Birth: F # 128247 Vol. 8, Tenniken, Baselland, Switzerland
Marriage: (1) Nancy Talbert (Div.) (2) Elizabeth Weber, Certificate, St.
Clair County, Illinois.
Death: Certificate, State of Idaho file # 20033 Bonneville Co., Idaho.
Birth: TIB SL Temple # 5472 Bk B, p. 152 - IL War Pen. of husband.
Marriages: (1) Joseph Carolus Meinard von Euw, married 28 Jul 1858, (2) John
Herold div. 18 Mar 1867, (3) Johann (John) Rudolf (Rudolph) Blatter,
30 Mar 1867, Freeburg, St. Clair Co. Illinois.
Death: State of Idaho, Cert. file # 37176 (Bonneville, County)
LDS Bapt.: Union Oregon Ward Rec. F # 20327 - TIB SL Temple # 5472 Bk B, P. 152Endowment: Salt Lake Temple rec. F # 25218.
Children: Josephine Von Euw a daughter of first marriage.
Stillborn son 14 Sep 1886, Round Prairie, Perry, Illinois, the 12th
child with 3rd husband John Rudolph Blatter.
Also known as Elizabeth
Invalid seal-to-parents temple code: INFANT.
Birth: Salt Lake Temple rec F # 184666.
Marriage: Salt Lake Temple rec F # 184666.
Death: Salt Lake Temple rec F # 184666.
LDS Bapt: Salt Lake Temple rec F # 184666.
Endowment: Salt Lake Temple rec F # 184666.
Sealing: Salt Lake Temple rec F # 184666.
S/o John Rawson and Sarah Chantry.
#3 Ellen (2) md 2 March 1979 Claude Denney, Burley, Cass County, Idaho.
#7 Merlyn div. (2) 24 Dec 1942 Mable Seal, Burley, Cass County, Idaho.Family records of Amanda Jane Hiatt Rawson, given to Dorothy Ellen Fenton Turner.
Archive recods of LDS Church, SLC Utah.
Funeral Programs and obituaries.
(5002.) AMANDA ELLEN HIATT (2897.) (1147.) (395.) (77.) (11.) (2.) (1.):
b. 1-12mo-1881, Harrisville, Weber Co., Utah; m. 17-1mo-1900, to SAMUEL RAWSON, son of John and Sarah (Chantry). Rawson; b. 30-4mo-1860, Swanwick, Derbyshire, England.CH: (6462.) Reuben John; (6463.) Francis S.; (6464.) Ellen Lavera; (6465.) Sylvia Mae; (6466.) Joseph Leo; (6467.) Arthur M.; (6468.) Merlyn E.; (6469.) William W.; (6470.) Lorn D. (R122).
Family Records - Velma Elaine White Fenton; Castro Valley.
From family group records sent by D. Turner, 291 Lexington, Astoria, OR 9703 Nov 25, 1992Family records of Amanda Ellen Hiatt Rawson, given to Dorothy Ellen Fenton Turner.
Archive Records of LDS Chruch, Salt Lake City, Utah
Funeral programs and obituariesAMANDA ELLEN RAWSON LAID TO REST HERE
Final respects were paid Mrs. Amanda Ellen Rawson, 72, Rupert matron, at the LDS First ward church Wednesday, Biship Arlon Smith presiding. Mrs. Rawson died at 9:14 p.m. at Rupert General Hospital after a long illness.
She was born December 1, 1881, at Harrisville, Utah, January 11, 1900 she was married to Samuel Rawson at the Salt Lake City LDS Temple. The family moved to Rupet in about 1919, and Mr. Rawson died here September 7, 1919.Survivors include six sons and two daughters: Frances Rawson of Hansen; Leo Rawson of Rexburg; Arthur and Worthan Rawson, both of Elk River, Idaho; Larn Rawson of Pocatello and Merlyn Rawson of Rockland; Mrs. LaVera Fenton of Boise and Mrs. Sylvia Davidson of Rupert. There are 37 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren; three sisters and one brother: Mrs. Margaret Blatter, Idaho Falls,; Mrs. Mary Jane Crane, Pocatello; Mrs. Edna Prince of Rupert and Horace Hiatt of Rupert.
Internment was at Rupert cemetery, with Goodman mortuary in charge of funeral arrangements.
Life Story of Amanda E. Hiatt Rawson
I was born Dec 1 1881 at Harrisville Weber County Utah. Daughter of Reuben Hiatt and Amanda Jane Rawson. I was blessed and named Dec 19th by Robert Wilson.
The summr of 1892 my father workd at the saw mill in Pleasant Valley. Taking my mother and my sister Margarett and I with him in 1883 we moved back to Harrisville where we lived in my uncl Jim Taylor's house. There my sister
MMary Jane was born Dec 24th 1883.When I was 3 years old my Father with his family moved to Idaho on what is known as Egin Bench and homesteaded 160 acres of land and built a 2 room house, in later years he built onto it.
While Father was building our house we lived in John Fishers house a man who lived there at the time.
There were no wells there at the time so we had to haul our water from the river for washing and everything.
The Indians would come on horses and ask for food and water mother would give them food and drink then they would ride away. One day I remember of some elk coming into the correl which father had built for the cows they stood for a few minutes then went away they were sure pretty it was quite a sight for us girls.
Mother would sometimes take us children and go with Father to the river to get the water barrells filled with water and to get loads of firewood and many times he would take us with him fishing down by the river. Us girls would gather wild flowers sometimes we would wade in the shallow water and gather clam shells.
The neighbors were a half to three miles apart. In the year of 1886 May 19th they organized a ward of the L.D.S. Church with Father as Bishop. Richard Helsley as first counselor and Robert Greenwood as second counselor. I remember so well our Sunday School super intendant Brother George Wood and how we loved to go to Sunday School. I remember one Sunday morning going to Sunday School and finding a dead steer in the church house with the Sacramnent pitcher and glasses hung on its horns and how Father and the other men worked to get it out so we could hold Sunday School. We all thought it was awful.
Our Grandmothre Hiatt, Father's mother, lived with us for awhile and when we went to church she would have us stand outside and shake th dust from our clothes as we had quit aways to go on the dusty road and we used to walk most
of the time.I remember so well our first school teacher Miss Natty Watson. When she went to teacher institute she never cam back. Our next teacher was a man by the name of Albert Heath we never liked him. We had several teachers, William White, William Walker, Anna Gardener and Leona Moon she was the best teacher we ever had.
When I was 9 years old, Father went to Ammon Idaho to run a thrashing machine I went with him and stayd with mother's sister Dora. I stayed with her and helped her for about a month and I remember I got home sick for Mother and the rest of the family so Father made arrangements with my uncle George Hiatt to bring me home so we left there early one morning there were 2 English girls came back with us. We came along fine until Uncle George had to get out for a few minutes and said for one of those girls to drive on a little ways, well she did and when she thought he wasn't coming she attemptd to turn around and find him, turned too short and broke the wagon reach well then there we were. Well Uncle George finely got it fixed so we could go on but it got dark on us and we got lost and it was late before we finely found the place. I was sure glad to get home to Mother and the others. On Aug 3rd 1891 I was baptised and confirmed a member of the L.D.S. Church by my father out in front of Richard Hemsleys place in the canal his daughter Ellen was baptised the same day. They wantd to baptise her older brother John, but he ran and hid and they couldn't find him so they had to let him go. Father built a grainery on the place for the grain and corn and thing like that and in the summer us girls had a play house in it. Mother took strip of striped paper from candy sacks and egg shells and made us cups and plates. I remember when we first planted our garden th gophers were so thick they would eat the garden seeds and what came up and when we would irrigate we would run water in th gopher holes and drive them out when they came out of the holes we would hit them and kill them that way we could have a garden during the autumn months.
Father was away from home a good deal of the time running a thrashing machine Mother and us children would gather in the corn and things we could and put it away for winter use. I remember when Father would take a load of wheat to the flour mill to have our winter flour ground and we would shell a sack of corn and he would taken it and geeet a sack of corn meal too. When we went to school we would hurry home. Mother had supper ready then we would clean away the dishes and get the chores done out side then we would sit down to our school lessons after that Mother and us older girls would knit for in those days we knit our own stockings and Mothre useed to knit alot of other people in those days.
We used to take in washings for different families and I remember one time Mother went out to gather green peas and other vegetables for dinner my oldest sister and I finished the washing we put a bunch of overalls in the boiler and scalded them it changed the color from blue to pink, well we never got any more overalls from families to wash but we didn't care. When I was older I worked out for different families one Mrs. Joe Robertson, she was sure hard to suit. But Mrs. Lula Peterson was nice also Mrs. Eliza Weatherston, I use to stay with my cousin Emma Laphaum. I was staying with my Aunt Becca one time and one night a fellow came in the night and tried to scare us but Aunt Becca wasn't very easily scared so he gave up and went away. When I was 15 years old I went up into Montana in the Horse Prairie Country to cook for a crew of hay men with my Father who had a contract to stack hay it sure was a large hay ranch owned by a man by the name of Mart Barrett. During the year I was 16, I was acting Secretary for Sunday School while our Secretary was away for the summer.
I was chosen secretary for Young Ladys that year and served as sect. until after I was married in 1900.
I was married when I was 18 years old to Samuel Rawson on Jan 11, 1900 in th Salt Lake City Temple by Elder John Winder. We went to Plain City Utah to visit my husband's mother, sister, and 2 brothers and other relatives there.
We were there 2 weeks then went back to our home at Plano Idaho where my parents gave a reception for us. In the spring of 1901 April 1st our first baby was born a son.In the spring of 1902 we sold all property and moved to Oregon where my mothers people lived and in Aug of that year we lost our baby at the age of 17 months in Oct of that year my husband was called to Plain City Utah by the
death of his mother. We lived in Oregon until 1908. My husband came back to Idaho we then had 4 children, Frank, LaVera, Sylvia, and Leo in the Spring of 1909 I sold most of our household goods and came to Kuna Idaho to my husband where he worked for awhile we then moved to Nampa Idaho and lived there until th next spring. My husband bought a team and a wagon and we started out with our family and what little belongings we had and went to Mountain Home Idaho and my husband workd there for a while then we went to Grandview he worked there for a while. He decided to go cross country from Mountain Home back to the Egin Ranch Country where his people lived we got there in time for him to start work in the harvest then that winter houses were scarce so we lived in 1 room of his Brother Franks house where our son Arthur was born in the spring we move to Plano and he worked for Joe White all that year. The next spring he started to work for the Sugar Company he worked from then on until the year of 1919 during that time 2 more sons were born to us Merlyn and Worthan.That summer his health failed him he was stricken with dropsy and taken to the Sugar City Hospital and was there most of the summer then improved so much he got well enough to come home he seemed to be doing well and wanted to come to Rupert to visit my parents he still seem to improve after we came here. We left the 4 oldest children at home bringing the smaller ones with us. The night before we were to leave for home my husband was struck with a paralectic stroke lived that way for one week and passed away, word was sent to his folks and they came and brought the other children with them and he was layed to rest in the Rupert Cemetary, I left my children here with my parents and went back to Plano and sold the live stock and chickens and things I couldn't move brought what I could and came to Rupert to make my home the best I could with my family. I have work around in different places and at different jobs to help to keep things going and to feed and clothe my smaller children the 2 girls and older boys worked to help with providing for me and the smaller children.
Sylvia my youngest daughter was marrid on July 23, 1921 to Harland Davidson and went to live on a ranch, the boys kept on trying to make a go of it we make two attempts to buy a home but had bad luck and failed on them.
Then in the Fall of 1922 my oldest daughter was married to Carl Fenton and the following spring was my oldest son's first attempt at trailing sheep he contacked spotted fever and all most died but all the prayers I could make and
the help of Dr. Elmore and the help of Heavenly Father he pulled through. Then another time we almost lost him from a ruptured appendex but again he was restored to his health through the blessings of our Heavenly Father and my sons Leo and Art had some pretty close calls but so far have come out alright.In the spring of 1934 my son Art went to work at the CCC camp and said while I am working at this camp you better try to buy you a home well I thought I would try my luck once more so I went to a real estate office to see what they had I found I could get a lot for $50 dollars so made a deal with so much down and so much a month until I had it paid out and the deed in my hands and then I had the deed recorded at the Court House through our effort have our home though all the boys aree married except my youngest son Lorn is still with me. He graduateed out of High School the year of 1940 did Janitor work at the High School while attended school the winter of 1941 he worked for the CN Campbell Produce Co Feb 1942 went to St. Anthony and workeed on a farm that summer came home in Aug and worked again for C.N. Campbell was inducted in the Army in Oct of 1942 left home on Nov 9th 1942 for Fort Douglas Utah and was sent from there to California he served 3 years in the Army was over seas 2 years went through a lot of ups and downs. He came out OK which I am truely thankful to my Heavenly Father at the writing of this story. I am 64 years old I have 9 children in my family8 of whom are living 31 Grandchildren 30 of whom are living and 2 great Grandchildren I have worked as a visiting teacher in the Relief Society for many years am still working as a visiting teachere I have worked as an aid in the primary. For the past 4 years I have lived alone this last spring I couldn't geet anyone to plow my lot so I took a shovl and spaded it and leveled it with the garden rakee and put my garden in and I had a fairly good garden at that.
In the spring of 1946 after my son Lorn returned from the war he was working at American Falls. One day he came down home and ask me if I would like to take over the management of the Barnard Hotel at American Falls if I thought I could be could get the job for us. Well I wanted to be with him instead of always being alone so I said I thought I could do the work alright as I had done that kind of work any way so we moved up there that spring and took over the management of the hotel. Lorn worked in the spuds as well as at the Hotel we stayed at it until 1947 when he health broke and I had to give up my job. My daughter Sylvia and her husband came and got mee and brought me to their house here in Rupert on the 3rd of March 1947. I was practicely in bed at their house for 2 months. I regained my health and strength back and sometimes in June of that year I moved into my son-laws 2 room house where I still live during that summer I sold my little house as I would never be able to do the work on it to keep it up so my son worked around here until that fall he went to work at Pocatello for the Transfer Company then in the spring of 1948 he married and has been living at St. Anthony ever since. I am still living in the little 2 room house happy and contented it is a nice place to lie quiet and comfortable at present I have 37 grandchildren and 3 have passed away. I also have 4 great-grandchildren this will be all I'll have to write if there is more grandchildren before I pass away I'll put it down.
B-Union Or ward rec F #20327, Salt Lake Temple Rec F #186206
Bap-Union OR ward rec F # 20327
End-Salt Lake Temple end rec F #184607
M-Salt Lake Temple M rec F #186206
D-Cert from State of Idaho File #3408
(6462.) REUBEN JOHN RAWSON (5002.) (2897.) (1147.) (395.) (77.) (11.) (2.) (1.):
b. 7-4mo-1901, Plano; Freemont Co., Idaho; d. 31-8mo-1902. (R122).
Grandfather John Rawson
By
Sylvia May Rawson Davidson
(typed by assistance of John Pinoliad, Tagbilaran, Phippines
17 Jan 2014)John Rawson was born on the 7th day of October 1824 in Swanwick Derbyshire, England. He was the son of Francis Rawson and Jane Tomilson Rawson .He married Sarah Chantry of Mansfield Nottinghamshire, England. To this union were born 10 children, 8 son, and 2 Daughters
He was a Weaver by trade and it was by working at his trade that he earned his livelihood.
John Rawson was consider an exception good singer and he sang in the choir of the Baptist Church for many years, and was thinking very seriously of joining that church when two L.D.S. Missionaries arrived in the Village. Upon hearing their message and learning that they needed a place to stay, he invited them into his home. Where they held meetings and explained the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the people.
He listed to their account of the Heavenly Message who had appeared to the Prophet Joseph Smith, and how he had translated the Book of Mormon from the ancient records written upon plates of gold by an ancient people, and delivered to him by the Angel Moroni, from the Hill Cumorah.
How God had again establish his Church here on the Earth through the Prophet Joseph Smith. John Rawson believed the testimonies of these two missionaries and on the 20th day of April 1851 he was baptized in a place called Golden Valley by Elder Mathew Morris, then on the 8th day of May of the same year he was confirmed a member of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Elder William Cooper. From that day on until his death he was devoted to the Church.
On the 8th day of June 1851 at a council meeting held in the home of his father Francis Rawson, John Rawson was appointed Clerk of the Swanwick Branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He held the office of a Priest at the same time.
He and some of the other brethren were sent to other towns from time to time to preach the Gospel to those who would listen.
Then at a council meeting held February 1,1852 he was appointed agent for the perpetual emigration fund, this fund was used to send worthy saints to the United States and on the West. On the 29th of February in a priesthood meeting where there were only 2 Elders, 2 Priests, and 1 teacher present John Rawson was ordained and elder.
Later that year or early 1852 he was set apart as President of the Swanwick Branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served in this capacity for some time, and after his release from this office he again served as clerk of the same branch.
Although many of the saints faltered in their Church duties and were dropped from the Church, John Rawson remained steadfast, a faithful and devoted worker in the church as long as he lived.
Death came to him on the 10th day of June 1868 at which time he was 44 years 8 months and 3 days of age.
All of his children except 1, his son George, who died in England when he was 12 years old, eventually came to the United States and Migrated to the west where they settled in Utah and Idaho.
Grandmother Rawson was the first to come bringing with her the 4 younger children the eldest of them 9 years old.
The four older children followed at a later date. Grandfather Rawson made her home in Plain City, Utah. On the 24 day of October 1888 she was sealed to John Rawson in the Salt Lake Temple. Eight of their children were sealed to them on the same day. The other two children had this work done later.
Thus assuring John Rawson that if this family proved faithful in this life they will be reunited with him as a family unit throughout eternity in Celestial Kingdom of our Father in Heaven.
Most of this information was taken from the Swanwick Branch records on file on Micro film in the Archives at Salt Lake City, Utah.
To this union were born 10 children, 8 sons and 2 daughters.
All the children, except 1, George Rawson, who died in England when he was 12 years old. Eventually came to the Untied States and migrated the west where they setteld in Utah and Idaho.
Was a Cherokee Indian.
Some Facts Relating to the Life of William John Hiatt Compiled by his
daughter, Ruth Hiatt Bryson.Much of this comes from things I and my brothers and sisters remember of
our father. Some of the information is gathered from histories by other family members. Also I have documents and certificates, in my possession, that have been useful.
My father, William John Hiatt, was born 19 Sep 1887 in Egin, Freemont Co., Idaho. He was the fifth child of Reuben Hiatt and Amanda Jane Rawson Hiatt. They had moved from Utah to Idaho, early in the year of 1885 and homesteaded 160 acres of land on Egin Bench. They lived in John Fisher's house, while they built a big log house, that was described as a beautiful home. It was in this home that William John was born.
I remember Grandmother Hiatt telling me his hair was very light in color, a real "toe head", and his eyes were blue. As he got older and as I remeber him, he had black hair and blue eyes. He stood 5'10 1/2" in height, was broad shouldered and would weigh about 185 to 200 lbs. He was very handsome and I was always proud to introduce him to my friends. he had a beautiful bas singing voice and loved to sing. Many an evening, we children gathered around to hear him sing to us, sometimes, while tottering us on his knee. He was adept with the harmonica, s well, and "The Irish Washerwomen" was one of our favorites to have him play. In years past, he had also played the banjo, but by time I came along, the banjo had worn out and hung silently on the wall, as a reminder of days gone by.
He was very good natured and loved to tease us kids. We loved it as we were getting his attention. He did have a temper, though. I remember when he brought home a new car. It was a 1927 Cheverolet Touring Car. He was so happy to show it off to Mother. He was so excited that he hit the gas feed instead of the brake and didn't make the sharp turn into the garage. He hit a tree and broke the radiator. The air was blue for awhile. Mother gathered us children into the house and out of earshot. The tree got cut down. Another time I remember was just a few months later. The car was repaired and running good. It was sitting in the driveway, as he was preparing to take mother to town. My little brother, Donald, unscrewed the gas cap and poured a handful of dirt into it. Wow! We heard about that for awhile.
He loved my Mother dearly and was always doing things for her. We children knew of that love, though acts of love were never displayed in front of us. One morning, when he was home, Mother was making the bed. Some of us children were present and could tell he was in a teasing mood. He waltzed across the room, put his arm around Mother, gave her a squeeze and kissed her on the cheek. She scolded him with, "Will, not in front of the children."
Now to get back to his childhood. My grandfather and grandmother Hiatt were honest, law abiding folks. They loved their children and taught them to be good workers and to love the Lord, a lesson my father learned well. My
grandparents took them to church and set a good example for them.
In May of 1886, a ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
was organized in Egin. It was known as the Brighton Ward and grandfather Hiatt was called as the first Bishop. At the same time, grandmother Hiatt was first counselor in the Relief Society.
William John was blessed by Robert Greenwood, a counselor to Bishop Hiatt. Then when he was 8 years old, he was baptized by Hyrum J. Lucas.
When he was 14 years old, they sold their farm, in Idaho, and loaded all
their possessins and family on the train, at St. Anthony, and moved to Nibley, Oregon, arriving their 1 Feb 1902 in pouring down rain. They bought a place in Nibley and stayed with great grandma Rawson's family until they got a house built. They lived their until sometime in 1907, when they moved to Union, Oregon and lived and worked on a big ranch owned by Hyrum J. Lucas. My father and his younger brother Horace, walked all the way from Nibley to Union and drove the cattle. They had a big nine room house to live in, there. They enjoyed that but there were a lot of rattle snakes on the ranch. One day my father and his younger brother, Horace, went hunting, in the hills. They stopped at a big cherry tree and were eating cherries. My father looked down and saw a big rattle snake coiled up and ready to strike at Horace. He aimed his gun and shot it in the mouth and killed it.
Sometime during the year of 1908, my father, William John, left to serve a mission, for the church, in the Eastern States Mission. He served mostly in Virginia and West Virginia. In West Virginia, he met a family of James and M. Elizabeth Bolt Phibbs, who were converts to the church. They were very good to him. They had beautiful twin daughters, and four sons. They all became good friends.
After serving a little over a year of his mission, my father became ill and was forced to return home, in September of 1909. While he was gone, his
parents had moved to Nampa, Idaha and was farming 160 acres, there. He stayed with them and helped with the farm, then inthe fall of 1910, they moved by team and wagon to Rupert, Minidoka Co., Idaho. Again they bought property and built a house.
There was only a small branch of the church, in Rupert, at that time, and
church meetings were held in the homes of the members. The town, also was
small, but with the Minidoka Project opening up, there were opporunities for
farming, that looked good. The family settled here, and enjoyed living there
and watching it grow.
In February 1911, the Phibbs family moved from West Virginia to Idaho and
stayed inthe Hiatt home until they found a place of their own.
My father, William John, courted one of their twin daughters, Mary Jane, and married her, in the Salt Lake City Temple, 25 October 1911. They were blessed with 10 beautiful children.
The first, a blonde, blue eyed daughter, Grace, was born 19 Aug 1912, in
Rupert Idaho. Then they moved to Ammon, Idaho, in Bonneville CO. for a short
while, where there second daughter, a dark haired, brown eyed beauty, eva Wanda was born 14 Nov 1914.
They moved back to Rupert and lived in a little house on the south side of town. My father worked for a construction company, that also moved houses. While on one of these jobs, he fell and broke his ankle. He got a bad infection and became very ill, nearly to death. He later told the family of how he layed there so ill and watched his spirit leave his body. It was as though he had died. He could not move. His life was spared, however, and his spirit returned to his body, which was a very painful experience for him.
Shortly after this, their third daughter, Genevieve, another blue eyed
blonde, was born 1 March 1917.
My grandparents, Reuben and Amanda Hiatt, purchased a farm east of Rupert. My father built a house on the farm and moved his family there and farmed with his father. It was here that their 4th child, a dark haired, brown eyed boy, was born to them,16 May 1919. They named him Clayton Elmore.
My father liked farming. He liked to see things grow and he liked the
feeling of accomplishment, when the harvest was in. He farmed with his father for two years and then moved southeast of town, where he farmed the L.R. Adams farm. They were here, when their fifth child, a dark eyed girl, Ruth, was born 28 May 1922. Shortly after her birth, they had a terrible storm that destroyed the crops and killed several of the farm animals. It was a hard time for them. He had a family to care for and they had lost nearly everything they had.
Then he had the opportunity to take over the farming, on the ranch of Mr.
Collins. They had a nice big house, to live in. It even had indoor plumbing. They sure enjoyed living there. It was located near the little country Pioneer school, where the children attended school. He farmed this place for two years, then the place was sold and they mvoed to Paul, Idaho, where their sixth child, a tiny blue eyed blonde girl, Helen Beth, was born 9 Nov 1924.
My father worked for a warehouse owner, in neighboring Burley, Idaho for
awhile. Then went to worked for Wiley B. Craven, as a tennant farmer. Mr.
Craven had rented several farms in the Emerson district, west of Paul. My
father was a good farmer, so he moved from farm to farm, as was needed to get
them inshape. We children attended the Emerson School, and the family attended the Emerson Ward of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. My parents were very active in the church, participating in all they were called on to do. Father served in the Elders Quorum presidency while there.
While they lived on the farm that was known as the Mill ranch, their 7 th
child, Donald Willia, was born 28 Sep 1927. He had dark hair and big brown
eyes.
The winters were fierce, back then, and the snow piled up. The cold wind blew and drifted the snow up over the fence posts and up on the elctric poles. We kids walked to school on the hard crusted snow, through the fields and over the fences as you couldn't see where they were. The country roads were not any more than a lane and impossible to get out in a car, so we moved from that house to the Larsen place, which was up on the highway. We didn't live there very long as the house was much too small for the size of the family, so we moved to the Bowman place, about a mile west. It was much closer to the school.
While living on the Bowman place, their 8th child, a blue eyed, blonde boy was born 13 Feb 1930. They named him Earl Ray. They then moved to Uscola Place where there was a much bigger and better house for the family to live in.
In 1932, my father went to work for Davis Gree, who was the Bishop of the
Paul Ward. He had several farms, also. The one we moved onto had a big apple orchard. This was of course during the great depression. The fruit from the orchard as well as a large vegetable garden helped to feed the large family. Here, on the 28 August 1932, their 9th child, Mabel Jean, a dark haired brown eyed little girl was born.
The following summer, my uncle, Gottleib Blatter, came to see him. He was married to fathers younger sister, Dora May. He had a large cattle ranch, in Chinook, Montana. He wanted father to move there and help him feed cattle. It sounded like a good opportunity for him, so he sold all the household furnishings, loaded up their family in their chevrolet and moved to Montana, in August 1933.
It was a hard and a very cold winter. He worked very hard to make it work. Gottleib said he would build them a house to live in but was only able to build a small two room house. There were still eight of their nine children living at home and it just wasn't adequate. Even when Eva got a job in town at a boarding house, they were still very crowded. Eva came home to spend Christmas day and while walking back to town to work, that evening, she froze her legs. It raised blisters as big as hens eggs on her legs. She wasn't able to work for sometime.
My father loved living near his dear sister, Dora. She was very good to him and all the family. In spite of this, it just didn't work out for him and in the spring of 1934, he moved his family back to Rupert, Idaho. It must have been meant to be, as just one month laster, his dear sister died.
He went back to work for Wiley Craven, on a farm north of Paul. This is
where their 10th child, Vernal Blain was born, 20 Nov 1934, another blonde blue eyed boy.
In 1937, father bought a piece of property in the town of Paul, close to the school and built a house on it. He moved his family there and went to work for Merrill's egg Hatchery, just outside of town. He worked there for several years.
His beloved wife, Mary Jane, became very ill and passed away 15 May 1938,
jsut three weeks after her dear identical twin sister had died.
He greived for my mother and struggled to care for his family. His three
oldest daughter were married with families of their own, but they helped where they could.
In 1943, he remarried. By then, three more of his children were married,
leaving just the four younger ones at home. They moved to southern California, where his wife was from and he worked in the orange groves for a time.
He had some serious surgery and was unable to do the hard work any longer, so he moved to Ely, Nevada, where his daughter, Genevieve and her family lived and owned a grocery store. He managed a motel and an apartment building, there in Ely, until he became ill and died 29 Dec 1948. He was taken to Paul, Idaho to be buried by his beloved Mary Jane.
All of his ten children, although scattered from the east coast to the west coast, gathered back to Paul, in the bitter cold winter, to attend his funeral and give love and support and to comfort each other.
We of his descendants, although living far apart, have kept in close contact with each other and remained a close family. We hold a family reunion each year in August in his mother's honor.B-Early Nibley OR Ward rec F #5033 Bap-Early Nibley OR ward rec F #5033 TIB Salt Lake Temple #875 bk D pg 25
End-TIB SL Temple #875 bk D pg 25
M-cert State of UT from Salt Lake Temple, no file #
D-cert state of Nevada File # 48-1650(5005.) WILLIAM JOHN HIATT (2897.) (1147.) (395.) (77.) (11.) (2.) (1.):
b. 19-9mo-1887, Egin, Freemont Co., Idaho; d. 29-12mo-1948, Ely, Nevada, bur. Paul, Idaho; m. 25-10mo-1911, at the Salt Lake Temple by John R. Winder, to MARY JANE PHIBBS, d/o James and Elizabeth (Balt). Phibbs; b. 15-10mo-1981, Laurel Fork, Virginia; d. 15-5mo-1938, Paul, Idaho.CH: (6481.) Grace; (6482.) Eva Wanda; (6483.) Genevieve; (6484.) Clayton Elmore; (6485.) Ruth; (6486.) Helen Beth; (6487.) Donald William; (6488.) Earl Ray; (6489.) Mable Jean; (6490.) Vernal Blaine. (R122).
Edna and Stephen had no children.
I was born on a 160 acre farm in Egin, Fremont, Idaho on 25 Dec 1893. My parents were Reuben Hiatt and Amanda Jane Rawson. I was blessed by my Grandpa, Arthur Morrison Rawson on 9 Jan 1894. He named me Edna.
We lived in a big log house, it was a very pretty place. We used to have
lots of snow up there and it was terribly cold.
I can't remember very much a bout my life as a child. I was six years old when I started to school with the other children, but I never went very long while we lived there.
In the year of 1902, at the age of about nine years, I moved with my
parents to Nibley, Oregon. We loaded our furnitrue on a car at St. Anthony and then came by train to Nibley. I remember how muddy it was at Rexburg, and a poor woman was stuck in the mud and couldn't get across the street.
We arrived at Union Station on 1 Feb my uncles, William and Jim Rawson met us there and we went to Grandpa's.
It was awful dark and how it did rain. We were in the back, behind the
back seat and we were so crowded we could hardly move, and it was as dark as a dungeon. We couldn't see a thing and I thought we would never get there. We stayed at Grandma's place in Nibley until we built our house, then we moved into our own house. We hadn't lived there very long when my little sister, Pearl died 29 Aug 1902.
On 24 Sept 1903, I was baptized in the Grand Round River by my uncle,
William J. Hiatt. He was Bishop of the Nibley Ward then. I was confimed by
Joseph Richardson on 5 Oct 1903.
We went to school in Nibley, Oregon. My first teacher's name was Mrs.
Webb. She was a very nice teacher. We all thought lots of her. She was very good to us.
Brother Lyman McBride was our other teacher and he was always so good to
us. He would always play with us children and every Friday when the weather
was good, he would take us for a walk, and we sure did have a nice time.
Our next teacher's name was Louis, we didn't like him at all. We thought
we could do with him like we did with our other teachers but we soon found out different.
Grandma used to have the Post Office, and store and we kids and our
cousins, Sadie and Luella Rawson, used to take two or three eggs over to
Grandma's store and trade them to her for candy and she used to give us a big
sack full every time.
My little sister, Viola was born in Nibley on 24 April 1903. She was sure a sweet little thing.
I used to stay nights with my sister Maggie and she always had such nice
big apples. I can remember those apples yet, how good they were.
Then we moved from Nibley to Union, Oregon on a big ranch owned by Hyrum J. Lucas. The house had nice big rooms and an attic, we kids used to have good times in that old house. There were some black walnut trees there, and we would gather them and put them in the attic. Then when they were good to eat, we would go up there and eat them.
We used to herd our cows on the foot hills and every night we would have to bring them in.
There were lots of tramps there; they would come to the house lots of
times. We were sure scared of them too. That fall, sister Dora and I stayed
in town with our sister, Ellen, and went to school. I had my teacher, Mrs.
Webb that I had in Nibley, and I was sure glad.
We lived on this ranch for about three years, then we moved into town and bought us a little place. We were very close to the church. My Aunt, Rebecca Weatherston was President of the Primary there, and she wanted me to work in the Primary as Librarian, so I did.
My father left us and went to Kuna to work and that fall and winter, there was lots of cases of dyptheria in town. My sister Dora, and her baby were in town at our place and her baby died with dyptheria on 17 Jan 1909. My little sister, Viola, had the same thing, but she died on 20 Feb 1909 with rheumatic heart.
Then we sold our place in Union and went to Nampa, Idaho on Brother Goff's place for two years.
I had a girl friend, Rosie Nicklie, we used to have good times together.
She would come over and we would play on the organ and sing Little Brown Jug.
In the fall of 1910, we moved to Rupert, Idaho arriving on Mother's
birthday, 14 Oct. We bought some lots and Grandpa Rawson helped build us a
house on them. We lived in a tent until our house was finished. There wasn't much of a place here then, but we have seen it grow into quite a large town. Since we have come here, there have been lots of beautiful buildings, the hotel theater, Court House and many other improvements built. My sister, Dora came here that fall and stayed to our place while Gottlieb was on his mission in South Africa. While he was gone, little Cleo was born on 18 Jun 1911.
In Feb. some friends of my brother's wife, who was good to him while he was on his mission in West Virginia, came out and stayed to our place for eight weeks. My brother William married their daughter, Mary Phibbs.
We moved to Dr. Higgians place and lived there about two years. Then mvoed again to old man Higgians place.
The first time I remember going to work for any one was in Union, where I
stayed nights with Mrs. Winder. She gave me 50 cents a week to stay with her
while her husband was away. After we moved to Rupert, I worked out lots. I
was at the Idaho Hotel and just lots of other places.
I went to Idaho Falls one summer to spend my vacation. I had a brother
and two sister that lived there and had a very good time.
I went twelve miles up in the hills to my Aunt Lizzie's place. I will
always remember what a good time I had while I was there. I used to work out
nursing quite a bit and have washed and dressed lots of little babies and used to enjoy that kind of work.
I had good times when my cousin, Maggie Stoddard lived in Burley, and I used to go over there and have some wonderful friends that I got acquainted with while there.
My father died 1 Sept 1920 on our ranch two and one half miles east to
town. We lived there one year after he died, then we came to town in the
spring on 1922 and are still living there.
In 1930, I started to work at the Calderonion Hotel and worked there about thirteen months. Then went to Haley, Idaho with Mr. and Mrs. Prince and worked there in the big Hiawatha Hotel. We did not stay there very long. We went to Ogden, Utah and worked in a swell cafe there awhile. I saw many beautiful things and places while I was there.
On day, Sy Rawson came and took me up to Ogden Canyon and showed me many
old land marks and told me many wonderful things. I shall always remember that day. I sure had a good time.
Then Mrs. Prince and I went to Salt Lake City one afternoon. We went to
the Temple block and through the Bureau of Information and the museum. We were with a company of sight seers and they took up through the Old Assembly Hall and the Tabernacle. Our guide showed and told us many wonderful things.
Then we walked all over Salt Lake and saw lots of interesting things and
places. I believe I will always remember my first trip to Salt Lake City.
I came home on 7 July 1932. After that I again worked at the Caledonian
Hotel for Mr. Brown.
Then in 1933, he put me on steady until April 1934, and I came home. I have met lots of interesting people and have lots of dear friends I like to
remember.
I have worked in the Mutual Improvemnt Association, Primary, Sunday School and Relief Society and have enjoyed my work in the church.
B-Bap-early Union OR ward rec F #20327
Edna was md 1st to Arron D. Harrison, 18 Dec 1942 at Rupert, ID
cert-Minidoka Co, ID F #3080, Div Minidoka Co., #2587 F #11
Bap-Early Union Ore ward rec F #20327
End-Salt Lake Temple TIB
M-Cert from Minidoka Co, ID #3544 Sealed to Stephen George Prince, 26 Mar 1992. Aunt Edna had no children.(5507.) EDNA HIATT (2897.) (1147.) (395.) (77.) (11.) (2.) (1.) ;
b. 25-12mo-1893, Plano, Madison Co., Idaho; livng 1950, unmarried, at 303 Maple St., Rupert, Idaho. Miss Hiatt has assisted in gathering material on her family for this volume.
Edna and Stephen had no children.
I was born on a 160 acre farm in Egin, Fremont, Idaho on 25 Dec 1893. My parents were Reuben Hiatt and Amanda Jane Rawson. I was blessed by my Grandpa, Arthur Morrison Rawson on 9 Jan 1894. He named me Edna.
We lived in a big log house, it was a very pretty place. We used to have
lots of snow up there and it was terribly cold.
I can't remember very much a bout my life as a child. I was six years old when I started to school with the other children, but I never went very long while we lived there.
In the year of 1902, at the age of about nine years, I moved with my
parents to Nibley, Oregon. We loaded our furnitrue on a car at St. Anthony and then came by train to Nibley. I remember how muddy it was at Rexburg, and a poor woman was stuck in the mud and couldn't get across the street.
We arrived at Union Station on 1 Feb my uncles, William and Jim Rawson met us there and we went to Grandpa's.
It was awful dark and how it did rain. We were in the back, behind the
back seat and we were so crowded we could hardly move, and it was as dark as a dungeon. We couldn't see a thing and I thought we would never get there. We stayed at Grandma's place in Nibley until we built our house, then we moved into our own house. We hadn't lived there very long when my little sister, Pearl died 29 Aug 1902.
On 24 Sept 1903, I was baptized in the Grand Round River by my uncle,
William J. Hiatt. He was Bishop of the Nibley Ward then. I was confimed by
Joseph Richardson on 5 Oct 1903.
We went to school in Nibley, Oregon. My first teacher's name was Mrs.
Webb. She was a very nice teacher. We all thought lots of her. She was very good to us.
Brother Lyman McBride was our other teacher and he was always so good to
us. He would always play with us children and every Friday when the weather
was good, he would take us for a walk, and we sure did have a nice time.
Our next teacher's name was Louis, we didn't like him at all. We thought
we could do with him like we did with our other teachers but we soon found out different.
Grandma used to have the Post Office, and store and we kids and our
cousins, Sadie and Luella Rawson, used to take two or three eggs over to
Grandma's store and trade them to her for candy and she used to give us a big
sack full every time.
My little sister, Viola was born in Nibley on 24 April 1903. She was sure a sweet little thing.
I used to stay nights with my sister Maggie and she always had such nice
big apples. I can remember those apples yet, how good they were.
Then we moved from Nibley to Union, Oregon on a big ranch owned by Hyrum J. Lucas. The house had nice big rooms and an attic, we kids used to have good times in that old house. There were some black walnut trees there, and we would gather them and put them in the attic. Then when they were good to eat, we would go up there and eat them.
We used to herd our cows on the foot hills and every night we would have to bring them in.
There were lots of tramps there; they would come to the house lots of
times. We were sure scared of them too. That fall, sister Dora and I stayed
in town with our sister, Ellen, and went to school. I had my teacher, Mrs.
Webb that I had in Nibley, and I was sure glad.
We lived on this ranch for about three years, then we moved into town and bought us a little place. We were very close to the church. My Aunt, Rebecca Weatherston was President of the Primary there, and she wanted me to work in the Primary as Librarian, so I did.
My father left us and went to Kuna to work and that fall and winter, there was lots of cases of dyptheria in town. My sister Dora, and her baby were in town at our place and her baby died with dyptheria on 17 Jan 1909. My little sister, Viola, had the same thing, but she died on 20 Feb 1909 with rheumatic heart.
Then we sold our place in Union and went to Nampa, Idaho on Brother Goff's place for two years.
I had a girl friend, Rosie Nicklie, we used to have good times together.
She would come over and we would play on the organ and sing Little Brown Jug.
In the fall of 1910, we moved to Rupert, Idaho arriving on Mother's
birthday, 14 Oct. We bought some lots and Grandpa Rawson helped build us a
house on them. We lived in a tent until our house was finished. There wasn't much of a place here then, but we have seen it grow into quite a large town. Since we have come here, there have been lots of beautiful buildings, the hotel theater, Court House and many other improvements built. My sister, Dora came here that fall and stayed to our place while Gottlieb was on his mission in South Africa. While he was gone, little Cleo was born on 18 Jun 1911.
In Feb. some friends of my brother's wife, who was good to him while he was on his mission in West Virginia, came out and stayed to our place for eight weeks. My brother William married their daughter, Mary Phibbs.
We moved to Dr. Higgians place and lived there about two years. Then mvoed again to old man Higgians place.
The first time I remember going to work for any one was in Union, where I
stayed nights with Mrs. Winder. She gave me 50 cents a week to stay with her
while her husband was away. After we moved to Rupert, I worked out lots. I
was at the Idaho Hotel and just lots of other places.
I went to Idaho Falls one summer to spend my vacation. I had a brother
and two sister that lived there and had a very good time.
I went twelve miles up in the hills to my Aunt Lizzie's place. I will
always remember what a good time I had while I was there. I used to work out
nursing quite a bit and have washed and dressed lots of little babies and used to enjoy that kind of work.
I had good times when my cousin, Maggie Stoddard lived in Burley, and I used to go over there and have some wonderful friends that I got acquainted with while there.
My father died 1 Sept 1920 on our ranch two and one half miles east to
town. We lived there one year after he died, then we came to town in the
spring on 1922 and are still living there.
In 1930, I started to work at the Calderonion Hotel and worked there about thirteen months. Then went to Haley, Idaho with Mr. and Mrs. Prince and worked there in the big Hiawatha Hotel. We did not stay there very long. We went to Ogden, Utah and worked in a swell cafe there awhile. I saw many beautiful things and places while I was there.
On day, Sy Rawson came and took me up to Ogden Canyon and showed me many
old land marks and told me many wonderful things. I shall always remember that day. I sure had a good time.
Then Mrs. Prince and I went to Salt Lake City one afternoon. We went to
the Temple block and through the Bureau of Information and the museum. We were with a company of sight seers and they took up through the Old Assembly Hall and the Tabernacle. Our guide showed and told us many wonderful things.
Then we walked all over Salt Lake and saw lots of interesting things and
places. I believe I will always remember my first trip to Salt Lake City.
I came home on 7 July 1932. After that I again worked at the Caledonian
Hotel for Mr. Brown.
Then in 1933, he put me on steady until April 1934, and I came home. I have met lots of interesting people and have lots of dear friends I like to
remember.
I have worked in the Mutual Improvemnt Association, Primary, Sunday School and Relief Society and have enjoyed my work in the church.
B-Bap-early Union OR ward rec F #20327
Edna was md 1st to Arron D. Harrison, 18 Dec 1942 at Rupert, ID
cert-Minidoka Co, ID F #3080, Div Minidoka Co., #2587 F #11
Bap-Early Union Ore ward rec F #20327
End-Salt Lake Temple TIB
M-Cert from Minidoka Co, ID #3544 Sealed to Stephen George Prince, 26 Mar 1992. Aunt Edna had no children.(5507.) EDNA HIATT (2897.) (1147.) (395.) (77.) (11.) (2.) (1.) ;
b. 25-12mo-1893, Plano, Madison Co., Idaho; livng 1950, unmarried, at 303 Maple St., Rupert, Idaho. Miss Hiatt has assisted in gathering material on her family for this volume.
CHILD #3:Edith also known as Millie
!BIRTH/CHR;Early Shelton Wd Rec;FHL film 2408
!MARR/PLACE;Certif St. of ID;Bk 1;pg 126,No certif or Lic #;
FHL film 1420880
!DEATH/BUR:St of ID;Bonneville Co;File #3455
!ORDINANCES: BAPT:Early Shelton Wd Rec;FHL film 2408
END:TIB IFALL T;No Bk# pg# or entry#;IGI;Mar 92;ID;pg 2708
SS:IGI; Mar 1992;ID; (2 entries) pg 565
SP:BICUsed 1st of two SS dates 24 Aug 1990 LVEGA Mar 1992 IGA for ID.