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WYATT, THOMAS, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 30, P.O. White Hall. Mr. Wyatt was born in Madison County, Ill., July 5, 1819. He was but a child when his parents’ settled in Morgan County, and accompanied them to Greene County, settling on the Lorton Prairie, where land was entered from the government. William Wyatt was an exceedingly prosperous farmer for the period of time in which he lived. He passed away thirty-five years ago, Mrs. W., surviving her husband many years, was also laid at rest in Greene County. Thomas, from whom this sketch is obtained, well remembers many of the older pioneers who have been gathered to a home above. At his father’s house the North American Indian smoked in stolid silence the pipe of peace and then strode sullenly away across the trackless prairie. The education of the youth was derived in a log cabin not far from his present residence. In his twentieth year he was united in marriage to Miss Nancy Denham, a daughter of Willis Denham, by whom he had ten children: William, John, David, Thomas, Oby, Aaron, Ida, Mary, and Addie. Mr. Wyatt owns 80 acres.