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(2898.) FRANCIS M. HIATT (1147.) (395.) (77.) (11.) (2.) (1.):
b. 5-11mo-1859. Slatersville, Utah; living 1950, Sugar City, Idaho; m. (1st). 28-3mo-1889, to ELIZABETH E. STANDFORD; b. 10-10-mo-1870; d. 11-3mo-1892; m. (2nd). 25-7mo-1894, to ALICE C. JENKINS; b. 9-11mo-1874.CH: (By first wife). (5011.) Bertha E.
(By second wife (5012.) Catherine Rebecca; (5013.) Francia Marion; (5014.) William Elihu; (5015.) Lester Jarom; (5016.) Ethel Margarette; (5017.) Veda La Von; (5018.) Mabel Ruth; (5019.) Elva Grace; (5020.) Delbert Wesley; (5021.) Golden Edward. (R122).Copied from records of Francis Marion Hiatt, Sr.(liv) 346W. 18th Idaho Falls, Idaho 83401
Verified at the Idaho Falls Gen. library by Francis M. Hiatt and Mrs Leo J. Rigby (Barabra) 405 E. 20th St. Idaho Falls, Idaho 83440 1980.
Marriage: (1) Elizabeth Esther Stanford on 28 mar 1889
(2) Alice Catherine JenkinsSent by Connie Dabel,
Francis Marion Hiatt was born in Slaterville, Weber Co., Utah. His parents, Elihu Hiatt and Rebecca Courtier Hiatt, had traveled to the Salt Lake Valley in 1853 from Iowa by covered wagon and ox team. The family consisted at the time of their arrival of three children. Records show five other children had died prior to them coming to the Salt Lake Valley. A total of twelve children were eventually born to this union.
The family first settled at Mill Creek at the present site of Salt Lake City in about 1858. They moved to the Weber river area where Francis was born. Shortly after his birth they moved to Brigham City, Box Elder Co., Utah where they lived until about 1864. In Brigham City, Elihu was engaged in his learned trade as a cooper. This involved the construction of molasses barrels, churns, water pails and other vessels made from cedar and pine wood.
The family moved in 1864 to Paris, Idaho where they joined a group of Latter-Day Saints who had been called to establish a settlement by President Brigham Young. Francis's father hewed most of the logs used in the construction of the first church house built in the village of Paris.
Life in the early days in Paris involved many hardships. Food consisted mainly of produce grown by the settlers. Flour sometimes became scarce during winter months due to the lack of a flour mill. Wheat was often eaten whole or ground in a neighbors coffee mill. The food supply was supplemented in the spring by digging sego roots on the hillside surrounding the settlement.
The family moved in 1866 to Fish Haven which was about 13 miles south of Paris. Francis was enrolled in a one room log school house equipped with wooden benches. Slates were used to write on. Duties during the spring and
summer months included helping to shear the community flock of sheep in the nearby hills with his older brother.
Early memories recorded by Francis included the efforts of the settlers to fight a huge plague of grasshoppers.
"These insects were so thick they would almost shade the sun. They would settle down in the fields of grain and destroy them. We used to tie a rag or cloth of some kind on the end of a stick eight to ten feet long and go through the fields of grain an try to scare the hoppers off of the grain by waving our flags back and forth as we would walk. Millions of them would swarm in the air and fall in the lake and drown. Then when the wind would blow, large waves on the lake would wash the dead hoppers up on the shore. I have seen heaps of hoppers along the lake shore two to three feet high. There would be miles of them along the lake shore."
His journal also records how the settlers used large twine seines to net fish out of Bear Lake. These fish, which were abundant in supply, were cleaned, salted down in wooden barrels and then taken to Ogden and Salt Lake and traded for dry goods and other commodities.
August 29, 1869 Francis was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints by Joseph Moore in the Bear Lake. He was then confirmed a member by Henry Howell.Soon after Francis baptism the family moved to the Ogden Valley where Elihu purchased a saw mill. This mill, which was located about one mile north of Eden was operated by water power from Wolf Creek. Operation of the mill was left to the responsibility of the older brothers John and Jesse while Elihu engaged in prospecting for gold and silver in the surrounding mountains.
Hardships endured by the settlers during this period of time included epidemics of smallpox and typhoid. Journal entries recorded by Francis list hundreds of deaths in the Ogden area as a result of these diseases. Feb 20, 1872 at Harrisville, Weber Co., Utah Elihu Hiatt passed away after having contracted pneumonia and typhoid.Prior to his death he requested Francis to learn to play the violin and be obedient to his mother. These requests were fulfulled by Francis.
The family, after the death of Elihu sold mining property in Bingham Canyon that had been acquired. Money obtained from the sale was used for funeral expenses and to buy a small farm about two miles east of Plain City. Francis spent the remainder of his boyhood days at this location working on the farm. He learned to play the violin using borrowed instruments from his brothers John and Jesse. John responded to a call to help colonize locations in Arizona by President Brigham Young. When he left he gave his violin to Francis.
Francis's ability as a musician soon permitted him to play with brother Jesse at community dances. He learned to read music and served as chorister for the Harrisville Ward Sunday School. He also joined the Plain City Brass Band and learned to play the solo alto instrument.
Francis left home in the fall of 1874 to work for Teancum Taylor, husband of Mary Jane Hiatt, Francis older sister. He worked on a ranch at Ashley Valley which was located about 30 miles south and 150 miles east of Salt Lake City. The fall months were spent hauling timber from the mountains to be used for fences and buildings. The winter months were spent heading cattle and horses on the open range.
Francis took a contract in the spring of 1880 to carry mail by horseback from Ashley to Browns Park located 45 miles north on the Green River. This contract paid $100. per month for making three trips a week. The contract was cancelled after three months due to his inability to obtain cash payments upon request.
November 1880 found Francis in Plain City where he rejoined his family.
During the winter of 1880-1881 he had the opportunity to revive violin instructions from Professor Willard Weye, a noted violinist from Salt Lake.
Francis lived with his mother in Plain City, until 1884. He went to work at Pleasant Valley, Utah for his brother John in a saw mill yard for $45. a month. Francis returned to Bear Lake during the winter to live with his half-sister then returned in 1885 to live with John.
In the year of 1887, Francis and his brother Elihu left Vernal, Utah with a wagon load of wheat pulled by four horses. They traveled from Vernal to Ashley where they had the wheat ground into flour. From Ashley they set out on a journey which would take them up the Green River across into Idaho, through the Snake River plains and into Yellowstone Park. They traveled from there to the Bighorn Valley in Montana where they spent the winter with relatives. The load of flour they started the journey with was sold en route to pay for the trip. They returned the following summer to Plain City.
Francis traveled to the Snake River Valley in 1889 to work for his brother Rueben at a settlement located west of Rexburg, Idaho. Rueben served as the first Bishop of the settlement which was named the Hiatt Ward in his honor. Francis served along with his cousin as a counselor in the ward. The ward was later renamed the Plano Ward.
Francis married Elizabeth Esther Stanford on Mar 28, 1889 in Egin, Fremont Co., Idaho. Two daughters were born to this union. The first daughter was named Bertha Elizabeth born about 1890. Elizabeth died shortly after the birth of the second child. The child was a little girl who was born dead. The first daughter was raised by Francis's sister Rebecca Weatherston and her husband Charles Weatherston.
The next few years Francis spent his time working on a homestead at Egin bench and playing for dances throughout the Upper Snake River Valley.
On July 25, 1894 he married Alice Catherine Jenkins in the Salt Lake Temple. Alice stood as proxy at the same time for Elizabeth so the marriage sealing was done for Francis and his first wife. Francis and Alice were parents of a total of ten children that were eventually born to this union.
The family moved in 1902 to Nibley, Oregon, where with his brother Rueben, he was employed on a new farm development project which involved an attempt to place a large tract of grazing land under irrigation by pumping water from a nearby river. The project failed due to the pumping plants inadequate capacity to furnish the amount of water needed.
The family moved to Union, Oregon in 1903. Here Francis was employed at a lumber factory. In September 1912 the family moved to Rupert, Idaho where they located on a lease farm. The children were old enough to assume the
responsibility for the farm operations. Francis took a job with the Bureau of Reclamation as an irrigation canal ditch rider.
The family lived at this location until September 1918. They moved then to St. Anthony, Idaho. Their first home in St. Anthony was on the "Island", a part of the town separated by the Egin irrigation canal. They moved after a short period to another location on the island, a few blocks west of the bank of the canal. They lived at this location unil 1942 when they sold their place and bought another home on main street.
At the age of 81 while living on the " Island" in St. Anthony, Francis injured his leg while chopping wood. This injury failed to heal and resulted in gangrene which in turn resulted in the amputation of his leg. In spite of his age, he recovered from this surgery in a very short time and became quite active with the aid of crutches.
After a short time they moved to another home on 3rd North. They lived here for about two years. Due to the illness of Francis's wife, Alice they moved into the home of a daughter, Veda (Mrs. Nathan Young) near Sugar City, Idaho.
Alice Catherine Jenkins Hiatt, Frances's wife passed away on August 16, 1950 at Sugar City, Fremont Co., Idaho at the home of their daughter, Veda, she was buried at Parker Cem.
Francis Marion Hiatt Sr. died on August 9, 1951 at the age of 92. Funeral services were held at the St. Anthony first ward with Bishop J. Wedell Stucki conducting. Burial was the the Parker Cem.
Throughout his life, Francis was an acitve member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and loyal to its principles. He was an accompished musician. He was also recognized for his knowledge of natural medicine, a portion of which was learned from Indians who frequently journeyed through the Bear River valley.
His ability to face the hardships required by early pioneers, his response to sacrifice when necessary for the church and his unwavering testimony of the Gospel should remain a continuous guide to his descendants.
Verified at the Idaho Falls Genealogical Lib. by Francis M. Hiatt and Mrs. Leo J. Rigby (Barbara) 405 E. 20th St. Idaho Falls, Idaho 83440 (1980).B-CFI Batch #H00074 Ser # 0588 TIB #1865 bk A pg 52, M An old family rec kept by himself, performed byhis brotherReuben, D-Cert from State of Idaho File # 3115, Bap-CFI Batch #H00074 Ser #0588, Idaho TIB #1865 Bk A pg 52, End the same rec, Sealed to par-BIC
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(5011.) BETHA E. HIATT (2898.) (1147.) (395.) (77.) (11.) (2.) (1.):
b. 2-3mo-1890; m. in the Salt Lake Temple, 8-6mo-1950, to CENTENNIAL E. PALMER; address: Route 2, Box 292, Ogden, Utah. Mrs. Palmer has furnixhed a record of her father’s family for this volume. (Mr. Palmer d. 31-3mo-1951.) (R122).
(5013.) FRANCIS MARION HIATT JR. (2898.) (1147.) (395.) (77.) (11.) (2.) (1.):
b. 29-8mo-1896; m. 1-12mo-1925, to MILDRED FAY RICH. (R122).
(5013.) FRANCIS MARION HIATT JR. (2898.) (1147.) (395.) (77.) (11.) (2.) (1.):
b. 29-8mo-1896; m. 1-12mo-1925, to MILDRED FAY RICH. (R122).
(5015.) LESTER JEROM HIATT (2898.) (1147.) (395.) (77.) (11.) (2.) (1.):
b. 19-12mo-1899; d. 31-12mo-1933; m. 7-12mo-1929, to MARY BLANCH CAHOON. (R122).
(5016.) ETHEL MARGARETTE HIATT (2898.) (1147.) (395.) (77.) (11.) (2.) (1.):
b. 5-11MO-1901; M. 19-1MO-1921, to ALMA WILBURN GREENHALGH. (R122).
(5017.) VEDA LA VON HIATT (2898.) (1147.) (395.) (77.) (11.) (2.) (1.):
b. 11-6mo-1903; m. 16-11mo-1924, to NATHAN YOUNG. (R122).