Notes
Note N01263
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Found in HH Book, also see pg. 132 of Iowa Historical Society Surname
Index, Vol , 1972. Gives date of birth and death, date of marriage and spouse,
code M50. Also from photograph of tombstone sent by Maurice K. May, 910 East
30th Dr., Kearney, NE 68847.
Notes
Note N01264
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Found in HH Book page 365.
Letter by Mrs. Goillard Baldwin of Maxwell, Iowa written 12 Dec 1966 to
Mrs. David Hiatt of Pierre, S.D. Lent us by Gladys Larsen of Underwood Apts., Omaha, Neb. age 84.
Maxwell, Iowa
Dec 12, 1966
Dear Mrs. Hiatt
I saw your letter in the Cappers Weekly about the Delicious Apple Tree and Jessie Hiatt, he was also my fathers great uncle. My father was Charles Hiatt of Mitchellville, Iowa. His father was Isaac Haines Hiatt and his father was Elijah Hiatt. They came to Iowa from Chesterhill, Ohio in the early 1860's or, I think, in 65' - '67. The Hiatt's came from England on the same boat with William Penn, his second crossing, not his first. They settled in West Chester, Penn. then later moved to Chester Hill in Morgan Co., Ohio. I wonder what the connection is between our families and our husbands. I believe Elijah Hiatt had quite a few brothers. There is an Amos Hiatt Jr. H.S. in Des Moines, and he was a brother of Jesse Hiatt. My grandfather, Isaac Hiatt died in 1936. He had two children, my father and a dau. that died at the age of 8. He was 86 when he died. He had a half brother, Joseph, and a half sister, Tamer Hiatt Pearson. My father and mother had 7 children. Worth, who is 56, who has one son, Stella, who died in '62 with cancer, she had 3 sons. Myself, I am 53, have no children, sister Mary died at 8 years, brother Milo died age 13, Curtis 48 years old who lives at Rural Mitchellville, he has two sons and an adopted daughter. Richard, the youngest, 36, he has 3 children, 2 boys and a girl. He also lives at Rural Mitchellville. (Iowa)
There is so few Hiatt's around here, we always felt pretty much alone.
There is a little park at Winterset where the apple tree still stands. It is
south of here, I suppose, 30 miles or so.
I do hope to hear from you, I sent a letter in Oct. at the time the piece was printed but it came back marked insufficient address. I just sent it to Pierre, S.D. I was telling my sister in law about it and she is a long
distance operator for Northwestern Belle so she called the Pierce operator and got the address. I do hope you can tell me about your husband's end of the family.
I live on a farm 8 miles north of Mitchellville. 1 1/2 miles from a little town called Farrar and 8 miles south of Maxwell, our mailing address.
Almost all the Hiatt's around seem to have some connection with the Jesse
Hiatt but we can't seem to place the connection. It is too bad we did not find out those things while my grandfather was still alive. He was deaf and it was quite hard to talk to him. He was pretty good at reading our lips. He was 6 foot 3 inches tall and a big man with a head of silver hair. He could tell you about the Indians that were here when they came and how poor they were. How his father would give them potatoes and meat to get them through the winter. He could tell about the stage coaches and where they had their lines, also about there coming here from Ohio in a covered wagon. Each of the Hiatt children have at least one piece of furniture that they brought with them. I have a maple dresser and a hanging shelf.
It is interesting to dig into our ancestors but I never seem to have the
time, it takes a lot of work. There was a lawyer in Oklahoma a few years back that was compiling the history but he wanted $25.00 for one and that seemed a little steep to my Mother after father died.
Please write and tell me about the family, and Merry Christmas.
Bye Mrs. Goillard Baldwin
Maxwell, Iowa 50161
Get Certifcate, 28 MAY 1827, to Belmont County, Ohio, Stillwater MM.
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Note N01265
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Sent by Cay Merryman
Truro, Iowa, Madison Co., Centennial Book 1984.
Elijah Hiatt was born in Indiana in 1835 and died in 1903. Both his parents
died, leaving him an orphan at twelve years of age. He came to Iowa with his
uncle Jesse Hiatt, who raised the first delicious apple. Later he lived with
his uncle, Aaron Hiatt. He enlisted in the Civil War at St. Charles serving
three years. He went with Sherman on his march from Atlanta to the sea. The
day he left the Army, he gave Mary Holmes an engagment ring.
Mary Holmes was born in Ohio in 1842. She was the daughter of William W.
and Elizabeth Delong Holmes. She came to Iowa with her parents and a large
settlement of people. Eight people from one neighborhood near Coshocton, Ohio,
came to the southeast corner of Madison Co., the township being named Ohio
Township. Her father's wagon was unloaded by mistake on the Illinois side of
the Mississippi river. By the time he got his wagon back the rest had gone
ahead. The Holmes family spent three years in Van Buren Co.
Elijah built a big square house. Some of the lumber he cut and had made at
a saw mill. When the railroad came through Truro, the Hiatt's boarded some of
the men. They moved to Lee Township coming back to Truro in 1890 and buying a
farm in Section 15 known as Hiatt's grove where many of the early celebrations
took place. The corporation line ran between the house and barn. The house
was in the country and the barn was in town.