The Emporia Weekly Gazette, 25 June 1931, Thursday
EMPORIAN COMMITS SUICIDE
Mrs. Emma Hiatt, 73, took her own life by hanging herself in the basement of her home, 401 Constitution, about 4 o'clock Sunday morning. Mrs. Hiatt had been sick for several years and she had worried about her financial affairs.
The body of Mrs. Hiatt was found at 8 o'clock Sunday morning by Lee W. Wayman, cashier of the Emporia State Bank, who had been Mrs. Hiatt's financial advisor for many years. Mrs. Hiatt called Mr. Wayman at the bank at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon, telling him she planned to leave town on a 4 o'clock train Sunday morning. She asked Mr. Wayman to go to her house Sunday morning, inspect the house to see if anyone was in any of the rooms and then lock up the place until her return.
Sunday morning Mr. Wayman went to the Hiatt home. He looked in all the upstairs rooms and as he was leaving, he noticed a light in the basement. He went down stairs and found the body of the woman hanging from a steam pipe. Mrs. Hiatt had lived in the basement, renting the upper floor rooms.
Mr. Wayman tried to call neighbors but was unsuccessful. He hurried to the county jail where he found Undersheriff R. M. Anderson. The men called Dr. C. E. Partridge, coroner, who said Mrs. Hiatt had been dead since about 4 o'clock.
Saturday Mrs. Hiatt telephoned her son, Dawson W. Hiatt, who lives on the old Hiatt farm, a half mile west of Soden's, telling him to bring Mrs. Hiatt and their small daughter, Doris to town. The son and his family came to Emporia about 6 o'clock and had supper with Mrs. Emma Hiatt. Before they returned to their country home, Mrs. Hiatt gave them dozens of keepsakes, pictures and small articles to take with them.
WRITES TO CHILDREN
Mrs. Hiatt also wrote letters to her five children, who live away from Emporia, and had a little neighbor girl, Bernice Baird, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Baird, 308 West Fourth, take them to the postoffice (sic). The woman gave Bernice a large pile of magazines Saturday night.
Mr. Wayman said that Mrs. Hiatt had been worried over a small mortgage on her property, but he said the amount was insignificant compared to the value of the house in which she lived and of the two other houses facing Fourth avenue on the same lot, which she also owned. Recently the 2-story rooming house had lost money, and at the time of her death, Mrs. Hiatt had no roomers at all.
Mrs. Hiatt is survived by six children, Dawson W. Hiatt, Emporia, and Mrs. Clinton Frye, Herbert J. Hiatt and Mrs. Don May, Portland, Ore.; Mrs. George Taylor, of Denver, and Archie E. Hiatt, of Rice, Wash. Eight grandchildren also survive, as well as a nephew, Charles Pearson, Emporia; a sister-in-law, Mrs. Ira Hinshaw, and a brother-in-law, Eli Hiatt, of Emporia.
LEAVES A WILL
In her will, opened today, Mrs. Hiatt made all bequests of $100 to the Fruitland cemetery, west of Americus, and the Cottonwood cemetery, west of Emporia, for "keeping up and caring for" the properties, and to Charles Pearson, the nephew. The remainder of the property will be used to create a trust fund, in which the eight grandchildren will share equally when they become of age.
Mrs. Hiatt left a note, pinned to her dress, when she died, in which she mentioned "poor health," directed the disposition of some personal belongings and gave directions for burial.
Mrs. Hiatt's maiden name was Miss Emma Jane Pearson. She was born August 8, 1857, in Ohio. She came to Lyon county with her parents when she was a child. She was married to Vernon Wedding, and after his death she married Sylvester Hiatt on July 13, 1879. They lived on the Hiatt farm, southwest of Emporia, until Mr. Hiatt died in 1897, when Mrs. Hiatt came to Emporia to live. She was a member of the Friends church.
Funeral services for Mrs. Hiatt will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Roberts-Blue chapel. Interment will be in the Fruitland cemetery, west of Americus.
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The following information provided by Shawn Short #47006445:
Sylvester Tatem Hiatt #5669918 & Emma Jane Pearson were married 7 Aug 1879 in Emporia, Lyon, Kansas.
Her parents were Charles Lewis Pearson and mother was Mary Ann (Hunt) Pearson/Martin #61751034.
She was born "Emily" Jane Pearson in Bloomington, Clinton, Ohio and died in Emporia, Lyon, Kansas
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1880 EMPORIA, KS FEDERAL CENSUS
Emma J Hiatt
United States Census, 1880
Name: Emma J Hiatt
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1880
Event Place: Emporia, Lyon, Kansas, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 22
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Occupation: Keeps House
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Wife
Birth Year (Estimated): 1858
Birthplace: Ohio, United States
Father's Birthplace: Ohio, United States
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina, United States
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T9
Affiliate Film Number: 0387
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Sylvester T Hiatt Self M 24 Indiana, United States
Carrie B Wedding Stepdaughter F 6 Kansas, United States
Emma J Hiatt Wife F 22 Ohio, United States
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1930 EMPORIA, KS FEDERAL CENSUS
Emma J Hiatt
United States Census, 1930
Name: Emma J Hiatt
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1930
Event Place: Emporia, Lyon, Kansas, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 72
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Birth Year (Estimated): 1858
Birthplace: Ohio
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Emma J Hiatt Head F 72 Ohio
Charles Pearson Nephew M 33 Kansas
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MOTHER:
1870 KS FEDERAL CENSUS:
Emily J Pearson
United States Census, 1870
Name: Emily J Pearson
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1870
Event Place: Kansas, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 13
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Birth Year (Estimated): 1856-1857
Birthplace: Ohio
Page Number: 18
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Mary A Martin F 45 North Carolina
Smith P Pearson M 16 Ohio
Emily J Pearson F 13 Ohio
Ella M Pearson F 10 Ohio
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FATHER & MOTHER:
1860 OHIO FEDERAL CENSUS
Emily Pearson
United States Census, 1860
Name: Emily Pearson
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1860
Event Place: Jefferson Township, Greene, Ohio, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 3
Race: White
Race (Original): [Blank]
Birth Year (Estimated): 1857
Birthplace: Ohio
Page: 19
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M653
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Lewis Pearson M 40 Ohio
Mary Pearson F 35 North Carolina
Albert Pearson M 15 Ohio
Charts Pearson M 13 Ohio
Delila Pearson F 12 T
Elmir Pearson M 10 Ohio
Smith Pearson M 5 Ohio
Emily Pearson F 3 Ohio
Bayless Pearson F 1 Ohio
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Emily Jane was married first on 1 Feb 1873, to Thurman Johnson Wedding (3 Feb 1850 in TN-7 March 1874 in Lazette, KS). He was killed in a milling accident. Their child, Carrie Bell Wedding was born 26 Jan 1874. She died 9 Feb 1956, in Oregon. She married a Clinton Frey.
Emily Jane and Deliah Pearson were sisters. Deliah married William Abednego Wedding, brother to Thurman.
Thurman and William's father was my ggg-gf. Some of this comes from a family Bible.
Contributor: MK (47858696)
EMPORIAN COMMITS SUICIDE
Mrs. Emma Hiatt, 73, took her own life by hanging herself in the basement of her home, 401 Constitution, about 4 o'clock Sunday morning. Mrs. Hiatt had been sick for several years and she had worried about her financial affairs.
The body of Mrs. Hiatt was found at 8 o'clock Sunday morning by Lee W. Wayman, cashier of the Emporia State Bank, who had been Mrs. Hiatt's financial advisor for many years. Mrs. Hiatt called Mr. Wayman at the bank at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon, telling him she planned to leave town on a 4 o'clock train Sunday morning. She asked Mr. Wayman to go to her house Sunday morning, inspect the house to see if anyone was in any of the rooms and then lock up the place until her return.
Sunday morning Mr. Wayman went to the Hiatt home. He looked in all the upstairs rooms and as he was leaving, he noticed a light in the basement. He went down stairs and found the body of the woman hanging from a steam pipe. Mrs. Hiatt had lived in the basement, renting the upper floor rooms.
Mr. Wayman tried to call neighbors but was unsuccessful. He hurried to the county jail where he found Undersheriff R. M. Anderson. The men called Dr. C. E. Partridge, coroner, who said Mrs. Hiatt had been dead since about 4 o'clock.
Saturday Mrs. Hiatt telephoned her son, Dawson W. Hiatt, who lives on the old Hiatt farm, a half mile west of Soden's, telling him to bring Mrs. Hiatt and their small daughter, Doris to town. The son and his family came to Emporia about 6 o'clock and had supper with Mrs. Emma Hiatt. Before they returned to their country home, Mrs. Hiatt gave them dozens of keepsakes, pictures and small articles to take with them.
WRITES TO CHILDREN
Mrs. Hiatt also wrote letters to her five children, who live away from Emporia, and had a little neighbor girl, Bernice Baird, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Baird, 308 West Fourth, take them to the postoffice (sic). The woman gave Bernice a large pile of magazines Saturday night.
Mr. Wayman said that Mrs. Hiatt had been worried over a small mortgage on her property, but he said the amount was insignificant compared to the value of the house in which she lived and of the two other houses facing Fourth avenue on the same lot, which she also owned. Recently the 2-story rooming house had lost money, and at the time of her death, Mrs. Hiatt had no roomers at all.
Mrs. Hiatt is survived by six children, Dawson W. Hiatt, Emporia, and Mrs. Clinton Frye, Herbert J. Hiatt and Mrs. Don May, Portland, Ore.; Mrs. George Taylor, of Denver, and Archie E. Hiatt, of Rice, Wash. Eight grandchildren also survive, as well as a nephew, Charles Pearson, Emporia; a sister-in-law, Mrs. Ira Hinshaw, and a brother-in-law, Eli Hiatt, of Emporia.
LEAVES A WILL
In her will, opened today, Mrs. Hiatt made all bequests of $100 to the Fruitland cemetery, west of Americus, and the Cottonwood cemetery, west of Emporia, for "keeping up and caring for" the properties, and to Charles Pearson, the nephew. The remainder of the property will be used to create a trust fund, in which the eight grandchildren will share equally when they become of age.
Mrs. Hiatt left a note, pinned to her dress, when she died, in which she mentioned "poor health," directed the disposition of some personal belongings and gave directions for burial.
Mrs. Hiatt's maiden name was Miss Emma Jane Pearson. She was born August 8, 1857, in Ohio. She came to Lyon county with her parents when she was a child. She was married to Vernon Wedding, and after his death she married Sylvester Hiatt on July 13, 1879. They lived on the Hiatt farm, southwest of Emporia, until Mr. Hiatt died in 1897, when Mrs. Hiatt came to Emporia to live. She was a member of the Friends church.
Funeral services for Mrs. Hiatt will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Roberts-Blue chapel. Interment will be in the Fruitland cemetery, west of Americus.
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The following information provided by Shawn Short #47006445:
Sylvester Tatem Hiatt #5669918 & Emma Jane Pearson were married 7 Aug 1879 in Emporia, Lyon, Kansas.
Her parents were Charles Lewis Pearson and mother was Mary Ann (Hunt) Pearson/Martin #61751034.
She was born "Emily" Jane Pearson in Bloomington, Clinton, Ohio and died in Emporia, Lyon, Kansas
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1880 EMPORIA, KS FEDERAL CENSUS
Emma J Hiatt
United States Census, 1880
Name: Emma J Hiatt
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1880
Event Place: Emporia, Lyon, Kansas, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 22
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Occupation: Keeps House
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Wife
Birth Year (Estimated): 1858
Birthplace: Ohio, United States
Father's Birthplace: Ohio, United States
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina, United States
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T9
Affiliate Film Number: 0387
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Sylvester T Hiatt Self M 24 Indiana, United States
Carrie B Wedding Stepdaughter F 6 Kansas, United States
Emma J Hiatt Wife F 22 Ohio, United States
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1930 EMPORIA, KS FEDERAL CENSUS
Emma J Hiatt
United States Census, 1930
Name: Emma J Hiatt
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1930
Event Place: Emporia, Lyon, Kansas, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 72
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Birth Year (Estimated): 1858
Birthplace: Ohio
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Emma J Hiatt Head F 72 Ohio
Charles Pearson Nephew M 33 Kansas
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MOTHER:
1870 KS FEDERAL CENSUS:
Emily J Pearson
United States Census, 1870
Name: Emily J Pearson
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1870
Event Place: Kansas, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 13
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Birth Year (Estimated): 1856-1857
Birthplace: Ohio
Page Number: 18
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Mary A Martin F 45 North Carolina
Smith P Pearson M 16 Ohio
Emily J Pearson F 13 Ohio
Ella M Pearson F 10 Ohio
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FATHER & MOTHER:
1860 OHIO FEDERAL CENSUS
Emily Pearson
United States Census, 1860
Name: Emily Pearson
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1860
Event Place: Jefferson Township, Greene, Ohio, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 3
Race: White
Race (Original): [Blank]
Birth Year (Estimated): 1857
Birthplace: Ohio
Page: 19
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M653
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Lewis Pearson M 40 Ohio
Mary Pearson F 35 North Carolina
Albert Pearson M 15 Ohio
Charts Pearson M 13 Ohio
Delila Pearson F 12 T
Elmir Pearson M 10 Ohio
Smith Pearson M 5 Ohio
Emily Pearson F 3 Ohio
Bayless Pearson F 1 Ohio
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Emily Jane was married first on 1 Feb 1873, to Thurman Johnson Wedding (3 Feb 1850 in TN-7 March 1874 in Lazette, KS). He was killed in a milling accident. Their child, Carrie Bell Wedding was born 26 Jan 1874. She died 9 Feb 1956, in Oregon. She married a Clinton Frey.
Emily Jane and Deliah Pearson were sisters. Deliah married William Abednego Wedding, brother to Thurman.
Thurman and William's father was my ggg-gf. Some of this comes from a family Bible.
Contributor: MK (47858696)
The Emporia Weekly Gazette, 25 June 1931, Thursday
EMPORIAN COMMITS SUICIDE
Mrs. Emma Hiatt, 73, took her own life by hanging herself in the basement of her home, 401 Constitution, about 4 o'clock Sunday morning. Mrs. Hiatt had been sick for several years and she had worried about her financial affairs.
The body of Mrs. Hiatt was found at 8 o'clock Sunday morning by Lee W. Wayman, cashier of the Emporia State Bank, who had been Mrs. Hiatt's financial advisor for many years. Mrs. Hiatt called Mr. Wayman at the bank at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon, telling him she planned to leave town on a 4 o'clock train Sunday morning. She asked Mr. Wayman to go to her house Sunday morning, inspect the house to see if anyone was in any of the rooms and then lock up the place until her return.
Sunday morning Mr. Wayman went to the Hiatt home. He looked in all the upstairs rooms and as he was leaving, he noticed a light in the basement. He went down stairs and found the body of the woman hanging from a steam pipe. Mrs. Hiatt had lived in the basement, renting the upper floor rooms.
Mr. Wayman tried to call neighbors but was unsuccessful. He hurried to the county jail where he found Undersheriff R. M. Anderson. The men called Dr. C. E. Partridge, coroner, who said Mrs. Hiatt had been dead since about 4 o'clock.
Saturday Mrs. Hiatt telephoned her son, Dawson W. Hiatt, who lives on the old Hiatt farm, a half mile west of Soden's, telling him to bring Mrs. Hiatt and their small daughter, Doris to town. The son and his family came to Emporia about 6 o'clock and had supper with Mrs. Emma Hiatt. Before they returned to their country home, Mrs. Hiatt gave them dozens of keepsakes, pictures and small articles to take with them.
WRITES TO CHILDREN
Mrs. Hiatt also wrote letters to her five children, who live away from Emporia, and had a little neighbor girl, Bernice Baird, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Baird, 308 West Fourth, take them to the postoffice (sic). The woman gave Bernice a large pile of magazines Saturday night.
Mr. Wayman said that Mrs. Hiatt had been worried over a small mortgage on her property, but he said the amount was insignificant compared to the value of the house in which she lived and of the two other houses facing Fourth avenue on the same lot, which she also owned. Recently the 2-story rooming house had lost money, and at the time of her death, Mrs. Hiatt had no roomers at all.
Mrs. Hiatt is survived by six children, Dawson W. Hiatt, Emporia, and Mrs. Clinton Frye, Herbert J. Hiatt and Mrs. Don May, Portland, Ore.; Mrs. George Taylor, of Denver, and Archie E. Hiatt, of Rice, Wash. Eight grandchildren also survive, as well as a nephew, Charles Pearson, Emporia; a sister-in-law, Mrs. Ira Hinshaw, and a brother-in-law, Eli Hiatt, of Emporia.
LEAVES A WILL
In her will, opened today, Mrs. Hiatt made all bequests of $100 to the Fruitland cemetery, west of Americus, and the Cottonwood cemetery, west of Emporia, for "keeping up and caring for" the properties, and to Charles Pearson, the nephew. The remainder of the property will be used to create a trust fund, in which the eight grandchildren will share equally when they become of age.
Mrs. Hiatt left a note, pinned to her dress, when she died, in which she mentioned "poor health," directed the disposition of some personal belongings and gave directions for burial.
Mrs. Hiatt's maiden name was Miss Emma Jane Pearson. She was born August 8, 1857, in Ohio. She came to Lyon county with her parents when she was a child. She was married to Vernon Wedding, and after his death she married Sylvester Hiatt on July 13, 1879. They lived on the Hiatt farm, southwest of Emporia, until Mr. Hiatt died in 1897, when Mrs. Hiatt came to Emporia to live. She was a member of the Friends church.
Funeral services for Mrs. Hiatt will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Roberts-Blue chapel. Interment will be in the Fruitland cemetery, west of Americus.
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The following information provided by Shawn Short #47006445:
Sylvester Tatem Hiatt #5669918 & Emma Jane Pearson were married 7 Aug 1879 in Emporia, Lyon, Kansas.
Her parents were Charles Lewis Pearson and mother was Mary Ann (Hunt) Pearson/Martin #61751034.
She was born "Emily" Jane Pearson in Bloomington, Clinton, Ohio and died in Emporia, Lyon, Kansas
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1880 EMPORIA, KS FEDERAL CENSUS
Emma J Hiatt
United States Census, 1880
Name: Emma J Hiatt
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1880
Event Place: Emporia, Lyon, Kansas, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 22
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Occupation: Keeps House
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Wife
Birth Year (Estimated): 1858
Birthplace: Ohio, United States
Father's Birthplace: Ohio, United States
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina, United States
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T9
Affiliate Film Number: 0387
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Sylvester T Hiatt Self M 24 Indiana, United States
Carrie B Wedding Stepdaughter F 6 Kansas, United States
Emma J Hiatt Wife F 22 Ohio, United States
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1930 EMPORIA, KS FEDERAL CENSUS
Emma J Hiatt
United States Census, 1930
Name: Emma J Hiatt
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1930
Event Place: Emporia, Lyon, Kansas, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 72
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Birth Year (Estimated): 1858
Birthplace: Ohio
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Emma J Hiatt Head F 72 Ohio
Charles Pearson Nephew M 33 Kansas
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MOTHER:
1870 KS FEDERAL CENSUS:
Emily J Pearson
United States Census, 1870
Name: Emily J Pearson
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1870
Event Place: Kansas, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 13
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Birth Year (Estimated): 1856-1857
Birthplace: Ohio
Page Number: 18
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Mary A Martin F 45 North Carolina
Smith P Pearson M 16 Ohio
Emily J Pearson F 13 Ohio
Ella M Pearson F 10 Ohio
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FATHER & MOTHER:
1860 OHIO FEDERAL CENSUS
Emily Pearson
United States Census, 1860
Name: Emily Pearson
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1860
Event Place: Jefferson Township, Greene, Ohio, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 3
Race: White
Race (Original): [Blank]
Birth Year (Estimated): 1857
Birthplace: Ohio
Page: 19
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M653
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Lewis Pearson M 40 Ohio
Mary Pearson F 35 North Carolina
Albert Pearson M 15 Ohio
Charts Pearson M 13 Ohio
Delila Pearson F 12 T
Elmir Pearson M 10 Ohio
Smith Pearson M 5 Ohio
Emily Pearson F 3 Ohio
Bayless Pearson F 1 Ohio
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Emily Jane was married first on 1 Feb 1873, to Thurman Johnson Wedding (3 Feb 1850 in TN-7 March 1874 in Lazette, KS). He was killed in a milling accident. Their child, Carrie Bell Wedding was born 26 Jan 1874. She died 9 Feb 1956, in Oregon. She married a Clinton Frey.
Emily Jane and Deliah Pearson were sisters. Deliah married William Abednego Wedding, brother to Thurman.
Thurman and William's father was my ggg-gf. Some of this comes from a family Bible.
Contributor: MK (47858696)
EMPORIAN COMMITS SUICIDE
Mrs. Emma Hiatt, 73, took her own life by hanging herself in the basement of her home, 401 Constitution, about 4 o'clock Sunday morning. Mrs. Hiatt had been sick for several years and she had worried about her financial affairs.
The body of Mrs. Hiatt was found at 8 o'clock Sunday morning by Lee W. Wayman, cashier of the Emporia State Bank, who had been Mrs. Hiatt's financial advisor for many years. Mrs. Hiatt called Mr. Wayman at the bank at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon, telling him she planned to leave town on a 4 o'clock train Sunday morning. She asked Mr. Wayman to go to her house Sunday morning, inspect the house to see if anyone was in any of the rooms and then lock up the place until her return.
Sunday morning Mr. Wayman went to the Hiatt home. He looked in all the upstairs rooms and as he was leaving, he noticed a light in the basement. He went down stairs and found the body of the woman hanging from a steam pipe. Mrs. Hiatt had lived in the basement, renting the upper floor rooms.
Mr. Wayman tried to call neighbors but was unsuccessful. He hurried to the county jail where he found Undersheriff R. M. Anderson. The men called Dr. C. E. Partridge, coroner, who said Mrs. Hiatt had been dead since about 4 o'clock.
Saturday Mrs. Hiatt telephoned her son, Dawson W. Hiatt, who lives on the old Hiatt farm, a half mile west of Soden's, telling him to bring Mrs. Hiatt and their small daughter, Doris to town. The son and his family came to Emporia about 6 o'clock and had supper with Mrs. Emma Hiatt. Before they returned to their country home, Mrs. Hiatt gave them dozens of keepsakes, pictures and small articles to take with them.
WRITES TO CHILDREN
Mrs. Hiatt also wrote letters to her five children, who live away from Emporia, and had a little neighbor girl, Bernice Baird, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Baird, 308 West Fourth, take them to the postoffice (sic). The woman gave Bernice a large pile of magazines Saturday night.
Mr. Wayman said that Mrs. Hiatt had been worried over a small mortgage on her property, but he said the amount was insignificant compared to the value of the house in which she lived and of the two other houses facing Fourth avenue on the same lot, which she also owned. Recently the 2-story rooming house had lost money, and at the time of her death, Mrs. Hiatt had no roomers at all.
Mrs. Hiatt is survived by six children, Dawson W. Hiatt, Emporia, and Mrs. Clinton Frye, Herbert J. Hiatt and Mrs. Don May, Portland, Ore.; Mrs. George Taylor, of Denver, and Archie E. Hiatt, of Rice, Wash. Eight grandchildren also survive, as well as a nephew, Charles Pearson, Emporia; a sister-in-law, Mrs. Ira Hinshaw, and a brother-in-law, Eli Hiatt, of Emporia.
LEAVES A WILL
In her will, opened today, Mrs. Hiatt made all bequests of $100 to the Fruitland cemetery, west of Americus, and the Cottonwood cemetery, west of Emporia, for "keeping up and caring for" the properties, and to Charles Pearson, the nephew. The remainder of the property will be used to create a trust fund, in which the eight grandchildren will share equally when they become of age.
Mrs. Hiatt left a note, pinned to her dress, when she died, in which she mentioned "poor health," directed the disposition of some personal belongings and gave directions for burial.
Mrs. Hiatt's maiden name was Miss Emma Jane Pearson. She was born August 8, 1857, in Ohio. She came to Lyon county with her parents when she was a child. She was married to Vernon Wedding, and after his death she married Sylvester Hiatt on July 13, 1879. They lived on the Hiatt farm, southwest of Emporia, until Mr. Hiatt died in 1897, when Mrs. Hiatt came to Emporia to live. She was a member of the Friends church.
Funeral services for Mrs. Hiatt will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Roberts-Blue chapel. Interment will be in the Fruitland cemetery, west of Americus.
********
The following information provided by Shawn Short #47006445:
Sylvester Tatem Hiatt #5669918 & Emma Jane Pearson were married 7 Aug 1879 in Emporia, Lyon, Kansas.
Her parents were Charles Lewis Pearson and mother was Mary Ann (Hunt) Pearson/Martin #61751034.
She was born "Emily" Jane Pearson in Bloomington, Clinton, Ohio and died in Emporia, Lyon, Kansas
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1880 EMPORIA, KS FEDERAL CENSUS
Emma J Hiatt
United States Census, 1880
Name: Emma J Hiatt
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1880
Event Place: Emporia, Lyon, Kansas, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 22
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Occupation: Keeps House
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Wife
Birth Year (Estimated): 1858
Birthplace: Ohio, United States
Father's Birthplace: Ohio, United States
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina, United States
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T9
Affiliate Film Number: 0387
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Sylvester T Hiatt Self M 24 Indiana, United States
Carrie B Wedding Stepdaughter F 6 Kansas, United States
Emma J Hiatt Wife F 22 Ohio, United States
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1930 EMPORIA, KS FEDERAL CENSUS
Emma J Hiatt
United States Census, 1930
Name: Emma J Hiatt
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1930
Event Place: Emporia, Lyon, Kansas, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 72
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Birth Year (Estimated): 1858
Birthplace: Ohio
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Emma J Hiatt Head F 72 Ohio
Charles Pearson Nephew M 33 Kansas
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MOTHER:
1870 KS FEDERAL CENSUS:
Emily J Pearson
United States Census, 1870
Name: Emily J Pearson
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1870
Event Place: Kansas, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 13
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Birth Year (Estimated): 1856-1857
Birthplace: Ohio
Page Number: 18
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Mary A Martin F 45 North Carolina
Smith P Pearson M 16 Ohio
Emily J Pearson F 13 Ohio
Ella M Pearson F 10 Ohio
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FATHER & MOTHER:
1860 OHIO FEDERAL CENSUS
Emily Pearson
United States Census, 1860
Name: Emily Pearson
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1860
Event Place: Jefferson Township, Greene, Ohio, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 3
Race: White
Race (Original): [Blank]
Birth Year (Estimated): 1857
Birthplace: Ohio
Page: 19
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M653
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Lewis Pearson M 40 Ohio
Mary Pearson F 35 North Carolina
Albert Pearson M 15 Ohio
Charts Pearson M 13 Ohio
Delila Pearson F 12 T
Elmir Pearson M 10 Ohio
Smith Pearson M 5 Ohio
Emily Pearson F 3 Ohio
Bayless Pearson F 1 Ohio
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Emily Jane was married first on 1 Feb 1873, to Thurman Johnson Wedding (3 Feb 1850 in TN-7 March 1874 in Lazette, KS). He was killed in a milling accident. Their child, Carrie Bell Wedding was born 26 Jan 1874. She died 9 Feb 1956, in Oregon. She married a Clinton Frey.
Emily Jane and Deliah Pearson were sisters. Deliah married William Abednego Wedding, brother to Thurman.
Thurman and William's father was my ggg-gf. Some of this comes from a family Bible.
Contributor: MK (47858696)
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