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Note N02399 Index

Found in HH Book page 481.

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Note N02400 Index

From notes by Leland Ruse Smiht of Tabor, IA.

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Note N02401 Index

Sent by Betty Lyons. HH book page 672.

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Note N02402 Index

SENT FROM SONNY

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Note N02403 Index

Republican, born Quaker and converted to Methodism, farmer at Mooreland,
Henry Co., and Economy and Fountain City, Wayne Co., Ind. Born on father's
farm at Economy, Ind. Died at Reid Memorial Hospital, Richmond, Wayne Co., Ind. of Liver Cancer.
Lawrence Hiatt was born a Quaker and converted to a Methodist. He was a
Republican. His first wife was christened in the Christian Church and
converted to a Methodist.

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Note N02404 Index

See HH book, pg. 322, had at two other children, no further record of
them.

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Note N02405 Index

See page 551 of HH book by William Perry Johnson, Volume I of HIATT Series.

Sent by Charles Hiatt.
L.E. Hiatt Dies Suddenly
L.E. Hiatt, long time resident and stock buyer of this city, died suddenly
at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Worth Thompson, Des Moines, Monday evening.
Death was due to an attack of heart disease.
Mr. Hiatt returned Sunday from a visit at the home of his son, Wilson Hiatt, at South Bend, Ind. He seemed to be in his usual health but complained of feeling tired. The fatal attack came suddenly Monday evening.
Mr. Hiatt came to Indianaola in 1874 from Indiana. He farmed several years and forty-five years ago, began buying and shipping live stock, continuning until a year ago. He built up a large business and was one fo the heaviest and oldest buyers for the Glorrell Packing Co., of Ottumwa.
He is survived by three sons, Elmer, of Wenatchee, Wash: Harry of Colo.
Springs, Colo. Wilson of South Bend, Ind. and two daughters, Mr.s E. A. Austin of Summerville, Oregon, and Mrs. Worth Thompson of Des Moines, a brother, L.W. Hiatt and a sister, Mrs. Mary Calvert of Dewitt Mo.
Mr. Hiatt took an active interest in politics and civic affairs having
served as a member of the board of suppervisors, Indianola school board and
city council.
Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at the Overton Funeral home.
Mr. Hiatt has been in the stock shipping business in Indianola for forty-
three years. He begqan with William long in 1883. The Long to whom he
disposes of his business in not, however, related to the Long with whom he
began business. L.E. Hiatt came to Warren County from Indiana in 1874 to work for E.W. Hartman by the month. In 1875 he was married and , after looking around for a better location came back and settled here in 1876. Since 1883 he has been continuously buying stock with the exception of one year spent in Calif.

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Sent by Mildred Wynes

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Note N02407 Index

Sent by Wilma Hiatt.

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Sent by Charles Hiatt. Lee Wilson had no children. Kate worked for many
years for a dept. store and Wilson worked for Dun and Bradstreet. he was in
the Los Angeles office when a strong earthquake struck, he fled back to Des
Moines, later was transferred as mangaer of the Rockester N.Y. office. They
had one sone that died in infancy.

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Note N02409 Index

Sent by Jean Whitney and June Overburg.
Lemuel Nelson Hiatt was a farmer, possibly following in his father's
footsteps and thus creating generation after generation of farming families.
The farming communities of the Mid-West continually moved, seeking better land
and greener pastures, and the Hiatt were no exception.
The Hiatts moved from Sidney to Reynolds, Neb. when Eva Maude was less than
a year old. Their home had wood floors and sewed rages for floor coverings.
The house was 1 and 1/2 stories with one large bedroom upstairs and two
bedrooms downstairs and an outside bathroom known as the out house. The homes
were heated by a wood cook stove in the kitchen and a wood heater int heparlor.
Kindling and kerosene were readied in the evening to start the morning fires.
The children didn't have many toys, so they would use imagination and
creativity. "Playing house" was a favorite pastiem, using dishes, mostly
broken crockery. A corncob was used as a rolling pin to make world famous mud
pies. The girls delighted in mothers hand-me-down dressed and high top shoes
to complete the grown up attire...
During the winter after the Hiatts arrived in Reynolds, Neb. a diptheria
epidemic swept through the community. The schools were closed and the Hiatt
children were very ill. This highly contagious disease cause a falce membrance
to grow over the mucous membrane either in the throat or nose, sometimes
obstructing so the individual cannot breathe, and the children often died
from this illness. The Hiatt children were blessed.
A traditional Christmas was celebrated. Branches were gathered and limbs
wrapped in green paper. The decoratins consisted of popcorn and paper righs.
Stocking were hung and a lunch was set out for Santa. Early Christmas morning,
the house would be filled with laughter and excitment as the chidlren
discovered Santa had viited,had his lunch and left presents in the stockings.
Each child was given one major gift and some special candy.
The warm weather of spring was especially welcome after the hard winter as
school ended with the annual community potluck. This end of the year event
highlighted the end of the school year and the commencement of summer. The
potluck was held at the school for all the family and friends of the school
chidlren.
As spring turned into summer, the babbling brook running behind the
Hiatt's home became a major source of entertainment for children and adults
alike. The brook was called Rose Creek and the neighboring children would come
to play with Eva Maude and her brothers and sisters. The weather was warm and
the children were happy to shed their shoes for wadding, only to stay barefoot
until fall.
Education was not held in the highest regard or priority except for the
basics of reading, writing and arithmetic. Some of the older chidlren would
attend school only during the cold winter months, when there was little farm
work to do. Eva Maude studied reading, writing, arithmetic geography,
physiology and spelling. She also took piano lessons.
In 1903 the family moved again to Mahaska, Kansas. It was here in Mahaska
Eva Maude spent her teenage years.
Along with learning and preforming her household duties and her school
lessons Eva maude put her skills to work for a neighbor during harvest time,
earning a dollar a day.
Her day would begin at 4:30 am. rising to prepare breakfast for about
fifteen thrashers and harvest workers. The hearty breakfast consisted of meat,
eggs, potatoes, hot biscuits, and oatmeal. As soon as the workers had finished
their breakfast, it was time to begin preparing the next meal.
When the meal was ready, a white towel was hung ont he clothes line
signaling the workers to come and eat.
the fmaily attended a small, country church where the girls also went to
Sunday School. Both Eva Maude and her sister Gracie were beautiful and
talented girls. Eva Maude would play the organ and both she and her sister
Gracie would sing for the weekly services.