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Had gone to North Dakota but continued westward.
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Sent by Kay Hiatt, Marshalltown, Iowa.
From Elwood Dean Hiatt Letter to Granddaughter Peggy Lee Hiatt Shelton. "I
was born near the town of Plumoth, Ohio... My parents soon moved to near a
little town of Chesterhille, before 1884. Elwood Dean Hiatt's mother lived at
Gardners, Kansas. Her brothers name were Dempsey, George and John. Dempsey
lived at Grey's Harbor, on the West Coast.
Elwood said he was born in Plumoth, Ohio. He said" My parents soon moved
near a little inland town, Chesterhill, which was about 6 miles. It was a
little inland town, 4 1/2 m. from Stockport, which was on the Muckingum River,
up from the river to Jamesville.
From his letter 9 -29-1972
Elwood Dean Hiatt, b. Sept 12, 1882, Ohio had 2 brothers. Russell and
George. George was the eldest brother, Elwood the middle, and Russell the
youngest.
George and Elwood had their schooling at Olney, a Friends Boarding School,
at Barnesville, Ohio.
George m. Mary. He became an auditor for General motors and traveled in
that capactiy. He died childless. His widow died a few years later in Calif.
(Don and I saw her once when you girls were in your early teens, pr5obably the
summer before we went overseas to Guam, in 1956. I beliebe she died the
following year.
Elwood your grandfather raised sheep some of which won prized from example
one or some were sent to a fair in France.
He then went to the oil fields in Okla. had his own drelling rig from some
time, then worked he retired. Russell also worked in the oil fields then
became a blacksmith for Corvallis County, Oregon. He died probably inthe early
1960's. His widow remarried, is now Minnie Dietrich, Parkder, Colo. ( 81.
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The Descendants of James Isham Gideon and Allie Families by Gertrude
Gleghorn Josserand. Pag 147.
He chose the army as a cqareet and was signal research Stationed in
Alaska. He retired in 1962 with the rank of T. Col. Settled in Parsons, Kansas
and d. there.
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#14 Elwood Lavell MD (1) Tressa Charlotte Stone, div. (2) Ida Fullmer 2 Feb 1937, div. (3) Mary Jacobs 7 Dec 1951, sld. 7 Dec 1951 SL.
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Sent by Laura Marshall
Resided in Baker City Oregon until about 10 years of age, 1918. moved to La
Grande, Oregon. Graduated La Grande High School. Occupation Union Oil Co.,
Stationed in Glendale, Calif until his death.
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See pg. 212/334 of HH book. Married first to Mary C. Long in 1856;
married 2nd to Rhoda (Taylor) Wilson.
See pg. 364/365 of History of Jay and Balckford Counties, Ind. 1887, Lewis
Publishing Co.
Elwood M. Hiatt, one of Jefferson Township's enterprising citizens,
residing on section 1, is a native of Indiana, born near Linnville, in Randolph
Co., May 22, 1841. That same year his parents, William and Martha (Jackson)
Hiatt, made their home in Greene Township, Jay Co., Ind. where they now live,
and besides our subject, they have three sons and two daughters, residents of
Jay County -- Jasper N. Hiatt, of Penn Township; Jahne E., William P. and Mrs.
Mary A. Kinley, of Greene Township, and Mrs. Martha E. Strohl of Know Township.
Elwood M. Hiatt has lived in Jay County since early childhood, with the
exception of the time spent in the service of his country, and until his
enlistment lived at the home of his parents. In 1864 he became a member of
Comapany F, One Hundred and Fortieth (140th) Indiana Infantry. He was in the
second engagement at Murfreesboro, Tenn., and while in the Twenty-third corps
under General Schofield, he joined Sherman's army at Goldsboro, North
Carolina, and was present at the surrender of General Johnston and his rebel
army. After recieving an honorable discharge he returned to his old home in
Jay County. In the year 1865 he was married to Miss Mary C. Lacey, and to this
union was born one son, William L., who died at the age of three years. Mrs.
Hiatt died about four years after her marriage. She was an estimable woman, a
devout Christian, being a consistent member of the Methodist church. Mr. Hiatt
was agian married in 1875 to Mrs. Rhoda Taylor, a native of Randoph Co., Ind.,
and a daughter of John and Phoebe Taylor, now of Redkey, they being pioneers of
Randolph County. By her first marriage with Ralph Wilson, Mrs. Hiatt has one
son, Elmer, who is now living in Illinois. Of the six children born to Mr. and
Mrs. Hiatt, five are living -- John F., George M., William P., Anna May and
Martha E. Their second child, Charles, died in his second year. Mr. Hiatt has
resided on his present homestead in Jefferson Township since his marriage,
commencing on a tract of eighty acres of which but a few acres had been
cleared. His farm now consists of 130 acres under good improvement and
drainage, a fine residence erected in 1886, and good farm buildings, the entire
surroundings showing care and thrift. Politically Mr. Hiatt is identified with
the Republican party.