S-1880 Census, Daviess Co., MO, Washington Twp, Film #1254684.
S- C/C Death Certificate.
Note:Jack Hiatt, Cousin of James Edgar was a Realtor in Long Beach, California in 1948/1949.
S-History of Elsie, Nebraska.
S-C/C of Marriage Record, including affidavit for liceense, and license.
Gives date of marriage, age, place of birth, parents' names and birth places. States that this was second marriage.James E. Hiatt
by Donald Hiatt
My grandparents came to Nebraska from Missouri in 1884 and settled in
western Hayes County where they resided for 16 years until my grandfather,
Stephen Hiatt, passed away in 1901. My grandmother lived with her married
children until her death several years later. Both are buried in Antelope
Cemetery in back of the old Elmer Church. Hearsay has it their home was made
of strips of prairie sod laid up as walls with poles and grass to hold up the
dirt roof. Corn shuck mattresses or "feather-tick" beds provided some comfort for sleeping, though sometimes noisy. Bed-bugs got the old "coal-oil" treatment at least once a week. None of this latter tale is hearsay, but from an eye-witness, myself.
My father, James E. "Ed" Hiatt came west with the family and herded cattle on the wide open prairies. He returned to Missouri from a time and there married Jennie Lucinda Brown, Dec 25, 1898. They returned to Nebraska,
ranching and farming south of Elsie for several years before building a new
home on the hill at the south edge of Elsie.
When the early railroads were built through the west, a sidetrack and
stockyard with a chute was usually provided at about 9 or 10 mile intervals to accommodate the farmers and ranchers so that their horse-drawn wagons of grain or livestock could make the trip and return home in one day. Hence, most points became towns to accommodate the visiting farmers and ranchers.
"Ed" Hiatt was a community minded person and became a member of the Elsie baseball team in company with Homer Troxel, Matt McGahan, Ernest and Henry Normer, and Jeff, Jim, Jack and Don Baker. He also was a member of the Elsie Theatrical Company consisting of at least ten tried and true souls, namely: Charles and Rosetta Witt, Sam Lewis, Grace, Mae, Sam, Frank and John O'Connor, and "Ed" Hiatt. Besides farm and ranch interest, he was a partner in the Hiatt and Baker Livery, Feed and Sale Barn in Elsie. He was county commissioner when the new Grant High School was built. He traveled much of the panhandle of Nebraska for years buying cattle, horses and mules, first with a team and buggy, then later in a Model T Ford. The cattle were shipped east on the Highline Railroad of the old C.B. and Q. "Ed" found time to join the local I.O.O.F. Lodge and gained the Grand Master chair as well as fathered and helped rear seven children. One died in infancy. The eldest, Edith Helen, was born Sept 17, 1900. Next came a boy, Charles Hershel on Sept 9, 1902 who became the apple of his daddy's eye, and a cowboy at 14 with his own horse and all the trappings.
So it was that when a trainload of cattle was to be shipped east, Charlie
begged to go along as one of the caretakers. John O'Connor also went with him
from Elsie. They were riding in the caboose with 30 other men, in the middle
section of a three train combine when the train stopped because of a "hot box". It was about 4 o'clock on a Sunday morning on Oct 16, 1916, when the third section engine struck the caboose. Eleven men were killed including my brother Charlie and John O'Connor, and 16 more were injured.
This tragedy, coupled with the loss of over 40 head of fat cattle was a
blizzard of a year later caused the family to leave the community.
By now there were four more members of the family, Bula Katheryn, Jessie
Nelle, Anna Grace and Donald Edgar. The family moved west to settle in Arvada, Colorado, where the older girls finished high school. From there the family migrated to several places in Eastern Colo. During the "Dust Bowl" of the 1930's we moved north of Baca County finally settling near Wray, Colo. It was here that my mother passed away on Nov 21, 1936, and was returned to Elsie to be buried next to her son, Charles. "Ed" then married Iva Troxel and they moved to the farming community of Otis, Colo. A few years later they moved to Anaheim, Calif. It was there that "Ed" passed away on his brithday, Sept 13, 1951 at the age of 77 years. Iva survives at 96 years of age, in a nursing home in Delta, Colo. Anna Grace is my only living sister, and lives near her daughter at Deer Trail, Colo.
I, Donald, enlisted in the Air Corps in 1939, went overseas in Aug. of
1942 to Egypt. Our bomb group assisted British General Montgomery across North Africa, then to Sicily and Italy before being sent to India in early 1944. I was wounded while flying in the battle of El Alemein, Egypt. After seven months on the Burma border, I returned home to become a gunnery instructor in Florida. I was discharged in 1945, came home and married Dorothy Herman, Dec 23, 1945. I retired form the educational field in 1976 after going from teacher, to Principal, to Superinterdent, to the faculty of C.S.U. in Fort Collins. We have two married children, a daughter in Pueblo, Colo. and a son in Buena Park, Calif. We live in Loveland, Colo. during the summer and Sun City, Arizona in the winter.
Family Bible in possession of Raymond Laird.
Personal knowledge of Robert Brown.
History of Elsie, Nebraska.
Copy of Delayed Birth Certificate.
Certificate of Baptism and Confirmation into the LDS Church. Baptized in
Delta by Robert Mark Brown, son.
Copy of Mark Allen Troxel's Obituary.
C/C Marriage Record, including affidavit for license, license, certificate.
Gives date and place of marriage. Also gives age, residence, birthplace.
Gives names and birthplaces of parents.
Affidavit shows Iva Esther Troxell, which is an incorrect spelling.
Died at the Bethesda Care Center, Delta Colorado.
Mentioned as a sister in Myrtle Marie's Obit.
Social Security Death Index verifys birth and death date. Social Security
Number was 573-46-9670, and was issued in California.
D/o John Sylvester Troxel and Phoebe Jane Stretch.!S-Family Bible in possession of Raymond Laird.
S-Personal knowledge of Robert Brown.
S-History of Elsie, Nebraska.
S-Copy of Delayed Birth Certificate.
S-Certificate of Baptism and Confirmation into the LDS Church. Baptized in
Delta by Robert Mark Brown, son.
S-Copy of Mark Allen Troxel's Obituary.
S-C/C Marriage Record, including affidavit for license, license, certificate.
Gives date and place of marriage. Also gives age, residence, birthplace.
Gives names and birthplaces of parents.
H-Affidavit shows Iva Esther Troxell, which is an incorrect spelling.
S-Died at the Bethesda Care Center, Delta Colorado.
S-Mentioned as a sister in Myrtle Marie's Obit.
S-Social Security Death Index verifys birth and death date. Social Security
Number was 573-46-9670, and was issued in California.
S-1880 Census, Daviess Co., MO, Washington Twp, Film #1254684.
S- C/C Death Certificate.
Note:Jack Hiatt, Cousin of James Edgar was a Realtor in Long Beach, California in 1948/1949.
S-History of Elsie, Nebraska.
S-C/C of Marriage Record, including affidavit for liceense, and license.
Gives date of marriage, age, place of birth, parents' names and birth places. States that this was second marriage.James E. Hiatt
by Donald Hiatt
My grandparents came to Nebraska from Missouri in 1884 and settled in
western Hayes County where they resided for 16 years until my grandfather,
Stephen Hiatt, passed away in 1901. My grandmother lived with her married
children until her death several years later. Both are buried in Antelope
Cemetery in back of the old Elmer Church. Hearsay has it their home was made
of strips of prairie sod laid up as walls with poles and grass to hold up the
dirt roof. Corn shuck mattresses or "feather-tick" beds provided some comfort for sleeping, though sometimes noisy. Bed-bugs got the old "coal-oil" treatment at least once a week. None of this latter tale is hearsay, but from an eye-witness, myself.
My father, James E. "Ed" Hiatt came west with the family and herded cattle on the wide open prairies. He returned to Missouri from a time and there married Jennie Lucinda Brown, Dec 25, 1898. They returned to Nebraska,
ranching and farming south of Elsie for several years before building a new
home on the hill at the south edge of Elsie.
When the early railroads were built through the west, a sidetrack and
stockyard with a chute was usually provided at about 9 or 10 mile intervals to accommodate the farmers and ranchers so that their horse-drawn wagons of grain or livestock could make the trip and return home in one day. Hence, most points became towns to accommodate the visiting farmers and ranchers.
"Ed" Hiatt was a community minded person and became a member of the Elsie baseball team in company with Homer Troxel, Matt McGahan, Ernest and Henry Normer, and Jeff, Jim, Jack and Don Baker. He also was a member of the Elsie Theatrical Company consisting of at least ten tried and true souls, namely: Charles and Rosetta Witt, Sam Lewis, Grace, Mae, Sam, Frank and John O'Connor, and "Ed" Hiatt. Besides farm and ranch interest, he was a partner in the Hiatt and Baker Livery, Feed and Sale Barn in Elsie. He was county commissioner when the new Grant High School was built. He traveled much of the panhandle of Nebraska for years buying cattle, horses and mules, first with a team and buggy, then later in a Model T Ford. The cattle were shipped east on the Highline Railroad of the old C.B. and Q. "Ed" found time to join the local I.O.O.F. Lodge and gained the Grand Master chair as well as fathered and helped rear seven children. One died in infancy. The eldest, Edith Helen, was born Sept 17, 1900. Next came a boy, Charles Hershel on Sept 9, 1902 who became the apple of his daddy's eye, and a cowboy at 14 with his own horse and all the trappings.
So it was that when a trainload of cattle was to be shipped east, Charlie
begged to go along as one of the caretakers. John O'Connor also went with him
from Elsie. They were riding in the caboose with 30 other men, in the middle
section of a three train combine when the train stopped because of a "hot box". It was about 4 o'clock on a Sunday morning on Oct 16, 1916, when the third section engine struck the caboose. Eleven men were killed including my brother Charlie and John O'Connor, and 16 more were injured.
This tragedy, coupled with the loss of over 40 head of fat cattle was a
blizzard of a year later caused the family to leave the community.
By now there were four more members of the family, Bula Katheryn, Jessie
Nelle, Anna Grace and Donald Edgar. The family moved west to settle in Arvada, Colorado, where the older girls finished high school. From there the family migrated to several places in Eastern Colo. During the "Dust Bowl" of the 1930's we moved north of Baca County finally settling near Wray, Colo. It was here that my mother passed away on Nov 21, 1936, and was returned to Elsie to be buried next to her son, Charles. "Ed" then married Iva Troxel and they moved to the farming community of Otis, Colo. A few years later they moved to Anaheim, Calif. It was there that "Ed" passed away on his brithday, Sept 13, 1951 at the age of 77 years. Iva survives at 96 years of age, in a nursing home in Delta, Colo. Anna Grace is my only living sister, and lives near her daughter at Deer Trail, Colo.
I, Donald, enlisted in the Air Corps in 1939, went overseas in Aug. of
1942 to Egypt. Our bomb group assisted British General Montgomery across North Africa, then to Sicily and Italy before being sent to India in early 1944. I was wounded while flying in the battle of El Alemein, Egypt. After seven months on the Burma border, I returned home to become a gunnery instructor in Florida. I was discharged in 1945, came home and married Dorothy Herman, Dec 23, 1945. I retired form the educational field in 1976 after going from teacher, to Principal, to Superinterdent, to the faculty of C.S.U. in Fort Collins. We have two married children, a daughter in Pueblo, Colo. and a son in Buena Park, Calif. We live in Loveland, Colo. during the summer and Sun City, Arizona in the winter.
S-Brown-Powell "Comings and Goings", by Edna Powell Hammontree, Box 125,
College Springs, Iowa 51637.
S-1880 Census, Daviess Co., MO, Washington Twp, Film #1254684.
S-One source says birthdate is 3 May 1871.
H-Died in freight train wreck. Was on caboose car with a train load of
cattle.
Note: No Death Certificate available from Phelps Co., NE.
Note: Conflict on Birthdate: 15 and 16 Oct.
S-History of Elsie, Nebraska.
S-D/C of John Sylvester Troxel.
S-1880 Census, Daviess Co., MO, Film #1254684.
S-Brown-Powell "Comings and Goings" - Hammontree.
S-Records of Old Scotland Cem. Daviess Co., MO.
S-Daviess Co., MO, Marriage Records, 1886-1897, F# 955651. Application gives
ages, also consent of father, James A. Troxel. Certificate listed also.
S-Family Bible in possession of Raymond Laird gives Marriage date.
S-Copy of Iva Esta Troxel's Delayed Birth Certificate.
S-Iva Esta Troxel Hiatt's Baptism and Confirmation Record into the LDS Church.
S-C/C of Marriage Record of James Edgar and Iva Esta Troxel for place
of birth.S-D/C of John Sylvester Troxel.
S-1880 Census, Daviess Co., MO, Film #1254684.
S-Brown-Powell "Comings and Goings" - Hammontree.
S-Records of Old Scotland Cem. Daviess Co., MO.
S-Daviess Co., MO, Marriage Records, 1886-1897, F# 955651. Application gives
ages, also consent of father, James A. Troxel. Certificate listed also.
S-Family Bible in possession of Raymond Laird gives Marriage date.
S-Copy of Iva Esta Troxel's Delayed Birth Certificate.
S-Iva Esta Troxel Hiatt's Baptism and Confirmation Record into the LDS Church.
S-C/C of Marriage Record of James Edgar and Iva Esta Troxel for place
of birth.Alternate name found in GEDCOM file: John S. /Troxel/Alternate name found in GEDCOM file: John Sylvester /Troxel/
S-D/C for Phoebe Jane Stretch Troxel.
S-Records of Old Scotland Cem., Daviess Co., MO.
S-Daviess Co., MO, Marriage Records, 1886-1897, page 435, F# 955651.
Application gives ages, Certificate listed, also.Note: Marriage Records give age as 20. Also says they were married 20 Feb
1889.
S-Family Bible in possession of Raymond Laird gives Marriage date.
S-Copy of Iva Esta Troxel's Delayed Birth Certificate.
S-Certificate of Baptism and Confirmation into the LDS Church.
S-C/C Marriage Record of Iva Esta Troxel and James Edgar Hiatt, which gives
place of birth.Alternate name found in GEDCOM file: PHEOBE JANE /STRETCH/
S-Scotland Cemetery Records, Daviess Co., Missouri. Photo of tombstone which
gives age as 25 yrs, 2 mo, 7 d. Also gives father's initials as S.H. Robb.
S-Daviess Co., MO, Marriage Records, Book C, p 21.
S-Brown-Powell, Comings and Goings, by Hammontree.
S-History of John Scott and Related Families, Compiled by Mrs. Arta Blonshine.
S-B/D from: Brown-Powell "Comings and Goings" by Edna Powell Hammontree,
Box 125, College Springs, Iowa 51637.
S-1850 Census, DeWitt Co., IL, Film #007677.
S-1870 Census, Daviess Co., MO, Washington Twp.
S-1880 Census, Daviess Co., MO, Washington Twp, Film #1254684.
S-1900 Census, Hayes Co., NE, says she was born May 1848. Was living with
William J. Witt.
S-1870 Census, Daviess Co., MO, gives birthdate for her as 1844. Gives
children's ages.
S-C/C of James Edgar and Iva Esta's Marriage Record, which gives place of
birth.
S-History of John Scott and Related Families, compiled by Mrs. Arta Blonshine.Note from Anna Grace HIATT said that when Steven married Lucinda she had several girls.
S-Dewitt Co., IL, Mar. Records, 1839-1877, f#1312955.
S-1850 Census, DeWitt Co., IL, Film #007677.
S-1870 Census, Daviess Co., MO, Washington Twp.
S-1880 Census, Daviess Co., MO, Film #1254684.
S-Records of Old Scotland Cem., Daviess Co. MO, age 76 years, 20 days.
S-Brown-Powell "Comings and Goings" - Hammontree.
S-Troxel Family History.
H-History of McLean Co., IL, by William Le Baron Jr and Co. 186 Dearborn St,
Chicago, 1879: At Dec term of first elected Co. Commissioners, Frederick
Troxell and Samuel Troxell applied for and were granted a license to vend
goods, wares and merchandise; thus becoming the first merchants in the
county. The license fee was $5.00.
S-History of DeWitt Co., IL, W.R. Brink and Co. Philadelphia, PA, 1882.
S-C/C Death Certificate of James Alexander Troxel.
S-History of John Scott and Related Families, compiled by Mrs. Arta Blonshine.
S-Brown-Powell "Comings and Goings" - Hammontree.
S-1850 Census, DeWitt Co., IL, Film #007677.
S-1870 Census, Daviess Co., MO, Washington Twp.
S-1880 Census, Daviess Co., MO, Film #1254684.
S-Records of Old Scotland Cem. Daviess Co., MO.
S-C/C Death Certificate of James Alexander Troxel.
S-Photo of tombstone.
S-History of John Scott and Related Families, compiled by Mrs. Arta Blonshine.Doris Anderson who submitted the family group sheet for Alexander Scott noted: I have a copy of the marriage Certificate of Frederick and Isabel Scott Troxel, and this is the way her name is spelled. This was in their Bible and written by Frederick Storm Troxel.
Doris notes: This is my Great Grandparents.
S-Brown-Powell "Comings and Goings" - Hammontree.
S-History of John Scott and Related Families, compiled by Mrs. Arta Blonshine.
S-Brown-Powell "Comings and Goings" - Hammontree
S-Records of Old Scotland Cem. Daviess Co. MO, age 3 y, 7 m, 7 d.
S-History of John Scott and Related Families, compiled by Mrs. Arta Blonshine.
S-Brown-Powell "Comings and Goings" - Hammontree
S-Records of Old Scotland Cem. Daviess Co. MO, age 18 days.
S-History of John Scott and Related Families, compiled by Mrs. Arta Blonshine.S-Brown-Powell "Comings and Goings" - Hammontree
S-Records of Old Scotland Cem. Daviess Co. MO, age 18 days.
S-History of John Scott and Related Families, compiled by Mrs. Arta Blonshine.
S-Brown-Powell "Comings and Goings" - Hammontree
S-Records of Old Scotland Cem. Daviess Co. MO, age 3 y, 7 m, 7 d.
S-History of John Scott and Related Families, compiled by Mrs. Arta Blonshine.
The Robb Family sent by Robert Brown.
The earliest Robb found in McLean\DeWitt County Histories in Matthew Robb.
He was apparently a brother of John Robb, although this relationship has not
yet been proved. Matthew Robb was one of the first owners of the land where
the City of Danvers, Illinois is now. He was the first school treasurer in the
school district; he was the first Justive of the Peace in the township; and he
served as the first representative to the State Legislature from his district.
In the winter of 1829/1830 there was a terrible storm. It began snowing on
the 8th day of December and snowed day and night for twenty-nine days. When
the storm was over, the settled snow was nore than four feet deep on the level,
and at the edges of the wooded areas, the drifts had reached depths of fifteen
to twenty-five feet.
During this storm, three men on their way to Waynesville became lost and
wandered for days throught the woods, spending their nights in make-shift
shelters as far as possible. One of the men became very ill, and all three were
growing weak from hunger. Finally, the storm subsided enough so that they
could see a cabin in the distance. The man who had been ill was the only one
who could make it all the way to the cabin. This was because he lost so much
weight that the thin crust of snow would hold him up.
The cabin belong to John Robb, and he went out into the strom and brought
the other two men in to the warmth and safety of his home, where all thre were
cared for until the storm was over, and they had regained their strength. John
Robb's cabin was located on Rock Creek, just east of Waynesville.
Widow of James Scott, nephew of Martin Scott. She was also married to Mr.
Robb. Did this Dinah and James have a daughter Mary who was born in 1852 and
died and buried next to her, in 1878, Scotland Cem., Daviess Co., Mo.?1870 Census, Daviess Co., Washington Twp., Mo.
1900 Census, Daviess Co., Washington Twp., Mo. Birth date given as 1820
List son James living with them.
DeWitt Co., Ill. Marriage Records
1839-1877 page 65, F# 1312955 marriage to James A. Scott.
Obituary of Dinah Clifton Scott undated.
Birthdate caluated from death date she was 84 yrs, 10 months, 3 dys at death.
Robert states she died in Madelanie, Mo.
Information from Robert Brown of Delta, Colo.S-1870 Census, Daviess Co., MO, Washington Twp.
S-1900 Census, Daviess Co., MO, Gives Birthdate as 1820. Also lists son James.
S-DeWitt Co., IL, Marriage Records, 1839-1877, Page 65, F# 1312955, for marriage
to James A. Scott.
S-Obituary of Dinah Clifton Scott, undated.
S-Birth date calculated from death date. Was 84 yrs, 10 mo, 3 d. old when she died.Obituary sent by Robert Brown
Mrs. Dinah Scott died at her home at Madelaine, Mo., April 1, 1905, aged 84 years, 10 months 3 days and was laid to rest in the Scotland Cemetery Mondayevening, April 3, services being conducted by Elder D.W. Nay of Cass County, Mo. She was one of the charter members of the church of Christ at Scotland and lived a consistent christian life and was loved by all who knew her. It was hard for us to give her up but our loss is Heaven's gain and we sorrow not as those that have no hope. As the evening shades were gathering around, after a hearty supper, Grandma, as she was commonly known, laid down to rest and in about two minutes was found dead by her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Jane Hiatt. She leaves two sons, several grandchildren and a host of friends to mourn her departure. She will be sadly missed by her son, Jas. Robb, who has been faithful in caring for her so many years and is now left without mother, father, brother, or sister to mingle with in life, but we would say, to him live so as to meet mother in Heaven.
Oh, how sadly do we miss thee, Since she passed from earth away, Borne by
angles home to rest, Eternal life shall be her stay. We loved her yes we loved her, But angles loved her more, And they have gently called her yonder shining shore. Jennie Lee.
1880 Census of Daviess Co., Washington Twp. Mo. F# 1254684
Found in 1900 Census Daviess Co., Washington Twp. Mo.
S-Info for this family from 1900 Census, Hayes Co., NE, Deerfield Pre.
S-Brown-Powell "Comings and Goings" - Hammontree.
S-1880 Census, Daviess Co., MO, Washington Twp, Film #1254684.
S-1900 Census, Hayes Co., NE, Deerfield Pct.
S-1900 Census, Hayes Co., NE, Deerfield Pre.
S-1900 Census, Hayes Co., NE, Deerfield Pre.
S-1900 Census, Hayes Co., NE, Deerfield Pre.
S-1900 Census, Hayes Co., NE, Deerfield Pre.
S-1900 Census, Hayes Co., NE, Deerfield Pre.
S-1900 Census, Hayes Co., NE, Deerfield Pre.