(2892.) JOHN HIATT (1147.) (395.) (77.) (11.) (2.) (1.):
b. 27-9mo-1848, Ind.; d. 1-6mo-1887; m. MARGARET ECCLES; 3 or 4 children. (R122).Sent by Laura Mae Baum Marshall, 308 2nd St., La Grande, Oregon, 97850, sent June 1987.B-Early Mill Creek, Utah ward red F # 6389 pt 4, M- EHous rec F #183402 pg 38, D-TIB EHous rec #6752 bk H pg 307, Bap-rebaptized 13 Jan 1876, End TIB EHous rec # 6752 bk H pg 307 Sealed to Parents LA T rec
Sent by Laura Marshall and Beverly Caldwell.
D/o William Eccles and Sarah Hutchinson
2nd marr Charles Frederick Swinger 5 may 1890 Scofield, Emery, Utah He died 14 Dec 1935 in Los Angeles, Calif
(1147.) ELIHU HIATT (395.) (77.) (11.) (2.) (1.):
b. 29-6mo-1818, near Wilmington, Clinton Co., Ohio; d. 20 February 1872, Harrisville, Weber Co., Utah; m. (1st). 17 June 1856 (or c1840, in Iowa?)., in Utah, to REBECCA COURTER, d/o John and Margaret (Hall). Courter; b. 2 February 1819, Williamsport, Lycoming Co., Pa.; d. 9 March 1893. Coalville, Emery Co., Utah; m. (2nd). MARY BRANDON; m. (3rd). MARTHA FRANCES BRANDON; b. 28 February 1842, Henry Co., Tenn. (After the death of Elihu Hiatt, his widow, Mary, m. (2nd). to ---- ----, and removed to Canada.) To Utah c1854.CH: (by first wife). (288.) Lavina; (2889.) Mary Jane; (2890.) George W.; (2891.) Phebe; (2892.) John; (2893.) Charles; (2894.) Margaret; (2895.) Jesse; (2896.) Elihu; (2897.) Reuben; (2898.) Francis M.; (2899.) Rebecca E,.
((2888.) thru (2893.) may have been born in Iowa and not Ind.)
(By second wife). (2900.) m Matilda; (2901.) Emmiline; (2906.) George; (2907.) Leslie Willard. (R122).
1850 Census, Washington Co., Iowa: Eli Hugh Heyet, 32, Ohio, Cooper; Rebecca, 31, PA; Louisa, 8 Ind.; Mara, 7, Ind.; John, 2, Ind.; Charles, 2/3, Ind.; Samuel L. Heyet, 17, Indiana, Cooper.
Sent by Connie Dabel, Jan 1990, West Valley City, Utah.Elihu Hiatt was born near Wilmington, Clinton, Ohio to Reuben Hiatt and Mary Stout. His parents were members of the Religious Society of Friends or Quakers. His father Reuben was disowned on Feb the 13th, 1833 for disunity. Perhaps living away from Pennsylvania where the main body of Quakers were had its effect on his life and the life of his family. Elihu was the oldest of eight children. The family moved about 1819 to the town of Salem in Marion, Mooresville, Ind. then to Ill. Finally the family settled in Salem Monthly meeting. This certificate was an introduction from the Quaker Church that they had just moved from, stating that they were "Friends" in good standing.
Elihu married in 1840, Rebecca Courter, daughter of John and Margaret Hall Courter. This was also the year that Elihu's father, Rueben died at the age of 64.
Elihu and Rebecca had 12 children. The family entered the Salt Lake Valley in 1853 settling at Mill Creek. They brought three children: Mary Jane, John and Jesse with them haveing buried 5 of their children before they left Iowa. The children: Lavina, George Washington, Phebe, Charles Stephen, and Margert had died of cholera. Two children, Elihu and Rueben were born while living at Mill Creek.
Elihu was asked by the LDS church, to take another wife and he and Rebecca excepted the responbibilty.
Elihu married two sisters, Mary and Martha Brandon, each of these woman bore him four children, in all he became the father of 20 children.
Elihu and Rebecca and their family moved in 1858 to the Weber River area where their son Francis was born. The LDS Church at that time was instrumental in starting many of the communities in the Rocky mountain area. A message from Church headquarters in Salt Lake City would go out to the communities else where. Elihu and his family was called to move to the Bear Lake Valley. They made their home in Paris, Idaho and helped to settle that part of the country.
Each summer the Indians would come in the valley, hunt fish, pick berries to dry and glean wheat. The white people were always kind to them and shared what they had with them. Fishing was an important industry to the settlers.
Elihu went to visit his daughter Mary Jane in Harrisville, which was later divided into Plain City. While there, he was stricken with typhoid fever from which he never recoved. Elihu died 20 Feb, 1872 at Harrisville, Weber Co., Utah.Sent by Laura Marshall of La Grand, Oregon, Nov. 1983. Samuel Moore's
older brother Elihu was instrumental in converting and welcoming Sam into the
church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.NOTES BY LARRY ANDERSON:
I was visiting Washington Co., IA in search of my own families records,that of Daniel Pickens who had settled in Brighton, Washington Co., in 1851 and registered his claims in Washington Co., IA. He served in the Civil War beginning also in Washington, so during that search I looked for HIATT information and in some hidden records the court clerk allowed me to look thru I found the records of marriage for Elihu as well as many other HIATT families. There is also a grave site of many of the relatives in this area.Records found in Washington, Washington Co., Iowa. Marriage record
1839-1844
June 29, 1840 a license issued to join in marriage Elihu H. Hiatt and Miss Rebecca Courter both of Washington Co., whereupon J.B. Davis, esq. makes the following return or certificate to wit:I do here by certify that I joined together in marriage Mr. Elihu H. Hiatt and Rebecca Courter on Tuesday the 30th day of June, A.D. 1840 both parties being of Washington Co., Iowa Terr. Given under my hand officially this first day of July A.D. 1840 Joseph B. Davis, W. Co., J.P.
Temple index cards. Endowment house records: #1129 book C. slg. page 176 End. house # 2346 book B. page 97, Utah & Nauvoo Temple records. # 932 book A slg page 59. Microfishe batch M183394. Serical sheet 1116. batch
A183374 Serial sheet 0593. Batch 183394 serial sheet 1116. Records of Mrs. Bertha Hiatt Palmer, Plain City, Utah. daughter of Francis Marion Hiatt. She is now deceased. she made her home with her father's sister Rebecca Hiatt Weatherston/ Rebecca Courter Hiatt apparently lived her last years with or near her daughter Rebeca Weatherston. It seems most likely that Bertha Hiatt Palmer would have access to the original family records of Elihu and Rebecca Courter Hiatt. Bertha also did considerable research and gives as her source the records of Rebecca Hiatt Weatherston. I do not know where the original family records of Elihu and Rebecca Courter Hiatt might be found. It seems doubtful that there is any other record of #1 LaVina, #3 George Washington, #Phebe, #5 John, #6 Charles Stephen and #7 Margaret, than the one kept by Elihu and his wife Rebecca and Bertha Hiatt Palmers record seems most likely to be a copy of that record. The family is found in the 1850 Iowa census film #442964 page 1069 but it is ] impossible to make out the state of birth and the names of #3 George Washington and 4 Phebe are not listed. Perhaps they were dead. #1 LaVina
name is misspelled to Lousa by the census taker. #2 microfishe batch m183395 serial sheet 3990 Utah. #10 microfushec batch m183402 seral sheet 0726 (Ut) #11 Francis Marion Hiatt, microfiche (Utah) batch n000074 serial sheet 0588 Obituary idex from church historians office film 321,158. Iowa 1850 census #442964 page 1069. Deseret News page 10, May 27, 1913. Microfiche batch m183402 serial 0474. Family group sheet, grandson Charles John Taylor. 1965 filming.The sources used to compile this family group sheet were the best that were available to the researcher at this time. I feel there are better sources than those listed but they are not available to me.
Researched by June Greenhalgh, 238 N. 5th E. St Anthony Idaho. (1980)
Marriage:(1) Rebecca Courter Marrage in 1840, (2) sld Mary Caroline 17 June 1856 (3) sld. Martha Frances Brandon on 19 April 1857 See batch sheet A183374 serial sheet 05983 and batch M183395 serial sheet 1613B-End H rec F #183394 pg 76 bk B1, M-Washington Co, Iowa territory by Joseph B, Davis Justice of the Peace W.C. J. P., T sealings End, Ehous rec F #183394Bk 1 pg 76, D-Ogden City Utah cemetery rec block 6 plot A, Bap-family rec, TIB Ehous #2328Bk B pg 97, End CFI Batch M183394 Ser #1116 Utah
Sent by Connie Dabel, Jan 1990, of West Valley City, Utah.
D/o John Courter and Margaret Hall. John was born 26 Feb 1786 in
Williamsport Lycoming Co., Penn. and died 26 Nov 1885 at Williamsport.
Margaret was born in Williamsport in 1789 and died at Williamsport in 1825.
Rebecca Courter was the first daughter and 3rd child born in a family of six children. They lived in the beautiful state of Pennsylvania. Both the
Allegheny and Appalachian mountains formed the beautiful valleys, that was
Rebecca's home.
Most of the early settlers in Pennsylvania were Dutch and were Quakers,
although it is not known if Rebecca's family were also. It is one of the most historic states in the Union because the Declaration of Independence was signed there. At the time Rebecca was born, James Monroe was President of the United States. When she was 4 years old the Monroe Doctrine was signed.
Rebecca's mother passed away when she was 6 years of age. Rebecca was
taken to Iowa to live with relatives. Iowa at this time was a wild, unsettled territory and the early settlers traveled by horse or covered wagons. During the years between 1830 and 1841, it was reported that thousands came to Iowa to settle or stay for awhile on their way west. John Courter made many trips west to be with his children.
When Rebecca was about 21 years of age she married Elihu Hiatt. They lived in Iowa for some time and here 7 of their 12 children were born, Lavina, Mary Jane, George Washington, who was born on Washington's birthday, Phebe, John, Charles Stephen and Margaret.
The summer of 1846, the "Mormon Pioneers" of Nauvoo, Illinois passed
through Iowa on their way to Salt Lake Valley. They opened a great highway
from river to river in northern Iowa over which immigrants continued to move
until the coming of the railroad. By July of 1846 it was estimated that 15
thousand persons with three thousand wagons, herds of cattle, horses and mules had moved on this Iowa trail which was 300 miles long.
Elihu and Rebecca had learned through the missionaries about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons). Elihu joined the church but
Rebecca was not ready to accept it. They left their home in 1853 to join
others of the faith in Salt Lake City, Utah. While traveling through Arkansas, Rebecca gave birth to a son, Jesse. Rebecca joined the church on Jan 11, 1854 with baby son Jesse only a month old.
One can only imagine the reaction to the first look at the place where
Elihu and Rebecca would call home. It had been 6 years since the first
settlers had entered the Salt Lake Valley, a vast unsettled area on the edge of the Great Salt Lake. At first there were no white settlers and the
United States did not own the region. The Mormon people, under the direction of Brigham Young, claimed it for their own. After the Mexican War in 1848, it became United States Territory, with Brigham Young as Governor and the
President of the Mormon Church.
They arrived in 1854 and settled in Mill Creek near the present site of
Salt Lake City. While living here Rebecca and Elihu had two more sons whom
they named Elihu and Rueben. Elihu ran a sawmill belonging to a Mr. Neff.
They sawed at this mill the shingles for the old Sugar House in Salt Lake City.
The family moved to the Weber River area where a son Francis was born,
after his birth they moved to Brigham City where Elihu worked as a cooper.
Here Rebecca gave birth to her final child, Rebecca Eleanor.
The family moved in 1864 to Paris, Idaho on the shore of Bear Lake. Here
they joined other settlers who had been called to establish a settlement by
President Brigham Young. Elihu hewed most of the logs used in the construction of the first church house built in the village of Paris.
Most of the home in Paris at that time were one large room with packed sod floors. They were built with one window and one door. The settlers here would shoot ducks and wild geese for food. The green heads of the mallards were kept and sold for fine ladies hats.
Life was very hard at times, Rebecca would run out of flour and have to feed her fmaily boiled wheat in its place. There was a neighbor who had a coffee mill and sometimes the wheat could be ground there. The spring would come and sego roots would be added to the food supply.
In 1869 the family moved to the Ogden Valley. Things ran a little easier
for the family for a while. Then in 1872 an epidemic of smallpox and typhoid hit the area. Hundreds of deaths in the Ogden area were a result of these diseases. In winter of 1872, Elihu passed away after having contracted
pneumonia and typhoid.
Rebecca moved her family to a home near her daughter and later became a
member of the Plain City ward. She made a happy home for her family always
enjoying the music they would play and their various ward activities. When her family was all married she made her home with her children until her death on the 9th of March, 1893 in Coalville, Emery Co., Utah. She was buried in Plain City, Utah.B-Ehous rec F #183394 pg 76,bk B 1 F #025165 pt 24 pg 97, D-Gravestone at Plain City, Utah Cemetery & TIB from Ehous, Bap-TIB Ehous #2346 bk B pg 9, End the same
B & D rec from Family rec of her bro Francis M. Hiatt According to family history children 1,3,4,6,7 died on the journey from Iowa through Arkansas Indian territory to Salt Lake Valley Dates & places are legend not able to find documentation. Bap-Family rec T stamp on archive sheet, TIB SL T # 23802 bk 3M pg 854, End T stamp on archive sheet. Sealed to parents LA T rec
(2891.) PHEBE HIATT (1147.) (395.) (77.) (11.) (2.) (1.):
b. 18-9mo-1846, Ind.; d. 1852. (R122).B&D- Family rec of Francis M. HisttBap& End Child, died of cholera 1852, sealed to parents LA T rec
(2893.) CHARLES HIATT (1147.) (395.) (77.) (11.) (2.) (1.):
b. 17-1mo-1850, Ind.; d. 1852. (R122).NOTE: I also have a date as 1852 for death ?B&D-Family rec of Francis M. Hiatt M Bap End-Child Sealed to parents LA T rec
(2894.) MARGARET HIATT (1147.) (395.) (77.) (11.) (2.) (1.):
b. 2-11-mo-1851, Iowa; d. 1852. (R122).B&D-Family rec of Francis M. Hiatt. , M Bap End-Child Sealed to par LA T rec
(2890.) GEORGE W. HIATT (1147.) (395.) (77.) (11.) (2.) (1.):
b. 22-2mo-1845, Ind.; d. 1852. (R122).
B&D-Family rec of Francis M. Hiatt, Died of Cholera 1852. Child Sealed to Par LA T rec
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D/o William Eccles and Sarah Hutchinson
2nd marr Charles Frederick Swinger 5 may 1890 Scofield, Emery, Utah He died 14 Dec 1935 in Los Angeles, Calif
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