Francis Piant (?-1837) and Mary B. Zachry (?-?)

Francis Piant Parents

Born: ?

Married: 1 December 1835 in Florissant, St. Louis, Missouri.¹

Died: 1837.²

Mary B. Zachry

Born: in Virginia.³

Died: ?

Children

1. Cornelia Piant² (born about 1838 in Missouri;⁴ married John A. Smith^3,4 10 May 1853 in St. Louis County, Missouri;⁵ died ?).

Notes on Francis Piant

Surname variants: Payant.
The probate proceedings state that the couple only had one child: a daughter named Cornelia.² On 8 December 1840 she was living in Kentucky.⁶

Notes on Mary B. Zachry

She was one of the executors of her husband's estate. The probate proceedings lasted from 1837 to 1843.²
After her husband's probate proceedings finish up in 1843, I have not been able to find any record of Mary.

Sources

1. Register of St. Ferdinand parish, Florissant, St. Louis, Missouri (marriage record 1 December 1835).

2. St. Louis Probate Court case #01328.

3. 1880 Federal Census of Washington, Jackson, Missouri.

4. 1860 Federal Census of St. Ferdinand, St. Louis, Missouri.

5. Missouri Marriages, 1805-2002, available at ancestry.com. Please note that Cornelia is (incorrectly) indexed as "Carnelia Francis Pyant" in this database.

6. St. Louis Probate Court case #01328, collection 8, p. 4.