(2783.) WILLIAM CRISPIN (1116.) (391.) (77.) (11.) (2.) (1.):
b. 1833, Highland Co., Ohio d. in Civil War, m. to SUSAN DEMENT; some years later she was blown away in a cyclone and never found. (Had a dau. Laura who m. -- Holliday.) (R169).
Hiatt Hiett Family History, Volume I, Page 520
(2784.) MARTHA ANN CRISPIN (1116.) (391.) (77.) (11.) (2.) (1.):
b. 1835, Highland Co., Oiho; m. MATTHER BRYAN; for data write to Mrs. Florence McCulloch Mapleton, Kansas. (R169).
(2785.) JEMIMA CRISPIN (1116.) (391.) (77.) (11.) (2.) (1.):
b. 24-6mo-1837, Highland Co., Oiho; d. 19-1mo-1901, New Sharon, Poweshiek Co., Iowa; m. 14-11mo-1855 to SILAS F. FARMER; b. 29-11mo-1829, James Town, Green Co., Ohio; d, 19-9mo-1900, New Sharon, Poweshiek Co., Iowa, bur. At Forest Home.CH: (4847.) Nancy Alice; (4848.) Mary; (4849.) Martha; (4850.) Laura; (4851.) Eva; A.; (4582.) Frances A.; (4583.) Leroy I. (4854.) Irvin F.; (4854.A.) Frederick A. (R149).
(4848.) MARY FARMER (2785.) (1116.) (391.) (77.) (11.) (2.) (1.):
b. 14-4mo-1859, New Sharon, Poweshiek Co., Iowa; twin of Martha; d. 13-5mo-1863. (R149).
(4849.) MARTHA FARMER (2785.) (1116.) (391.) (77.) (11.) (2.) (1.):
b. 14-4mo-1859, New Sharon, Poweshiek Co., Iowa; twin of Mary; d. 14-9mo-1860. (R149).
(4850.) LAURA FARMER (2785.) (1116.) (391.) (77.) (11.) (2.) (1.):
b. 1860; d. 1939. (R149).
(4851.) EVA A. FARMER (2785.) (1116.) (391.) (77.) (11.) (2.) (1.):
b. 28-1mo-1863, New Sharon, Poweshiek Co., Iowa; d. 14-3mo-1863. (R149).
(4853.) LEROY I. FARMER (2785.) (1116.) (391.) (77.) (11.) (2.) (1.):
b. 7-4mo-1867, New Sharon, Poweshiek Co., Iowa. (R149).
(2786.) JOHN CRISPIN (1116.) (391.) (77.) (11.) (2.) (1.):
b. 1839, Highland Co., OH; served in Civil War; removed to Stillwater, OK; m. to HANNAH WHITACRE. (John Crispin married Hannah Whitacre; he was a Civil War Veteran. They didn`t write to my mother so when he died an old solider who was no relation told her that he had died. Uncle John`s who had moved to Stillwater. OK. Then during Wolrd War II I had a nephew who was in the army. He was sent to Stillwater, OK for some of this training. I told him that some of uncle John`s family should be there, so he tired to find them. Finally found an old man who knew. He said that one of them served a long term in the Penitentiary, and a couple of others had several shorter terms.) (R169).Union Twnshp Sherman P.O. Mahaska Co., Ia 1870 Census pg. 26
#174 Crispen, John age 30 Farm laborer born Ia.
Hannah 27 Ill.
Lewis 2 Ia.
Joseph A. 4/12 Ia.
Mary L. 4/12According to the HH book, John Crispin was a Civil War Vetran and moved to Stillwater, Ok. May be some of the family remanants still in that area.
1880 United States Federal Census about Mary Crispin
Name: Mary Crispin
Age: 66
Birth Year: abt 1814
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1880: Stanton, Linn, Kansas
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Mother
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: VirginiaHousehold Members: Name Age
John Crispin 40
Hannah Crispin 38
Joseph L. Crispin 10
Mary L. Crispin 10
Laura I. Crispin 7
Maria N. Crispin 2
Mary Crispin 66
(2787.C.) MINIRVA ELLA CRISPIN (1116.) (391.) (77.) (11.) (2.) (1.):
b. 9-3mo-1854, Oskaloosa, Mahaska (3). Co., Iowa; d. 30-1mo-1923, New Sharon, Mahaska Co., Iowa; m. 26-8mo-1873 to ISAIAH EDWARD JENKINS, son of George W. and Ellen V. (Lilliard). Jenkins; b. 18-9mo-1856, Mahaska Co., Iowa; d. 3-7mo-1934.CH: (4860.) Fred G.’ (4861.) Maud V.; (4862.) Pearl I.; (4863.) Mary E.; (4864.) Guy Benjamin (R149).
1860 United States Federal Census about Minerva Crispin
Name: Minerva Crispin
Age in 1860: 6
Birth Year: abt 1854
Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1860: Township 64, Gentry, Missouri
Gender: Female
Post Office: Philander
(4861.) MAUD V. JENKINS (2787.C.) (1116.) (391.) (77.) (11.) (2.) (1.):
b. 28-4mo-1877, Mahaska Co., Iowa; d. 7mo-1878. (Full name: Maud Violet Jenkins.) (R149, 169).
(4863.) MARY ELNORA JENKINS (2787.C.) (1116.) (391.) (77.) (11.) (2.) (1.):
b. 28-8mo-1886, Mahaska Co., Iowa. (R149, 169).
(1120.) LEVI HIATT (391.) (77.) (11). (2.) (1.):
b. 6-11mo-1818, prob. Highland Co., Ohie; d. 27-4mo-1874, grant Co., Indiana; (age 55 years, 5 mos., and 21 days; buried in rigdon Cemetery, Madison Co., Indiana).;m. in Henry Co., indiana, 28-6mo-1838, to ANN ADAMSON; B. 1822/3,NC.; d. 27-4mo-1879, age 57 years. 7 mos., and 17 days, in Grant Co., Indiana; (buried in Rigdon Cemetery, Madison Co., Indiana).CH: (2794.) Oliver; (2795.) David; (2796.) Mary Ann; (2797.) Jemima; (2798.) Sarah; (2799.) Jacob; (2800.) William; (2801.) Rachel; (2802.) Jonathan; (2803.) Aaaron; (2804.) Loren; (2805.) Luther; (2806.) Orvial; (2807.) Vorintha C.(R121).
1850 Census, Greene Twp., Grant Co., Indiana: Levi Hiatt, 31, Ohio, Farmer; Ann, 27, NC.; Oliver, 10, Ind.; David, 9; Margr. 8; Jemima, 6; Sarah, 4; Jacob, 2; William, 10/12.
Levi and Ann Hiatt came from Henry Co., Indiana, to the Rigdon, Indiana, community in 1846; built a round-pole house, which stood ¼ mile west (of Rigdon). which is now (1950). known as the Marion Briles farm. Green Township, Grant Co.; later moved to a farm ½ mile north on (what). now (1950). is the Joe Reed farm, where they both died. They are both buried in the Rigdon cemestery. They had 77 grandchildren when they died.
As they were one of the first families to settle here (the first farm entered in Green Twp., 1847)., they always took newcomers in and kept them till they could build them a log hut. This part of the country was called The Indian Reserve, and the Indian trail led to ----, and by wagon they had to go to Anderson which is 20 miles southeast or to West Liberty which is 15 miles northwest to take wheat to mill for their flour. My father Jacob Hiatt which was their 6th child was said to be the first white child born in Green Township, on November 18, 1847. Rigdon at that time was called Independence (surveyed February 15, 1851)., but it was later found there was another town by that name so a Dr. Prior Rigdon - thus the name. This 5 acres is in N. E. corner of Liberty Township, Grant Co. Then Mr. and Mrs. Bayless (Daniel and Sarah). gave 5 acres on the N. W. corner in Green Twp., Grant Co., then Mr. and Mrs. Newkirk (Daniel and Polly). gave 5 acres in S. W. corner in Duck Creek Township, Madison Co., and Mr. Mrs. Eli Hiatt gave 5 ares on the S. E. corner in Boone Twp., Madison Co., so a posoffice was granted and the town of Rigdon began to grow. (Written by Martha (“Mattie”). (Hiatt). Miller, a grandaughter of Levi Hiatt. R121).
Levi Hiatt entered the first land from the Government, October 15th, 1847, for 144.69 acres in Section No. 1, Township No. 22. A Government Patent was issued to the entryman February 1st, 1849 by the United States General Land Office, signed by the President, James K. Polk, eleventh President of the United States of America. (From A Brief History of Green Twp.., compiled by Alva T. Frazee, and appearing in the Swayzee (Ind.) Press, March 3, 1949.) (Mattie Miller - R121).
Sent by Dewey Tetrick and Ron Tetrick
Indiana Neighborhood, Farms and Cemeteries.
Levi Hiatt owned 144 acres between Knox Chapel (Church and Cem.) and town of Rigdon, near where Madison and Grant Counties join. Knox Cahpel is near Point Isabel, Ind.Days owned land 80 acres along east side of Knox Chapel Cemetery. SE of Kokomo; NE of Elwood. Green Township, Grant Twp. Opened up in 1850.
Tetricks, Hiatts, Lightfoots, Days and Kelly, Sam Houston Tetrick's land in Madison County started at corner where Grant Co. meets Madison Co. on the Know Chapel Road. They lived in a cabin back in woods, gone now. Rigdon is on border between Grant and Madison Counties. All families lived in this immediate area. Cemetery is east from Rigdon (Jog in road). Hiatts buried in Rigdon Cemetery, Ann and Levi, Oliver, oldest son. David and Jacob, William Tetrick buried here, too. (In middle)
Most Tetricks buried in Knox Chapel Cemetery prior to 1880 by chapel. After across road.
Levi Hiatt came in 1848 to plat Green Co. from forest land.
Acid rain has taken off writting in most.
Hiatts: Levi and Ann Adamson
13 kids: Oliver oldest, married a Lightfoot. David b. 1859, Jemima 1873 married Eli Lightfoot, Jacob (Lawrence's line)
Cemetery east from Rigdon (Jog in Road) Levi Hiatt buried here, and Ann. Oliver, also, David and Jacob.
1848 Levi came to plat Green Co. from forest land.
Per Lawrence: Levi Hiatt and Ann and Eli and Jemima Hiatt Lightfoot moved to Kansas. Hiattsville south of Kansas City by Fort Scott. Eli got word father died and he returned to farm. Levi and Ann must have, too, as buried there.
A David Hiatt married an Indian when he moved to Iowa and was kicked outr of Quaker church. 3 Books have been written on Hiatts. Index of Grant Co. cemeteries is in Public Library.CHURCH
Kelly's were Presbyterian in Ireland prior to 1720. Many Grant Co. people were Presbyterians. 3 kinds of Presbyterians in early days:
1) Old Style
2) New Style; Kelly's in Ireland
3) New Prospect
Knox Chapel between Point Isabel and Rigdon, Ind. Pilgrim Holiness - became Wesley Methodist Cemetery at Rigdon. - many belonged to it.
Quakers - Hiatts buried in Rigdon Cem.
(Preceeding notes taken from old notes copied and sent by Dewey Tetrick.)This is from a letter from Arnett Hiatt in Fort Scott, Kansas in 1983 to Evelyn Fox in Tipton, Ind.
Early one morning in the spring of 1869 four covered wagons pulled out form the Levi Hiatt home near the northeast corner of Rigdon, Ind. In the first wagon was Silas Rich, his wife Mary Ann (May) Hiatt Rich. The family always called her May, I remember my father speaking of Aunt May Rich. With them were probably four of their children, Mimmie, Clara Effie, Hester, and Willie. Several of their children had died in infancy.In the second wagon was Eli Lightfoot and his wife, Jemima Hiatt Lightfoot. With them wer probably four of their children, but I am not sure which ones.
In the third wagon was William Hiatt, 19 years of age, and his brother Jonathan (Jot) Hiatt who was 16 or 17 at that time. The wagon and team belonged to William Haitt.
The wagons were pulled by two teams of oxen and two teams of horses. I am not sure which had which, but am sure that the team of my grandfather, William Hiatt, were horses.
When they reached Kansas most of the land in the northern and central part of eastern Kansas had already been homesteaded, so they continued on to the south, and finally took up claims in western Labette County.
I noticed that you say that your grandfather spent five years in Kansas. That must be correct, for I remember hearing my grandfather say that after several years, Eli Lightfoot's father died suddenly in Indiana and that Eli Lightfoot and his family returned to Indiana and took over the Lightfoot family farm. They sold their homestead in Kansas. The year that I was five years old we lived on a rented farm that joined the farm that Eli Lightfoot had homesteaded. I remember hearing my father speak of that.
Silas Rich donated an acre in the southeast corner of his homestead for a cemetry andd both he and Aunt May are buried there. I don't rembmer them, but as a child I remember our family visiting often in the home of Al Rich, their son, who was of course my father's first cousin. I don't remember the next son, Jonathan, I think he died as a child. But I well remember Wilbur Rich, Fred Rich, and Ern Rich, as he was called. And I have visited often with the youngest daughter, Gertrude or Gertie, who married Ollie Walker, and their family. They had three children, Emily, John, and Margaret. Emily died just recently.
I know that Jake Hiatt and his family returned to Indiana after about ten years, but don't know the reasons.Towns and gatherings were few in those days. My grandfather, William Hiatt rode horseback 50 miles to the town of Fredonia to attend a revival meeting. There he met a 16 year old girl, Susie Long, and was so attracted to her that he continued to ride to Fredonia to see her, and that fall they were married, and he brought her to his homestead. Her father was the doctor in Fredonia, and was fairly well off, had tow servants, to do all the house work and the cooking. My grandmother knew almost nothin about cooking, and I have heard her tell often, about how her husband had to teach her how to cook. One of her favorite stories was about a week after they were married, and were living on his homestead claim that she noticed some pumpkins growing in the corn. She asked him if he would like pumpkin pie for dinner. Of course he was pleased and said that would be fine. So she picked a nice yellow pumpkin, took it in and peeled it and cut into pieces. She had never seen a pumpkin pie made, but she knew how to make a pie crust. So she made a nicecrust, put it in the pan, and filled it with the cut up pieces of pumpkin, put a top crust on it, and put it in the oven and baked it. She had never heard that the pumpkin was supposed to be cooked before putting it in the pie crust. My grandfather's younger brother, Jot, was helping him with the field work that day, so came in to chat with them. They finished the first part of the meal, then she cut a nice piece of the pie for each of the men. My grandfather ate a bite of his, and she asked "How is it?" He was so much in love with her that he said it was just fine and kept on eating it. But his brother, Jot, was not so polite. He took one bite and just exploded.
The next year was a dry one, and there was no stream running through my grandfather's claim. So he sold his claim and took the one west of it which was still open.
A few years later the man who had bought his claim donated an acre in the southeast corner to the Methodist Church and the Methodists in the community built a large one-room church on the land. He had deeded the land to the church with the provision that if the land ever ceased to be used as a church the title would revert back to whoever owned the farm at that time. This man later sold his farm to another man who was a big sheep raiser. A number of the Methodists in the community moved away and the church attendance dwindled so that it became apparent that they would not be able to keep the church growing. The new owner of the farm who was not a Christian was very happy about this and bragged all over the neighborhood that he would soon be using the church building as a sheep barn, and what a fine one it would be. The few Methodists that were left so hated for this to happen, and they approached a number of Baptists who lived in an adjoining community, and it finally wound up by the Methodists deeding the church and land to the Baptists. That was nearly a hundred years ago, and there is still an active Baptist church in that building. The Hopewell Baptist Church. Needless to say, the sheep raiser was very unhappy about this.
Enough of this, but I think these are two interesting stories connected with the Hiatt family in Kansas.
To go on with what I know of the family history, My grandfather's older sister, Sarah, the one just younger then Jemima, married John Pickard and they later moved to Oklahoma. The family record says Covington, Oklahoma, and I am not sure jsut where that is. But I remember my father telling about when he was a boy, going with his parents to visit his uncle Johnny Pickard and his family in Oklahoma City.
Jonathan (Jot) Hiatt, the younger brother who came to Kansas with my Grandfatherlater married a girl from Kansa, Ella Pence. I know that I do have a little more information about his family that I obtained when I visited once with a daughter of Loren Hiatt, but I have misplaced it for the time being.
The next brother, Aaron Hiatt, was married three times. The first two wives and children by his first wife all died and are buried in Indiana. I have visited their graves. Aaron and his third wife with Lonnie Hiatt, the youngest child of his first wife, and Claude Hiatt and Lloyd Hiatt, the sons of his third wife, all came to Kansas somewhere around the turn of the century, and located in the town of Mound Valley, which was only a few miles from my Grandfather's homestead. As a small child I remeber visiting with the Aaron Hiatts in Mound Valley. I remember him as atall man with a full beard. Lonnie, the oldest son, married and lived the rest of his life in Mound Valley. Most of the time he owned and operated a produce and cream buying station, and selling feed. He had seven children, Inza, Harold, Byron, Chester, Herschel, Kenginnes, and live now in Stanley, Kansas, a suburb of Kansas City. He is retired now was a high school teacher and principal. Byron liveds in Denver, Colo, Kenneth Ray in Fredonia, Kansas, and Inez married Joe Morrison and they still live in Mound Valley.
Loren Hiatt came to Kansas with his wife, I don't know when, I think I do have the date somewhere. Fidella, who was living then with her daughter in Concordia, Kansas.
My grandparents had two children, Meda and Merton, my father. He was born in 1880 and die din 1969. Meda married Arthur Voris, and they lived most of their lives in Guthrie.
Is #1120 in the Hiatt-Hiett book of genealogy:
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Found in HH book, pg. 521 (#2795)
(2795.) DAVID HIATT (1120.) (391.) (77.) (11.) (2.) (1.):
b. 1841, Henry Co., Indiana; d. 3-1mo-1859, aged 15 (18?). years, 1 mo., 5 days buried Rigdon Cemetry, Grant Co., Indiana. (Died of typhoid fever.) (R121).
(2801.) RACHEL HIATT (1120.) (391.) (77.) (11.) (2.) (1.):
b.1853, Grant Co., Indiana; d. 23-mo-1858, age 5 years, 11 mos., 6 days.
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(2806.) ORVIAL HIATT (1120.) (391.) (77.) (11.) (2.) (1.):
d. age 9 years, 11mos., 11 days.
(2794.) OLIVER HIATT (1120.) (391.) (77.) (11.) (2.) (1.):
b. 20/26-8mo-1839, Henry Co., Indiana; d. 30-12mo-1907; m. (1st). to AMELIA C. ATHON; 12 - 3mo - 1839; d 1887; m. (2nd). 20-6mo-1889, to MARY C. BITNER. Lived near Rigdon, Grant Co., Indiana.CH: (By first wife). (4865.) a son who died young (4866.) William Franklin; ( 4867.) Arthur Lowell; (4868.) Silas Wilson; (4869.) Levi W. (4870.) Lyda Anna; (4871.) Oliver Carson. (R121,148).
Sent by Florence Hiatt. Oliver and Mary had no children. Mary was first married to Mr. Bitner.
(4866.) WILLIAM FRANKLIN HIATT (2794.) (1120.) (391.) (77.) (11.) (2.) (1.):
b. ---; d. 30-8mo-1866. (R121, 148).
(4865.) - son --- HIATT (2794.) (1120.) (391.) (77.) (11.) (2.) (1.):
b. ---; d. 28-12mo-1863. (R121, 148).
(2794.) OLIVER HIATT (1120.) (391.) (77.) (11.) (2.) (1.):
b. 20/26-8mo-1839, Henry Co., Indiana; d. 30-12mo-1907; m. (1st). to AMELIA C. ATHON; 12 - 3mo - 1839; d 1887; m. (2nd). 20-6mo-1889, to MARY C. BITNER. Lived near Rigdon, Grant Co., Indiana.CH: (By first wife). (4865.) a son who died young (4866.) William Franklin; ( 4867.) Arthur Lowell; (4868.) Silas Wilson; (4869.) Levi W. (4870.) Lyda Anna; (4871.) Oliver Carson. (R121,148).
Sent by Florence Hiatt. Oliver and Mary had no children. Mary was first married to Mr. Bitner.
Sent by Evelyn Fox. Found in HH book, pg. 521 (#2796)
SEVENTH GENERATION: DESCENDANTS OF JOHN HIATT, JR.
(2796.) MARY ANN HIATT (1120.) (391.) (77.) (11.) (2.) (1.):
b. 1842, Henry Co., Indiana d. in Kansas,. In Grant Co. Indiana, 26-9mo-1861, to SILAS RICH.
CH: (4872.) Amanda E.; (4873.) Erminnie J.; (4874.) Minnies; (4875.) Lizzie; Clara Effie; (4876.) Heste Jane (4877.) Willie; (4878.) Eddie; (4879.) Walter; (4880.) Allie; (4881.) Jonathan; (4882.) Wilbur; (4883.) Fred; (4884.) Ernest (4885.) Gertrude. (R121,148).
Found in HH book, pg. 671 (#4872) died aged 1 year, 2 mos., 4 days.
(4872.) AMANDA E. RICH (2796.) (1120.) (391.) (77.) (11.) (2.) (1.):
d. 5-9mo-1862, aged 1 year, 2 mos., 20 days. (R121).
(4873.) ERMINNIE J. RICH (2796.) (1120.) (391.) (77.) 911.) (2.) (1.):
d. 13-9mo-1863, aged 1 year, 2 mos., 4 days. (R121).