(2918.) ELIJAH HIATT (1153.) (395.) (77.) (11.) (2.) (1.):
b. 13-8mo-1878, Payson, Utah Co., UT; m. in SLC, UT, 16-12mo-1903, to SARAH ILENE CLARK, d/o David and Sarah (Ferguson). Clark; b. 10-5mo-1880, Lehi, Utah Co., UT; address: 105 Broadway, Milton, OR. (R123).
CH: (5097.) Clark E. (R123).Sent by Bernita Anderson of S.L.C., Utah and by Laura Marshall, and Betty Hanson of Kennewick, Wash.
Elijah Hiatt thanks the Lord... He'll be 100 August 13
August 13 is going to be a very special day in the life of Elijah Hiatt. For it's on that day Hiatt will celbrate his 100th birthday.
Hiatt resides at Elzora Manor, Milton-Freewater's convalescent home. He tires rather quickly at his age and consequently spends most of the day in bed.
But the man who has lived nearly a century still remembers moments from his younger days and is quick to recoginze the familiar face of a niece or son who come to visit.
Hiatt credits his abstinence from tobacca and coffee with contributing to his long life. "I never used tobacco and did not drink coffee," he said recently.
What follows is a sketch of Hiatt's life as he narrated in 1964. Clark Hiatt, Elijah's son who lives in La Grande, provided the Valley Herald with the biography.
Born in Payson, Utah in 1878, Hiatt was the 10th of 14 children born to Samuel and Mary Hiatt.
The family moved to Payson to Provo, Utah when Elijah was small. At Provo another brother was born. Hiatt recalled his brother and himself becoming ill from eating green apples once, and his brother eventually dying at age two and a half.
The family moved to Scofield, Utah when Elijah was six and ready to start school. His first teacher was Kate Thomask, whom he remebered as being a very wonderful teacher.
Recalling the beginning of school, Hiatt narrated, "Like most children starting school, I got into a little trouble and Miss Thomas proceeded to punish me, and I called her a name that was unbecoming. Well, my older sister told Mother about the whole affair and I underwent a seat warming from Mother.
In 1886, when Elijah was eight, the family woved to Plano, Idaho. The family built a log cabin and lived on a 160 acre tract of land.
We went through many hardships incident to pioneering in the early settlement of Northeast Idaho, Hiatt recalled about those days. A few years later the family sold tthe farm and moved to Parker Ward, four miles north of St. Anthony, Idaho.
Hiatt began working to help support his family when he was 14. I succeeded in getting employment and got men's wages. Schooling was difficult. I went to Rick's Academy for a short period, he said.
Shortly thereafter, Hiatt, who is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, was called on a mission for the church. He was sent to Portland in Jan 1900.
Hiatt then worked in the sugar beet industry in Grande Ronde Valley for five years with F.S. Bramwell, who was president of the Northwestern States Mission at the time.
It was during this period that Hiatt met his future wife, Sarah Ilene Clark, who was living with her parents near Imbler, Oregon. They were married Dec 16, 1903 in the Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City.
The newly marrieds made their first home near Imbler, then moved to a 1500-acre ranch near Union, Oregon.
They moved from the farm to Milton-Freewater in 1906 when they bought 11 acres of land to live on and rented another 10 acres for an orchard.
In 1916 Hiatt was hired to manage a fruit warehouse for H.S. Dennison and Co. He worked there for 17 years until the compnay went out of business.
Following that job, Hiatt worked 11 years for the State and Federal Inspection Service for fruit and vegetables until he was 70.
He then worked for various fruit housses in Milton-Freewater doing fruit inspection until November 1955 when the trees were killed by a severe freeze. At that time he went into full retirement.
Hiatt was elected as a Milton-Freewater city councilman in 1949 and thus was on the council when the towns of Milton and Freewater were consolidated. About the consolidation Hiatt said, "The two towns were consolidated after much opposition, but it finally worked out for the goof othe citizens of both towns.
In 1919 the Hiatts purchased a home at 155 Broadway. The home soon became a meeting place for members of the church in the community.
During the 30's and 40's Hiatt served as first counselor, then president and finally bishop of the local governing body of the Church of Latter Day Saints. The headquarters were in Walla Walla.
When Milton-Freewater opened its own branch of the church Hiatt served as the ward teachers supervisor until 1963.
Mrs. Hiatt died in 1961 after suffering a stroke, ending the marriage of 58 years. At that time Elijah sold the home he and his wife had lived in 44 years.
It was almost more than I could bear to see the cupboards empty that my dear wife had so beautifully arranged, and to leave the home we have lived in for 44 years. As we made ready to move, I almost found a broken heart among my sourvenirs, Hiatt related about leaving his home.
Elijah stayed with his son in LaGrade until 1965, when he came back to Milton-Freewater and stayed with the Don Maughan family at 331 North 6th for two years. In 1967 he was moved to the convalescent home.
When interviewed recently, Hiatt said, "I thank the good Lord for letting me live so long."
Elzora Manor is going to have a reception to celebrate Elijah's birthday beginning at approximately 3 p.m. August 13 at the convalescent home. All of Elijah's friends are invited to attend.Elijah Hiatt
Milton-Freewater - Elijah Hiatt, 101 died Sunday at Elzora manor Nursing Home.
Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Bishop Charles Akes will officiate. Burial will be in the Milton-Freewater Cemetery.
Hiatt was born 13 Aug 1878, in Payson Utah, to Samuel and Mary Hiatt. He lived in Utah until the age of eight, when his family moved to northeastern Idaho to homestead. He attended Rick's Academy in Rexburg, Idaho, from 1900 to 1902 he completed a mission for the Mormon Church in Portland, Oregon. After is mission he settled in the Grande Ronde Valley, near LaGrande, Oregon, where he worked in the sugar beet industry.
He married Sarah Ilene Clark in Salt Lake City on Dec 16, 1903. In 1906 he moved to Milton-Freewater where he bought a fruit orchard. He was the manager of H.S. Denison Company Warehouse. He was a fruit inspector for 11 years.
He was elected to the City Council in 1949 and served for six years, during which time Milton and Freewater were consolidated. In 1927 he became a counselor in the first branch presidency of the Mormon Church in this area.
Hiatt was selected as the branches first bishop when the church became a ward. He held the position for many years.
He was a member of the Mormom Church in Milton-Freewater.
Hiatt is survived by a son Clark E. Hiatt of LaGrande, Oregon, two grandsons Richard Hiatt of Beaverton, Oregon and David Hiatt of Milton-Freewater, two great-grandsons, Russell Hiatt of Beaverton and Cody Hiatt of Milton-Freewater. His wife died in 1961
(2921.) ALFRED HIATT (1153.) (395.) (77.) (11.) (2.) (1.):
b.1-8mo-1887, Plano, Madison Co., Idaho; m. MABEL LAMBERT. (R123.)Sent by Bernita Anderson and by Laura Marshall. Laura has the place of birth for Alfred as Brighton, Idaho. Lois Hiatt has it as Fremont, Parker Co., UT or Plano, Madison Co., ID.
Sent by Bernita Anderson, Cathy Neff. D/o Charles H. Lambirth and Anna Beatrice Morton.
(2922.) BURT HIATT (1153.) (395.) (77.) (11.) (2.) (1.):
b.18-2mo-1890, Plano, Madison Co., Idaho; living 1950, at 10100 McNerny St., South Gate, California. (R123).
(5050.) MARY ELEANOR HIATT (2910.) (1153.) (395.) (77.) (11.) (2.) (1.):
b. 5 or 10-4mo-1890, Pinto, Iron Co., Utah; d. 23-11mo-1918; m. HUGH RICKS. (R123).
(5051.) EARL WILBER HIATT (2910.) (1153.) (395.) (77.) (11.) (2.) (1.):
b. 1-7mo-1892, at New Harmony, Iron Co., Utah (Twin of Pearl).; living 1950 on Route 1, Box 101, Fallon, Nevada; m. ESTHER LAURETTA TRUMAN, dau. Of George Almos and Emma (Leavitt). Truman.CH: (6547.) Jack Darrel; (6548.) Klea Alton; (6549.) Norma; (6550.) Lois LaRene; (6551.) Pauldena; (6552.) Reed Almos; (6553.) Kenneth Platt. (R123).
(5054.) JEANETTE HIATT (2910.) (1153.) (395.) (77.) (11.) (2.) (1.):
b. 19-5mo-1896, Hamblin, Washington Co., Utah; m. LLEWELLYN DAVIS. (R123).
(5056.) LEE (LEALAND). HIATT (2910.) (1153.) (395.) (77.) (11.) (2.) (1.):
b. 7-3mo-1900, Hamblin, Washington Co., Utah; m. --- ---; address: 155 Factory Ave., Loveland, Colorado. (R123). (Twin of Loren.)