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Moses HIATT
Another brother of ours, Moses, went into NE, all very interesting, wish we could keep it all to date.
Records also taken from bible page of Births.
Sent by Harold Hiatt, of Lincoln, Neb. in 1985 just before he passed away. Also provided by Alice Jahrig, of Plattsmouth, Neb.
History of Nebraska, Page 518 Vol I 1882 Moses Hiatt, farmer, Rock Bluff, was born in Peoria Co., Ill, in April 1834, residing on a farm there until he reached the age of 15 years, after which he was employed in farming in the states of Mo. and Iowa. He came to Neb. in Feb. 1862, located in Rock Bluff and was for two years engaged in raising stock. He then turned his attention to farming and is now following both persuits. He owns some 40 acres and a find orchard. Mr. Hiatt was married at Sidney, Iowa, June 24, 1855 to Melissa C. Kauble. They have 4 children, Rose, Berrien W., Charles M. and Demmit L.
Taken from the Plattsmouth Journal 21 Jan 1918 Buried at Young Cemetery From Saturdays DailyThe funeral of the late Moses Hiatt who died Thursday was held at the Congregational CHurch in Murray, this afternoon at one o'clock the Rev. J.B. Jackson officiating. Mr. Hiatt was born in Peoria, Ill. 11 April, 1836 and was nearing his eighty-third year. Mr. Hiatt came to this state in 1861, locating at Rock Bluffs, and had lived at Sidney, Iowa for some time prior to that. He lived in Plattsmouth but for the past six years has lived in Murray making his home at that of his son, L. D. Hiatt. A full account of his life will be given in this paper Monday.
1860 Census Sidney Twp., Fremont Co., Iowa. page 70 Moses Hiatt age 25 Farmer born Ill. Malissa C. 21 Ind. Rosialla 7/12 Iowa Living with them is Reuben Hiatt younger brother of Moses age 19 born Ill.
MOSES HIATT Death Certificate Reg. #2410 Male White, married born April 11, 1836 in Peoria, Ill d. Jan 17, 1918 in Murry, Neb. Father John Hiatt OBITUARY This is a copy of a hand written summery of his obituary, do not have the original. Do not know who made this copy, may have been Ruby Hiatt of Neb. City, or perhaps Mollie Gobelman. When 12 years old, Moses father moved his family to Iowa (1848), he became owner of land on which Sidney, the County seat of Fremont Co., Iowa is now located. Moses married at Sidney, Iowa June 22, 1856 to Malisa Kauble (who died Aug. 19, 1920) At the age of 8, Moses was converted, professed his faith in Christ and was united with the United Brethern Church of which his father, John Hiatt was minister. After coming to Iowa he became a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Besides his wife, he is survived by 3 of his 7 children, Mrs. Rosey Coke of W. W., B. W. Hiatt of Rising City, Neb., and L. D. Hiatt of Murray, Neb. Moses had 5 brothers, 3 sisters, 3 of which are living at the time of his death, Joseph of Glenwood, Ia., Jesse Hiatt of Santa Anna, Calif.
Family Bible Page, Births Francis Elanzo Hiatt was born in the year July the 1, 185- Rozilla Hiatt was born in the year Nov the 19, 1859 Barion W. Hiatt was born in the year October the 26 1863 Charles M. Hiatt was born in the year July the 22, 1868 Anna M. Hiatt was born in the year Aug. the 15, 1871 Demmet Lee Hiatt was born in the year Feb. the 2, 1878 This is very difficult to read and had been scotch taped over some of Demmets records.
Malissa C. KAUBLE
1850-57 Fremont Co., Marriage Records, Marriage Rec. 2
Frances Elonzo HIATT
Sent by Alice Jahrig of Plattsmouth, Neb. There is apparently no marker
for Frances, does not appear in the Fremont Co., Cem. book.
Anna M. HIATT
Sent by Alice Jahrig of Plattsmouth, Neb.
Jesse Isaac HIATT
Modified Register for Jesse Isaac HIATT
First Generation
1. Jesse Isaac HIATT was born about 1838 in , Peoria, Ill..
From Sherry Mitchell Kansas state census of 1895.
This gives Jesse's age as 57 his occupation as Brick mason and also gives a war record which says Missouri "E" Co. 25th Inf.
Sent by Paula Moore found in the 1850 Census of Andrew Co., Missouri Page 1268. Name given as Isaac in the census record.
Jesse age 22 Occupation Farmer born in Ill, Elizabeth age 17 born in Mo.
Page 77 Sidney Twp., Fremont Co., Iowa 1860 census
Jesse Hiatt age 23 Brick maker born Ill.
Elizabeth 23 Ind.
Susan V. 9/12 Ill.
See Jefferson Co. 1870 Census.
No apologies necessary Larry. I completely understand. After all, I am the mother of three children under the age of ten! Haha
Off the top of my head I can't remember John Wesley's birthdate, but I know he was married to Cora Cordingly, who apparently shot and killed him. Their daughter, Ida Elizabeth Hiatt, was my great-grandmother. She married three times. The first was an unknown man with the last name of Fisher.
They had two children, Floella and Douglas, and then divorced. She then married my great-grandfather, Claude Thomas Schnider, who had changed his name to Snider during WWII. Floella and Douglas took the Snider name. They had Patsy Lee, my grandmother, and another son, Billy Bob, who died in infancy. Snider died around 1944 to everyone's great relief. Ida then remarried to a man named McMurphy. I
can't remember his first name right now, and my computer is off at the moment. My grandmother, Patsy, married my grandfather, Demoin Guy Witt. Sure do miss that man. Tough as nails on the outside but a big Teddy bear on the inside. It's ok though. At least I know I'll see him again in heaven one day!
Sandy
On Nov 13, 2012, at 5:02 PM, LarryAndy@aol.com
Jesse married Elizabeth on 19 May 1856. Elizabeth was born about 1836 in , , Mo..
They had the following children:
2 F i. Susan V. HIATT was born in Sep 1859 in IN USA.
3 M ii. Andrew HIATT was born about 1861 in Iowa.
4 F iii. Rosa Bell HIATT was born about 1863 in IA USA.
5 F iv. Ellen HIATT was born about 1866 in IA USA.
6 F v. Ida HIATT was born about 1868 in IA USA.
+ 7 F vi. Renn HIATT was born about 1871.
8 M vii. Lorenzo HIATT was born about 1873 in Missouri USA.
9 M viii. Fredrick HIATT was born about 1877 in Kansas USA.
+ 10 M ix. John Wesley HIATT was born in Aug 1880. He died on 14 Apr 1920.
Second Generation
7. Renn HIATT (Jesse Isaac) was born about 1871 in IA USA.
Renn married Allen K. WATERS about 1900. Allen was born about 1870.
They had the following children:
11 F i. Ruth WATERS was born in 1902.
12 M ii. Donald WATERS was born in 1905
13 F iii. Hettie WATERS was born in 1908.
10. John Wesley HIATT (Jesse Isaac) was born in Aug 1880 in , Montgomery, Kansas. He died on 14 Apr 1920 in Huntington Beach, California. He was buried in Bakersfield Kern County California, USA.
John Wesley Hiatt born 1880 Kansas Posted by: Sandy Souto.
Date: May 05, 2012 at 17:10:50
14 Nov 2012
Good morning Larry!
My half great-aunt, Claudine Snider, my grandmother's half sister, is still living.
Her daughter, Mary Bonney, is living as well. Claudine was born in 1927 in California to Claude Thomas Snider and his first wife Helen, who was said to have been institutionalized for mental illness. My great-grandmother's third husband, Ivan McMurphy, had 4 children with his first wife Mary; Beulah, Eugenia, Mary, and Larry. I don't know anything about them. My grandmother's (Patsy Snider) half brother, Douglas Fisher Snider was born 1928 and died in 1998 in Tyler, Texas. Her half sister, Flowella Fisher Snider, was born in 1932 but I don't know what year she died in. It was when I was a teenager or preteen I think. Ida Elizabeth Hiatt died in 1989, and I think Flowella died a couple years after that. So, maybe early 1990s. My grandmother, Patsy Lee Snider, was born May 13, 1934 and is still living. Her husband, Demoin Guy Witt, was born in 1930 and died April 9, 2003. All their children are still alive.
They've only lost one grandchild.
Farther back from that - I think you have the same info as I do about John Wesley Hiatt's family, but I'll throw it out there nonetheless. If there's something you don't have maybe we can go from there. I have done a whole lot of searching on brothers, sisters, cousins, etc. I wanted to get the main lines down for my grandmother.
Jefferson "Jesse" Isaac Hiatt b about 1827 Illinois married Elizabeth (no maiden name) b about 1837 in Indiana. children:
1. Susan Hiatt b about 1858 in Indiana. No other records.
2. Andrew Hiatt b about 1861 in Iowa. No other records.
3. Rena Hiatt b about 1862 in Iowa. Married Allen K Waters (no other records on him). Children were Ruth Waters b 1902, Donald Waters b 1905, and Hettie Waters b 1908.
4. Rosa Bell Hiatt b about 1863 in Iowa.
No other records.
5. Ellen Hiatt b about 1867 in Iowa. No other records.
6. Ida Hiatt b about 1870 in Iowa. No other records.
7. Loranza Hiatt b about 1874 in Missouri. No other records.
8. Fredrick Hiatt b September 1878 in Kansas. No other records.
9. John Wesley Hiatt b August 1880 in Kansas d April 14 1920 in Huntington Beach, California due to gunshot wound. Married Cora F. Cordingley b February 24 1892 in Minnesota d May 8 1971 in Napa, California. Children were Ida Elizabeth Hiatt (my great-grandmother) b June 24 1908 in Missouri, d October 4 1989 in Humboldt, California, and Robert Hiatt b 1911 in California. No other records on him. I know he died when my grandmother, Patsy, was young.
Jefferson Isaac Hiatt's parents line is where we get connected I think. If I'm not mistaken, one of Jefferson's brothers was Moses Hiatt b April 1836 in Illinois, married to Matilda b September 1847 in Indiana. I don't have much on them. I have that they had one son, Demmit Hiatt b January 1878 in Nebraska. Jefferson's other siblings were Louisa M Hiatt, David Hiatt married to Elizabeth Eberman, Susan Hiatt, Nicholas Hiatt married to Delilah, Reuben Hiatt, and Joseph Hiatt. I know that Jefferson's father, John Hiatt Jr., apparently married two times, Martha Smith (1810-1847) who mothered all the children except for Louisa, who was the daughter of Susannah Beedle. I don't
have anything on either of the wives.
John Hiatt Jr.'s father I have down as Jesse Hiatt b October 1
1777 in Guilford County, NC d October 1 1857 in Sidney, Iowa. He was married to Mary Ann Proctor (1787-1855).
Does this all mesh so far. Are there any holes that you're finding?
Hello!
I am searching for information on my 2nd great-grandfather, John Wesley Hiatt. He was born in 1880 in Kansas. He married Cora Cordingley and they had two children, Ida Elizabeth and Robert.
The family story goes that Cora shot and killed John Wesley where they were living in Huntington Beach, California. I believe it was in 1920. As the story goes, Cora's children found her hiding in a bush saying that she had shot the (bleep bleep) dead. =) She was arrested and spent the night in jail, but was released the next day as it was determined that she shot him in self defense. My grandmother (John's granddaughter) would love to confirm this story if possible. Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks!
Sandy
Top of Form 1 Re: John Wesley Hiatt Huntington Beach died 1920
Posted by: Heather Date: May 06, 2012 at 02:50:07
In Reply to: John Wesley Hiatt Huntington Beach died 1920 by Sandy Souto of 37858 Bottom of Form 1
I have found a small article about this and would love to send it to you but you have hidden your email address . It is the Bakersfield California 4/19/1920 Top of Form 1 In Reply to: John Wesley Hiatt Huntington Beach died 1920 <37478.html>by Sandy Souto of 37858
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You could confirm a portion of the story by getting a copy of John's death certificate. Familysearch has the California Death Index 1905-1939 but as luck would have it, the page he would be listed on is missing :( It would at least give you a definite time period to search the local newspaper, probably the Orange County Register which was known as "The Register" from 1905-1927. The following website will explain how to order a death certificate in California.
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Posted by: Sandy Souto (ID *****7725)
Date: May 06, 2012 at 07:07:32
In Reply to: Re: John Wesley Hiatt Huntington Beach died 1920 <37479.html>by Sherrie Gray of 37858
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I believe I did find record of his death in a book. It was listed as 4-14-1920 with the state file number of 16258. Top of Form 1 Re: John Wesley Hiatt Huntington Beach died 1920
Posted by: Jerri Strombeck (ID *****8880)
Date: May 07, 2012 at 01:20:47
In Reply to: Re: John Wesley Hiatt Huntington Beach died 1920 <37482.html>by Sandy Souto of 37858
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His tombstone http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=HI&GSfn=j&GSpartial=1& GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=6&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=63541982&df=all& 1920 census,
Huntington Beach, Orange, California John W Hiatt 39 Cora A Hiatt 27 Ida Hiatt 11 Robert Hiatt
9 Here's what I don't understand. Huntington Beach is very far away from Bakersfield- over 100 miles. Did they move? Were they on a trip?
The Library of Congress has old newspapers on line but it's temporarily down.
Birth: 1880
Death: 1920
Burial: Union Cemetery
Bakersfield Kern County California, USA
Created by: Zuzu*s Petals
Record added: Dec 31, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 63541982
Hello Larry, Thank you for your quick response. I truly appreciate any help I can get with any of my family line. I am presently searching for any info on my grandmother's father's line, the Sniders. My grandmother's mother was a Hiatt.
I have a bit on the Hiatt line, back to 1700 in Bucks County, PA. I'll give you what I have and let me know if it helps you out. Also, please let me know if you can take it
back farther. I have some info on the siblings of some of my direct descendents, but will list here mostly just my direct line.
William Hiatt b 1700 Bucks County PA d 16 Jun 1776 Jefferson County, WV.
Married to Alice Lowden b 1728 Salem, NJ d 1777 in North Carolina. Their son was John Hiatt Sr.
John Hiatt Sr. b 1749 Frederick County, VA d 1 May 1832 Clay County, MO. He was married to Susannah Anderson b 1749. No other info on Susannah. Their son was Jesse Hiatt. Jesse Hiatt b 1 Oct 1777 Guilford County, NC d 1 Oct 1857 Sidney, Iowa. He was married to Mary Ann Polly Proctor b 9 Apr 1787 Madison County, KY d 11 Apr 1855 Sidney, Iowa. Their son was Elisha John Hiatt.
Elisha John Hiatt b 10 Jun 1805 Madison County, KY d 3 Oct 1887 Fremont County, Iowa. He was married twice it seems. He married Martha Smith in 1830 and Susan Beedle in 1849. Martha was born between 1800 and 1810. She died 1847 in Peoria, Illinois. Susan Beedle was born in 1817. No other info on her.
Elisha and Martha had a son named Jessie. Elisha and Susan had a son named William L Hiatt in 1842.
Jefferson "Jessie" Isaac Hiatt b about 1838 in Illinois. Death unknown. He was married to Elizabeth (Maiden name unknown) b about 1837 in Indiana. No other info on her. According to my findings I think they had 10 children: Susan, Andrew, Rena, Rosa Bell, Ellen, Ida, Loranza (male or female?), Fredrick, and John Wesley.
John Wesley b 1880 Kansas d 14 Apr 1920 Huntington Beach, CA. He married
Cora Cordingley b 24 Feb 1892 Minnesota d 8 May 1971 Napa, CA. They had a son named Robert and a daughter named Ida.
Ida Elizabeth Hiatt b 24 Jun 1908 Missouri d 4 Oct 1989 Humboldt, CA.
Married three times: Unknown man with last name of Fisher whom she divorced, Claude Thomas Snider, and Ivan McMurphy. Ida and Mr. Fisher had three children: Billy Bob who died in infancy, Flowella, and Douglas who later took the last name of Ida's second husband. Ida and Claude Thomas Snider had two daughters: Claudine and Patsy Lee.
Patsy Lee Snider is my grandmother.
From: LarryAndy@aol.com Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2012 14:45:21 -0400 Subject: John Wesley Hiatt To: souto77@hotmail.com
Hi Sandy, saw your post on Hiatt site, trying to find out about John Wesley Hiatt, if he is the one I believe, would make him my 2nd cousin, of Jesse Isaac Hiatt who was the son of John Hiatt and Martha Smith. If you would, I would be very interested to know more of your line of family too. We lost track of this line of family at turn of the 1900's, probably all went to California where so many followed in those days. There is a long history of our Hiatt families in California as Cpt. Sutter was also related and
families there during Gold Rush, etc. Please contact me too, sincerely, Larry Anderson
LarryAndy@aol.com
John married Cora F. CORDINGLEY about 1908 in MN. Cora was born on 24 Feb 1892 in Minnesota USA. She died on 8 May 1971 in Napa, Calif..
They had the following children:
+ 14 F i. Ida Elizabeth HIATT was born on 24 Jun 1908. She died on 4 Oct 1989.
15 M ii. Robert HIATT was born in 1911 in Calif USA. He died about 1920 in Calif USA.
Third Generation
14. Ida Elizabeth HIATT (John Wesley, Jesse Isaac) was born on 24 Jun 1908 in Missouri. She died on 4 Oct 1989 in Humbolt, CA.
Ida married (1) Mr. FISHER . The marriage ended in divorce. Mr. was born about 1902.
They had the following children:
16 M i. Billy Bob FISHER was born about 1930 in Huntington Beach, Calif.. He died about 1930 in Infant.
17 F ii. Flowella Fisher was born in 1932 in Huntington Beach, Calif..
+ 18 M iii. Douglas Fisher Snider was born in 1928. He died in 1998.
Ida married (2) Claude Thomas Snider SCHNIDER . Claude was born about 1905. He died about 1944.
They had the following children:
+ 19 F iv. Claudine SNIDER was born in 1927. She died after Jan 2013.
+ 20 F v. Patsy Lee SNIDER was born on 13 May 1934. She died after Jan 2013.
Ida married (3) Ivan MCMURPHY . Ivan was born about 1905.
Fourth Generation
18. Douglas Fisher Snider (Ida Elizabeth HIATT, John Wesley, Jesse Isaac) was born in 1928 in Huntington Beach, Calif.. He died in 1998 in Tyler, Texas USA.
Douglas married Miss about 1948.
They had the following children:
21 F i. Jamie SNIDER was born about 1950.
22 M ii. Steven SNIDER was born about 1954.
19. Claudine SNIDER (Ida Elizabeth HIATT, John Wesley, Jesse Isaac) was born in 1927 in Calif USA. She died after Jan 2013. She was related to her parents by adoption.
She had the following children:
23 F i. Mary was born about 1950.
Mary married Mr. BONNEY .
20. Patsy Lee SNIDER (Ida Elizabeth HIATT, John Wesley, Jesse Isaac) was born on 13 May 1934. She died after Jan 2013.
Patsy married Demoin Guy WITT son of Louise James WITT and Florence WARTENBEE on 2 Dec 1950 in Reno, NV USA. Demoin was born in 1930. He died on 9 Apr 2003.
They had the following children:
24 M i. Douglas WITT was born on 7 Jul 1951 in oroville, Butte Co., CA USA.
Douglas married Debbie about 1970. Debbie was born about 1952.
25 M ii. David Duane WITT was born on 20 Dec 1953 in Pineviille, OR USA.
David married Debra Sue HARSIN on 11 Mar 1972 in Oakland, CA USA. Debra was born on 26 Oct 1954 in Chico, Butte Co., CA USA.
26 F iii. Debra WITT was born on 1 Nov 1953 in Dallas, Texas USA.
Debra married Victor BURKETT about 1972. Victor was born about 1950.
27 M iv. Robert WITT was born on 10 Jul 1955 in Oroville, Butte Co., CA USA.
Robert married (1) Janelle about 1975. Janelle was born about 1956.
Robert married (2) Kathy . Kathy was born about 1958.
Kathy and Robert have no children as of 15 Nov 2012. From Sandra Joy Witt, Souto.
28 M v. Ronald WITT was born on 23 Oct 1956 in Eureka, Califonia USA.
Ronald married Bonnie about 1978. Bonnie was born about 1958.
Nicholas HIATT
Sent by Sherry Mitchell.
Copy of Death Record
Copy of Muster Rolls during the Civil War
Copy of Will
Copy of Marriage Licence
Ruse Family, by Leland Ruse Smith
Nicholas Hiatt
Nicholas Hiatt was born in 1839 in the state of Ill. He married in Sidney, Fremont Co., Ia. on Nov 24, 1859 to Delilah Ruse, the daughter of John and Delilah Bevens Ruse. Nicholas enlisted in the Union Army,Co. K 47th Reg. Illinois Inf. on Mar 3, 1865 in Peoria, Ill. and was first sent to Camp Butler, Ill. Records show he was 25 yrs old, having a dark complexion, hazel eyes, and dark complexion, hazel eyes, and dark hair. He was five feet six and one-half inches tall. His place of residence at this time was Elmwood, Peoria Co. Ill. He was mustered out of the army on June 21, 1866 in Demopolis, Ala. Disabled with chronic dysentery, he applied for a pension in 1880 and drew a pension until his death.
He and his family moved from Elmwood, Ill. after the war to Sidney, Iowa and remained there until 1877 when they moved to Independence, Kans. (Montgomery Co.). He sold machinery and patent rights to make his family a
living.
Nicholas died of consumption on July 17, 1901 in Kansas Ciy, Mo. at the home of his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Robert Hiatt, and is buried in that city. He was preceded in death by his wife, Deliah, one son Robert, and a daughter.
1860 Census Fremont Co., Sidney Twp., Iowa page 77
Nicholas Hiatt age 20 Brick maker born Ill.
Delilah 18 Ill.
Authenticated Record of Marriage State of Iowa Fremont Co., Book 1 page 7 Nicholas Hiatt and Delilah Ruse were married 24th Nov 1859 by Jacob Moomaw Minister of Gospel. Given under my hand and official seal on this 12th day of October, A.D. 1879.
Nicholas Hiatt, Co. K 47th Reg't Illinois Infantry
Company Descriptive Book of the organization named above.
DESCRIPTION
Age 25 years; height 5 feet 6 1/2 inches
Complextion dark
Eyes hazel; hair dark
Where born Ill. Occupation Farmer
ENLISTMENT
When March 3rd, 1865 Where Peoria, Ill.
By whom May. Norton; term 1 year
Nicholis Hitt, private (New) Co. K, 47th Reg't Illinois Inf.
Age 25 years
Appears on Co. Muster-out Roll. dated Demopolis, Ala, June 21, 1866 Muster
out to date Jane 21, 1866. Not paid since Enlistment.
Clothing account ....due U.S. $2.69
Due U.S. for arms, equipment &c., $6.00 Bounty due $66 2/3
Remarks: One Springfield Rifle & Accoutements retained.
Nicolas Hiatt Pri., (New) Co. K, 47 Reg't Illinois Infantry Appears on
Company Muster Roll
for dated Dec. 31, 1865 Present
for Sept. & Oct 1865. Present
for July & Aug, 1865 Present
for May & June 1865 Present
Remarks: 1st Inst. Bounty due $33.33
for March 23 to Apr 30, 1865 Present
Remarks: Name Mispelled on original Muster Roll
X Nicholas in present Column
Nicholus Hiatt Pri, (New) Co. K, 47 Reg't Ill. Inf. Appears on
Company Muster and Descriptive Roll
of the organization named above. Roll dated Camp Butler, Ill. March 23, 1865
Where born Ill.
Age 23 years; Occupation Farmer
When enlisted March 3, 1865 Where enlisted Peoria, Ill
For What period enlisted 1 year
Eyes Hazel; Hair dark
Complexion dark; height 5 ft. 6 1/2 inches
When mustered in March 3, 1865 Where mustered in Peoria, Ill.
Bounty du $100
Remarks: Residence: Elmwood, Peoria Co., Ill.
3-405
PENSIONER DROPPED
U. S. Pension Agency
Topeka, Kansas
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Im July 31, 1901 Certificate No. 243216 OK
Class INVALID JBB
Pensioner Nicholas Hiatt
Soldier
Service Pt. K, 47 Ill. Inf.
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions: Aug. 19, 1901
SIR: I have the honor to report that the above named pensioner who was
last paid at $17, to 4 May 1901
date 17 July 1901
Very respectfully, C. Leland H?
No other Claim (hand written over document sideways)
Delilah RUSE
D/o John Ruse and Delilah Bevans. Sent by Sherry Mitchell and Leland
Smith.
Marrige information in 1857-1869 Marrige Book Fremont Co., Iowa
Susannah A. BEEDLE
Found in Proctor Conn., pg 91. She married first a Palmer, secondly to Rodermel.
Probate Record #2, case #935
Fremont County District Court
I, Susan A. Hiatt, the town of Sidney, the County of Fremont, in the State of Iowa, being of sound mind and memory and of full age do hereby make and publish this my last will and testament.
1st I direct that all my debts and funeral expenses be fully paid.
2nd I, give devise and bequeth unto my beloved Son, John Rodarmal, one
tenth (1/10) of the remaining of my property after all my debts and funeral
expenses are paid.
3rd The remaining nine tenths (9/10) of my property - I give, devise and bequeth unto my beloved Step Son, Joseph Hiatt Jr.
In Witness whereof I have set my hand this 30th day of March 1889
Signed Susan A. Hiatt
The foregoing instrument was at the date thereof, subscribed Susan A.
Hiatt, in our presence and she at the same time declared it to be her last will and testment, and by her request we signed our names thereto as witnesses both in her presence and in the presence of each other.
Lulie (?) D. Danley
P.H. Hoop (Phillip H.)
Will of Susan Hiatt, opened and filed January 22, 1892
P. G. Cowles (Perry)
Clerk
Notice, Proof of Will
State of Iowa
Fremont Co.
To Whom it may concern:
Notice is hereby given, that an instrument to writing purporting to be the last will and testament of Susan Hiatt deceased, was this day producted open and read by the under signed. And that I have fixed Wednesday, the sixth day of April 1892 as the day for hearing proof in perfecting the will.
Witness my official signature with the seal of said court hereto affixaded
date 22 day of Jan. 1892.
D.H. Hoop
Printed in the Fremont Co., Herald Dated 11 Feb 1892.
Sworn on 9th day of May 1892. Filed 9 May 1892.
Office of Clerk of Courts
P.G. Cowles, Clerk
Sidney, Iowa Jan 22, 1892
State of Iowa
Fremont Co.
I, Joseph Hiatt, of said County and State hereby certify that Susan Hiatt of said County died at Sidney, Iowa in said county on about Dec 5, 1891 that I was present at her death.
Joseph Hiatt
Sworn and subscribed by Joseph Hiatt, before me this 22 Jan 1892.
P.G. Cowles Clerk
The estate of Susan Hiatt was ordered closed 1 May 1964, apparently not having been closed and judged dorment.
Also the sister to Abram Beedle, husband of Mary Ann Hiatt, married to Daniel Pickens.
Iowa, State Census 1885 about Susan A. Hiatt
Name: Susan A. Hiatt
Age: 64
Gender: F (Female)
Birth State: NY
Township Number: 69
Range: 42
Section: 27
Location: Hiatts Addition
Marital Status: M
Line Number: 2
Dwelling Number: 156
Family Number: 157
Page Number: 590
State: IA
County: Fremont
Township Name: Sidney
Town: Sidney
Family History Film: 1021469
Volume: 188
John HIATT
John Hiatt, #37, in Hiatt-Hiett-Hyatt book by William Perry Johnson, Son of William Hiatt #4.
NOTE FROM LELAND RUSE SMITH of Tabor, Iowa: (Abt 1986) This John HIATT removed to NC in 1772 and settled in Rowan Co., married about 1773 to Susannah ________. Removed to KY about 1784. The John HIATT who was in Rowan Co., NC in 1790 was another John HIATT of unknown relationship.
From a booklet prepared by the Hiatt Family, Joesph Hiatt and Martha Estes Line, Glenwood, Iowa Reunion 1964. Printed by Carter Printing Co., of Sidney, Iowa. (Cousins also of this line)
The committee: Wilma Pepper, Harry Pickens, Esther Pickens, Vesta Wood, Carolyn Clausen, Raymond Mintle.
In the Preface they state,There was no thought of making a genealogy, but only to trace our progenitors from the time they came to America, down to the seventh generation, which would include the great grandchildren of Joseph and Martha Hiatt. This information to be put in such a form as to bring it within the means of all, cost wise.
Notes by Ruby Hiatt of Nebraska City, and by Mollie Gobelman of Plattsmouth.
John Hiatt married Susannah about 1773 in Rowan or Guilford Co., N.C. Deed Book 10 page 241 - Nov. 19, 1784- John Hiatt and Susannah of Rowan Co., to Noble Cove. On 1790 Census in Rowan Co., NC. According to other records John was b. in NC and married to Susannah in Madison Co., KY John was born in NC.
The ANCESTRY
Our knowledge of this line dates back to the time when three brothers of English decent came to this country when it was still in its infancy. The locale was our Eastern Seaboard, and we find these three men, John, Enoch and Amos Hiatt, transplanted here after bold adventure led them to "Pull up roots" and forsake native land and kin to seek their fortunes in a young and vigorous new world where it was said that boundless opportunities awaited the one who was willing to sacrifice in order to carve out a niche for himself with his bare hands. These bold, adventurous spirits forsook their native England and came to see these shores prior to the year 1737 when our country consisted of a mere handful of small and struggling colonies, and where the rigors and hardships of frontier life took their toll of all but the most hardy. They were the first Hiatt's in America.
The brother John was our progenitor and we trace his line down through 6 or 7 generations to the very latest great grandchild of Joseph and Martha Hiatt. The present day members of this clan meet in reunion each year to commemorate the memory of this remarkable pioneer couple and to point with pride to our rich heritage, the results of the co-mingling of blood lines of the very epitome of frontier families.
John had a son named John and it was through this son that our blood heritage was passed on. He was born in N.C. in a colony of Quakers who were a peace loving aggregation and did not believe in warfare and bloodshed. The woman he married was born in Kentucky, but the sands of time have erased the records so that her name and vital statistics are unknown to us. John lived and farmed and was married in KY and they were both buried there when they passed on. To this union were born 4 boys and 4 girls; Jesse, James, Samuel and John, the sons, and Alcy, Esther, Saira, and Susan, the daughters.
We take up the continuance of our record with John's son, Jesse, who apparently was the first born. Jesse Hiatt, a native of Kentucky, farmed there and married there. The name of his bride was Mary Proctor, known as "Polly"; and since he married into a very illustrious family, we should like to digress a bit here by taking up the maternal side exploiting some of the shining attributes of another remarkable pioneer family. Polly was the daughter of L. Page Proctor whom everybody called "Little Page". He was one of nine brothers, all of whom served their country faithfully well during the Rev. War. L. Page served under general Jackson Coufed.
The men were a clan of sturdy 6 foot splendid specimens of humanity, rugged and venturesome, imbued with the pioneer spirit and courageous makeup that go to embody a scout and Indian fighter supreme -- a frontiersman and soldier. This is exactly what they all were. Joseph Proctor, one of the 9, and a brother of our ancestral entity, accompanied Daniel Boone on his scouting expeditions and forays against the Indians; and he stands side by side with Boone when they helped to push the frontier and the red man ever westward. They ranged all through the wilds of Kentucky and labored unceasingly to make the environs safe for civilization until the Indians were driven out and the settlements became peaceful habitation. And religious too they were. When they could take time from soldiering and warring against the red man, they preached the gospel, and all 9 of them were Methodist Ministers.
Little Page, our G.G. Grandfather, before he graduated into the manly art of Indian fighting, he had the task of caring the mail between two forts, one anecdote handed down to us tells of the time when, upon one of his regular trips with the mail, he met with a hair raising experience. His regular route led him through a field of cane which would be a perfect setting for an ambush since they could skulk along without being readily detected. His life depended upon a keen sense of alertness so he never permitted himself to be caught napping. On this day, however, he suddenly became aware of Indians in pursuit. He turned to flee but his horse fell with him. Leaping to his feet, he sped on afoot but they were gaining on him. He paused while his horse scrambled to its feet, and as it swept by he climbed aboard and rode on, to the wild acclaim of the Indians, for they were always ready to give recognition to acts of valor. On another occasion, one of the Proctors saved the life of a hunting companion by felling an Indian bent upon securing the scalp of his victim.
Our Proctor took time out from various deeds to marry and produce a family; so we see him here, the father of our great grandmother, Polly Proctor, who endowed us with the sterling qualities that coursed through the veins of these frontier people, extraordinary.
But to get back to our great grandfather, Jesse Hiatt. Jesse was born in Madison Co., Ky. He was a farmer and a stock raiser; and he also bore arms in the defense of his country; by fighting in the war of 1812 and joining general Stillman during the Black Hawk campaign.
After serving his country with distinction Jesse returned home and went about the business of rearing a family. We find him as a pioneer in Peoria Co., Ill., where Joseph was born. Along with other hardy souls who were ever pressing the frontier westward, they had come here intent upon wresting out a place in a wild, untamed region; but the Hiatt's were among the very first ones here. His children were 8 - 6 boys and 2 girls. The sons were, John, James, David, Samuel, Reuben and Joseph and the daughters were Susanne and Mary Ann.
Now we have come to Joseph Hiatt. We pay tribute to the memory of him and his loving wife, Martha Ann, by meeting in conclave annually; and we strive to perpetuate their memories by recording every detail that we are able to glean from such meager sources as the memories of some of the older ones, and by anecdote handed down by word of mouth.
See further under Joseph Hiatt, son of Jesse and Mary Ann Proctor)
John Hiatt, #37, in Hiatt-Hiett-Hyatt book by William Perry Johnson, Son of William Hiatt #4. His will places his death between 20 Apr thru 26 May 1832 in Clay Co. Mo.
Jesse, son of John, married Mary Ann Proctor, daughter of Little Page Proctor. At least Jesse, perhaps other Hiatt brothers, went with Little Page and others to what is now Andrew Co., Mo. about 1808, which was the site of a trading post, St. Joseph. They were said to have been invited to hurry there to make an American Settlement so that it would give more power and credibility to the new lands included in the Louisisana Purchase. President Andrew Jackson wanted these pioneer families to settle there as the purchase was of the interest of France only, it did not include the claims of the British, the Germans, the Spanish, the Russians, etc. only a quit claim deed by the French. So by having these families settle there as quickly as possible it gave credit to further claims and the doctrine of expansionism. So these families that had known and served the United States in the Rev War and the Indian Wars, were hardy dedicated pioneer families already proven and tried, were the closest and most able to be sent to the new territories.
According to family tradition, they were there upon the invitation of General Clark, who had been asked by the Government, President Andrew Jackson, to encourage settlement along the Missouri River following the Lewis and Clark Expedition. They had been acquainted with General Clark from earlier times in Ky. and probably served with him in the Rev. War.
About 1812 there was an earth quake which is said to "Shook for three days and three nights, and after so much shaking, they took it as a sign of the Lord to get them out from Thither, so they skedaddled to souther Illinois, in time for Jesse to participate in the war of 1812.
John appears to have settled a bit later, being among the original settlers of Liberty Clay Co., he is found mentioned as one of the early settlers, in 1818. We have not found record of his burial site, nor of where Susannah may have died and is buried. She apparently proceeded him in death, possibly in KY.
Will of John Hiett
State of Missouri County of Clay May forth day 1831 In the name of God Amen ----
I John Hiett of the county and state afore -said- being mindful of my mortality do here declare my last will & testament in the manner following to witt.
ITEM 1st that after my death, all my just debts & funeral expenses be paid, in the first place. ITEM 2nd and after that is done that my daughters, Mary Riddle, & Esther Estes be paid out of my estate three dollars each. ITEM 3rd that my Sons Jesse, & James Hiett be paid out of my Estate two dollars each
ITEM 4th that my daughter Sophia Couplin be paid three dollars and my fine flase hachles. ITEM 5th that my daughter Susanna Estes have my bureaus. ITEM 6th That my Son John Hiett's Widow have four dollars ITEM 7th that my Son Samuel Hiett have two dollars ITEM 8th that the Heirs of my daughter Elizabeth Thorp have one dollar ITEM 9th After all the things stated above are performed - that my daughter Alcy Lakey that have all the remaining part of my Estate both moneys, goods, and effects, and every thing thereunto belonging - . In witness whereof I set my hand and Seal in the year of our Lord AD - Eighteen Hundred and Thirty One on the fourth day of May --- ---
TEST _________ his
James Williams John X Hiett Seal John Jobe mark
State of Missouri County Court of Clay May ten __ 1832
The last will and testament of John Hiatt, dec.d and the Codicil thereto were this day produced in open court and by the oaths of James Williams and John Jobe, subscribing witnesses to the will and of Samuel Tillery and Samuel Hiatt subscribing Witnesses to the Codicil duly proven and are thereupon ordered to recorde.
A copy attested by L. Wood Clerk
Know all men By these presents that John Hieatt of the county of Clay, State of Missouri do make a Codicil or supplement to my last will and testament. It is my will and desire that Pernece Elizabeth Lakey and Eveline Lakey daughters of Aylsey Lakey and grand children of mine Should will and inherit that part of my Estate left in my former will to the said Aylsey Lakey and it is my express wish and desire that they the said children shall have the same and I hereby revoke that part of my former will which gives any part of my property to my Daughter Aylsey Lakey and by these presents doth will the same to her children as named above.
In Testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and seal this 20th day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two. Signed sealed and delivered in presence of
Atteste Sam'l Tillery Samuel Hiett John Hiatt (Seal)
1856 Census of Iowa, Fremont Co., Sidney Township Page 792 - Hiatt, John age 48 born Ky. Farmer Susannah 38 N.Y. Jesse 19 Ill. Nicholas 16 Ill. Reuben 13 Ill. Joseph 8 Ill. Louisa 3 Mo.
From several stories handed down in the family, among the pioneers who ventured into Mo. with our families was a David Lincoln, first cousin to Abraham Lincoln. David Lincoln assisted our grandfathers to construct the first houses in Independence, Mo. I do not know rather he was with Jesse Hiatt and the Proctor families as they first came to what is now St. Joseph, Mo. where James was the first white American child to be born in that new extention of our country the year 1808/9. David Lincoln is said also to have gone to Calif. with some of the families as they hauled freight to the California settlers, and their cousins, the Sutter's around Sacramento prior to the 1849 Gold Rush.
I have had several of the older family members tell me that our Hiatt family hosted the first Lincoln, Douglas Debates in Illinois. Also that one of our cousins was sitting with Lincoln when he was shot, or that they were at least present at that time. There is one family, that of Sylvia Hiatt McAtee Alexander, whose mother was Margaret Sutter, a cousin of Cpt. Sutter of Sutters Mill. Her son Dale McAttee had some genealogy information which takes him back to a grandfather, Dr. Mudd who was made famous in the Lincoln assassination case.
More is heard of the lineage of this David Lincoln who was with our family through the book, Omaha: The Gate City and Douglas Co., NE, VOL II 1917. pg. 363 - 364 WILLIAM DAVID LINCOLN
See notes under David James Hiatt, married to Elizabeth Everman.
THIRD GENERATION: CHILDREN OF WILLIAM HIATT
(37.) JOHN HIATT (4.) (1.):
b. c1749, Frederick Co., Va. (now Jefferson Co., W. Va.) ; d. post 1803, prob. Rowan Co., NC.; m. c1773, Rowan or Guilford Co., NC., to SUSANNAH ----, parentage unknown; b. date and place not known; d. date and place not known.
CH: ? (227.) James. (Others.)
Hopewell Mo. Mtg., Frederick Co., Va.:
7th of 9 mo. 1772 - At this Mtg. Isaac and John Hiatt requests our certificate to North Carolina, to New Garden Mo. Mtg. Therefore this Mtg. appoints James Starr and Richard Ridgeway, the younger, to make the needful therein and produce a certificate.
5th of 10mo. 1772 - The friends appointed to draw a certificate for John and Isaac Hiatt, produced one which was approved and signed.
Martinsburg, Berkeley Co., W. Va.: - Deed Book 4, p. 60 - "Between John Hiatt, Isaac Hiatt, and James Hiatt, yeomen, of the Province of South Carolina in N. A., of the one part, " and :Jacob Roads and Abraham Roads,yeomen, both of the County of Berkeley in the Colony of Virginia…which said tract or parcel of land, along with some other, was granted by two several deeds from the Proprietor's Office of the Northern Neck of Virginia to William Hiatt, bearing date respectively the 20th and 24th days of June in the year of our Lord 1751, and conveyed by the last Will and Testament of the sd. William Hiatt, bearing date the 28th day of February, 1763, to his three sons aforesaid, james, Isaac, and John Hiatt." Consideration: 300 pounds. 14 February 1777.
Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC., Deed Book 8, p. 3- 4 February 1772 - James Welborn and Isabel of Rowan to John Hiatt same place - 310 acres - 150 pounds - "In the Parish of St. Luke and Co. of Rowan, on both sides of Abits Creek beginning at William Thatchers Corner Hickery Then west 6 chs. (chains). to the Center of two white oakes then South 52 1/2 chanes to a white Oake then west 20 chanes to a whit oak then South ten Chanes to ye center of three Whit Oak Saplins then East crossing Abbits Creek 70 chs. Then North 62 1/2 chs. To a wt. Oak on Thatchers Line then went on sd. Lines to ye furst Station. "Witnesses: William Spurgin, and John Hiett. Signed: James Welborn, and Ezebel Welborn.
Deed Book 10, p. 241 - 19 November 1784 - John Hiatt and Susannah, of Rowan - to Noble Cove, late of Rowan - 205 acres - 200 pounds - (part of the above 310 acres - editor). - witnesses: James Welborn, and Aaron Welborn. Signed: John Hiett, and Susannah Hiett.
Deed Book 10, p.243 -15 September 1784 - John Hiett and Susannah of Rowan -to James Welborn - 132 1/2 acres - 30 pounds - on both sides of Abets Crick - Felix Motsingers land. Witnesses: Aaron Welborn, and James Welborn. Signed: John Hiett, and Susannah Hiett. (R40).
Rowan Co., NC, Marriage Bond: John Baldwin to Charlotta Pain - Sept. 18, 1803 - John Highat.
John Hiatt is given on the 1790 Census of Rowan Co., NC. (See p. 6).
Apparently John Hiatt did not turn his certificates in to New Garden Mo. Mtg., possibly because he removed with his brothers Isaac and James to South Carolina. James remained in South Carolina, but John returned and settled in Rowan Co., and Isaac settled in Guilford Co., NC. James and John appear to have left the Quaker church, and Isaac and family did not join at New Garden until a third of a century later.
James Hiatt, who may or may not be a son of this John Hiatt of Rowan Co., NC., was born about 1784 in North Carolina, of Quaker ancestry, removing to Kentucky and Missouri. There were several other children in the family. (See Chapter XXXV for additional data on this family - editor.)
Susannah ANDERSON
Sent by Jouyce Kindred of Missouri.
Little Page PROCTOR
According to records of Belle Johnson, Wheatland, Wyoming, in collection of Burritt Hiatt files, Little Page was 102 when he died? Would make him born abt 1750.
Page Proctor
Page Proctor was born in Kentucky; died in Hamilton Go., Illinois at
age 102.
Nine Proctor brothers were shoulders in the Revolutionary War.
Page Proctor helped fight Indians during the settlement of Kentucky. He was a companion of Daniel Boone. General Jackson was his commander. He helped support General Wilkerson in the regular army at New Orleans.
Page Proctor was a Methodist preacher. He had two sons who were Methodist preachers.
Page Proctors wife's maiden name was Sarah Woodruff. She had four brothers and four sisters.
Page Proctor and Sarah Woodruff had several children. Polly Proctor was their girl. She married Jess Hiatt.
From: Joe Brown Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 7:12 PM
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"PROCTOR ANCESTORS" covers the history of the PROCTOR, VESTAL, AYERS and WHITAKER families going back to the Tenth Century. The Proctor family and the Whitaker family goes back to England, while the Vestal (de Vassal) family and the Ayers (Le Heyr) family goes back to France.
The Vassal family goes back to the Eleventh Century and 27 Great Grandpa R. de Vassal, born in 1050 AD. 10 Great Grandpa John Vassall was the builder and owner of the 'Mayflower' ship (and other ships) that brought Pilgrims to America. The Ayers family goes back to the Tenth Century with connections to the house of the Duke of Normandy.
The Whitaker family goes back to the Eleventh Century, and 24 Great Grandpa Johias de Whitacre, who was born in 1042 AD in England. 10 Great Grandpa John Proctor, 'Ancient Planter' came to America, arriving at the Jamestown Colony in May, 1610, after surviving a shipwreck on the way.
These four families had great leadership, industrious workers, wealth and character. We had ancestors Knighted in England, as well as members of Parliament and Mayors of cities in England. It took a lot of character for our ancestors to make the long trip across the Atlantic Ocean to America back in the 17th Century. The dangerous trip was made in hope of religious freedom and a better life in America. We need to be grateful for our ancestors! PROCTOR ANCESTORS is available at Diana's Book Store in Elkin and also from JOE BROWN at 336-996-7752. Email at brownjoer@triad.rr.com. Visit website at Haystackpress.com. Please visit my website at: www.HaystackPress.com
Sent by Margaret Barber, Ruby Hiatt, Paula Moore
Little Page was born, 1760 in Virginia, but died in Hamilton Co., Ill in 1852, and buried in Concord Cemetary near McLeansboro.
He enlisted with Capt. Cornelius Riddle, serving from March 1775 to the close of the war and was retained in the service until August 1794.
Little Page Proctor hosted one of the Lincoln-Douglas debates on his farm as he was acquainted with both men.
Little Page married, seemingly in Ky. to Sarah Woodruff about 1781 and apparently migrated to Illinois. They were the parents of several children, among them "Polly" all this is to introduce us to the Hiatt family.
In the organizing and setting up of Methodisum in Illinois, among the preachers mentioned in John Proctor and Little Page. This was on the frontier of the state, probably about McLean Co.
Little Page Proctor was born in Granville County, Virginia, in 1760. He enlisted with Capt. Cornelius Riddle, serving from March, 1778, to the close of the war, and was retained in service until August 1794. He came to Hamilton County, Ill. and died there November 15, 1852 age 92 yrs. He is buried in the Concord Cemetery, near McLeansboro. He was Pensioned.
See notes under Jesse Hiatt for references to Shawneetown Land District Records 1814 - 1820.
Proctor, Joseph pg. 93, 103
David pg. 88, 90
Joseph pg. 93
Little Page pg. 2, 9, 42, 84, 90
12 Sep. 1814 #114 Little Page Proctor Gallatin Cty. Ill. T. 16.00
NW 10, 10S, 9E 160.00
18 Oct. 1814 #491 Little Page Proctor Gallatin Cty., Ill. T. 64.00
NW 10, 10S, 9E 160.00
12 Nov. 1817 #2423 Little Page Proctor Gallatin Cty., Ill. 16.00
NW 12; 3S, 8E 160.00
18 Nov. 1818 #4872 Little Page Proctor White Co., Ill. 80.00
NW 21; 5S, 7E 160.00
23 Nov. 1818 #4903 Little Page Proctor Gallatin Co., Ill. 100.11
NW 10; 10S, 9E 160.00
27 Mar 1819 #5740 Little Page Protor Gallatin Co., Ill. 203.60
NW 10; 10S, 9E 160.00
Illinois Census 1820, Illinois Historical Collections page 338
#285# Littlepage Procter White males 21 & upwards 1, All other white 5
1850 Census, Hamilton Co., Ill page 265 b. lines 28-33./
Proctor, Little P. 88 Farmer b. N.C.
Sarah 64 N.C.
Wm. M. 23 Farmer Ill.
Rebecca A. 21 Ill.
Benjamin 19 Farmer Ill.
The enumeration was made 15 Nov. 1850
Little Page Proctor by Ralph Harrelson
Little Page Proctor was an early pioneer in this county. In the spring of1821, he met with others in the log cabin of John Anderson to implement a county government. Proctor was one of the first three memebers of the Commissioners Court of Hamilton County, Illinois. At the fall term 1821 he was still a member of the court. He helped make the many important decisions for the county in 1821-22 and no doubt had great influence thereafter.
The name Proctor seems to be English, and means "one who rules". One of the British generals in the War of 1812 was named Proctor, but had not the character of our Hamilton County Proctors. Our Proctors were Americans, and
fought as such in the Revolutionary War.
Tecumseh, one of the great Indians of all time, himself a British general, once said to the British general Proctor: "You are not fit to command, go home and put on the petticoat of a squaw". Had Tecumseh said this to Little Page, or to his soldier brothers, they probably would have trained their trusty flint locks upon him.
Little Page Proctor was born in Virginia in 1780. He was living on the Holston River in Virginia when he volunteered for service during the War for Independence. He was in service until 1794, serving with Virginia Troops. He first served under the command of Captain Cornelius Riddle, (Riddle is a pioneer name in Hamilton County also). Proctor served under such notables as George Rogers Clark in the Kentucky Territory of Virginia. For his service Little Page was granted a pension in 1832 while living in this county.
After his service in the Revolution, Little Page remained in Kentucky for two or three years. He then settled in Gallatin County, Illinois.
In 1814, on October 18, Little Page entered at the Land Office in Shawneetown the NW 1/4 of Section 10, T 10S R9E. This quarter section was near the later a little too conceited and he proposed to put him in his place, but received a sound thrashing for his pains.
Charlie Edmonds says that he began working in the stave mill at the age of five. His job was to bundle the staves, putting 52 staves to each bundle. For which he received 10c a thousand, and could bundle eight or nine thousand a day.
A stave bolt was a length of log cut to the size for making staves. This stave bolt was steamed for 12 to 14 hours in a hot box so that it could be cut or porcessed.
The hot box was built like the ice houses of the day. Thick walls filled with saw dust to hold the steam until the bolts were softened enough that they might be cut to proper thickness for the staves.
A large knife was fastened to a table, and the stave bolt moved against it to accomplished this cutting operation in some cases. Others have said the bolt was fastened down and the knife moved against it. Antoher operation was trimming the raw edges off the staves. This was done by putting the raw edge of the stave under another big knife and tripping it so that it cut that edge of the stave off. In either of these operations if the operator get his hand or fingers under the knives they were cut off as were the staves. Quite often the men doing this work had fingers and even a hand missing.
Little Page Proctor
Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
State of Illinois:
: ss
Hamilton County :
On this 18th day of September 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Hon. Thomas C. Browne, judge of the Circuit Court of Hamilton county, now sitting, Little Page Proctor, a resident of said county and state, aged 71 years, or thereabouts (having no record of his age) who being first duly sworn according to law doth, on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United Sataes under the following named officers and served as herein stated: He resided upon Holston river in the state of Virginia in the year 1777, and in the last of that year or the first part of the year 1778, he volunteered under a Capt. Cornelius Riddle, who said he was authorized to recruit men to go to the relief of the inhabitants in the Virignia Territory, now called Kentucky, who were greatly exposed. He was immediately marched from the town House upon Holston and reendezvoused at Powell's Valley about the 10th of March 1778. He marched under Lieut. Hargrove (he thinks Benjamin) through the wilderness to Kentucky river, where there was a fort called Booneboro. On his arrival at this place, he found the in habitants in great distress, some thirty odd of them having been taken prisoners by the Indians & carried to Detroit in the February before. Capt. Hargrave was ordered into immediate service. He has no commander except Lieunt. Hargrove, and the principal service was guarding the fort against the Indians night and day. Shortly afterwards he was attached (with all of Lt. Hargrave's company) to Capt. Ben. Logan's, who was at Logan's Station, and while with him his service was camping, scouting and spying round the fort, mostly getting back to the fort of nights, but sometimes laying out. During the summer of 1778, Capt John Holder came out from N. Carolina. He was dressed in uniform, & said he was authorized to take command of the troops and Capt. Logan gave up to him the command of the men who had come out under Lt. Hargrave. He then enlisted under him and remained under him for about five years. He was marched from place to place, wherever the enemy was the most troublesome, and was in numerous engagements and skirmishes with the Indians -- at one time surrounded & besieged by them in Booneboro for 9 or 10 days and nights. In the fall of the 3d year after he came to Kentucky, Gen. Geo. Rogers Clark came on with a considerable body of troops, and called to his aid Capt. Holder's Company and the militia of the neighborhood and marched immediately across the Ohio River against the Shawnees, Wyandots and Sanduskies and came upon one of their towns on the Little Miami, which we surrounded and in the course of the ensuring night, the Indians attacked us and the battle was kept up till the break of day, when the Indians made their escape with a considerable loss in killed and wounded. They took in this affair between 30 and 40 prisoners, and returned with them to Boonsboro and kept them until an exchange took place for our prisoners who had been taken to Detroit. The next fall, this applicant marched again under Gen. Clark, in the same company, on another expedition against the Indians (more particularly against the Sanduskies) upon the Scioto, took two or three of their towns, and had one pretty severe battle at Sandusky town, in which the Indians were again defeated with considerabel loss of killed and wounded. He then returned to Kentucky under Capt. Holder who sent him soon after to Stroud's Station, which was commanded by Capt. John Constant, with whom he remained about two years, guarding that and other stations, wherever the danger was most eminent, until peace was given to the frontiers by the victory of Gen. Wayne in 1794. Every garrison or station had its own Captain, and wherever he moved he was placed under the Capt. of the fort. His first Captain was Riddle above named who did not come out to Kentucky till the fall after he marched from Holston, and who never took command of Hargrave's men. His next was Logan. His 3d was Hodler.
His 4th Capt. James Estill, afterwards killed in a battle. His 5th Capt James Dooling . His 6th Capt. Johnson under who he served a tour of 3 months, in scouting. His 7th and last, Capt. Constant. At the time of Waynes victory, these officers were all dead or gone off, and this applicant never received one cent of pay, whether from the fact that he did not belong to the Continental money had depreciated and become valuelss, made no inquiry or demand of pay, and let the whole matter drop. He states that he was constantly in service from 1777 or '8 as above stated, till the defeat of the Indians by Gen Wayne in Aug 1794, employed as above stated. He served with no Continental regiments, unless Gen'l Clark's was one-- and whether his service was in what is called State troops, continental line, or militia, he does not know, but supposes it was in the State troops. He has no documentary evidence of his service, except the affidavits or certificates of some of his old neighbors and fellow soldiers obtained last year in Kentucky and sent on to the Treasury Department thro Genl Robinson, one of the Illinois Senators. He respectfully refers the Hon. Secretary of War to those affidavits as confirmatery of his statement made herein, and also to the positive oaths of his brother Nicholas Proctor who served with him throughout in the same service and under the same officers -- excepting that he was in one campaign across the Ohio more than this affiant was in.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
/s/ Little Page Proctor
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year aforesaid.
/s/Jesse C. Lockwood, Clk.
We, Thomas Cottingham, a clergyman residing in this county of Hamilton and Merril Willis, residing in the same, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Little Page Proctor, a reverend clergyman himself, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be of the age he states; that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution; & that we concur in that opinion.
/s/Thomas Cottingham
/s/ Merril Willis
Sworn and subscribed the day and hear aforesaid.
/s/ Jesse C. Lockwood, Clk.
And the said court do hereby declare this opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states -- and the court further certifies that it appears to them that Thomas Cottingham, who had signed the preceeding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the county of Hamilton, and that Merrill Willis who has also signed the same is a resident of the same county, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Jesse C. Lockwood, Clerk of the Circuit Court for said county do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Little P. Proctor for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of my said
office this 18th day of Sept. 1832.
(Seal) /s/ Jesse C. Lockwood, Clk.
State of Kentucky, County of Estill, ss:
Joseph Proctor makes the following statement and affidavit that Little P. Proctor moved to the State of Kentucky in the Spring 1778 in company with this affiant and Mathew Horn and that as soon as he arrived in Kentucky, he was enrolled as a Soldier and done Garrison duty under Capt. Logan at Boonsborough during the year 1778 -- in the year 1778 Little P. Proctor enlisted under Capt. Holder and served under him during the year 1779. Little P. Proctor was then sent to Briants Station when he served and done duty, I think about five months. He was then transferred and sent to Strodes Station when he remained near two years under Capt. Constant and I think he served one year at McGee's Station under James Dulin Captain Jas McGuin Lieutenant. He afterwards served two years at Estill's station as a soldier under Capt. James Estill, Saml Estill, Lieutenant. Little P. Proctor during the time he was stationed at Strodes Station served a campaign and ------ with this affiant under Genl Clark in what was called Clarks Campaign. He thinks it was in the year 1781 or 1782, tho not postive as to the time, but knows it was while he was at Strodes Station. He also continued to do duty as a soldier and was enrolled as such whenever called on during the war. He cannot state with precision the length of time Little P. Procter served, but he must have served six or eight years or more. He was also in the fort at Boonsborough during the siege of that fort by the Indians and done his duty as a brave soldier during the whole of the Siege, and the fort was at the time commanded by C.J.'s Callaway and Boon.
Given under my hand this 9th day of Sept. 1833.
X Joseph Proctor (mark)
We Mathew Horn and William Horn make the same statement and concur in every respect in the forgoing statement of Joseph Procter. -- Concerning the servitude of Little P. Procter -- as we were with him and on Clarks Campaign, we all served together.
Given under our hands this 9th day of September 1833.
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State of Illinois)
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Hamilton County )
On this 6th day of September AD 1853, personally appeared before the County Court of the County of Hamilton and State aforesaid, Sarah Proctor, a resident of Illinois in the county of Hamilton and State aforesaid, aged sixty-four years, who first being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in oder to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3rd day of February 1853 Granting persions to widows of persons who served during the Revoluationary War, that she is the widow of Little Page Proctor, who was a private in the army. She declares that her husband was a Revolutionary persioner inscribed on the pension list Roll Springfield Agency Illinois. She refers you to her husband's pension certificate returned to your office for the act he was pensioned under. She further refers you to her husbands evidence file in his application for his pension. She further declares that she was married to the said Little Page Proctor on or about first day of June Eighteen Hundred and sixteen; that her said husband died on the 15th day of November 1852. That she was not married to him prior to the second of January Eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated she further declares that she is now a widow.
Sworn to and subscribed his
on the day and year above Sarah X Proctor
written in open Court. Mark
Attest: /s/ J.W. Marshall
/s/ Wm Brinkley
Sworn and subscribed to in open Court, the same being a court of Record. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and afficed the Judicial Seal of said County Court, at office in McLeansboro the day and year first above written.
/s/Jno. W. Marshall, Clerk of County
Court, Hamilton Co., Ill.
State of Illinois)
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Hamilton County )
On this 2nd day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the county and state aforesaid, Sarah Proctor, aged 64 years, a resident of the County of Hamilton and State of Illinois, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Little Page Proctor, deceased, who was a Revolutionary soldier in the Revolutionary War. She declared that she cannot state the names of the officers nor the Company or Regiment that her siad husband served in, nor the time her served.
She further states that she was married to the said Little Page Proctor in the year about 1816 and her name before marriage was Sarah Bates; that her said husband died on or about the 15th day of Nov. 1852, and that she is now a widow. She refers your Honor to her said husbands papers on file in the pension office, whichhe was pensioned under the act approved the 7th day of June 1832, and she also refers your Honor to her papers on file in the pension office, which she obtained a pension under the act approved the 3rd of February 1853, for further evidence of the death of her said husband and for her said marriage to her said husband.
The pension papers of her said husband will show his service in the Revolutionary War. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3rd 1855.
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We, Lewis Lane and Lamen Lane, residents of the County of Hamilton and State of Illinois, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledge by Sarah Proctor in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be and that she is now a widow.
/s/ Lewis Lane
/s/ Lamon Lane
The foregoing declartion and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written, and I certify that I know the affiants to be creditable persons, that the claimant is the person that she repesents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
/s/ Jesse Moore
Name: Little Page Proctor 1 Gender: M
Born: Abt 1760 Place: Granville, North Carolina, USA
1820 4 US Census: Place: West Township, White, Illinois, USA 2
US Census: Place: Hamilton, Illinois, USA 2
1850 7US Census: Place: Hamilton, Illinois, USA 2
Died: 15 Nov 1852 Place: McLeansboro, Hamilton, Illinois, USA
Buried: Place: Concord Cemetery, McLeansboro, Hamilton, Illinois, USA
Father: Captain Nicholas Proctor, Sr. (Abt 1725 - Abt 1790) 1
Mother: Nancy "Nannie" Smith (Abt 1733 - 1809)
Spouse: Sarah Jane Woodruff (Abt 1760 - 01 Jul 1815) 1
Married: Place:
Children: 1 Sarah Proctor ( - Yes, date unknown)
2 Susan Proctor ( - Yes, date unknown)
3 Keziah Proctor (Abt 1780 - Abt 1850)
4 David Proctor (Abt 1781 - Abt 1830)
5 Mary Polly Proctor (09 Apr 1787 - 05 Apr 1855)
6 Lizzie Proctor (Abt 1788 - Yes, date unknown)
7 John Proctor (Abt 1790 - Oct 1858)
8 Reuben Proctor (07 Feb 1796 - 08 Mar 1880)
9 Joseph H. Proctor (Abt 1798 - 12 Jan 1853)
10 Nancy Proctor (Abt 1800 - Yes, date unknown)
11 Rachel Proctor (Abt 1803 - Abt 1881)
Spouse: Susan Woodruff ( - Yes, date unknown) 1
Married: Place:
Spouse: Sarah R. Bates (Abt 1786 - Yes, date unknown) 1
Married: Abt 1815 Place: Gallatin, Illinois, USA 1
Children: 1 Malinda Proctor (Abt 1816 - Yes, date unknown)
2 Lucinda Proctor (Abt 1818 - Yes, date unknown)
3 James Madison Proctor (27 May 1820 - 06 Aug 1911)
4 Malissa Jane Proctor (11 Jan 1822 - 26 Jun 1888)
5 Samuel H. T. Proctor (Abt 1824 - 16 Aug 1889)
6 William M. Proctor (Abt 1827 - 16 Oct 1896)
7 Rebecca A. Proctor (Abt 1828 - Yes, date unknown)
8 Benjamin Proctor (12 Aug 1830 - 12 May 1864)
9 Louisa Proctor (Abt 1832 - Abt 1880)
10 John Proctor (Abt 1832 - Yes, date unknown)
11 George Proctor (Abt 1834 - Yes, date unknown)
12 William James Proctor (Abt 1835 - Yes, date unknown)
House Of Proctor Genealogy - Maintained by G.T. (Joe) Proctor 12 Apr 2012 http://www.houseofproctor.org/genealogy
Sarah Jane WOODRUFF
Death date from IGI Gen. Lib.
This family had settled in what is now Amazonia near St. Joe, driven out by an earth quake abt 1811, said the earth shook for 3 days and nights and they took it as a sign of God "to get them out" so removed to White County, IL where Jesse then joined the War of 1812.
THE EARTHQUAKE OF 1811
This earthquake was the most remarkable phenomenon that ever occurred on the American continent within the memory of man. The shocks were repeated with more or less violence, for the space of three months, and were felt along the course of the Mississippi from Cairo to New Orleans. The central point of the convulsions appears to have been about seventy miles below the former place. The scenes which presented themselves during the earthquake, or succession of earthquakes, to speak more properly, were terrible beyond all powers of description. The first shock was felt on the night of December 16th, 1811; it made a great commotion in the waters of the river, and greatly alarmed the boatmen. The steamer Orleans, the first steamboat built in the west, was on her passage to New Orleans, and was tossed about as it were by a violent tempest. Just below New Madrid, a flat boat belonging to Richard Stump was swamped, and six men were drowned. During the various shocks, the banks of the Mississippi caved in by whole acres at a time. Large trees disappeared under the ground or were cast with frightful violence into the river. At times, the waters of the Mississippi were seen to rise up like a wall in the middle of the stream, and then suddenly rolling back would beat against either bank with terrific force. Boats of considerable size were often cast "high and dry" upon the shores of the river. Frequently a loud roaring and hissing were heard, like the escape of steam from a boiler. The water of the river was much agitated. Whole islands disappeared. On the shores, the earth opened in wide fissures, and closing again threw the water, sand and mud, in jets higher than the trees. A dense fog or mist pervaded the atmosphere. The air was impregnated with a sulphurous effluvium, and a taste of sulphur was observed in the water of the river and the neighboring springs.
Each shock of the earthquake was accompanied by what seemed to be the reports of heavy artillery. A man who was on the river in a boat at the time of one of the shocks, declares that he saw the mighty Mississippi cut in twain, while the waters poured down a vast chasm into the bowels of the earth. A moment more, and the chasm was filled, but the boat which contained this witness was crushed in the tumultuous efforts of the flood to regain its former level. The town of New Madrid, Missouri, was almost entirely destroyed by these convulsions of nature. This town, which formerly stood on a bluff bank, fifteen or twenty feet above the summer floods, sunk so low that the next rise of the water covered it to the depth of five feet. Many of the inhabitants were drowned, and the buildings generally were destroyed.
One of the lakes formed by this earthquake is nearly sixty miles long and several miles wide. The legislature of Missouri, in 1851, made an appropriation for the purpose of reclaiming the sunken lands. A more terrible calamity of this kind has rarely been recorded in the history of the world. Fortunately, it occurred at a time when that part of the country was but thinly inhabited.
Little Page HIATT
NOTES BY Leland Ruse Smith of Tabor, IA.
She includes the census of Hamilton Co., IL 1830.
For a short time around 1850 lived in Andrew Co., MO (Jackson Township. On 1850 Census there with a brother John HIATT and 2 Jesse HIATT's.)
This John May have been a son John instead of a brother. He would have been 19. The father was Jesse and son Jesse 23 years old.
Around 1860 they moved to Nemaha Co., NE where they had a hotel. Went back to Fremont Co., IA and Little Page died there. It is not known where or when Rachel died. Census records show they had 7 children, 5 boys and 2 girls. (Leland Smith)
Sent by Margaret Barber, Leland Smith, Helen Ferugson, Ruby Hiatt, Paula
Moore.
1830 Census, Hamilton Co., page 240, line 3
Hiatt, L. P. Males under 5 - 2
20-30 1
Females under 5 - 1
20-30 1
Little Page with his family went to Peoria Co., about 1835, then to Fremont Co Ca 1851. For a short time they lived in Andrew Co., Mo. Jax Twp. along with his brother John and 2 Jesse Hiatt's. Note: This father was Jesse and he had a son Jesse b. 22 Mar 1827. (Leland, this John may have been a son John instead of a brother. He would have been 19.) ca 1860 they went to Brownsville, Nemaha Co., Neb. where they had a hotel. He returned to Fremont Co., where he died and is buried. L.P. and Rachel had 7 children 5 boys and 2 girls.
Family found in the Andrews County, Missouri 1850 Census.
Page 245
L.P. Hiatt age 46 Farmer born in Ky., Rachal age 47 born Ga?, William age 16 born in Ill., James age 14 born in Ill, Nancy I. age 11 born in Ill.
1870 Fremont Co., Iowa Census
page 183 Little Page Hiatt age 65 b. Ill
Rachel 58 Ga.
Eveline 15 Iowa Daughter of Elijah Hiatt son of
Little Page.
Certification of Death
Name L.P. Hiatt Certif. No. 36-86-239. Death of Death, October 22, 1885 Place
of Death, Plum Hollow, Fremont Co., Iowa Date of Birth or age 80 yrs 9 mos 26
days Sex Male Date Filed November 29, 1886 Cause of Death Paralyisis of
Heart - duration 10 days . Married. Born in Kentucky, Resident of state 35
years. Buried Sidney, Iowa, October 23, 1885
Family Record of L. P. Hiatt
L.P. Hiatt was born Jan 16th, 1805 Rachel Hiatt (His wife) was born 1805
Children
Mary Ann Hiatt born Nov 15th, 1825
Jesse Hiatt born March 22, 1827
Elijah Hiatt born July 18th, 1829
John Hiatt born Nov. 26th, 1831
William Hiatt born Apr. 8th, 1835
James Hiatt born Sept. 11, 1836
Nancy Jane Hiatt born May 20th, 1839
8 children born to the union
Family Record of William K. Hiatt
William K. Hiatt, son of Page Hiatt and Rachel Hiatt was born April 8th, 1835
Sarah Hiatt his wife, daughter of Joel and Martha Estes was born Oct. 7th,
1842. (Martha Estes was the first cousin once removed to Joesph, her
grandmother being Esther Hiatt, Joseph's Aunt)
Children
Jesse Newton Hiatt (First born) was born July 12, 1869
Oris Henry Hiatt born March 28, 1869
Mary Jane Hiatt born Jan 31, 1871
Philena Hiatt born March 20th, 1873
Rachel Emily Hiatt born Nov. 15, 1874
Uncle Joe Hiatt was born Dec 27th, 1825 (Son of L. P. Hiatt and Rachel)
Uncle Bill Hiatt was born Aprl 8th, 1835 (Son of L. P. Hiatt and Rachel)
Grandpa Jim Hiatt was born Sept. 11, 1836 (Son of L. P. Hiatt and Rachel)
Aunt Pollie Ruse was born Dec. 15th, 1825 (Dau. of L. P. Hiatt and Rachel)
Family Record of J. A. Hiatt
John Alexander Hiatt, son of James and Lucy Jane Hiatt was born Jan. 5th
1864. Elizabeth T. Hiatt, his wife, daughter of John D. and Lucy Ann Russell
was born Nov. 6, 1860.
Nellie Pearl Hiatt, first born, was born Apr. 30, 1888
Lillian Montague Hiatt was born Nov. 22nd, 1889
Russell Alexander Hiatt was born 1891 died Sept. 10, 1892
Garnet Murriel Hiatt was born Nov. 6th, 1901
First Grandson, William Hiatt Jr, was born May 8th, 1851. First
Granddaughter Eveline Hiatt was born Oct. 30th, 1855, dau. of Elijah and
Margaret Ann Burt Hiatt.
HISTORY OF NEBRASKA pg. 1162
The first saw mill in the precinct was one brought across the Missouri
River by Willis Hill, in the spring of 1857, the owner dying before it was
unpacked; that operation was preformed by L. P. Hiatt, who set it up and
continued to run it until the summer of 1858, when it was sold and removed to
Pawnee City...
The first hotel was that of L.P. Hiatt, a large frame building erected early in 1857, and destroyed by fire in 1863; later in 1857 put up a
substantial building for hotel purposes, which was also burned in 1862. In
1863, Strongs Hotel was burned, the Hiatt House, and in 1864.
There is another grandson unaccounted for, George Hiatt, who was a pall
bearer for Sarah Estes Hiatt, wife of William K. Hiatt, March 9, 1911.
Apparently was living in the Fremont Co., area at the time.
1856 Census Iowa, Fremont Co., Sidney Township
Page 808 L.P. Hiatt (male) age 51 born Ky. Innkeeper
Rachel 51 Ga.
James 19 Ill.
Nancy J. 16 Ill.
An incident which I (Helen Hiatt Kelsall) had heard my father William Anderson Hiatt tell many times about his Uncle Page Hiatt.
Page Hiatt lived in Illinois and one afternoon late in the Fall he was
walking to a neighbors house and about one and half miles away. He had walked some distance and noticed a panther was following him. He walked faster but the panther kept on coming. He walked even faster and came to the edge of a bluff, one side a creek the other side level. Page was a very stout big man so he made a running jump from edge of the bluff and landed on the other side as it happened near a tree. At his feet where he landed lay a big limb, he grabbed this limb whirled his back against the tree and the panther jumped on same tracks of Page. He kept his back to the tree and hollowed for dear life. The neighbors a quarter of a mile away heard the screaming and came running. The dogs frightened the panther away. The next day the panter was hunted down and killed. It was very large and old. They also measured the jump across the stream which Page and Panther made and was unusually long distance.
Rachel KIMSEY
D/o David Kimsey and Elizabeth Lamb. Sent by Helen Ferguson and Ruby
Hiatt. It is not known where Rachel died.
Leland Smith writes: L.P. and Rachel 1st found 1830 census Hamilton Co., IL with 2 sons and a daughter. Went to Peoria Co., IL about 1835, then to Fremont Co., IA about 1851. For a short time they lived in Andrew Co., MO Jax Twp and on 1850 census there, along with a brother of L.P. (John) and 2 Jesse Hiatts.
Marriage Notes for Little Page Hiatt and Rachel KIMSEY-1824
Andres History of the State of Nebraska, Nemaha County.
"The first sawmill in the precinct was brought across the Missouri River by Willis Hill, in the spring of 1857, the owner dying before it was unpacked; that operation was performed by Little Page Hiatt, who set it up and continued to run it until the summer of 1858, when it was sold and removed to Pawnee City."
"The first hotel was that of Little Page HIATT, a large frame building erected early in 1857, and destroyed by fire in 1863; later in 1857 put up a substantial building for hotel purposes, which was also burned in 1862."
Joseph HIATT
From Family Records of Little Page Hiatt, sent us by Joyce Kindred of
Lawson, Mo., old handwritten pages, author unknown. The year of birth does not appear to be feasible as given, 1825, assume a year off. He is given only as Uncle Joe Hiatt.
James L. HIATT
Information sent by Margaret Barber, Leland Smith and Paula Moore.
We visited the Ebenezer Cem. at Walnut Twnship, near Winterset, Madison
Co. Iowa in 1985 and took pictures of some stones. There were several Smith
stones also, probably all related.
A large monument stood over the resting place of James Hiatt inscribed as
James husband of S.W. Hiatt died Mar. 25, 1876 aged 66ys 1mo 28ds.
James L. Hiatt took a notion that he would like to move to Iowa, which was then being settled up. He wanted to go where he could getmore land. He rode a big gray horse, his favorite.
James L. and Sarah had a big brick house and a big apple orchard. My
grandfather took a great interest in fruit. He had a big vineyard. He knew
how to take care of grapes. Their farm was not far from Des Moines.
James L. and Sarah had a big place and a big apple orchard. Their place
was well-known because of their big apple orchard. They were Methodist and
very strict church people.
1860 census page 73, Sidney Twp., Fremont Co., Iowa
James L. Hiatt age 51 Farmer born Mo.
Sarah 48 Tenn
Matilda E. 21 Teacher Ill.
James H. 18 Farmer Ill.
Martha J. 17 Mo.
William A. 15 Ill.
Richard P. 13 Ill.
Susanna 9 Iowa
Samuel 5 Iowa
Levi Williamson farm labor born Mo. age 16
Samuel Lemons Stone Mason born Ohio.
Earl Lemons age 14 born Ohio.
William Nelson age 23 Farm Labor born Mo.
William Wilcox age 19 Farm Labor born Ill.
John Hemphell age 23 Born Hanover, Germany
Sarah Wayne (Sally) SMITH
Helen Wilson of Boulder Co. has the wedding dress and other heirlooms of
her grandmother, Sarah. She also has pictures of Sarah and James.
Sarah Wayne Smith Hiatt is buried in the Sidney Cem., Sidney, Iowa next to a daughter Susan A. Hiatt who died 9 Oct 1863 12 months 11 days. The stone is nearly illegible.
John Wesley HIATT
Never married. See Worthington information in 3 binder. No further
information.
Susanna Jane HIATT
Taken from the 3 ring binder on Worthington, sent by Helen Ferguson.
Sent by Leland Smith, found in Fremont Co., Cem. Book.
Leland has sent a picture of the tombstone
Nicholas PROCTOR
S/o John Proctor and Polly Moore.
Sent by Ruby Hiatt, Neb. City, Neb.
1860 Fremont Co., Sidney Twp, Iowa. page 65.
Nicholas Proctor age 41 (?46) born Ky
Susannah 44 Tenn
Mary E. 18 Ill.
Martha J. 13 Ill.
John 10 Ill.
Sarah 6 Iowa
William 2 Iowa
Found in Proctor Connection by Shirley Ross, pg. 36. They are found in
Middle Pct. Peoria Co. Ill. in 1840. At that time they had a boy, age 5/10
living with them. This child was too old to be a son of Nicholas and Susannah.
So must have been a relative of one of them. He does not appear with them in other census records. In 1850 they are found in Dist. N, Caldwell Co., Mo. along with Susanna's sister, Mary Ann and family. Abt. 1851 they moved to Fremont Co., Ia. where they lived until Nicholas died in 1866. Susannah lived with their son John at the time of the 1880 and 1885 census, but it is not known where she was from 1866 to 1880 and from 1885 until her death. No death record has been found for her in Fremont Co., Ia. Susannah lists her birthplace as Kentucky (1850 Census), Illinois (1856 Iowa Census) or Tennesse (1860, 1880 and 1885 Censuses), so it is uncertain where she was born.
Susannah HIATT
Sent by Ruby Hiatt
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