Ancestors
(C) COPYRIGHT 2008, 2009,
2010 -2014 BY BILL HYATT
PENNY LYNN HYATT ABOURJILIE
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JOHN MARVIN HYATT OCT 1929
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BILL HYATT SR WAS BORN AS RUFUS HENRY
HYATT 8-05-1922 IN GRAHAM VIRGINIA WHICH
LATER BECAME PART OF BLUEFIELD WVA. HIS DAD
WAS 54 AND HIS MOM WAS 21 IN 1922. RUFUS'
NICK NAME WAS BILL.

BILL HYATT SR'S DAD WAS BORN JOHN RUFUS HYATT FEB 1868 IN SURRY, N.C. WHEN JOHN MOVED TO GRAHAM
VA IN ABOUT 1890, HIS FATHER'S NAME WAS HIATT, BUT AT THE END OF THE CIVIL WAR HE CHANGED IT TO
HYATT.
RUFUS MARRIED ROSA BELL JOHNSON (B JUNE 1868) AND SHE BORE HIM 7 CHILDREN. WALTER RAY HIATT,
ETTA J HIATT, RUFUS HIATT, McDONALD HIATT, RHODA ANN HIATT, JOHN WILLIAM HIATT AND JAMES ROY HIATT.
ROSA BELL DIED ABOUT 1914. SHE DIED WITHOUT A WILL AND THE SURVIVING CHILDREN DEEDED THEIR
SHARES OF THE HOMESTEAD TO THEIR DAD. IN 1916 RUFUS MARRIED A SECOND TIME, A YOUNG GAL BY THE
NAME OF CALLIE LINKOUS. SHE GAVE HIM VIRGINIA IRENE HYATT DECEMBER 16, 1916. THEN WAS BORN
DRUCILLA MAE HYATT, HARRY HENRY HYATT, RUFUS HENRY HYATT (OUR LINE), RUTH HYATT, LINA HYATT,
ROBERT L RICHARD HYATT, MAY HYATT AND JOHN MARVIN HYATT (OCT 1929). AS YOU CAN SEE RUFUS WAS
VERY "FRUITFUL".
AS FAR AS WE KNOW, RUFUS DIED SHORTLY AFTER 1930 AND HIS WIFE, ABOUT 30 YEARS OLD, RE MARRIED TEN
YEARS LATER AND DIED DURING CHILDBIRTH IN 1943. WHILE BILL HYATT SR WAS SERVING HIS COUNTRY IN
WWII, HE RECEIVED NOTICE THAT HIS MOM WAS DYING IN A HOSPITAL BUT HE HAD HARD TIME GETTING HELP
FROM THE RED CROSS OR OTHERS AND WHEN HE MADE IT BACK TO THE STATES HIS MOM WAS ALREADY
BURIED. IT IS BELIEVE THE CHILD ALSO DID NOT SURVIVE. THIS AUTHOR FOUND OUT THAT CALLIE WAS BURRIED
IN THE BAILEY CEMETERY NEAR PRINCETON.
BILL HYATT SR TOLD BILL HYATT JR (THE AUTHOR) THAT HE WAS LOOKING OUTSIDE THE UPSTAIRS BEDROOM
WINDOW OF HIS HOME IN PRINCETON WHEN HE SAW A PRETTY WOMAN WALKING ACROSS THE FIELD NEAR HIS
HOUSE. THE WOMAN WAS MINNIE PARKER TAKING A SHORT CUT FROM HER HOME TO THE DRUG STORE WHERE
SHE WORKED. SHE MADE SODAS AND ICE CREAM FLOATS AND MORE FOR THE STORE CUSTOMERS. BILL SAID
HE WANTED TO MEET THAT PRETTY WOMAN AND HE DID AND LATER THEY WERE MARRIED AND STARTED THIS
BUNCH.


