF MARRIAGES Book 3, p 448 which provides the following:
License No.: 2041; License date: 4/12/93; Affidavit supplied by: James Dunn.
Groom: Name of Groom: John Everhart; Residence: Sheridan T/S; Occupation:
Farmer; Age: 32; Race: White; Citizenship: American; Marriage: 1st; Born:
Maryland; Name of Father: Henry Everhart; Name of Mother: Elizabeth Baker
Bride: Name of Bride: Annie Pigott; Residence: Sheridan; Age: 21 ;Race:
White; Citizenship: American; Marriage: 1st; Name of Father, Cornelius Pig-
ott; Name of Mother: Annie Eagan; Date of Marriage: April 12, 1893; Witness:
James Dunn, Julia McCullagh. Performing ceremony: Father James T. Saunders.

!NOTES:
In a letter to James J. Sparks from Ardyth Dunn (Mrs. James Dunn of
Cherokee, Iowa) dated December 11, 1993, she states: "Also have the address
for Annie Pigott and John H. Everhart's granddaughter. Her father was
Henry Everhart and her sister was Mame----, married to Rudolph Bernat.
Vera Mae Curtis and husband Norbert (or Bert) Curtis; live at:
1816 Cherry, Caldwell, Idaho 83605 Tel: 1 (208) 454-2332. This is
Henry's daughter. They are retired and he has heart problems.
Rudolph and Mame Bernat's daughter is Bonetta Bernat, 2111 Colby # 1,
Everett, Washington 98202. Tel 1 (206) 252-7722."

!NOTES:
Letter of 3 March, 1991 from Robert S. Pigott, Sr. advises that Bernard is
living in poor health in LaPuente, California.

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!MARRIAGE:
Cherokee County, Marriage Records, Register of Marriages 1889-1911 ,:
License No.: 2952; Date of License: 29 Jan 1900; Name of Groom: Timothy
O'Connell; Residence: Meriden, Cherokee County, Iowa; Occupation: Farmer;
Age: 33; Race: White; Citizenship: Ireland; Marriage: 1st; Born: Ireland;
Name of Father: Jeffrey O'Connell; Name of Mother: Honora Buckley;
Bride: Name: Katie Pigott; Residence: Cherokee, Iowa; Age: 20; Race :White;
Citizenship: American; Marriage: 1st; Born: Cherokee, Iowa; Name of Father:
Cornelius Pigott; Name of Mother: Anna (sic) Edgarr (sic); Place an ddate
of Marriage: Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Cherokee, Iowa, 29 Jan
1900; Witnesses: Jeffrey O'Connell, Mary Pigott. Wedding performed b yFr.
James T. Saunders.

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!NOTES:
Apparently "Eddie" and Pearly Pigott named their fourth child after
two of the children of his brother John J. Pigott, namely, Cecelia Esther
and Loretta May. See FHL 1508628 for 1/8/83 for obituary notice for Ed
Pigott, husband of Cecelia May Pigott.

BIRTH: Cecelia Esther Pigott was born on May 3, 1906 in CherokeeTownship, Cherokee County, Iowa. See Iowa Birth Certificate #189,State Board of Health, County of Cherokee Sheridan Township. (Inpossession of James J. Sparks, San Carlos, CA)

BAPTISM: Cecelia Pigott was baptized on May 4, 1906 in Cherokee ,Iowa by Father W. P. Desmond. Witnesses were Edward Joseph Pigott,her uncle, and Margaret Noonan, a family friend.

MARRIAGE: Cecelia was married to Joseph John Sparks on June 14, 1925,at St. Anthony's Catholic Church, Long Beach, California. SeeCalifornia Dept. of Health Services, Cert. of Marriage No. 25-0 15598;State Index No. 1236, local registered no. 6813 (In possession ofJames J. Sparks, San Carlos, CA)

DEATH: Cecelia Esther (Pigott) Sparks died in Long Beach, Los AngelesCounty, California, on March 16, 1974. See California Death Cert.Dept. of Public Health (In possession of James J. Sparks, San Carlos,CA)

The following article appeared in the Long Beach Sun Newspaper ca .June 17, 1925: "Miss Cecilia (sic) Pigott And Joseph Sparks Marriedat Church"

"One of the pretty weddings of the week was that at which Miss Cecilia (sic) Catherine (sic) Pigott, daughter of Mr. and Mrs . J. J.Pigott, 227 Daisy Avenue, became the bride of Joseph Sparks of LongBeach Monday morning at 6:30 o'clock in St. Anthony's Church .Father William O'Donnell officiated in the presence of a group offriends and relatives and a large number of parishioners who wereassembling for the 8 o'clock mass. The bride was attired inwhite as was also her sister, Mrs. Loretta Bass, who was matron ofhonor . The bridal bouquet was of loveliest roses. The bestman was Edwin Tyo, brother-in-law of the bride. After the ceremony a wedding breakfast was served at the Pigott home for the bridalparty, the relatives and a few intimate friends. The rooms weredecked with a variety of June blossoms. A delicious looking nuptialcake was placed before the bride. Mr. and Mrs. Sparks are spendingtheir honeymoon in Portland, Seattle and Glacier National Park. Theywill return in two weeks to live in Long Beach where Mr. Sparksis proprietor of a tailoring establishment. Mrs. Sparks hasattended the California College of Commerce for the past twoyears."

For additional information concerning Cecelia (Pigott) Sparks and herparents and family, see the Notes for Joseph J. Sparks.

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CENSUS:
1870 U.A. Census, Negaunee, Marquette County, Michigan, 27 June, 1870,
1880 U.S. Census, Cherokee Co. IA; Sheridan T/S, SD4, ED50, Sheet 27(FHL #1254332)
1885 IA Census, Cherokee Co. IA; Sheridan T/S, Pg 389, Line 11(FHL#1021451);
1895 IA Census, Cherokee Co. IA; Sheridan T/S, Pg 20, Line 10 (FHL#1020342);
1900 U.S. Census, Cherokee Co. IA; Sheridan T/S, SD11, ED22, Sheet11Line 19

In the 1870 census for Negaunee it shows Cornelius Picket [sic], age25, farmer, and Margaret, age 25. She was actually 17 or 18.

BOOKS:
Thomas McCulla, HISTORY OF CHEROKEE COUNTY, Chicago, The S. J. ClarkePub-
lishing Co., (1914), 977.717 H2m; see pgs 276-277 for reference to Mr. & Mrs.
C. Pigott Sr.; see page 404 for reference to Dennis Henry Pigott.

INVENTORY OF THE COUNTY ARCHIVES OF IOWA, Historical Records Survey,
W.P.A., May 1939. Contains history of Cherokee, Iowa and Bibliography.

COURT RECORDS:
NATURALIZATION:
DECLARATION OF INTENTION to become a United States Citizen filed inthe Circuit Court of the Upper Peninsula for the County of Marquette,State of Michigan, dated June 12, 1869; Book 2 of Records, page 692(near end), FHL 1845795.
ORDER OF ADMISSION TO CITIZENSHIP, signed in the District Court fortheCounty of Cherokee, State of Iowa, dated October 5, 1891,NaturalizationRecord, Book 2, Cherokee County, page 59, FHL 1428556,item 5.

PROBATE RECORDS:
Probate Index No. 1 for Cherokee Co., IA Pg 216, #1500 (FHL 1415960)lists Probate Records for Cornelius Pigott: Will Dated 5 Oct 1915 (FHL#1428542 pg 486, will record Cherokee Co, IA); Petition For Probate ofWill filed 29 Oct 1915 (FHL #1428547, Book 22, pg 65); OrderAdmitting Will to Probate filed 31 Jan 1917 (FHL # 1428548, Book 20,pg 76) miscellaneous orders relating to sale of property, distributionand fees (FHL # 142855 1 & 2) (Photocopies of records in possession ofJames J. Sparks, San Carlos, CA)

PUBLIC RECORDS:
Deed Register, Cherokee County, IA, Book D, Pg 353, Apr 30, 1873 ,Cornelius Pigott, S 1/2 of NE 1/4 & SE 1/4 of NW 1/4, Sec 25, T 92 , R41 (120 acres) FHL #1415904 (Index of Deeds No. 2, Pg 210, FHL 1415901)
Deed Register, Cherokee County, IA, Book P, Pg 513, Jun 7, 1888,Cornelius Pigott, W 1/2 of NE 1/4 and E 1/2 of NW Quar, Sec 23, T 92 ,R 41 (Index of Deeds, Bk 5, pg 212, FHL #1415902)

VITAL RECORDS:
Death Register, Cherokee County, IA, Bk 2, page 155, Cornelius Pigott,24 Oct., 1915; Item 62; Cause of death: arteriosclerosis; 76y 10m 20d.(FHL #1428671 Item 3)

CHURCH RECORD:
BIRTH: St. Martin's Roman Catholic Church, Diocese of Cloyne, Parishof Kilworth, County Cork, Ireland; Baptismal Certificate. (Certifiedcopy in possession of James J. Sparks, San Carlos, California.)

MARRIAGE: 28th day of March, 187O, Saint Joseph Church, 221 WestMarket Street, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, Reverend James F.Dalton, officiating. Witnesses were John Walsh and Birdgth (Bridget?)Eagan. Copy of certificate in possession of James J. Sparks, SanCarlos, CA. Name of father: James Eagan; Name of mother: MargaretWalsh; Name of sister: Bridget. (She would be 15 years of age) FHL1378022 Item 6, pg 257.

Marriage record states: "Mar 28 (1870) Pigott Cornelius, 28, farmer,of William and Mary Bryan to Eagan Annie 18, of James and MargaretWalsh. Witnesses: John Walsh and Bridget Eagan. By James F. Dalton."

NOTE:
Cornelius Pigott is buried in the family plot of Mt. Calvary Cemetery,on North 11th St., Cherokee, Iowa. The plot is located about 50 feetsouth of the gate at the 11th street entrance approximately 10 feeteast of the road. To mark the Pigott burial area, there is a tallstone oblisk topped by a cross. The sides of the oblisk bearinscriptions on three sides which mention Annie (Eagan) Pigott, EllaC. (Ragan) Pigott, Edward Pigott (d.1881) and Joseph Pigott (d.1882).As of 1993 there was no mention of Cornelius Sr. or Cornelius Jr. butthe records of the Immaculate Conception Church show the burials to beas shown below. Two stones bear the word "Mother" and nothing elseand other stones are unmarked.
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|MOTHER | |Infant| | | MOTHER|
| Ella | |Female|_______|Corn. |Annie |
11th St. | C. |______|______| | Pigott | Eagan |
<----Gate |Ragan |Dennis| Cor. Sr. | MONUMENT | |Pigott| <----North
|Pigott |Pigott| Pigott | | | |
| | | Jr . |_________|_________| |
| | | | |Joseph|Edward| |
|_______|______|______|_____|______|______|_______|

See HISTORY OF CHEROKEE COUNTY (1914 op.cit.) for article stating thatMr. & Mrs. Cornelius Piggot (sic) each contributed a large stainedglass window to St. Mary's Church, now the Church of the ImmaculateConception, 721 West Cedar, Cherokee, Iowa. As seen in 1993 thewindows were in front on the left or east side, nearest the pulpit.They catch the morning light and they bear the inscription "Gift of C.Pigott, Sr." and "Gift of Mrs. C. Pigott Sr."

SUMMARY:
The first Pigott that we believe emigrated from Ireland to the UnitedStates was Cornelius Pigott's older brother, John Pigott (b. 1831 ),who stated on his citizenship declaration that he had emigrated i n1860 from the port of Queenstown (Cobh), the port near Cork City inCounty Cork, Ireland. It is likely that Cornelius Pigott followed hisbrother using the same route.

In completing his citizenship application on May 22, 1869, JohnPigott, in addition to swearing that he had come from Ireland in 1860,swore that he had lived in the United States, specifically MarquetteCounty, Michigan , for at least five years immediately before 1869.Thus we know that John was already in Michigan when Cornelius arrivedthere sometime before 1869.

On June 12, 1869, Cornelius Pigott, some 20 days after his brotherreceived his United States citizenship, had signed his Declaration ofIntent to become a citizen. He had been in America for 3 years priorto this time, arriving in 1866. The bride-to-be of Cornelius, AnnieEagan, lived in New Jersey, so he must have spent some time in thatarea. He probably landed in the New York area and met Annie beforegoing to Marquette County, Michigan, to be with his brother orbrothers.

On March 28, 1870, about ten months after signing his citizenshippapers in Marquette County, Michigan, Cornelius and Annie Eagan weremarried in Saint Joseph's Catholic Church, Newark, New Jersey by theReverend James F. Dalton. She was the daughter of James and Margaret(Walsh) Eagan. Her age was given as 18. Witnesses were John Walshand Bridget Eagan. Bridget was Annie's 15 year old sister and Johnwas probably her uncle. The couple apparently proceeded immediatelyto Nauganee, Marquette County, Michigan, for it was on July 20, 1870that their first child, William, undoubtedly named after the father ofCornelius, was born. The occupation of Cornelius is shown on thebirth record as a mine supervisor.

Cornelius and Annie (Eagan) Sparks had five children in Nauganee.After William came John James Pigott, born October 17, 1871; AnniePigott , born in 1872; Cornelius Pigott, Jr., born January 13, 1875;and Dennis Henry Pigott born May 2, 1876. All of the boys were namedafter Cornelius or his brothers and the girl was named after hermother.

After the birth of his third child, Cornelius Pigott travelled toCherokee County, Iowa where, in April, 1873, he homesteaded 120 acresin Sheridan Township just west of the town of Cherokee, Iowa. Theplot was purchased from the Iowa Falls and Sioux City Railroad Companyin consideration of the sum of Eight Hundred Sixty-four Dollars. Itwas the South half of the Northeast quarter and the Southeast quarterof the Northwest quarter of Section 25, Township 92, Range 41.Reference can be found to the deed in the General Index to Deeds, No.2, Cherokee County Records, p 210. It was dated April 15, 1873, andwas recorded April 30, 1873.

"The early settlement of Cherokee County was considerably retarded byreason of intermittent Indian scares which were centered principallyin Dickinson County, located in the second tier of counties to thenorth abou thirty miles from the north boundary line of CherokeeCounty. Though, through treaties made with the Sioux Indians in 1851,their interest in the area was purchased for $3,000,000, some of theIndians were reluctant to leave the region around Spirit Lake, inDickinson County, which had been their favorite hunting and campingground, and some of them continued to live in the neighborhood.

"In 1857, a band of braves came through Cherokee County taking fromthe settlers guns and food. No serious damage was done until theyreached Spirit Lake where they killed 41 settlers and captured 4women. The news of this massacre and of continued threats ofhostilities did not encourage settlement of Cherokee County. By 1859only 85 persons had settled there. This number dwindled to 58 thenext year and to 20 in 1862 according to the state census. After theNew Ulm, Minnesota, massacre, in the summer of 1862, it is recordedthat there were only 6 people left in the entire county.

"However, the trouble with the Indians was eventually adjusted, in oneway or another and settlers began to flock into Cherokee County. Thepopulation increased from sixty-four in 1865 to 1,916 in 1870. In thenext five years it increased to 4,245 and to more than 8,245 by 1880."INVENTORY OF THE COUNTY ARCHIVES OF IOWA, No. 18, CHEROKEE COUNTY,Genealogical Society of Utah, No. 22427.

Cornelius Pigott would qualify as a pioneer settler of CherokeeCounty. It is more striking to note that his original homestead of120 acres, plus an additional forty acres, has remained in the Pigottfamily for over 125 years and is owned by a grandson of Cornelius,William J. Pigott, son of Joseph Edward Pigott, and was being activelyfarmed by William and his sons and grandsons in 1999.

Perhaps Cornelius was in the process of building housing for hisfamily and preparing the soil for planting or perhaps he was concernedabout the safety of his family. Whatever the reason, the family didnot move to Cherokee County, Iowa, to live on the homestead untilsometime between May of 1876 (the birth of Dennis in Michigan) andApril, 1878 (the birth of Edward in Cherokee). We can only speculatethat Cornelius Pigott traveled back and forth between Michigan andIowa during that period of time.

The family continued to grow with the addition of Edward Pigott, bornApril 23, 1878; Catherine Pigott, born 1880; Joseph Pigott, born April6, 1881, Joseph Edward Pigott, born January 8, 1883; Maggie Pigott,born April 14, 1884; and Mary Josephine Pigott, born May 16, 1886.Edward died at the age of 3 on May 1, 1881, and Joseph died at age 1on May 2, 1881. The remaining 9 children survived into adulthood.

We do not have many details concerning the lives of Cornelius andAnnie (Eagan) Pigott. We do know that on May 28, 1887, Corneliuspurchased a farm 160 acres in size located in Section 23, whichsection was immediately northwest of Section 25 where the familyhomestead was located. Cornelius paid Twenty-two hundred dollars tothe widow Margaret Clarey and her children for this farm. The deedwas recorded in Book P of the Cherokee County Deed Register at page513 on June 7, 1888.

Just prior to recordation, on March 16, 1888, Annie died. This wasless than 2 years after the birth of their last child, Mary JosephinePigott, in May, 1886. Annie was buried in the family plot at Mt.Calvary Cemetary, Cherokee, Iowa. Without a census for 1890 we do notknow how many children remained at home with Cornelius but his oldestsons, William and John were 17 and 16 at the time of their mother'sdeath.

In 1894, Cornelius was married to Ella (Ellen) C. Ragan. The 1895Iowa Census for Cherokee County, showed Cornelius at age 54, Ella 40,Cornelius Jr., 20, Dennis 18, Kate 15, Edward 14, Maggie 10, and Mary8 . Ella was shown as having been born in Jackson County, Iowa withher parents of foreign birth and with her as a catholic. A subsequentcensus indicated that they were married in 1894 but a record of themarriage has not been found. A son, Leo Francis Pigott was born tothe couple on June 26, 1896. In the U. S. Census for 1900, remainingat home with Cornelius and Ella were Cornelius Jr., 25, Edward, 17,Maggie, 16, Mary 14, and Leo, 4. The census shows Ella's parent'splace of birth as Ireland and shows her place of birth as Iowa. Itincorrectly shows Leo's mother's place of birth as Ireland. It statesthat Cornelius and Ella (Regan) Pigott had been married for six yearsand that Cornelius immigrated in 1866.

An interesting deed dated July 17, 1897 has been found. The deed isfor a forty-acre parcel having a common boundary line with the 320acre parcel in section 23 purchased by Cornelius Pigott on May 28,1877. However, this deed is from the Administrator of the Estate of J.B. Ingels to Ella C. Pigott and Leo Francis Pigott, the latter being11 months old. The purchase price was Ten Hundred and Sixty Dollars.It is not known if this acreage was paid for by Cornelius or by EllaC. (Ragan) Pigott or was inherited by Ella from the estate of herpossible former spouse, J. B. Ingels.

A sad episode involving Dennis Pigott occurred in November, 1909 . Itis apparent that Dennis was suffering from a mental illness in view ofthe events which occurred at that time. He was involved in the deathof a seventy-five year old man from suspicious causes. Dennis, 33 ,was found responsible for the mans death and was ordered into thestate mental hospital at Cherokee where he spent the remainder of hislife. He died on April 2, 1927 in the hospital. See HISTORY OFCHEROKEE COUNTY IOWA by Thomas McCulla, 1914; p. 404.

Cornelius and Ella (Ragan) Pigott are mentioned in the History ofCherokee County for having donated two large stained glass windows tothe Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Cherokee, which windowsbear their names and were in place in 1993. HISTORY OF CHEROKEECOUNTY IOWA, op.cit., p p 276-7. On October 5, 1891, an order wasentered in the United States District Court, Cherokee County, Iowa,granting U. S. Citizenship to Cornelius Pigott . He had lived in theU.S. for twenty-five years.

On July 18, 1910, Ella (Ragan) Pigott died and was buried in thePigott Family Plot in the Mt. Calvary Cemetary in Cherokee. OnOctober 27 , 1915 she was joined in death by Cornelius Pigott who wasalso buried in the family plot. The members of the family which wereultimately buried in the Pigott Family Plot were Cornelius Pigott,Annie (Eagan) Pigott, Ella C. (Ragan) Pigott, Cornelius Pigott, Jr.,Joseph Pigott, Edward Pigott and an unidentified female infant. Thismay have been Rosella Pigott, daughter of John J. Pigott and twinsister of surviving Cecelia E. Pigott.

According to the records which survive, the probate of the Last Willand Testament of Cornelius Pigott took several years. A copy of hiswill dated October 5, 1915, can be found in Will Record 4, CherokeeCounty, p. 486. The will makes the following bequests: 1. To WilliamPigott, two thousand dollars; 2. To John Pigott, three thousanddollars; 3. To Annie (Pigott) Everhart, three thousand dollars; 4. ToMaggie (Pigott) Myers, three thousand dollars; 5. To Kathryn (Pigott)O'Connell, two thousand dollars; 6. To Joseph Edward Pigott, sixthousand dollars; 7. To Cornelius Pigott (Jr.), one thousand dollars;8. To Mary Josephine (Pigott) Dunn, eight thousand dollars. 9. "Havingheretofore made suitable provisions for my beloved son Leo FrancisPigott out of my estate, it is therefore my will that he shall shareno further in my said estate." It is assumed that Cornelius Pigott isreferring to the 40 acre parcel purchased in the name of Ella Pigottand Leo Francis Pigott in 1897. 10. To William, John, Maggie, Annie,Kathryn, Joseph Edward, Cornelius and Mary Josephine, a remainderinterest in the northeastern 1/4 of the quarter section he hadpurchased in 1887, subject to a life-estate for the benefit of DennisPigott.

Dennis was to receive the benefits from that 40 acre parcel for theremainder of his life. Cornelius named William Dunn, husband of hisdaughter Mary Josephine (Pigott) Dunn, as trustee for Dennis Pigott .William was authorized to "lease out" the property and to lease it tohimself at an annual rental of four dollars per acre, not to exceedten years. Thereafter, if Dennis was still alive, the current goingrate was to be used. Total compensation to William Dunn was thereduced rent offered to him. The residue of the estate was to bedivided equally between the eight children named above (excludingDennis Pigott and Leo Francis Pigott).

Cornelius named his friend, Con Sullivan of Cherokee, Iowa, asexecutor of the will. The will was witnessed by John Scott and B. O.Cobb. The Petition for Probate of Will was filed October 29, 1915 butthe will was not admitted to probate until an order was filed January31, 1917, some fifteen months later. In the meantime, on October 16,1915, Con Sullivan was appointed Special Administrator at the requestof Mary Josephine Dunn who stated that there was a family dispute. OnOctober 11, 1917, the Executor filed a "List of Heirs and Real Estate"providing the names and residences of the ten children of CorneliusPigott. All of the children were in Cherokee, Iowa excepting John whowas in Alexandria, South Dakota, Maggie Meyers who was in Seattle,Washington, and Leo Francis Pigott who was in Wilmer, Minnesota. Thereal property consisted of 160 acres being the original homestead plus40 additional acres purchased subsequently, an additional 40 acres ofthe 160 in section 25 and a residential lot in "New Cherokee, Iowa."

In the October, 1917 term of the District Court of Cherokee, Iowa ,the Executor filed a petition for an order to sell real estatedescribed as the 160 acres above referred to together with theresidential lot. The petition alleges that there is insufficient cashto pay the specific bequests totaling $28,000 and that it is necessaryto sell the referenced property in order to pay the bequests. Nopermission is requested to sell the 40 acre parcel in Section 25, leftin trust for the benefit of Dennis Pigott for his life. A copy of thenotice of filing the petition was served on George Donohoe,Superintendent of the Cherokee State Hospital on behalf of a patient ,Dennis Pigott. Mr. Donohoe stated that he accepted service of thenotice for the reason "that personal service of the said notice uponthe said Dennis Pigott would, in my opinion, injuriously affect suchpatient, and that personal service shall not be made upon him." OnMay 6, 1918, an Order For Sale of Real Estate was filed with the clerkof the court. The appraisers appointed to appraise the property filedtheir appraisal on June 10, 1918 and found the 160 acre parcel to beworth $32,000 and the city lot to be worth $2,500.

In July, 1918, the Executor filed his Report of Sale of Real Estatestating that he had sold the 160 acre parcel to Joseph E. Pigott forthe sum of $37,920 of which $3,000 was paid in cash and the balance of$34,920 was due on March 1, 1919. The Executor further advised thecourt that he had sold the city lot to John McTasney for $2,800 ofwhich $500 was paid down and the balance of $2,300 was due on receiptof a deed and an abstract of title.

On September 24, 1918, just three weeks prior to the end of World WarI, an Order Approving Sale of Real Estate was filed with the clerk ofthe court. On March 25, 1919, the court made an order awarding$1,000 statutory and extraordinary fees to Cornelius Sullivan and$3,000 to his attorneys . It is assumed that the Joseph E. Pigott hadmade payment of the balance of his purchase price which was due onMarch 1, 1919 and that the estate was ready for distribution. Sincethe real property sold for $40,720 and the fees totaled $4,000, therewas $36,720 remaining, less costs, for the payment of bequests. It isassumed that there was some cash and some other assets so that theexecutor was able to pay the specific bequests in full.

Since Dennis Pigott did not die until 1927, the heirs were forced towait until that time for the balance of their inheritance. The Dunnfamily and several descendants of Joseph E. Pigott remained inCherokee County in 1993. Descendants of Cornelius Pigott, Jr.,settled in the Sioux City, Iowa area. Descendants of John Pigott livein California and in South Dakota and descentants of Maggie Meyerslive in the State of Washington. We have no information ondescendants of the other children of Cornelius Pigott at this time.

MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION
The address of the Catholic Church in Meriden is Marryhill CatholicChurch, R.R. 3, Cherokee, IA.
The Cherokee County Genealogical Society is located care of PrairieManor, Cleghorn, IA 51014. Attn: Pat Behrens (712) 443-8343.
The telephone number of the Cherokee Historical Society is (712) 4362624.
Information on the age of Cornelius varies somewhat. His deathcertificate dated 24 October, 1915 gives his age as 76 years, 10months, 20 days which indicates a birth date of 4 December 1838.According to his baptismal certificate he was baptised on July 7,1839. This indicate s that his parents waited 7 months after hisbirth to have him baptised. The 1851 census shows him as 14 years ofage which is accurate if the census was taken after Dec 1851. Hismarriage record indicates his birth in 1838 . In the 1900 US Censushe is shown as having been born in December 1838.

An interesting fact was discovered while browsing the Social Securityrecords. A Cornelius Pigott was born April 15, 1898, possibly in NewYork, and died in October, 1983, in New Jersey. His last address wasin zip code area 07834 which is for Denville, Morris County, NewJersey. This is immediately west of Essex County, where our Corneliuswas married years earlier. Under the theory that one of Corneliusbrothers had been an early settler in New Jersey and had introducedCornelius to Annie Eagan, this Cornelius could be a grandson of thatbrother and named after an uncle, or our Cornelius himself. It mightbe interesting to check this fellow out. His SS# is 106-38-3646.

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!VITAL RECORD:
Birth Records, Nauganee, Marquette Co., MI., 187O-8O, Index of Records at
FHL #1OO753O, Birth Records at FHL #1OO7531, Vol II, page 112, line 9,
Cornelius Pickett (sic) born January 13, 1875. Record Number 783.
For source see also library book 977.496V22i and microfische 6049161.

!MARRIAGE:
Cherokee County, Iowa, INDEX TO MARRIAGE RECORDS, 1896-1939, p 31 7re-
fers to MARRIAGE RECORDS, Book 6, p 78 which provides the following:
License No.: 3853; Date of License: 7 May 1906; Name of Groom: Cor-
nelius Pigott; Residence: Cherokee, Iowa; Occupation: Farmer: Age: 30;
Race: White; Marriage: 1st; Born: Michigan; Name of Father: Cornelius
Pigott; Name of Mother: Annie Eagan.
Bride: Name: Mary Elsie Scurlock; Residence: Cherokee, Iowa; Age :20;
Race: White; Born: Sheridan T/S, Cherokee County, Iowa; Name of Father:
Scott Scurlock; Name of Mother: Elizabeth Head; Date and Place of Marriage:
May 8, 1906, Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Cherokee, Iowa;
Witnesses: Edward Pigott, Mary Pigott. Performed by: Fr. William P. Desmond.

!NOTES:
Letter from Robert S. Pigott Sr. dated March 3, 1991, grandson of
Cornelius Pigott (1875) provides dates of birth and death of grandparents,
names of children of Cornelius including Cornelius III, father of Robert.

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!NOTES:
Cornelius is the father of Robert S. Pigott, Sr. who wrote to me o n 3Feb
1991 with information on the Pigott family. Bob's brother is James F. Pigott.
In that letter he said his father was born on 21 Oct 191O. He wrot eagain on
3 March and told me his father was born on 21 Oct 1912. He said tha tCorne-
lius had a twin, Joseph E. born on 21, Oct 1912 so I'll use that date.

!SOCIAL SECURITY RECORDS
Cornelius Pigott was #48-07-5937 and, according to government records, he
was born on October 21, 1912 and died in December, 1983. His card was issued
in Iowa and the zip code of his last known residence was 50588 whic his for
Juniata or Lakeside, Buena Vista County, Ia.

!NOTES:
Letter from Robert S. Pigott advises that his brother, Cornelius Phillip
Pigott, born 10/17/42 lives in Fresno, California.

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!BIRTH:
Birth Records, Nauganee, Marquette Co. MI., 187O-8O, Index of Reco rdsFHL
#1OO753O, Birth Records FHL #1OO7531, Volume II, page 175, line 9; Dennis H.
Pickett (sic) born 2 May 1876. Record Number 575. Book 977.496V22i i nFamily
History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Microfische 6049161.

!DEATH:
DEATH REGISTER OF CHEROKEE COUNTY, IOWA, p 228: Dennis H. Pigott ,April
2, 1927, Age, 49, Laboror; Cause of death: Exhaustion, Dementia Precox.
FHL 1428671.

!COURT RECORD:
CHEROKEE COUNTY PROBATE INDEX, pg 154, Item 2403, Docket Book 11 , pg275;
Probate Book 24 @ pg 234, Book 1 @ pg 61, Book 28 @ pgs 153, 159.
!NOTE:
The following appeared in "History of Cherokee County" Iowa by Tho masMc
Culla, Chicago (1914) pg 404: "The next murder was that of Thoma sRaftery
who was found in a comatose condition verging on death on the morn ingof Nov.
19, 1909, at his farm in Sheridan Township. Mr. Raftery was a ma nseventy-
five years of age and lived alone in a hut on his farm. The nigh tprevious
to the poisoning, a young man by the name of Dennis Piggot staye dwith him,
but claimed that he had left early in the morning and that Rafter ywas all-
right at that time. Early in the morning Jack Shea had occasion t ovisit the
Raftery house and on entering found Mr. Raftery lying on the floo r ina dying
condition. The dishes had been thrown from the table and there we re
evidences of the shack having been ransacked. He gave the alarm a nda
corners inquest was held and the contents of the stomach sent to t hestate
chemist for analysis and chloral hydrate was found in considerabl equan-
taties in the stomach. The inquest had been adjourned to await th is
report when Pigott confessed that he had administered the chloral
hydrate. He was later indicted and tried for this murder. The ju ry
found him guilty of the act as charged but that he was insane at
the time he committed the act.
The judge ordered him confined to a private institution at Coun cil
Bluffs, where he remained for a year or two and then returned to t his
city, when, on motion of the county attorney, W. P. McCulla, the court
ordered him to be confined at the state hospital in this city, whe re
he has been ever since."
(Sidenote: During our trip to Ireland in 1991, on my birthday , 3OAug,
we were on an Insight Tour and our tour director, John Dempsey, arranged a
cake and bought me a drink of fine Irish whiskey. The locatation: Galway.
The name of the pub: Raftery's!

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!BURIAL:
Edward Pigott died just after reaching 3 years of age. He is buri ed
in the Pigott family plot in the Mt. Calvary Cemetary in Cherokee, Iowa,
next to his parents and some siblings. The large monument bears th ein-
scription "EDWARD Died May 1, 1881 Age 3yrs 8 days."

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!NOTES:
This child of Joseph Edward and Pearl Pigott died in infancy according
to her brother, Paul Edward Pigott.

BAPTISM:
Hazel Agatha Pigott was baptised on December 13, 1896 in Cherokee ,Iowa by Father J. T. Saunders. Witnesses were Cornelius Pigott andLiz Smith.

NOTES:
Information as to dates of death was taken from the Coyne Family Biblein the possession of Loretta Ann Pigott Sullivan, 320 East Third St.,Mitchell, S.D.

BIRTH:
Social Security records show that Ila Tyo was born on September 12,1897.

BAPTISM:
Ila Catherine Pigott was baptised September 13, 1897 in Cherokee ,Iowa by Father J. T. Saunders. Witnesses were Pat Donovan and Ann aDonovan.

DEATH:
Social Security records for Ila indicate that she died on November 21,1991. No place is given in the records but she is believed to havebeen a resident of San Raphel, California..

NOTES:
Notified of Ila's death by Loretta Ann Sullivan, daughter of Ila' ssister Hazel Pigott Coyne. Details of birth date, christening dateand date of death were taken from the William Coyne Family Bible inthe possession of Loretta Coyne Sullivan 320 Third Street, Mitchell ,SD.

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!NOTES:
His father advises that James had two children Mona and Mike. We
have no further information on them nor on their mother.

!NOTES:
Letter from Robert S. Pigott advises that his brother, James F. Pigott lives
in Storm Lake, Iowa.

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COURT DOCUMENTS:
Index to Declaration of Intention to become citizen, (845796) Marquette
Co., Michigan, Liber 3 Page 99.
Naturalization Documents of John Pigott dated May 22, 1869, CircuitCourt
of the Upper Peninsula for the County of Marquette, State of Michigan,Volume
A, page 52; FHL 1845797; photocopy in possession of James J. Sparks ,San
Carlos, California.

NOTES:
On June 12, 1869, Cornelius Pigott, John's younger brother, signedunder
oath, in the Circuit Court of the Upper Peninsula for the County ofMarquette,
State of Michigan, his Declaration of Intention to become a citizen ofthe US
and he renounced his British citizenship. The clerk of the courtwrote in the
name Cornelius Pickett but the signature below was clearly "CorneliusPigott."
Three weeks earlier, on May 22, 1869, a John Picket executed thefollowing
documents:
State of Michigan ) Circuit Court of the Upper Peninsula for saidCounty,
County of Marquette,)
John Picket, an alien, being of the age of about twenty
five years, desirous of becoming a citizen of the United States ofAmerica,
in conformity to the Laws of the United States, relative to theNaturalization
of Aliens, comes into the Court aforesaid, now in session and makesthe follow-
ing declaration, viz:
That he was born in the County of Cork in Ireland in allegiance to the
Queen of Great Brittian and Ireland that he emigrated from Irelandsailing
from the port of Queenstown in the year a.d. 1860 and arrived in theUnited
States in the same year; and that he arrived in the State of Michiganin the
year a.d. 1860 and that he intends to settle and remain in the Countyof Mar-
quette in said State of Michigan.
Done at Marquette, this twenty second day of May A.D. 1869.
I, John Pickett above named, do solemnly swear that the facts setforth in
the above declaration are true, and that it is bona fide my intentionto be-
come a citizen of the United States, and to renounce forever allallegiance
and fidelity to each and every foreign Prince, Potentate, State, orSovereignty
whatever, and particularly the Queen of Great Brittan and Ireland ofwhom I
am a subject.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 22d day of May, 1869.
Ariel N. Beressey, Deputy Clerk his
John X Picket
mark
.
STATE OF MICHIGAN ) Circuit Court of said County
COUNTY OF MARQUETTE, ) Of the May Term, 1869
WE, Timothy Curran and Daniel Laughlin, of Marquette County and Stateof
Michigan, do swear that the Petitioner John Picket has resided withinthe
limits and under the jurisdiction of the United States of America fiveyears
and within the State of Michigan one year; that is to say, he, thesaid John
Picket, has resided in the County of Marquette, State of Michigan.....
all of which places are within and under the Constitution of theUnited States;
and that during his residence within the United States, he had behavedas a
man of good moral character, attached to the Constitution of theUnited States,
and well disposed to good order and happiness of the same.
Sworn and subscribed in open Court this 22nd day
of May A.D. 1869 Timothy Curran
Ariel N. Beressey, Daniel Laughlin
Deputy Clerk
I, John Pickett do swear that I will support the Constitution of theUnited
States, and that I do absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure forever all
allegiance and fidelity to any foreign Prince, Potentate, State, and
Sovereignty whatever, and particularly do absolutely and entirelyrenounce and
abjure all allegiance and fidelity to Queen of Great Britian andIreland
whereof I was a subject.
Sworn and subscribed in open Court this 22nd Day his
of May A.D. 1869 John X Pic ket
Ariel N. Beressey, Deputy Clerkmark

NOTE (cont.)
John Pigott was born in 1831 and, in 1869, would have been 38 yearsold,
not 25 as stated in the application. It seems probable that this Johnis in
fact the brother of Cornelius Pigott since the latter executed hisintent
to become a U.S. Citizen just 20 days after John's declaration andbefore the
same clerk in Marquette, Michigan. It is just a probable that Johnmisunder-
stood the question of his age and assumed it asked for his age at thetime
he entered the United States in 1860. At that time he was 28 or 29years of
age. He may not have known his precise age but this is unlikely.

Federal Census for 1880:
Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Negaunee, Marquette, Michigan;Roll 593; Family History Film: 1254593; Page: 235B; EnumerationDistrict: 25; Image: 0733.
John Pigott
Home in 1880: Negaunee, Marquette, Michigan
Age: 50
Estimated birth year: abt 1830
Birthplace: Ireland
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
Spouse's name: Catharine
Father's birthplace: Ireland
Mother's birthplace: Ireland
Neighbors: View others on page
Occupation: Teamster
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
John Pigott 50
Catharine Pigott 29
Johanna Pigott 11
William Pigott 9
Eddy Pigott 8
Julia Pigott 5
Margaret Pigott 2
Mary Pigott 6M

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!DEATH:
DEATH REGISTER OF CHEROKEE COUNTY, IOWA, pg 156 (?): John Howard
Pigott, October 24, 1919, age unknown, Acute Indigestion. FHL 1428671.

COURT RECORDS:
BIRTH: Birth Records, Nauganee, Marquette Co., MI., 187O-8O, Index ofRecords FHL #1OO753O, Birth Records FHL #1OO7531, Vol I, page 121,line 8: John James Pigott, born 17 Oct 1871. Record number 306; Book977.496V22i. Certificate of Birth #0012568, Michigan Dept. ofHealth (Certified copy in possession of James J. Sparks, San Carlos,CA.)

RECORDER'S RECORD:
Agreement for the Sale of Real Estate for the purchase of 227 DaisyAvenue, Long Beach, CA., made on May 1, 1920, John James Pigott andCatherine Pigott purchasers, and Laura E. Thorton, seller, executedMay 8, 1920 and recorded in Volume 7227 of Records at Pages 11 and 12on May 10, 1920. (Photocopy in possession of James J. Sparks, SanCarlos, CA.)

MARRIAGE
FHL #1035292 INDEX TO REGISTER OF MARRIAGES, Cherokee Co., Iowa 1889-1896 V3, p 129, REGISTER OF MARRIAGES, Book 3, p556: #2257 DistrictCourt Clerk, Cherokee County, dated 23 Feb, 1895 returned 30 April1895, Registered May 1, 1895. (Cert. copy in possession of James J .Sparks, San Carlos, CA) Information on the register is as follows:Married February 23, 1895; affidavit made by Mr. Hugh Dogherty; groom:John J. Piggott (sic); place of residence: Cherokee County, Iowa;occupation: farmer; age: 24; color: white; groom's place of birth :Michigan; groom's father's name: Cornelius Piggott (sic); groom's mother's maiden name: Annie Eagan; bride: Katie Smith; place ofresidence: Cherokee County, Iowa; age: 18; color: white; 1st marriage;bride's place of birth, Cherokee County, Iowa; bride's father's name:Christopher Smith; bride's mother's full maiden name: Esther Brennan;when and where married: Cherokee, Iowa February 25, 1895; witnesses,Hugh Dougherty, Agnes Smith; by whom married: James T. Saunders,Catholic Priest; date of return: April 30, 1895; when registered: May1, 1895; signed: D. M. McNeal, Clerk, District Court.

DEATH:
State of California, Dept. of Health Services; death cert. 48-059 921,Dist. 1903, Registrar's No. 1485 issued 13 Sep 1990 (Certified copy inpossession of James J. Sparks, San Carlos, CA) Information on theDeath Certificate is as follows: Died August 31, 1948; Place ofdeath: Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California; time in state : 29years; age: 76 years, 10 months, 14 days; born: Negaunee, Michigan;usual occupation: Longshoreman (retired); (includes names andbirthplaces of parents) informant: Cecelia E. Sparks, 834 ObispoAvenue , Long Beach, California; entombment: 2 September, 1948 atCalvary Mausoleum, Los Angeles, California; usual residence: 227 DaisyAvenue , Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California. Cause of death:cerebral hemorrage.

CENSUS:
1900 U.S. Census, Sheridan T/S, Cherokee Co., IA; Nat'l Arch., SanBruno, T ???, Roll 423; See form in file.
1910 U.S. Census, Sheridan T/S, Cherokee Co., IA; SD #11, ED #25 ,Sheet 7, Nat'l Arch., San Bruno, CA T ???, Roll ???; See form infile.
1920 U. S. Census, Alexandria, Hanson Co., SD; Enum. D. 86, Sheet 10,line 87. National Archives, San Bruno, Soundex for P230, Reel 3 3 SD;Census Reel 1719, Cherokee Co, Sheridan T/S; Jan, 1920. See form infile. Census records show that six lodgers were enumerated with thefamily; John Pigott worked on his "own account" in his "Pool Hall".According to Cecelia (Pigott) Sparks, this Pool Hall contained abowling alley with two lanes.

RESEARCH NOTES:
BIRTH: Birth of children, checked FHL #1035290, birth records forCherokee County, IA 1880-1907, found Celia, no others.

SUMMARY:
John James Pigott was born the second of eleven children on October17, 1871. His father Cornelius was born in Kilworth, a small villagenear Fermoy in the northern part of County Cork, Ireland. He migratedto America in 1866. It is believed that Cornelius' older brother,John, after whom we believe John James Pigott was named, had arrivedin America in 1860. That same year he was living in Nauganee,Marquette County, Michigan, and had applied for U.S. citizenship. Hewas joined there by Cornelius before 1869 and before hismarriage toAnnie Eagan in 1870. It is not known how Cornelius and Annie met.She was born in the United States about 1852 or 1853. Her parents,James Egan and Margaret Walsh Eagan were born in Ireland and, it isassumed, came to America during the famine, and settled in New Jersey. It was there, on March 28, 1870, that Cornelius and Annie weremarried.

Cornelius immediately returned to Nauganee, Michigan where their firstchild, William, was born on July 20, 1870. It is assumed that Williamwas named after Cornelius' father. John James Pigott was born inNauganee, on October 17, 1871 as were his next four siblings. Forreasons yet unknown, Cornelius travelled to Cherokee County, Iowa,where, on April 30, 1873, he purchased 120 acres of farmland. Fromthe death record of Edward, who was the sixth child of Cornelius andAnnie, and who died May 1, 1881, we learn that the entire family ofeight moved to Cherokee County in June, 1878 when John was almostseven years of age. Five more children were born to Cornelius andAnnie in Cherokee, Iowa. Cornelius prospered and, by June, 1888, hepurchased another farm comprising 320 acres.

Christopher Smith, the father of Catherine Smith and futurefather-in-law of John Pigott, was born in Ireland in 1819. He isfirst found in Iowa Township, Benton County, Iowa in the 1860 census,living with his wife Esther Brennan Smith. She was about 17 years ofage and had been born in Canada. The first Smith child, Bernard, wasborn in Benton County in 1861. Seven more children were born thereprior to the family's move to Diamond Township, Cherokee County, inabout 1875. They purchased a 120 acre farm there and, on April 16,1878, Catherine, the future spouse
of John Pigott, was born.

According to his grave marker located in the Mt. Calvary Cemetary ,Cherokee, Iowa, Christopher Smith died 7 May, 1884 at the age of 65,leaving his wife and eight or nine children. Bernard, who was thenabout 23 years of age, took over the management of the farm. By1895, when John was 23 years of age, he was found living on the Smithfarm in Diamond Township, probably as a helper to Bernard, who was now34, and his brothers. He is shown on the Iowa State Census taken May11 , 1895, as a single person as is Catherine, age 16. In fact, theyhad been married
on February 25 of that year. Catherine was 17 on April 16th, 1895.

They had five children, all girls. The first one, Hazel, was born onJuly 12, 1896. Ila followed on September 13, 1897. In the 1900census of Sheridan Township, Cherokee County, Iowa, the family of fouris found with John shown as a farmer. May Loretta, was born March 19,1904 and the twins, Cecelia and Rosella were born May 3, 1906, all inCherokee, Iowa. Rosella did not survive and died the next day. Sheis belived to be buried with her grandparents as the "Infant Female"shown on the records of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church inCherokee, Iowa, in the Pigott family plot at the Mt. Carmel CatholicCemetary in Cherokee, Iowa.

The 1910 census of Sheridan Township finds the family of sixaccompanied by Catherine 's mother, Esther, aged 65. Esther advisedthat both of her parents were born in Ireland and that she was born inCanada, probably Quebec.

The following year, a photograph which has survived bearing the date1911, shows the family in front of a new farmhouse in Ethan, DavisonCo., South Dakota. Three years later, on October 7, 1914, the oldestdaughter, Hazel, married William J. Coyne in Ethan and they latermoved to Mitchell, South Dakota where they lived for the rest of theirlives. Hazel Pigott Coyne died after May 1974 in Mitchell. The threeyounger Pigott girls lived on the farm with their parents for severalyears. John's father, Cornelius Pigott died in Cherokee County, Iowa,on October 24, 1915. His estate was in probate for several years. Welearned from his probate records that, by October 11, 1917, the JohnJ. Pigott family had moved to Alexandria, Hanson County, South Dakota,John apparently had become tired of farming and desired a change.

According to the 1920 census, John Pigott was operating a pool hallwhich he had purchased in Alexandria. Six lodgers were enumerated athome with the family. Cecelia (Pigott) Sparks revealed years laterthat the pool hall also contained a bowling alley with two lanes andthat it was the girls' responsibility to assist in maintaining thebowling lanes by removing the small stones which had become imbeddedin the wood. During a trip to Alexandria by James and Ellen Sparks in1993, an elderly gentleman remembered the town's only bowling alley.He revealed that the building which had housed the pool hall and bowling alley had been torn down to make way for the Chamber of CommerceBuilding on the main street of Alexandria.

The estate of Cornelius Pigott was closed in 1919 and John receivedthe sum of $3,000 as his share. On May 8, 1920, John and Catherinehad signed a mortgage to purchase a two-story residence in Long Beach,California at 227 Daisy Street, west of the downtown area. The homehad several bedrooms and a storm cellar similar to the type with whichthey were familiar in Iowa. The two younger girls, May and Cecelia,were enrolled in school at St . Anthonys Roman Catholic High School inLong Beach. Within the year, Ila was married to Edmund Tyo, a butcherin Long Beach.

John found employment as a longshoreman in the busy port area of SanPedro-Wilmington nearby. At age 49, he was not too old to changecareers . The reason that the family chose Long Beach as theirdestination is not known. However, it is probable that friends of thefamily had earlier come to Long Beach with the thousands of Iowans whodid so in the nineteen-tens and twenties, and who had written to theirformer neighbors of the beauty and wonders to behold in SouthernCalifornia, especially, as compared with Iowa and the Dakotas, theclimate.

Loretta Mae, the next to youngest daughter married Newton T. Bass wholater purchased undeveloped land in the desert and established thetown of Apple Valley, California. They were divorced in the early1930s . Not long thereafter, Loretta contracted tuberculosis fromwhich she died in 1933 in the town of Azusa, California, where she hadbeen taken in an effort to effect a cure. She never had children.

Cecelia, the youngest, married Joseph J. Sparks, in Long Beach, in1925. John and Catherine had no use for the upstairs portion of theirlarge home, and, to supplement their income, they took in severalboarders whom they called "roomers", a practice which they hadapparently started during the few years they lived in Alexandria,South Dakota, before migrating to Southern California. John Pigottcontinued to work as a longshoreman during World II while in hisseventies. He finally retired at the war's end.

Both John and Catherine were devout Roman Catholics and they regularlyattended church services at St. Anthony's Church in Long Beach . Johndied of a cerebral hemorrage on August 21, 1948 at the age of almost77 years. Catherine sold the home at 227 Daisy Avenue shortlythereafter. She moved into an apartment on Gladys Avenue near TempleStreet adjacent to St. Matthew's Catholic Church and near her daughterCecelia (Pigott) Sparks. Catherine died on May 29, 1957 at the age of79 years.

Both John and Catherine were interred at the Calvary CemetaryMausoleum, Los Angeles, California. Catherine held in her arms hergreat-grandson, James Terence Sparks, born November 10, 1956, prior toher death. He was the oldest grandchild of Catherine's youngestdaughter, Cecelia Pigott Sparks.

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!NOTES:
There is a good deal of confusion concerning the date of the birt h ofJoseph Pigott because of many inconsistant records. There seem s tobe no question that he died quite young on May 1, 1881.
In the US census of Cherokee County, Iowa, dated June 24, 1880 , aJoseph Pigott is enumerated in the Cornelius Pigott family as a c hildof 2 years of age indicating birth in 1877 or 1878 in the stat e ofMichigan. Consistant with this is an entry in the Records of Cherokee Co., Register of Deaths, 1880-91, pg 4, entry 47 (FHL 1,035,294[2]) which records his death as May 1, 1881 and his age as 3 years ,8 days (indicating a birth date of April 23, 1878). It further states that he lived in Iowa for 2 years, 11 months and that he was bor nin Michigan.
A mystery is created by a record in the Cherokee County birth reco rdsshowing a "male" Pigott born 6 April, 1881 in Sheridan Township .This is further complicated by the tombstone in the Pigott Famil yPlot in the Mt. Calvary Cemetery which reads "JOSEPH, Died April 26 ,1882, Age 1 year." My notes also refer to a birth record in Cherok eeCounty showing his age at death as 1 year, 20 days. Though I di d notsubstantiate this record, the dates are precisely accurate fo r theJoseph referred to in this paragraph.
Is it possible that a child was born to the Pigotts on April 6, 18 81,and, before he was named, his older brother, Joseph, died three w eekslater on May 1, 1881; to alleviate their pain they named the new bornJoseph but, tragically, he died one year and twenty-one days lat er?We do know that their next son was born on January 1, 1883 and w asnamed Joseph Edward Pigott. He was called Eddie rather than Josep h,however as I recall my mother referring to her Uncle Eddie befor e hisdeath in 1968.
If the speculation is true, the question remains, where was the fi rstJoseph buried? And why is there no record of the death of the se condJoseph on April 26, 1882 in the Cherokee County records?

[Brøderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 2, Ed. 3, Social SecurityRecords: U.S., SS Death Benefit Records, Surnames Beginning with P,Date of Import: Mar 24, 1999, Internal Ref. #1.112.3.40006.20]

Individual: Pigott, Joseph
Birth date: Oct 21, 1912
Death date: Mar 8, 1988
Social Security #: 481-03-2734
Last residence: 78572
State of issue: IA

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!MARRIAGE:
Cherokee County, Iowa, Register of Marriages 1910-1917, Vol. 3 , p 19:
Number of License: 4707; Date of License: 16 Sep 1912; Name of Groom:
Joseph Edward Pigott; Resident: Cherokee, Iowa; Occupation: Farmer; Age: 30;
Born: Michigan; Name of Father: Cornelius Pigott; Name of Mother: Annie Eagan; Bride: Name: Pearl Mary Alexander; Residence: Cherokee, Iowa; Age: 21; Born: Nebraska; Name of Father: Henry Alexander; Name o fMother: Ella Hauser; Place of Marriage: Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Cherokee, Iowa; Date of Marriage: 18 Sep 1912; Witnesses :Charlie Jenkins, May Mansfield. Performed by Fr. William P. Desmond.

!NOTES:
Joseph Edward Pigott appears in the 1900 Census as a boy of 7 year sold. He also appears in the 1920 Census for Sheridan T/S Cherokee Co., as a single man living with or next to the John J. Pigott family . We have some photos of "Eddie" and Pearl.
FHL 1508628, Obituary of Ed Pigott, spouse of Pearl Alexander provides his birth date of January 8, 1883. The Social Security records for Joseph Edward Pigott, # 480-44-7766, show that his card was issued in Iowa, it verifies the birthdate and death dates given above and that his last address was in zip code 51012, Cherokee, IA.

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!DEED:
Leo Francis Pigott and Ella C. Pigott, Administrator's Deed dated
July 17, 1897, Book 2 of Deeds, Page 179, being the SE 1/4 of the
NE 1/4 of Sec 23, TS 92, R 41, FHL 1415902 Deed Index book pg 220;
FHL 1415955 includes deed itself.

!COURT RECORDS:
Incumbrance Book 3, Cherokee County, Iowa, (1428604), Leo F. Pigot t;
Annice E. D. Geckler vs Leo F. Pigott, Writ of Attachment September 27,
1917, 10:30 A.M.. The S 1/2 of NE 1/4 of Sec 23 TS 92, Range 41, Cherokee,
Ia.

!NOTE:
Based on the information at hand, we can only speculate about the
nature of the above deed to Leo Francis Pigott and Ella C. Pigott. The
property is a 40-acre plot adjacent to the plot which had been purchased
by Cornelius in 1887 or 1888. It is possible that Cornelius had earlier
agreed with Ella that, in consideration for her taking on the raisin gof
his large family, Cornelius purchased that parcel and placed it in her
name for her protection and that of their son. Leo was only 3 year sof
age when the deed was recorded.
Leo F. Pigott is reported in the probate index for Cherokee County
Iowa on the same page as his father Cornelius; i.e. Probate Index No.
1, page 216, line 1, item no. 1446. FHL # 1415960. It is likely in refer-
ence to the establishment of a Guardianship for him since he was th eonly
child of Cornelius who was a minor at the time of the death of Cornelius.
He died in 1987 in Garden Grove, Iowa.
The following was taken from a letter from Ardyth Dunn, daughter-i n-
law of Mary Josephine Pigott (40) (mother of her spouse James Dunn) to James
J. Sparks dated 11 Dec, 1993: "(Concerning Leo Francis Pigott) We visited them
several times when they lived in Garden Grove, Iowa and they were dear people.
Uncle Leo and son stayed with us when Jim's (Dunn) mother died and they drove
up for the funeral. I have this much information: Leo Francis Pigott - Born
6/26/1896; Died 8/25/1987. Married on 8/3/1917 to Anne --- who was born 5/4/??;
Died 10/16/1990. Both buried in Garden Grove, Iowa Cemetary. Had one
son, John and wife Marjorie, 5849 Ridgeview Dr., SW, Apt 827. Cedar Rapids,
IA 52404. Tel (319) 396-3519."
Social Security Records reveal his # 482-10-5194, verify his date s ofbirth
and death and his residence at death in Iowa, Zip 50103.

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!NOTES:
Information on this family was provided by Leo's brother Paul Pigo tt.

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!BAPTISM:
Margaret Pigott was baptised in St. Martin's Roman Catholic Church,
Kilworth, County Cork, Ireland on May 3, 1834. Sponsoring her were
Cornelius Pigott, presumed to be a brother of her father William, and
Catherine O'Brien, probably a sister of her mother, Margaret.

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!NOTES:
Letter from Robert S. Pigott, Sr. gives Mary's married name as Simmons
without other details.

MARRIAGE:
Cherokee County, Iowa, INDEX TO REGISTER OF MARRIAGES, 1896-1939 , V.5,
p 319, REGISTER OF MARRIAGES 1889-1911, V. 2, p 214:
Number of License: 4214; Date of License: 13 Feb, 1909; Declarant : Ed
Pigott; Name of Groom: William Aloysius Dunn; Residence: Meriden;Occupation:
Farmer; Age 28; Birth: "Sorda Iriquois" (??); Name of Father: MichaelDunn;
Name of Mother: Sara Tierney;
Bride: Name: Mary Josephine Pigott; Residence: Cherokee; Age: 23,Marriage:
1st; Name of Father: Cornelius Pigott; Name of Mother: Annie Eagan;Place
and date of Marriage: Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Cherokee, Iowa,
Feb 15, 1909. Witnesses: Edward Pigott, Maggie Dunn; Performed by Fr.
William P. Desmond.

NOTES:
The baptism record for May Loretta Pigott on 30 March, 1904 inCherokee
shows that the witnesses were William Dunn and Mary Pigott. This was
almost five years prior to their marriage.
This Mary Dunn filed a petition in the Estate of Cornelius Pigott on
November 18, 1915 alleging a dispute in the family and requesting that
Cornelius Sullivan be appointed a Special Administrator of the Estate.
He was so appointed on Nov 16, 1915 and was finally discharged on June4, 1917.
The Order Admitting Will to Probate (and Order Appointing Executor)was not
filed until January 31, 1917.
On March 25, 1919 Cornelius Sullivan received $1,000 for his statutory
and extraordinary fees.

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!DEATH:
DEATH REGISTER OF CHEROKEE COUNTY, IOWA, pg 156, Maxine Lucille Pigott
died February 8, 1918 of "malnutrition" at age 4. FHL 1428671.

!NOTES:
This child of Joseph Edward and Pearl Pigott died in infancy according
to her brother Paul Edward Pigott.

BAPTISM:
May Loretta Pigott was baptised on 30 March, 1904 in Cherokee, Iowa byFather J. P. Barron. Witnesses were William Dunn and Mary Pigott.

NOTES:
May Loretta was known as Loretta Pigott. Sometime in the mid-1920 's,she was married to Newton T. Bass who later created Apple Valley ,California, from undeveloped desert land. They were divorced in theearly 1930's and Loretta died of tuberculosis in 1933 in Azusa,California where she had been moved from Long Beach for her health.Date of death was recorded in the William Coyne Family Bible now inthe possession of Loretta Sullivan, 320 Third St., Mitchell, SD.

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!NOTES:
All information on this family was provided in 1993 by Paul Pigott ,father
of Monica Pigott.

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!BIRTH:
Record of Births, Cherokee County, Iowa, Vol. 2, p 320:
PAUL E. PIGOTT, Mar 3, 1914, father Ed Pigott, born Sheridan T/S,
Age 32, farmer; mother Pearl Mary Alexander, 22, born Nebraska, 1st Child.

!MISC:
The address of Paul and Vera Pigott in 1993 was 8153 S. Avenue, Cherokee,
IA 51012-7094.

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!NOTES:
Ronnie Pigott's father advised that Ronnie had two sons, Dave born
about 1956 and Dean born about 1960. We have no information about his
spouse.

Information on Rosella was taken from the William Coyne Family Biblein the possession of Loretta Coyne Sullivan, 320 Third St., Mitchell,SD, and from Cecelia E. Pigott Sparks during her life. This twinsister of Cecelia survived only for several hours. While, at thistime, we have no information on the survival of Maggie Pigott,daughter of Cornelius and Annie Eagan Pigott, it is possible thatRosella was buried in the Pigott family plot in Mt. Calvary Cemetaryin Cherokee, Iowa, in the small space marked in the church records,"Infant Female." There is no record of the death of Maggie Pigott inthe C herokee County Death Records, nor of Rosella.

CHURCH RECORDS:
Census of 1851, Townland of Graigue, Parish Kilworth, County Cork,Munster, Ireland; Pigott, William, 48, Laborer; Margaret, 41, wife;Denis, 20; John, 18; Margaret, 16; Catherine, 14; Cornelius, 14;Thomas, 10; Johanna, 3. This was copied from the original records ofthe Church of St. Martin's, Kilworth, County Cork, Ireland with thehelp of The Very Rev. Pierce Condon, PP.; on August 12, 1991 by JamesJ. Sparks.

See also A COLLECTION OF 1851 CENSUS RECORDS, COUNTY CORK, IRELAND
by Josephine Masterson, Clearfield Company, publishers, p. 35 for theabove record. The family is listed as number 221, the townland isspelled Graig, parish Kilworth, page 28. Notice that both Corneliusand Catherine are shown as 14 in the latter source and Cornelius isshown as 12 in the former source and Catherine as 14.

The birth records of the Pigott children were found in the originalrecords of the Church of St. Martin's, with the book and pagefollowing the names: John Pigott 11/16; Margaret Pigott 37/29;Catherine Pigott 56/12; Cornelius Pigott 84/21; Thomas Pigott 112/19;William Pigott 133/24 ; Johanna Pigott 154/1. The birth of Dennispredated the church records which commenced in 1830. He is shown as20 in the census of 1851 indicating a birth date of 1831. However,John is shown as 18 in the census of 1851 and we know he was born July3, 1831. Thus we conclude that Dennis was born ca 1830. The recordsalso show that sponsors at the baptism of Margaret Pigott on 3 May,1834 were Cornelius Pigott, probably William's brother and CatherineO'Brien, probably Margaret (Sr.'s) sister.

!HISTORY OF KILWORTH:
Taken from Lewis's Topographical Directory of Ireland, 1937, at pg22O: KILWORTH, a market and post-town, and a parish, in the baronyof CONDONS and CLONGIBBONS, county of CORK, and province of MUNSTER,20 miles (N.N.E.) from Cork, and 1O6 (S.W.) from Dublin, on the mailcoach road from Cork to Dublin; containing 3O38 inhabitants, of whichnumber, 1963 are in the town. This place was the scene of somebattles in the war of 1641 and during the usurpation of Cromwell, bywhom the manor was given to Fleetwood, whose name it still bears. InJuly, 1642, the castle of Cloghlea, on the banks of the riverFuncheon, near the town, said to have been built by the family of theCondons, and at that time the property of Sir Richard Fleetwood wastaken by Lord Barrymore and the custody of it was entrusted to SirArthur Hyde, from whom it was afterwards taken by a descendant of theoriginal founder who surprised the garrison and either put them todeath or detained them prisoners. The town is situated on the riverFuncheon, over which is a neat stone bridge of six arches, about amile above its confluence with the Blackwater (which runs throughFermoy); it consists principally of one long irregular street,containing 343 houses, of which several are well built and of hansomeappearance, and is sheltered by a low mountain ridge, which risesimmediately behind it. (Article continues; see copy in file).

NOTES:
England, following the fall of the Stuarts, passed laws which causedgreat hardship to the Roman Catholics in Ireland, which consitituted amajority of the population. This period of time was referred to asthe "Penal Era." "Ostensibly the aim of the anti-catholic laws was toeradicate the catholic religion in Ireland, but, in fact, apart fromsporadic outbursts of persecution, the penal laws against religiousworship were largely allowed to fall into desuetude from about 1716.Indeed, in the conditions prevailing in the eighteenth century theirgeneral enforcement would have proved an impossible task. The penallaws which were enforced, however, or which were automatic in theiroperation, were those which debarred catholics from parliment, fromholding any government office - high or low - from entering the legalprofession, and from holding commissions in the army and navy." THECOURSE OF
IRISH HISTORY, Edited by T. W. Moody & F. X. Martin, The MercierPress, 1967,
1990.

"..by 1778 catholic proprietors owned but 60,000 pounds a year of thetotal rental of Ireland, then calculated at 4,000,000 pounds." pp 218-19. "At the other end of the scale was the mass of the catholicpeasantry, whose general condition of poverty and wretchedness was notdue to the penal laws, and to whom it mattered little whether theirlandlords were catholic or protestant. As catholics, their maingrevance was the tithe payment to the established church (The Churchof England); but in general the century witnessed a fall in theirstandard of living due largely to the rising population, which broughtwith it keen competition for farms, and pushed up the already highrents." OpCit pp 220-1.

"The American Revolution provided some impetus to the Britishparliment to ease the Irish condition somewhat in order to conciliatecatholics in case of invasion and for other reasons. "The Britishgovernment set the good example by passing a relief act for Englishcatholics early in 1778. Nevertheless, when LUKE GARDINER introduceda bill in the Irish parliament permitting catholics to take leases for999 years, and restoring full testamentary rights to catholiclandowners, it met with a concerted and sustained opposition." Op.Cit.p231.

"However, this first relief bill passed. "Catholic leaders regardedthe act of 1778 as but a beginning, and the years from 1778 to 1829,.." the country was embroiled in a struggle for restoration of rightsto the people.

In 1829, the Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel, the homesecretary, introduced to parliment a catholic emancipation bill and on13 April, 1829, the catholic emancipation act became law. Prior tothat date, catholic parishes were not allowed to record such events asthe marriages, births, baptisms or deaths of its members. Theoriginal records of St. Martin's Roman Catholic Church in the Dioceseof Cloyne in the Parish of Kilworth were made available to James J.Sparks for inspection. The first entry relating to the family ofWilliam Pigott was the birth of their second child, John Pigott, onJuly 3,1831. The birthdates of their later children were faithfullyrecorded in those records as follows: (3) Margaret Pigott, born May 3,1834; (4 ) Catherine Pigott, born June 19, 1836; Cornelius Pigott,born July 7, 1839, Thomas Pig-
ott, born June 12, 1842; William Pigott, born November 24, 1844;Johanna Pigott, born June 27, 1847. The census of 1851 of theTownland of Craigue, Parish of Kilworth, County Cork, shows a sonDennis, 20 years of age as the oldest child living in the family home. His brother John is shown as age 18. Since we know John's birth date,John would have been 19 until July 1851 and 20 thereafter. If Williamwas one or two years older, he would have been born 1829 or 1830. Wedo not know if there were children older than Dennis who had alreadyleft home by the census of 1851. We are forced to assume that Williamand Margaret (O'Brien) Sparks were married before 1829.

We find mention of William Pigott in the assessment rolls dated 23February, 1852 in the GENERAL VALUATION OF RATEABLE PROPERTY INIRELAND for the "County of Cork, Barony of Condons and ClangibbonComprising Portions of the Unions of Fermoy and Mitchelstown." In theTownland of CRAIGUE, Map 15, parcel b, there is a William Pickett,whose immediate landlord is Thomas Pea, described as consisting of ahouse and small garden valued at 5 shillings. The retired CatholicPriest bearing the illustrious name of Canon Pierce Condon , presumedto descend from the Barons of Condon, living in Kilworth in 1991, wasfamiliar with the Pigott family and the location of the originalresidence of the family described above. The small stone cabin,originally supporting a thatched roof, approximately 20 by 40 feet insize, contained a corrugated metal roof and was being used as a barnby the current owners, the Foster family. It was locatedapproximately 2 miles due north of Kilworth just east of the roadheading towards Kilsworth Camp and Mitchelstown. Kilworth, in turn, ison the river Funcheon, one mile north of its confluence with theBlackwater River. It is about two miles north of Fermoy just east ofthe main highway running north from Cork to Dublin. It is 20 milesnorth of Cork and 106 miles S.W . of Dublin.

Nothing further has been found in regard to this family excepting forJohn Pigott, born July 3, 1831, and Cornelius Pigott, born July 7,1839. On May 22, 1869, John "Pickett" executed a declaration forcitizenship in which he stated that his age was "about twenty-fiveyears", that he was born in County Cork, Ireland and that he sailedfrom the Port of Queensland (Cobh,Cork) in the year 1860 and arrivedin the United States and the state of Michigan that same year. Heplanned to remain in Marquette County. There is some question thatthis John was the son of William Pigott who had been born in 1831since the latter would have been 37 years of age in May, 1869. PerhapsJohn understood the question to require his age on arriving in theUnited States, which would have been about 28. However, just 20 daysafter John "Pickett " executed his declaration, Cornelius "Pickett"executed his Declaration of Intention to become an American citizen.His declaration is dated June 12, 1869 and is also executed inMarquette County, Michigan. Though the clerk wrote Pickett, thedeclaration bears a clear signature "Cornelius Pigott". John's wassigned with an X.

!NOTE:
William is not shown in the census of 1851 and it is assumed tha t hedied
prior thereto.

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!BIRTH:
Birth Record, Nauganee, Marquette Co., MI. 187O-8O; Records Inde x atFHL
#1OO753O; Birth Record at FHL #1OO7531, Vol. I, page 83, line 2, William Picket (sic), born 2O July 187O. Record Number 422.

!MARRIAGE:
Cherokee County, IA, INDEX TO REGISTER OF MARRIAGES 1889-1896, Vol .3,
p 129; REGISTER OF MARRIAGES Book 3, p 533, which record contains th efollowing: Lic. #2197 Oct. 3, 1894; Name: William Pigott; Occupation: Farmer; Residence: Meriden, Iowa; Age: unk; No. of Marriages: 1st; Born: Mich.; Father: Cornelius Pigott; Mother: Annie Eagan. Bride: Name: Jeannie O'Boyle; Bride's place of birth: Meriden, IA.; Nam eof Father: Martin O'Boyle; Name of Mother: Ellen Stevens; Date an dPlace of Marriage: Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Cherokee ,Iowa, October 3, 1894; Witness: Michael Hawley; Person Performing Ceremony: Father James T.
Saunders.

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!NOTE:
All information on the children and grandchildren of William Joseph
Pigott was personally provided by William and June (Nash) Pigott in 1993.
Their address at the time was 5420 M. Ave., Cherokee, IA 51012-716 0.

10346 Mildred, El Monte

SQ p. 3636: They had two foster children: Joe F. Crosby and GraceLadd.

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!NOTES:
MARYLAND GENEALOGIES from the Maryland Historical Magazine, Vol II ,pps 286-7: "George Plater was born 8 Nov. 1735, and died at Annapolis 10 Feb. 1792, being at the time of his death, Governor of Maryland (Md. Gazette, 16 Feb. 1792). He was one of the Justices of St. Mary's County 1757-1771 (Commission Book) and represented the County i nthe Assembly 1757-1759 and 1762-1768 (L.H.Journals). He was a memb erof the Council of Maryland 1771-1774 (U.H.Journals), and was Gover norof the state from 1791 until his death. He married first, 5 Dec .1762, Hannah, daughter of Hon. Richard Lee (Md. Gazette, 16 Dec. 1762), and she died 20 Sept. 1763 leaving no issue (ibid., 29 Sept. 1763). He married secondly, 19 July 1764, Elizabeth, only child of Joh nRousby of Calvert County and Anne, his wife, daughter of Peregrin eFrisby. Mrs. Elizabeth Plater died 23 Nov. 1789; the dates of he rmarriage and death and of the births of her children are derived fr omthe Plater prayer book record."

Rhoda Belle is buried in the Greencastle Cemetery in Paint Creek, WV.

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!NOTES:
See Jenkins, pg. 73.

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!NOTES:
See THOMAS JENKINS, pg. 73 under John Joseph Jenkins, Edmund's son-in-law.

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!NOTES:
See THOMAS JENKINS OF MARYLAND 1670 by Rev. Edward Felix Jenkins , pg314:
"George Plowden, immigrant, and progenitor of the Maryland Plowdenfamily, was he third son of Francis, Lord of Plowden, the eldest, butdisinherited on of Sir Edmond Plowden who died in London prior to July27, 1657.
"George emigrated to Maryland in 1684 at age 22 and took title to"Resurrection Manor" which he had bought with his first cousin, ThomasPlowden, Jr., ho died at sea en route, with him, to America. Hemarried, prior to 1696, argaret Brent, daughter of Giles Brent andgranddaughter of Governor Giles rent of Maryland. She was thegreatgranddaughter of Richard Brent , Lord of toke and Addington.George Plowden died in 1713, leaving "Resurrection Manor" to his sonEdmund who married Henrietta Maria Slye. He died in 1757-8 anddevised "Resurrection Manor" to his son Edmund Plowden, Jr., whomarried Jane Hammersley at "Bachelor's Hope" in St. Mary's County, onDecember 5, 1779.
"He served in the Maryland Legislature from 1792 to 1798 and diedApril 20, 1804. One of his daughters, Mary Ann, married John J.Jenkins of "Retirement" in Charles County. Another daughter marriedJ. F. Hickey of Hyattsville. These two families were to marry yetagain.
"Bushwood," the ancestral home of Sir Thomas Gerard, was in the courseof time inherited by George Slye who bequeathed it to his nephew,Edmund Plowden. It remained in the Plowden family until late in the19th century. It was finally given to the Jesuit fathers who held itwhen it burned in January, 1934, as a result of a fire started fromChristmas decorations."