John Wiley/Charity Seevers

John WILEY was born 5 Jan 1780 in Carlisle, Cumberland, PA.  His family moved to Ohio in 1795, settling near Marietta, OH.  He married Charity Seevers in Washington County, OH in 1805.  They moved to a farm, just west of Caldwell, OH in 1810. They had many kids:

Abraham – b, 1806

David – b, 1807

Thomas – b, 1809

Polly Ann – b, 1810

William F. – b, 1814

Jacob Anson – b, 1815 (Our 3GG)

James – b, 1816

Hamilton – b, 1820

Charity Ann – b, 1825

John Wiley died on the family farm 5 Feb 1872.  He was 92 years old.

Charity SEEVERS was born in 1781 in Poss, New Jersey.  She died on the family farm in Caldwell in 1853.  She was 72 years old.

Peter Piant/Elizabeth Creely

Peter PIANT was born Dec 1773 in LaPraire, Quebec, Canada. He was part of the French migration from Quebec who came to Florissant in the late 1700’s. He is the first member of our family tree to arrive in St Louis.  He married Elizabeth Creely 25 Jul 1799 at St Ferdinand Catholic Church in Florissant.

In the early 1800’s, Florissant was a small village on the Missouri River.  It is likely that Peter Piant was present when Lewis and Clark stopped in Florissant in 1804 at the beginning of their expedition.

Peter and Elizabeth had eight kids:

Pierre – b, 1800

Adele – b, 1803

Paschal – b, 1804

Anoyme – b, 1808

Catherine – b, 1811

Pariet – b, 1813

Elizabeth – b, 1816

Jean Baptiste – b, 1820 (Our 3 GGrandfather)

Peter died 21 May 1856 in Florissant.  He is buried at St Ferdinand Cemetery.

Elizabeth CREELEY was born 18 Feb 1774 in Kaskaskia, IL.  Her family was probably part of the migration from Quebec, south.  The Creely family moved from Kaskaskia to Florissant. Elizabeth died 14 Oct 1872 in Florissant.  She is buried at St Ferdinand Cemetery.

This is Peter Piant’s home in Florissant.  This picture was taken in the 1870’s, after he had died.  The man, second from right, seated in the wheelchair is probably his son Jean Baptiste Piant.  This house was built in the 1850’s.