Notes
Note N02190
Index
Martha was born in Tenn. to John Smith and Mary De Board, she had a sister that married James L. Hiatt. These Smiths and James L. Hiatt are buried in a little cem. just So. of Peru, Iowa.
Family tradition says that there were several of the Hiatt family that died just prior to their move to Iowa, and are buried on the other side of the river.
We visited with Helen Wilson, of Boulder Co., Aug. 1989. Her grandmother
was the sister to Martha Smith, her grandfather was the brother to John. Helen has the wedding dress of her grandmother, as well as pictures and other
heirlooms.
Notes
Note N00048
Index
PROVIDED BY LARRY ANDERSON: Information from Fremont Co. Cem. records, from tombstone, and personal
records of Ruby HIATT ANDERSON, Larry ANDERSON.
David is reported, in the Omaha World Harald, on the occation of his sons
death, Moses E. Hiatt, to have assisted in building the first house in Omaha.
Marriage license from the Sidney Court House, Fremont Co. Iowa
State Of Iowa )
Fremont County) ss.
I hereby certify that I joined in marriage in said county Mr.
David Hiatt of said County of Fremont and state of Iowa aged 21 years and Miss Elizabeth Everman of the County of Fremont and state of Iowa aged 17 years at the House of Margarett Everman in said County this 27 day of January AD 1853.
Elias Findlay
Minister of the Gospel
Page 67 Sidney Twp. Fremont Co., Iowa 1860 Census
David Hiatt age 27 Farmer Ill.
Elizabeth 23 Ill.
Moses 5 Iowa
Margaret 3 Iowa
Alice 2 Iowa
1880 Census Fremont Co., Sidney, Iowa
Hyatt, David White Male Age 49
Elizabeth 36
Melissa 16
Andrew 13
Joseph 11
Ninion 8
Elmer 6
Milton 4
Joseph 3
Sherman 8/12
In Loving Remembrance of David Hiatt
Died June 24, 1911 age 80 years
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
A precious one from us has gone,
A voice we loved is stilled;
A place is vacant in our home
Which never can be filled
God in His wisdom has recalled
The boon his love had given
And though the body slumbers here,
The soul is safe in Heaven.
David and Betsy were a member of the Chrch of Chirst.
Information from Fremont Co. Cem. records, from tombstone, and personal
records of Ruby HIATT ANDERSON, Larry ANDERSON.
David is reported, in the Omaha World Harald, on the occation of his sons
death, Moses E. Hiatt, to have assisted in building the first house in Omaha.
Marriage license from the Sidney Court House, Fremont Co. Iowa
State Of Iowa )
Fremont County) ss.
I hereby certify that I joined in marriage in said county Mr.
David Hiatt of said County of Fremont and state of Iowa aged 21 years and Miss Elizabeth Everman of the County of Fremont and state of Iowa aged 17 years at the House of Margarett Everman in said County this 27 day of January AD 1853.
Elias Findlay
Minister of the Gospel
Page 67 Sidney Twp. Fremont Co., Iowa 1860 Census
David Hiatt age 27 Farmer Ill.
Elizabeth 23 Ill.
Moses 5 Iowa
Margaret 3 Iowa
Alice 2 Iowa
1880 Census Fremont Co., Sidney, Iowa
Hyatt, David White Male Age 49
Elizabeth 36
Melissa 16
Andrew 13
Joseph 11
Ninion 8
Elmer 6
Milton 4
Joseph 3
Sherman 8/12
In Loving Remembrance of David Hiatt
Died June 24, 1911 age 80 years
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
A precious one from us has gone,
A voice we loved is stilled;
A place is vacant in our home
Which never can be filled
God in His wisdom has recalled
The boon his love had given
And though the body slumbers here,
The soul is safe in Heaven.
David and Betsy were a member of the Chrch of Chirst.
Notes
Note N00904
Index
D/o John Eberman and Margaret Wolverton
Sent by Leland Smith, Taken from the Tabor Beacon 1-22-1914
Mrs. Elizabeth Hiatt
Mrs. Elizabeth Everman Hiatt, ages 79 years, died Monday Night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Alice Beam, at Mt. Zion about eight miles southeast of Tabor.
Mrs. Hiatt, better know as "Aunt Betsy," coming from Missouri when a very
small child, was married to David Hiatt in early youth, and had lived in this
same neighborhood for over 60 years. Mr. Hiatt died about three years ago. Of the eleven children born to them nine are living: Andrew at Council Bluffs, Iowa; Moses, at Omaha; Milton at Imogene, Iowa; John at Anderson Iowa; Ninion at Ayr, Neb.; Elmer at Hasting, Neb.; Mrs Margaret Younts at Council Bluffs, Ia.; Mrs. Melissa Hiatt at Asotine, Wash.; Mrs. Alice Beam, at Mt. Zion.
Mrs. Hiatt was a well known and loved character in the neighborhood where
she lived so many years. She has been a member of the Holiness church at Mt.
Zion for over twenty years.
The funeral was held Thursday morning at the Mt. Zion church at 11 o'clock, Elder Geo. Weavers of the Tabor Faith Home Officiating.
Betsy Hiatt Estate. Probate 2157-Sidney 51652, Fremont Co., Iowa.
Betsy Elizabeth Penn Hiett, Grandmother and Grandfather was born and married in Pennsylvania. Their daughter, Margaret Wolverton, was born in Pa. and was married to Abraham Moore in PA., and moved to Ohio. To them were born 8 children--six girls and two boys: Jane (John), Robert, Sarah, Margaret, Martha, Anna, Migle, and Nancy Maria. One living.
Abraham Moore died Feb. 1833, and Margaret Moore was married to John
Eberman in Illinois in 1834, then moved to McKissick Grove, Iowa. To them were born two children, Betsy Elizabeth Penn and Eliza Ann.
Betsy Elizabeth Penn Eberman was married to David Hiatt in McKissick
Grove, Iowa. To them were born 11 children-8 boys and 3 girls. Nine are
living: Moses, Margaret, Alice, Andrew, George, Malissie, Joseph, Ninion,
Elmer, Milton, Sherman and John.
See Page 78 of Fremont Co., Cem. Book by Leland Smith. SE 1/4 NW 1/4,
Section 3 Twp 67 Range 41. Site of present day Mt. Olive Cem. which is
located 3 miles East of Hamburg, Iowa on J 64 and South 1/2 mile.
In 1840 Cornelius McKissick settled in an area east of present day Hamburg, which became know as McKissick's Grove. Which a cem. was begun, it was called McKissick's then Farmer's (after Thomas Farmer who first owned the land) and finally, Mt. Olive. The first burial on record was that of Mrs. Freeman, said to be wife of a hired hand who died in 1845.
A church called "Nishnabotna Church" was built next to the cemetery in
1845. Reports have it that the first Baptist church built in this area was
on land next to the Cemetery, so it could be the same. Later, the church
became "McKissick Grove Presbyterian Church".
For a time the land was in Missouri. Then in 1848, surveyors moved the
Missouri line south and the McKissick Grove Community became a part of Iowa and with it the cemetery. The cemetery is still in use.
Found in Tabor Beacon
Mrs. Elizabeth Eberman Hiatt
Betsy Elizabeth Eberman was born in eastern Iowa, December 22, 1835; moved with her parents to McKissick Grove, now Fremont County, Iowa, in 1838.
Deceased was united in marriage at Sidney, Iowa, to David Hiatt January 27th,
1852. To this union eleven children were born - eight boys and three girls-
all living and present at the funeral except George, who died when three years old, and Joseph who died eight years ago. Her husband died two years ago, the 24th of June 1911. Also there remain to mourn her loss 55 grandchildren, 29 great-grandchildren, several nephews and nieces, and one sister, Nancy Rowe, who lives at Burr, Neb.
Those present at the funeral from a distance were George and Jim Rowe,
from Burr, Neb; Irene and Weldon Hiatt, Crescent, Iowa; Nin and Elmer Hiatt,
Ayr, Neb; Moses Hiatt, Omaha, Neb; Mr and Mrs. Charles Younts, Council Bluffs, Iowa; Ida Hiatt, South Omaha, Neb.; Mrs. W.S. (William Smiley and Melissa) Hiatt, Jerry, Washington.
The funeral services were held at Mt. Zion church January 22, 1914, which was largely attended by neighbors and old friends. The services were conducted by Elder George Weaver and Elder McCracken, who paid a glowing tribute to the life of the deceased. The pallbearers were her six sons - Moses, Andrew, Ninion, Elmer, Milton, and John. Some very beautiful selections were sung by the Faith Home choir after which her remains were laid to rest in the Mt. Zion cemetery beside those of her husband and little son.
"Aunt Betsy", as everyone loved to call her, has been a resident and lived in Fremont county 75 years - one of the oldest residents of the county if not of the state. She knew the hardships of real pioneer life; she knew these parts in its very wildest existence, when there were but few white people, but thousands of roving Indiana and wild animals - a wilderness of forest and hazel brush. She knew several of the noted Indian chiefs, among them Tecumseh and Chief Waubonsie, her father being a great friend of all of those chiefs and Indian tribes. He was called by them their "Big White Man Chief" In fact, his influence over the Indians was such as to be called into their councils. She often saw those chiefs and her father in council, when they would smoke their big peace pipe. They were never harmed or molested by the Indians.
She knew how to operate the old fashioned woolen loom and helped to shear the sheep, fleece the wool, make it into yarn and manufacture it into cloth. She saw this country spring from a wilderness of thorns and briars into a rich country of flowers and golden grain. She saw the habitations of this country pass from wild animals and roving Indians to that of one of the most civilized people of the world. She saw the passing of the log huts and the dugouts to the most modern improved farm house of the age. She saw this country pass from a state of ignorance and savagery to one of education and religion with churches and schoolhouses dotting the landscape all over this beautiful country.
To make hardships worse, her father died when she was but a little girl,
leaving her and her mother and one little sister to support themselves. She
carried sacks of grain horseback thirty-five miles to the old mill down in
Missouri to get food to live on making the trip alone, when but 12 years of
age. She herded their sheep by day and watched them from attacks from savage
wolves. In fact, she took the place of a man in the home, and she had the
privilege of attending school only a few months during her childhood, her first and only teacher being the late Giles Cowles of Sidney, Iowa. She passed through the trails and hardships and tribulations of the pioneer life with the health and vigor that goes to make America's greatests women.
After her marriage to David Hiatt she moved to a farm joining the town of
Sidney, Iowa. During their residence there the first grave was made in the
Sidney cemetery this being the year of 1855. Also during this year their first child was born, Moses E. Hiatt. Living on this farm two years they moved two and a half miles west of Sidney , living there during the winter, her husband making rails to build fences to improve a farm north of Sidney. Living on the farm north of Sidney until 1881, in which year they moved to the farm seven miles northwest of Sidney, where she lived until her death, making her home with her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Whitman Beam, since her husband's death.
Too much cannot be said of the noble Christian life of this good mother.
She became converted to the Christian faith in the Lord Jesus Christ in early
womanhood, united with the United Brethren church, remaining a changing her
membership to the Holiness church, in which she remained a faithful member
until her death. She was a mother of that true Christian faith that made her
life shine life a lamp set on a hill to all who chanced to meet her. Her life in the home was ideal, a loving wife and kind mother, and will be greatly missed by her children and grandchildren as well as all her neighbors and friends.
Sleep on, sweet mother, and take your rest;
God called you home, he thought it best;
And in the morning when you arise,
We hope to meet you in the skies.
The Hybituary of Betsy Hiatt
This copy was given by Letha Wise, granddaughter of Betsy, it was found in
the papers of Letha's mother, "Aunt Mag".
BETSY ELIZABETH PENN EVERMAN HIATT: Grand mother and grandfather was born and married in Penn. Their daughter, Margaret Wolverton, was born in Penn. and married to Abraham Moore in Penn. and moved to Ohio. To them were born eight children, 6 girls and two boys: 1) Jane 2) Robert 3) Sarah 4) Margaret 5) Martha 6) Anna 7) Migle and Nancy Maria. One living.
Abraham Moore died, Feb. 1833 and Margaret Moore was married to John
Ebberman in Illinois in 1834, then moved to Mc Kisie Grove, Iowa. To them were born two children; 1) Betsy Elizabeth Penn and 2) Eliza Ann Ebberman.
Betsy Elizabeth Penn was married to David Hiatt in Mc Kisie Grove, Iowa.
To them were born 11 children, eight boys and three girls, nine living. 1)
Moses, 2) Margaret 3) Alice 4) Andrew 5) George 6) Mallissie 7) Joseph 8)
Ninion 9) Elmer 10) Milton 11) Nancy and 12) Sherman (John Sherman)
Batavia Locust Grove Twp. 1870 Census, Jefferson Co., Ill.
page 6, 1st Jul 1870
Moore, R. K. from Ohio age 64 b. abt. 1806 living Fairfield, Iowa children
born Iowa and Ill.
Maggie from Iowa 28 yrs. old, living with family M. W. Welday and Maggie. children born in Iowa and Ill.
Next to R. B. Moore and family.
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Warren Co., Ill. 1830 Census page 288
Eberman, John 3 M & 1 F under 5; 1 M 5-10; 1 M 20-30, 1 M 30-40, 1 F 30-40
born abt. 1820/25 1820/25 1810/20 1790/1800 1790/1800
also living close to him are such names as Jacob Adams with 1 m. 30-40, 1 f.
under 5, and a female 30-40.
Soloman Perkins, Peter Smith, Mr. Lockwood, Kitchen, Ezekiel Smith, and
Risen Redman.
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1830 Census of Hancock Co., Ill. pg. 285?
Abraham Moore; 2 M 10/15; 1 M 15/20; 1 M 40/50; 1 F 0/5; 1 F 5/10; 1 F 30/40
born abt. 1815/20 1810/20 1770/80 1825/30 1820/25 1790/1800
Also living around Abraham Moore were names of Kindall, Daner, Wallace,
Moffitt, Robinson, Southand, Kincaid, Miller and Cutler
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In 1840 Fremont Co., was then Indian Terr. not found in 1850 or 1860
census, however David and Betsy were located in Fremont Co., Sidney Township.
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Following sent by Dottie Payne of Tucson, AZ. 6001 E. Eli, 85711 Nov. 1992
1820 Pope County Ill. Census: A. Moore (Abraha?)
1830 Warren Co., Ill. Census: John F. Everman
3 Males 0-5, 1 Male 5-10, 1 male 30-40
1 Female 20-30. (Appears that he was married with 4 sons)
1830 Hancock Co., Ill. Census: 285-16 Abraham Moore
2 males 10-15, 1 male 15-20, 1 male 40-50
1 female 0-5, 1 female 5-10, 1 female 30-40
(It appears there 3 sons under 20 and 2 daughters under 10 living at home)
1840 Warren County Illinois, census:
pg. 187 line 21 John F. Eberman 1 male 5-10, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 20-30
2 females 0-5, 2 females 5-10, 1 female 30-40
Appears here that John's household includes 3 sons under 15 and 4 dau. under 10, this is hard to understand, as John Eberman was married to Margaret Moore in 1835. He then removed to Iowa about 1836/7. This household has to represent John's family, but how do we explain a child 5 years or less old? It does not indicate that John was in the household, as he would have been between the 30-40 or 40-50 range. This is confusing Did John maintain two families?
Pg. 187 line 22 John Wolverton 1 male 20-30, 1 female 60-70.