TAKEN FROM HH BOOK
FIFTH GENERATION: GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN OF GEORGE HIATT
(693.) AMOS HIATT (177.) (26.) (3.) (1.):
b. 18-3mo-1817; d. 23-8mo-1890; m. (1st). in Clinton Co., Ohio, 1mo-1839, to MARY ANN LUNDY; m. (2nd). in Fayette Co., Ohio, 12-3mo-1860, to SARAH SIMPSON.CH: (By first wife). (1841.) Narcissa; (1842.) James L.; (1843.) Nancy Jane. (Others?).
(By second wife). (1844.) Oliver H.; (1845.) Charles Christopher.Newberry Mo. Mtg., Clinton Co., Ohio:
18-2mo-1839 - Mary Ann Hiatt (formerly Lundy). disowned for marriage out of unity.
18-2mo-1839 - Amos Hiatt disowned for marriage out of unity.Center Mo. Mtg., Clinton Co., Ohio:
18-7mo-1839 - Mary Ann Hiatt condemned her marriage out of unity. (Hicksite).Fall Creek Mo. Mtg., Highland Co., Ohio:
16-2mo-1839 - Amos Hiatt condemned her marriage out of unity. (Hicksite).
15-2mo-1840 - Mary Ann Hiatt received on certificate from Centre Mo. Mtg., Ohio, dated 19-9mo-1839.Miami Mo. Mtg., Warren Co., Ohio:
24-1mo-1866 - Mary Ann Hiatt dropped fom membership; former member of Fall Creek or Centre Mo. Mtg., which has been laid down. (Hicksite). (R57)."Amos Hiatt - born 3-18-1817 - In 1839 he married Mary Ann Lundy and had a son, James S. Hiatt. For some reason the mother took the son James S. to Windsor, Ontario, Canada. There he became a banker. His son George is a wealthy banker in Chicago. My father has visited both of them." B. M. Hiatt (R84).
1850 Census, Clark Twp., Clinton Co., Ohio: Amos Hiatt, 35, Ohio; Mary A., 30, Ohio; Nancy J., 4.
(1841.) NARCISAHIATT (693.) (177.) (26.) (3.) (1.):
b. 8-3mo-1841; d. 5-8mo-1841. (R84).
No Further records.
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FIFTH GENERATION: GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN OF GEORGE HIATT
(693.) AMOS HIATT (177.) (26.) (3.) (1.):
b. 18-3mo-1817; d. 23-8mo-1890; m. (1st). in Clinton Co., Ohio, 1mo-1839, to MARY ANN LUNDY; m. (2nd). in Fayette Co., Ohio, 12-3mo-1860, to SARAH SIMPSON.CH: (By first wife). (1841.) Narcissa; (1842.) James L.; (1843.) Nancy Jane. (Others?).
(By second wife). (1844.) Oliver H.; (1845.) Charles Christopher.Newberry Mo. Mtg., Clinton Co., Ohio:
18-2mo-1839 - Mary Ann Hiatt (formerly Lundy). disowned for marriage out of unity.
18-2mo-1839 - Amos Hiatt disowned for marriage out of unity.Center Mo. Mtg., Clinton Co., Ohio:
18-7mo-1839 - Mary Ann Hiatt condemned her marriage out of unity. (Hicksite).Fall Creek Mo. Mtg., Highland Co., Ohio:
16-2mo-1839 - Amos Hiatt condemned her marriage out of unity. (Hicksite).
15-2mo-1840 - Mary Ann Hiatt received on certificate from Centre Mo. Mtg., Ohio, dated 19-9mo-1839.Miami Mo. Mtg., Warren Co., Ohio:
24-1mo-1866 - Mary Ann Hiatt dropped fom membership; former member of Fall Creek or Centre Mo. Mtg., which has been laid down. (Hicksite). (R57)."Amos Hiatt - born 3-18-1817 - In 1839 he married Mary Ann Lundy and had a son, James S. Hiatt. For some reason the mother took the son James S. to Windsor, Ontario, Canada. There he became a banker. His son George is a wealthy banker in Chicago. My father has visited both of them." B. M. Hiatt (R84).
1850 Census, Clark Twp., Clinton Co., Ohio: Amos Hiatt, 35, Ohio; Mary A., 30, Ohio; Nancy J., 4.
Sent by Bernice Norris. Sent by Karen Jordan, 3 September 2001 through internet mail service.
The Hackney Cemetery is located 10 miles northeast of Carthage, MO.
"Genealogy of our branch of the Quaker Hiatts" was written by Major William Edwin Hiatt; he completed it on June 15, 1950.
Mary P. Hiatt, daughter of Christopher Hiatt, Jr. was born 3-17-1819 near Martinsville, Ohio. Married John C. Lazenby 10-12-1838.
John C. Lazenby's father, Joshua Lazenby was born 9-1775, in Virginia, and died 1-13-1867, in Martinsville Ohio. John C. Laazenby's mother, Ruth (Guthrie) Lazenby was born 3-5-1781, in Virginia and died 2-8-1868, in Martinsville, Ohio. John Lazenby and Marv P. Hiatt Lazenbv had the followina children:1.Tryphena Lazenby born 7-6-1839
3.Samantha Lazenby born 2-28-1845
5.Joshua F. Lazenby born 9-29-1849
7.Ruth. C. Lazenby born 3-22-1854
9.Benjamin F. Lazenby born 11-18582. Louisa Lazenby born 8-30-1841.
4. Christopher C. Lazenby born 5-6-18XX
6. Jemima Lazenby born 10-16-1851
8. Elwood F. Lazenby born 7-15-856
10. Clark H. Lazenby born 1-7-1861The John C. Lazenby family moved from near Martinsville Ohio, about the year 1868, to a farm 11 miles Northeast of Carthage, Mo. John C. Lazenby died 7-24-1885, and was buried in the Hackney Cemetery some ten miles northeast of Carthage, Mo. Mary P. Hiatt Lazenby died 10-10-1892, and was buried on the family lot in Hackney Cemetery.
(694.) MARY HIATT (177.) (26.) (3.) (1.):
b. 17/18-3mo-1819; d. 10-6mo-1892; m. 12 October 1838, in Martinsville, Ohio, to JOHN C. LAZENBY, son of Joshua and Ruth (Guthrie). Lazenby; b. 30 March 1808, Va.; d. 24-7mo-1885. To near Carthage, Missouri, c1868; both buried in the Hackney Cemetery, some ten miles N. E. of Carthage, Mo. (R17).CH: (1846.) Typhenia; (1847.) Louisa; (1848.) Samantha; (1849.) Christopher; (1850.) Joshua; (1851.) Jemima J.; (1852.) Ruth C.; (1853.) Elwood F.; (1854.) Benjamin F.; (1855.) Clark H.
Fall Creek Mo. Mtg., Highland Co., Ohio:
16-2mo-1839 - Mary Lausenby (formerly Hiatt). condemned her marriage out of unity. (Hicksite). (R57).Newberry Mo. Mtg., Clinton Co., Ohio:
22-4mo-1839 - Mary Lazenby (formerly Hiatt). disowned for marriage out of unity.
(1852.) RUTH C. LAZENBY (694.) (177.) (26.) (3.) (1.):
b. 22-3mo-1854; d. 18-1mo-1940, in Treece, Kansas, at the home of her brother, Dr. Benjamin F. Lazenby; unmarried.
(1855.) CLARK H. LAZENBY (694.) (177.) (26.) (3.) (1.):
B. 7-1mo-1861; d. 24-8mo-l920, near Carthage, Mo.; unmarried.
FIFTH GENERATION: GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN OF GEORGE HIATT
(696.) CLARKSON HIATT (177.) (26.) (3.) (1.):
b. 25-6mo-1823, Clinton Co., Ohio; d. 13-10mo-1896, Clinton Co., Ohio; m. 4-3mo-1845, Warren Co., Ohio, to JANE HOLLINGSWORTH, d/o James and Esther (Cadwallader). Hollingsworth; b. 5-8mo-1826; d. 5-10mo-1908, Clinton Co., Ohio.CH: (1858.) Lorenzo Dow; (1859.) Francis M.; (1860.) Evelyn; (1861.) Albert P.; (1862.) Lora M.; (1863.) Warren E.; (1864.) Edwin J.
Fall Creek Mo. Mtg., Highland Co., Ohio:
20-2mo-1847 - Clarkson Hiatt granted a certificate to Miami Mo. Mtg. to m. Jane Hollingsworth. (Hicksite).Miami Mo. Mtg., Warren Co., Ohio:
4-3mo-1847 - Clarkson Hiatt, son of Christopher and Jemima, Clinton Co., Ohio, m. at Hopewell, to Jane Hollingsworth, d/o James and Esther, Warren Co., Ohio. (Hicksite).
24-1mo-1866 - Clarkson Hiatt reported married contrary to discipline. (Hicksite).
24-1mo-1866 - Jane Hiatt reported married contrary to discipline. (Hicksite).
24-1mo-1866 - Lorenza, Francis, Evelyn, Albert, Lora and Warren, minors, received in membership; formerly members of Fall Creek or Centre Mo. Mtg. which had been laid down. (Hicksite).
24-6mo-1885 - Clarkson Hiatt released by request to join another society. (Hicksite).
24-6mo-1885 - Jane Hiatt released by request to join another society. (Hicksite).Newberry Mo. Mtg., Clinton Co., Ohio:
14-2mo-1848 - Clarkson Hiatt disowned for marriage out of unity.
21-3mo-1881 - Clarkson Hiatt received by request.
21-3mo-1881 - Jane Hiatt received by request.
13-10mo-1896 - Clarkson Hiatt died.
5-10mo-1908 - Jane Hiatt, wife of Clarkson, died. (R57).1850 Census, Clark Twp., Clinton Co., Ohio: Clarkson Hiatt, 26, Va.; Jane, 23, Va.; Lorenzo, 3, Ohio.
From Belle Johnson of Wheatland, Wyoming, 1992
Clarkson & Jane Hollingsworth Hiatt
Clarkson Hiatt was born June 25, 1823, when his mother was 43 years old. We don't know much about him except that he had some schooling, lived always on the farm with his wife Jane Hollingsworth Hiatt, whom he married -march 4, 1845, at Hopewell Meeting.
Jane was the daughter of James and Esther Cadwallader Hollingsworth. The Hollingsworth family left Bush River Meeting, South Carolina because of their hatred of slavery. They settled in Warren County around 1805. James Hollingsworth became a prosperous nurseryman. James can be traced back to Valentine Hollingsworth who first came to this country. Cadwallader is a well-known old Quaker name. Esther's family lived in Bedford County, Virginia where she was born in 1800. James and Esther Cadwallader Hollingsworth are buried in the cemetery behind the old Quaker Meeting House at Roachester.
Clarkson and Jane Hollingsworth Hiatt had seven children. Clarkson died October 13, 1896. Jane lived until October 1908. They lie next to Christopher and Jemima Hiatt in the Martinsville Friends Cemetery.
Sent by Dorothy Lang Hiatt. Taken from the HH book, Vol. I.
Hiatt Hiett History, Volume I, page 433
(1861.) ALBERT P. HIATT (696.) (177.) (26.) (3.) (1.):
n.1-5mo-1856; d. IN Martinsville, Clinton Co., Ohio, in fall of l9l4; unmarried. (R17).Miami Mo. Mtg., Warren Co., Ohio:
22-7mo-1885 - Albert P. Hiatt released by request. (Hicksite.)Newberry Mo. Mtg., Clinton Co., Ohio:
19-1mo-1899 - Albert P. Hiatt received on certificate from Union Mo. Mtg., Minn., dated l6-4mo-1898. (R57).
Hiatt Hiett History, volume I page 433
SIXTH GENERATION: DESCENDANTS OF GEORGE HIATT
(1863.) WARREN E. HIATT (696.) (177.) (26.) (3.) (1.):
b. 10mo-1861; d. 4-7mo-1911, Phoenix, Arixona; bur. in Martinsville, Ohio: unmarried.“Warren E. Hiatt, son of Clarkson Hiatt, was born near Martinsville, Ohio. When a young man he lived in Carthage, Missouri, with his brother Lorenzo Dow Hiatt. From Carthage, Missouri, he went to Wichita, Kansas, where he resided for some two years. From Wichita, Kansas, he went to Alaska where he worked gold mhe went to Phoenix, Arixona, for his health. He built a home in Phoenix near the home of his brother Lorenzo Dow Hiatt when he told me “goodbye” on his departure for Alaska he said to me: -- “Eddie in my
ines for a number of years. From Alaska he went to Tahita Islands in the South Seas. From the Islands
will I am going to leave you some of my gold. I was about ten years of age at that time, and I have not forgotten his leave taking. My mother said “Warren write to us’. And he did write quite often. I never received the gold, as his partner got everything at his death.” (R17).
Miami Mo. Mtg., Warren Co., Ohio: 27-3mo-1889 - WarrenHiatt released by request. (Hicksite). (R57).
According to notes from charts of Burritt Hiatt, James as a nurseryman, lived in Warren County, Ohio. He had 11 children.
She was living in Martinsville, OH in 1874 when visited by great nephew William Edwin Hiatt, said she was 92 at the time.
According to William Dow Hiatt, great nephew, Albert was living in Martinsville, Ohio at 12 years of age (1884).
Taken from HH Book, volume I, pg 432.
(1858.) LORENZO DOW HIATT (696.) (177.) (26.) (3.) (1.):
b. 10-12mo-1847, IN OR NEAR Martinsville, Clinton Co., Ohio; d. 3-6mo-l936,Phoenix, Arixona; bur. In the Hiatt family lot in Park Cemetery, near Carthage, Mo.; m 8-10mo-1871, near Jasper, Mo., to EMMA ELIZABETH PIRTLE, d/o Andrew C. and Nancy (McNaught). Pirtle; b. 24-mo-1853, Lexington, Ill.; d. 8-5mo-l9l5. Phoenix, Arixona; bur. in the Hiatt family lot, in Park Cemetery, near Carthage, Mo.CH: (3745.) William Edwin; (3746.) Lilly Belle; (3747.) Elmer Clarkson; (3748.) Frank Milton; (3749.) Minnie May; (3750.) Rosa; (3751.) Zoe Myrtle; (3752.) Maude Laura.
“Lorenzo Dow Hiatt served in the Union Army during the Civil War. His unit was Company M, Second Ohio Cavalry. After the war he went to Carthage, Missouri, to reside. He taught school at Jasper and also at Pineville, Missouri. He was in thegrocery business for a number of years, and then traveled for a wholesale grocery house. He was a Sunday school Superintendent, and church worker, also a city official in Carthage, Missouri. In l9l0 he moved with his wife and two daughters Zoe Myrtle and Maude Laura to Phoenix. Arizona, where he opened up a grocery store. After disposing of the store he became editor of The Phoenix Court Reporter,’ which he published for a number of years until his retirement shortly before his death.” (R17).
Hiatt Hiett Family History, volume I, page 600
SEVENTH GENERATION: DESCENDANTS OF GEORGE HIATT
(3746.) LILLY BELLE HIATT (1858.) (696.) (177.) (26.) (3.) (1.):
b. 1874; D. 13-9mo-1883, Carthage, Mo., bur. On the Hiatt family lot in Park Cemetry,near Carthage, Mo. (R17).
(3750.) ROSA HIATT (1858.) (696.) (177.) (26.) (3.) (1.):
b. 14-6mo-1886, Carthage, Mo.; d. 14-9mo-1886; bur. On the Hiatt family lot in Park Cemetry near Carthage, Mo. (R17).
(3751.) ZOE MYRTLE HIATT (1858.) (696.) (177.) (26.) (3.) (1.):
b. in Carthage, Mo.; living, 1950, at 1018 North 10th Street, Phoenix, Arizona, unmarried.“Graduated from the Carthage, Missouri High School, class 1902. Worker in the Methodist church, and also in the Epworth League. Was book keeper and clerk in the ‘Hiatt’ grocery for a number of years. In 1909 accompanied by her mother, she went to Phoenis, Arizona to live. For a number of years Secretary of the Arizona Citrus Growers Association at Phoenix, Arizona. Also was a Secretary in several City and Country offices. Also assisted in the publication of her fathers paper, ‘Phoenix Court Reporter’.” (R17).
(1859.) FRANCIS MARIONHIATT (696.) (177.) (26.) (3.) (1.):
b. 10-1mo-1851; m. NELLIE McLAUGHLIN.CH: (3753.) Alma B.; (3754.) Chester H.; (3755.) Grace; (3756.) Stella; (3757.) Howard; (3758.) Mildred; (3759.) ClarksonJ.; (3760.) Esther. (Rl7, 84).
(3759.) CLARKSON J. HIATT (1859.) (696.) (177.) (26.) (3.) (1.):
never married. (R84).
HH Vol. I, pg 433
(1860.) EVELYN HIATT (696.) (177.) (26.) (3.) (1.):
b. 28-l0mo-1852; d. 26-1mo-19l4, Clinton Co., Ohio m. 24-10mo-1872, to CAREY M. CLUXTON, son of William and Margaret (Fear). Cluxton; b. 1846; d. l926.CH: (3761.) Chloe; (3762.) Clara; (3763.) Clayton. (R17,84).
Newberry Mo. Mtg., Clinton Co., Ohio:
20-11mo-1871- Evelyn Hiatt received by request.
21-7mo-1873 - Eviline Chickston (six). formerly Hiatt). condemned her marriage out of unity.Miami Mo. Mtg., Warren Co., Ohio:
22-6mo-1885 - Evelyn Cluxton (formerly Hiatt). released by request to join other society. (Hicksite.) (R57).Newberry MM, Clinton Co., OH: 20-11mo-1871, Evelyn Hiatt received 21-7mo-1873- Evilne Chickston sig (formally Hiatt) condemned her marriage out of unity..
Miami MM, Warren Co., OH, 24- 6mo- 1885 - Eveyln Cluxton (formerly Hiatt) deceased
Hiatt Hiett Family HIstroy Volume I page 433
(1862.) LORA M. HIATT (696.) (177.) (26.) (3.) (1.):
b. 22-11mo-1859; d. and was burried in Maine; m. l6-l0mo-1883, in Ohio, to (37l5.) JOHN R. ROBERTS, son of Thomas W. and Samantha (Lazenby). Roberts; (he was her first cousin once removed).; they lived in Carthage, Mo.; she was a school teacher; he d. in Carthage, Mo., and was buried at Dudenville, Mo. For descendants see No. (3715.) (R17).Newberry Mo. Mtg., Clinton Co., Ohio:
21-3mo-188l- Lora Hiatt received by request.Miami Mo. Mtg., Warren Co., Ohio:
26-8mo-1885 - Lora M. Roberts (formerly Hiatt). released by request. (Hicksite). (R57).
Bessie (Elizabeth) May ROBERTS
"Genealogy of our branch of the Quaker Hiatts" was written by Major William Edwin Hiatt; he completed it on June 15, 1950.
Bessie May married and is now living in the State of Maine.
(5723.) BESSIE MAY ROBERTS (3715.) (1848.) (694.) (177.) (26.) (3.) (1.):
b. 29-llmo-1895; m. --- ---; lives in the State of Maine. (R17).
Taken from HH Book. Page 434.
(1864.) EDWIN JAMES HIATT (696.) (177.) (26.) (3.) (1.):
b. 23-12mo-1865, near Martinsville, Clinton Co., Ohio; living l950, in Wilmington; m. (lst).17-6mo-1886, to HARRIETT CHARITY MILLS, d/o Levi and Ruth (Whinery). (McMillan). Mils; b. c1868; d. 9-6mo-l938; m. (2nd). 6-3mo-l940, to VERNA WHINERY.CH: (By first wife ). (3764.) Burritt Mills; (3765.) Harold Clarkson.
Newberry Mo. Mtg., Clinton Co., Ohio:
21-3mo-1881 - Eddie Hiatt received by request.
18-10mo-1886- Edwin J. Hiatt granted a certificate to Wilmington Mo. Mtg., O.Wilmington Mo. Mtg., Clinton Co., Ohio:
11-12mo-1886 - Edwin J. Hiatt received on certificate from Newberry Mo. Mtg., Ohio, dated 4-12mo-1886.Miami Mo. Mtg., Warren Co., Ohio:
21-l0mo-1885 - Edwin Hiatt released by request. (Hicksite). (R57).“Edwin James Hiatt - Vice-President and Director of The Clinton County National Bank and Trust Co., was born December 23, 1865, near Martinsville, Ohio, the son of Clarkson and Jane (Hollingsworth). Hiatt. He was educated in the Cottage Grove Country School (near Martinsville, Ohio). 1870-79, Martinsville High School (1879-80)., and Wilmington College (1883-84)., from which he received the honorary degree of LL.D. in l924, for work in finance. On June l7, 1886, he married Harriet Charity Mills, who died June 9, l938. They had two sons: Burrit Mills, and Harold Clarkson. On March 6, l940, he married Verna Whinery. Mr. Hiatt began his career in 188l as a Country School Teacher, serving until 1885. He was Deputy Clerk of the Common Pleas Court, Clinton County, Ohio, from July 4, 1885, to December 31, 1889. He has been identified with The Clinton County National Bank and Trust Co. since January 2, 1890, when he started as individual bookkeeper. He was made a Teller in 189l, Acting Cashier in 1898, and Cashier in 1899. He was Director and Cashier from 1899 to l925, and was elected to his present position of Vice-President on May l, l925. He is also associated with The Irwin Auger Bit Co., of which he became Treasurer on November 23, l9l6. He has been Treasurer, Vice-President and Director since January, l934. He is one of the organizers of the Farguhar Furnace Co., and was appointed Director and Treasurer on April 23, l908, serving until l935. He has been Vice-President since January, l935. He was Director and Treasurer of The Union Loan and Savings Co., Wilmington, Ohio, from 1893 to l940. He served as Treasurer of the Wilmington Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). from August, 1892, to l918. His Clubs are the Snow Hill Country and Wilmington Masonic. He is especially interested in the activities of Wilmington College, of which he was a Trustee from l902 and Treasurer from l9l4 to April 4, l942; he is now an honorary member of the Board of Trustees. Residence: 527 N. South St. Office: Wilmington, Ohio,” (From a reprint from Business Executives of America (R84).
Edwin J. Hiatt's Writings
January 7th, 1910
Miss Pearl Peelle Bryn Mawr, Pa.
My Dear Pearl:
I have had descriptions of the New York Pilgrimage with shadings that run from the pathos of Ellis Island to the airy heights of the World Building and beyond, all of which are of deep interest to me, especially the "beyond".
When I heard of some of the "carryings-on" I forgot to express myself or even to think, until I caught my breath a few days after, at the audacity of our eldest. Along with the great pleasure that I feel and pride in his choice is a deep feeling of the greatness that lies before both of you and the rich material that the present affords for forming a useful and happy life together. It affords me much happiness.
With many best wishes I remain
Very sincerely
E. J. Hiatt
January 7, 1910
Mr. Burritt M. Hiatt Cambridge, Mass.
My Dear Burritt:
The New York trip certainly was not an uninteresting one to you if reports come to me straight. I am -writing Pearl expressing my pride in your selection and hereby and now extend to you my heartiest approval of "them there doins'. I think she is a jewel and needs but the contemplated setting to show her at her best.
I suppose I should cover my hair with ashes, stretch the corners of my mouth down, hiss 'you young rascal" and pound the floor with my heavy stick as I rush about, but we will omit that now. Let the future be governed by your best judgement and I hope the way will open for the consumation of your plans.
With love,
Pop
My Dear Friend:
Your request to write you all about the Grand Canyon is received by me with a little suspicion of merriment on your part in laying s burden of such immense proportions upon my shoulders. I shall try, but I have no more idea of how I am going to describe it than you have. So here goes just for a talk and a common Country-Jake's impression of the Grand Canyon.
They tell me that no one has ever had the audacity to try to describe it and still try to retain the respect of their fellow men. They tell me that great artists with a big expanse of canvas have set them down to do it or die. Discretion comes after a few strokes of their sketching pencil and they have folded up the broad expanse of canvas and retreated. I have seen the pictures
of the Grand Canyon which the Santa Fe Railroad displays on immense billboards. Before I saw the Canyon they impressed me very much. Since I have seen the Canyon, I stand and laugh at them. They are not only laughable caricatures, but pitiful efforts.
My good wife joined me at Williams. Friday morning, June 181 at 5:40 a.m. we boarded the train for the Canyon, sixty-five miles away. We reached there at 8:15 and lost no time upon our arrival in ascending the three or four flights of steps which land us at the El Tovar Hotel and at the brink of the wonder of the natural world.
Immediately in front of the hotel, extending all told probably an eighth of a mile there is a railing and much of the way a board walk just back of the railing. As we walked down the board walk, although the railing prevented any dizzy ones from falling, Mrs. Hiatt and I fell immediately into the habit of grabbing at each other every time we took a look. We had not seen the guides and cowboys sitting on the railing with their backs to the Canyon swapping stories while they half-dozed, suspended over a sheer drop of 3,000 feet. We took a three-seated wagon ride along the brink or rim to Hopi Point where there is a wonderful view for quite a long distance to both the east and the west. While pushing out to this point to get a better view of the scene, the grabbing business became more intense. We were not yet used to the great height and had not shaken off that creepy feeling that you have felt when looking from a great height.
After returning to the hotel from Hopi Point we put in two days looking. It takes time to get your "Canyon eyes". My very first impression of the Canyon was, What a grand pucker! The different stratas of rock of different colors composing the great cathedrals, battles ships, mosques and plateaus run in tilted directions like the figures in cut glass. To get away from this cut glass effect I must give you some dimensions:
Length of Canyon, 217 miles; average width, 11 miles; width opposite hotel, 13 miles; hotel to river (perpendicular), 1 mile; hotel to river on Bright Angel Trail, 7 miles.
Did I go down the trail to the river? I did, thanks to "Mollie" the celebrated mule that Mr. Irvin Cobb once rode and told about in the Saturday Evening Post. Mollie had some idiosyncrasies. She had a great sense of humor. I don't know the usual length of a mule, ears included, but suppose Mollie was about nine feet long. The question I am asking myself is how could she walk out to the edge of a precipice with ears, neck and shoulders extended over the yawning abyss for eight feet when she was really only nine feet long. I can't help but think a mule laughs at night. Nothing could look as solemn as Mollie did all day and not laugh some time. She could easily have had a chuckle at my expense in going down the Devil's Cork Screw. She went one step too far on a turn and her right foot went into the loose material at the brink of a drop of probably 3,000 feet. The stone lay on the edge and was pushed off as she withdrew her foot and recovered her equilibrium. It was not, I suppose, perilous as a mule is quick to recover itself from a mistake, but it made the hairs rise on my head. While Mollie bore me with grace and dignity she also forbore her mirth at my lack of absolute faith in a mule carrying 220 pounds and still remaining true to her natural instincts of self-preservation.
No artist ever has or ever will truly picture the Grand Canyon. It cannot be described. It cannot be painted. My allusion to cut glass to represent the effect upon the eye at first glance is much like showing you a salt shaker to give an idea of the Leaning Tower of Pisa. The eye cannot even comprehend until you have spent days getting your vision enlarged. It is to His people the open, beneficent and peaceful countenance of God, and the unbelieving stand face to face-
with the Almighty Who hath already judged them.
The Speech on the Occasion of the Celebration of His Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary
Behold what a great matter a little fire kindleth!
The story of this whole business begins with the first days I spent at
Wilmington College. It was then I met a certain young lady who to me appeared
to be very distant and cold like marble,
Having heard that "Every block of marble held a Venus, I sensed
This block of marble held a Venus
with nothing but chipped stone: between us."
It was only natural that I began chipping and chiseling which continues for
some two or three years. In my diary of that time I find this:
"I looked with a rapt gaze of wild delight
For ne'er saw I so fair a sight."
Times that had been going from good to better continued to open up and
extend our horizens, As the duties of parenthood engaged us, the years sped
along, and life unfolded, It has been expressed that
"Joy's recollection is no longer joy
But sorrow's memory is sorrow still."
We learned that if a person had one hour of joy and then one hour of sorrow,
it did not equalize. Joy trips past with fleeting feet that leave no imprint.
The deep wounds that sorrow make may heal, but the scar remains forever.
"Let not our memory run like a tomb-searcher lifting each shroud that time
has cast o'er buried hope", but let us "be up and doing with a heart for the
fate".
Now for the poem which is far less than a page. The author is Pope. I
think it gives the solution of why the matrimonial machinery ran so smoothly
for Milton and Laurenna, Joe and Bertha, Frank and Francis and thus runs for
Matt and Veda, Lee and Lena, Howard and Georgianna, Burritt and Pearl and all of
us. It is a volume in a single line. Here it is:
"Belinda smiled and the world was gay."
Her name just happened to be Belinda instead of Harriet, Katherine, Lena,
Veda, Georgianna, ?earl and Bertha or some other name.
"The. Lord of creation men we call
And they think they rule the whole
But they're much mistaken after all
For they're under woman's control."
When the good wife smiles then all the world is gay. So endeth this; our
fiftieth wedding day.