Name: Moses Hiatt Birth Year: abt 1855 Birth Place: Fremont Gender: Male Marital Status: Married Census Date: 1885 Residence State: Iowa Residence County: Fremont Locality: Riverside Roll: IA1885_188 Line: 17 Family Number: 32 Neighbors: Household Members:
Name Age
Moses Hiatt 30
Ida A Hiatt 26
Aurther L Hiatt 6
Lula B Hiatt 3
Obituary notice, Omaha World Harald., Thursday, June 24, 1920.Moses Hiatt, Realtor Dies after Operation
Moses E. Hiatt, 65 years old, real estate man, died at St. Luke's hospital Tuesday, following an operation for bladder trouble several days ago.
Mr. Hiatt was a member of the J.L. Hiatt Company. His father, David Hiatt, was one of Nebraska's pioneers and assisted in erecting the first house in Omaha.
Mr. Hiatt retired from the real estate business fifteen years ago. He is survived by a widow, five brothers, Dr. Charles Milton Hiatt, Colorado Springs; Andrew M. Hiatt, Creston, Ia; Ninnian E. Hiatt and John Sherman Hiatt, Stuart, Neb.; three sisters, Melissa, Asotin, Wash; Mrs. Charles Younts, Council Bluffs, Ia. and Mrs. William Beam, Anderson, Ia. and seven children, Arthur David, Los Angelos, Cal.; Luther, South Omaha; Bert, formerly a member of the Omaha police force; Fred, with Swift's, Omaha; Mrs. (Lulu) James Donaldson, Mrs.(Ethel) Harold Wickson, Mrs. (Sadie) Charles Holbrook, Mrs. (Ruby) Frank Brick, all of Omaha.
Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at 3:30 at Mount Zion, Fremont County, Iowa. Burial was in the family plot at Mount Zion.Certificate of Death
Neb. State Department of Health #A30852
Moses E. Hiatt, 2121 Lake St. Omaha, Neb. died 22 June 1920 of Carcinoma of Prostate, with Uremic coma following an operation. Gives his occupation as laborer, born in Iowa of David Hiatt of Ill., and Elizabeth Evermor of Iowa. (Elizabeth Everman/Eberman born Ill.) Information provided by Luther Hiatt, son. He was taken to Anderson, Iowa for internment in Mt. Zion Cem.Rex Darst, son of Alice Hiatt and Soloman Darst, recalled in 1986, at about the age of 92, that Moses was the first STIFF he remembers seeing. The family had brought him to the family farm by rail car and prepared him for burial, the women doing the dressing and powdering.
Moses and Ida with their family was found in Riverside Twp., Fremont Co., in 1885 and in Greene Twp., in Fremont Co., 1895.
Moses also is known to have been a rancher and would speculate in cattle, apparently he became quite well to do at one time. He would arrange to purcase cattle directly from the ranchers then sell them to the packing houses who would pay him at the rail head. He would arrange for the cattle to be delivered to the rail yard by the rancer, then they would be shipped to Omaha where he would have them sold without ever having to deal directly with the cattle.
Moses had a large sheep ranch in what is now south Omaha, stretching south of Q st. along the old RR Ave., Now the Kenedy Freeway, to as far south as the South Roads shopping center and as far East as the Missouri River.
Moses also worked with the J. L. Real Estate Company which was operated by his cousins, Jesse Hiatt, son of Moses who was a brother to David Hiatt, and for whom our Moses was named.Marriage License
#969 In the matter of the applicaton of Moses E. Hiatt for License to marry Ida Pickens.
On the 4th day of December A.D. 1877 Moses E. Hiatt for License to marry Ida Pickens and knowing the parties to be of lawful age and condition of the marriage relation and that no legal impediment existed to said parties
entering the marriage relations. I issued license for their said marriage.Greater Omaha City Directory, 1920
Moses E. Hiatt, Carpenter residing at 2771 Cummings St. Omaha, Neb.
D/o Daniel Pickens and Janette Eddy. 2nd marriage to Benjaman Phelps.
Ida separated from Moses about 1916. She lists herself as widow of Moses in the 1916-18 city directory of Omaha, living at 2711 Monroe St. with several of her children.
1916 City Dir. of Omaha list following living at 2711 Monroe St.
Ida A. Hiatt widow of Moses E.
Fred O., Ruby, Sadie HiattMy mother, Ruby Hiatt, Casey, Anderson - wrote for me a short note:
"She never cut her hair, it was always a little dreary. She was sweet, quiet and easy going. The only person I ever knew that gave thanks for the food when I was young. She seemed to us to like to visit but never went any place with us. She owned 4 homes in Omaha and always lived here since I knew her. She would visit her kids in California some times. She died there (in Los Angelos).
All her children except Dad (Fred) and Bert, went to Calif. when I was quite young. I remember we lived next door to Lulu and Jim (Danaldson) who had 3 children: Sonny (LJim) and Belvie around my brother Fritz and my age. We were always playing together until they left for California when I was about 6 years old. Welma was an older sister, she was murdered in Calif. when she was about 19 years old.
I remember Aunt Ethel and her husband coming real often for dinner and her husband Harold, always laid on the couch after dinner and said, "when the stomach is full the body need rest.", funny things a kid remembers.
I remember my Mom fixed big dinners every Sunday and always company. Dads or Moms brothers and sisters, mostly chicken dinners.
All of Dads brothers and sisters left when I was 5 or 6, except Bert and Martha. I loved Aunt Martha, always scared of Uncle Bert.
I thought Aunt Ruby was beautiful. My Dad was a good looking man, but he was gone a lot. After he was a policeman, when I was 8, we moved and lived on Monroe St. There were no buses, Dad, Mom and Fritz and I would walk to South Omaha to go to a movie. Sometimes Dad would take turns carrying us. I don't why we walked because Dad always had a car. (Omaha was a separate town from town from Noorth Omaha at that time, about 1920-24. At the time, Monroe Street where they lived was then a part of Albright - now unknown to most people as anything but Omaha).
We moved to Vinton Street and Dad worked nights. I seldom remember seeing him and don't remeber speaking to him or him to me for years. I think until I was married. He gave more attention to Jimmy (My first son) than he did to any of his own kids. But then he was friendlier to me than ever before. Maybe being a grandpa changed him or just getting older. I found out he could be rather nice.
I don't remember Grandpa Hiatt (Moses). He died when I was 4 in Iowa. (Died in Omaha, buried in Mt. Zion, just No. of Sidney, Iowa.) Grandma and he was divorced. She later married Granpa Phelps. He had white hair and a long white beard. A real nice guy, we liked him a lot.
This grandmother was often spoke of by my mother, Ruby Hiatt Anderson, who use to visit with her often. Grandma Ida loved to tell stories, and was quite adamont of her lineage. She was quite proud of her family.
One story she told is that she was related to Mary Baker Eddy. She also said that she came from the line of Mary, Queen of Scots. She also use to tell about Queen Elizabeth, (Mary Stuart) and was quite bitter of her. She use to say that Elizabeth was a "Womans man".
This grandmother had lived quite a hard life and did not tolerate waste. She would skimp and save, and was very exacting in all her records. She aquired a lot of real estate, and rental houses, both in Omaha and Los Angelos, as I understand. She made her own clothing, and when it changed seasons, she would trim her dresses to fit. She would add a length of dress to make it longer for the sleeves, or in the spring, or summer, she would take off the sleeve.
She had a beautiful broach of diamonds that she gave to her children. I understand that each of the family got a ring made from the diamonds of it, but no one knows what became of them.
She use to also say that our grandfather raised up Andrew Pickens, the Rev. War general of fame.
Ida and Moses separated, mother said that Moses started running around with other women and Ida would not tolerate it. At one time they had a large sheep ranch that covered most the area where now the Kenedy Freway begins, to the South Roads, and several blocks to the West.
She married 2nd Benjamin Phelps and received his Civil War Pension.
Ida separted from Moses about 1916 She lists herself as widow of Moses in the 1916-18 city directory of Omaha, living at 2711 Monroe St. with several of her children. 1916 City Dr. of Omaha