(4658.) ROY HIATT (2626.) (943.) (276.) (49.) (6.) (2.) (1.):
b. 11-4mo-1897; m. (1st). to FERN BAILEY; deceased; m. (2nd). to EDNA MOHR. (R145).
(4658.) ROY HIATT (2626.) (943.) (276.) (49.) (6.) (2.) (1.):
b. 11-4mo-1897; m. (1st). to FERN BAILEY; deceased; m. (2nd). to EDNA MOHR. (R145).
(4659.) BOB HIATT (2626.) (943.) (276.) (49.) (6.) (2.) (1.):
b. 7-11mo-1900; m. (1st). to FREDA HANSEN; deceased; m. (2nd). to MINNETTE DE MORT. (R145).
Andrew's father ran a govt. still and made whiskey for a living.
Andrew and Louella were neighbors living across the river from each other. They were married when Louella was 15 and Andrew was 21..Louella's father gave them a farm. Her father was well to do. But because of the Civil War, it caused them a lot of hardships. All they could do was raise their own food of which they had plenty. But they could not sell anything,k so they did not have any money to spend. They sold this farm and bought one in the back country where they continued to raise their family.
Both of these two farms had lots of timber on them. They also could grow vegestables and fruits They did not have to irrigate them as they would gest over s40 inches of rain per year. They lived on good healthly foods that they gre.w They had a well balanced diet. You could go out and stick a fruit tree start in the ground and it would grow. A loot of the fruits grew wild They had apples from June till sometime in the wintesr, as they would store them. Some of the vegetales that they grew, were beans, corn, cabbages, sweet potatoes (sweetpotatoes grew sreal well in the South). If they were properly handled, they would keep all winter.
They would butcher hogs once a year and prepare the meat so it would keep indefinately. First they would salt the pork down, take the salt off and cover it with molasses and black pepper, wrap iat in paper, then tie it up and hang it in the smoke house or the grain bins. It owuld keep better in the grain bins as the grain would absorb the moisture. Theh would sometimes prepare enough meat to last for two or three years. This was some of the finest tasting meat you have ever eaten.
They would also make red-eyed gravy that they would eat for breakfast. It was made with water and fat rendered off the ham. It owuld be served with hot biscuits, slice of ham and if you wer lucky with a egg. Corn bread was served for dinner and supper,
They would clear enough land so that they could grow what they needed for them and any animals that they had. If they had one mule or horse, they would clear a certain amount but if they had two, they had to clear more ground so that they could feed them. Somtimes they would use the neighbors'mule.
They would use a cross cut saw and an ax to cut down the trees and then use a maattock ax to chop the roots loose and pull them up and burn them. Thes axe has a blade on one side and like a hoe on the other side that they could use to hook the roots. This really was very hard work and took a lot of time.
After the roots were cleared, they would use a hand plow, pulled by a mule, to work up the ground and used a wooden harrow, that was hand made, to smooth it. It had to be plowed 3 or 4 times and harrowed several times. The ground was then planted by hand either in corn or grain. The corn was used to feed the cows and hogs and also some was ground up for corn meal. The grain was ground into flour to be used for cooking. to cut the grain, a craddle sycthe was used and the corn was harvested by hand. the corn was stored in corn cribes for the animals. Some of the corn was taken to the mill to be ground up for corn meal and the grain was also ground up for flour.
While they were clearing the land, the timber was used to build them a house, barn or whatever they needed. The timber was taken to saw mill and they would exchange work to have them cut the timber. They did not make log cabins, but the timber was cut as boards and they would hand dress it and hand plane the wood and then build their house. The wood was very pretty when they were through. Some of the different kinds of trees that were growing there are gum, four or five different oak trees, maple, hickory, pine, and popular.
They slept on straw tick mattress and their beds were usually either on the floor or on 2 x 4's with ropes tied in between them to hold the ticks up. The women would make the quilts, usually out of wool which they had carded and spun the thread by hand. Everything was done by hand.
They could sell the timbesr for lumbesr. The oak trees were used a lot for cross ties (railroad ties). These would be planed by hand and were 8 feet long and 8 inches by 8 inches wide. The saw mnills at first were run by horse power or mule power and later by steam.
Andrew worked in the timber and farmed on the side. He had no way of earning money as he did not have an education. All he had was a strong b ack. times were real hard as the Civil War had really plundered the land and it took them a while to get back on their feet after the War.
They belonged to the Primitive Bapt. Ch. One of their beliefs was the foot washings. These were usually held at the revival meetings. These revival meetings were held for a week at a time. they did baptize by immersion and the preachesr did all the baptizing. The church that they attended was the Suds(Suggs?) Creek Church. there was a church every 6 to 8 miles - which was in walking distance -- so everybody attended church. It did not matter what church you attended but that you did attend church. They were hard working --God-fearing people. Dancing was considered the wrong thing to do in those times. Also if you drank or cursed in front of a lady, you were considered white trash.
LDS missionaries were working in their area, and Andrew and his family joined in 1892. One of the missionaries that was there was Keplar Sessions, he was from Chesterfield. All of those that could, were baptized. As the missionaries were traveling without purse or script, they stayed with them a lot. They had as many as 3 or 4 staying with them at a time. One of the neighbors and his wife joined the church, and moved to Chesterfield. they were the Hudsons and they moved to Chestefield because the missionaries were from there. They wrote to Harvey Latham, Louella's father and told him about the area and all the opportunities that were available. Harvey Latham was well to do and so he bought a train ticket and came West, he wanted to see what it was like and make sure it would be a good place for his daughter to move to. He, Harvey never joined the LDS Church. He was in the West for 2 months. After he returned, he convinced Andrew, Louella, and their family to come West. This was in 1900. All but Primmie came West and she stayed in the South, as she was married. They sold their mules and wagons to get enough money for their train fare. The train brought them into Bancroft as the Oregon Short Line RR went through there. They had expected to be met by Mr. Hudson but found out that he had died. When they got off the train they were met by Ira Call.
The way that they figured to make their living in the West, was the same as the others were doing. Since the Oregon trail went through Chesterfield, they would sell horses, cows, feed, wild hay, cheese, butter or whatever they had to sell to the immigrants passing through. It was a great plan and would really have been nice for them, but Andrew was unhable to do it because of an injury he had received in the South,(a limb from the timber fell and hit him him on the head one day while he was working). The wind caused the limb to fall. The altitude of the area in Chesterfield and a sun stroke, all caused Andrew to have Seizures. When he had these seizures, he would fall to the ground where he was and someone would have to look after him till he could get back on his feet. This caused the people in the area to push them out not just Andrew but the whole family. If you had a handicapped child or a mental illness in your family, you were considered worthless. At this time there was no way of helping Andrew but he was not mentally ill. he just had an accident earlier in life that caused him some problems. It is hard to believe that this could cause him so many problems as now we have ways to help with these seizures. Andrew was put in the hospital at Blackfoot as he couldn't take care of himself and they were very poor so they couldn't take care of him. He died while he was in the hospital and was buried in the cemetery in Blackfoot (Grove City Cem.) James (Jim), his son, bought the headstone that is on his grave.
Ulysses and Forest were the only ones that had any kind of an education. They went through the 4th grade with their grandfather Latham's help. Since there was no way of bringing in an income, all the children went there whenever they could and stayed with who ever would take them in. Mamie went to work for an LDS family and they were real good to her. She was the only one that stayed with the LDS Church.
The winters in Chesterfield were real cold, long and hard. The growing season was shorter than they had in the South. All of these factors did not reallly help either.
Louella went to Kemmer, WY and worked as a maid after Andrew was put in the hospital. She found out about the job through a friend and took Mamie and Andrew Anson (who was born while they were in Chesterfield), with her. She met Bill Ayers and after Andrew's death she married him. She later divorced him and took Nello and went back South, where she lived with her parents till Nello was married. One day, she packed her things and boarded a bus and came back West and stayed with her daughter, (Mamie Gorringe), at Tremonton, UT. That is where she passed away. She is buried next to Andrew in Blackfoot, ID.
Andrew was born a Cornelison but buried as Andy Ayres