The Emporia Gazette, 13 June 1935, Thursday
ELI M. HIATT IS DEAD
Eli M. Hiatt, retired farmer and pioneer, 820 Commercial, died Thursday morning at 2:45 o'clock at his home. He had been sick for two years.
Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at Roberts-Blue Funeral chapel. Clark Harshfield, pastor of the Bethany Congregational church, will conduct the services, assisted by Rev. E. S. Roberts. Interment will be in the Hunt cemetery.
Eli Hiatt was born January 23, 1843, near Westfield, Hamilton county, Indiana. In the spring of 1856, his parents prepared to come to Kansas. Because of the sickness of an uncle, William Carney, and high water, they were six weeks coming to Emporia. They came through southern Iowa to avoid the guerrilla warfare before Kansas was blocked to northerners by pro-slavery fighters. Theirs was the last wagon train to come through before the blockade.
Though only 13 years old, Eli Hiatt took turns helping drive the four yoke of cattle to a 4-ton Conestoga wagon. The women of the family followed in a second and smaller wagon drawn by a span of mares. At Annapolis, they were joined by Milton Chamness, whose wagon was drawn by two yoke of oxen. They crossed the present townsite of Emporia May 11, 1856. They had camped with Oliver Philips (sic) on Duck creek the night before. The Hiatt family spent their first night in Emporia at the home of an uncle, Joe Moon who lived south of the Cottonwood and who had come to Emporia in 1855.
Eli Hiatt's father, Curtis Hiatt, soon bought a squatter's right just west of the present Soden mill on the land which is now part of the farm owned by Dawson Hiatt.
Eli Hiatt worked for William T. Soden in the fall of 1859 and in the spring of 1860 and helped build the mill which now stands. Mr. Hiatt stopped working for the miller in the summer of 1860 and went to Council Grove to help James Means build the Quaker missionary school. Then on returning home, he hunted buffalo on the plains in the fall of that year. In the fall of 1864 he contracted to drive a settler's freighter, with government wagon trains for protection from Indians and bushwackers, from Fort Scott to Fort Smith, Ark. At Cabin Creek, Okla., the party was attacked by a band of Indians and bushwackers. Eli Hiatt was more fortunate than some of the others and escaped with his team leaving his wagon behind.
Mr. Hiatt worked for William Soden from 1864 to 1877. He was married to Mary Ellen Moore in the fall of 1869. They lived in the house which is just two houses south of the Mrs. Hally Soden home. Here his wife and infant son died June 29, 1870. They were buried in the Hunt cemetery, of which Mr. Hiatt had been a trustee since its organization. Mr. Hiatt farmed his land from 1877 to 1925, when he sold it to the present owner. Some years he rented a portion of the farm and other years he farmed it all himself. Since 1925 he made his permanent home at 820 Commercial.
In 1923 he made a trip back to Cabin creek over the trail he had taken in 1864. Twice since then he had made trips down in southwestern Missouri and Arkansas but always was in a hurry to return to Emporia. He always added, "For Emporia was a little the nicest town that ever I did see." He made his permanent home at 820 Commercial, when he sold his farm to the present owner in 1925.
He is survived by 28 nephews and nieces.
ELI M. HIATT IS DEAD
Eli M. Hiatt, retired farmer and pioneer, 820 Commercial, died Thursday morning at 2:45 o'clock at his home. He had been sick for two years.
Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at Roberts-Blue Funeral chapel. Clark Harshfield, pastor of the Bethany Congregational church, will conduct the services, assisted by Rev. E. S. Roberts. Interment will be in the Hunt cemetery.
Eli Hiatt was born January 23, 1843, near Westfield, Hamilton county, Indiana. In the spring of 1856, his parents prepared to come to Kansas. Because of the sickness of an uncle, William Carney, and high water, they were six weeks coming to Emporia. They came through southern Iowa to avoid the guerrilla warfare before Kansas was blocked to northerners by pro-slavery fighters. Theirs was the last wagon train to come through before the blockade.
Though only 13 years old, Eli Hiatt took turns helping drive the four yoke of cattle to a 4-ton Conestoga wagon. The women of the family followed in a second and smaller wagon drawn by a span of mares. At Annapolis, they were joined by Milton Chamness, whose wagon was drawn by two yoke of oxen. They crossed the present townsite of Emporia May 11, 1856. They had camped with Oliver Philips (sic) on Duck creek the night before. The Hiatt family spent their first night in Emporia at the home of an uncle, Joe Moon who lived south of the Cottonwood and who had come to Emporia in 1855.
Eli Hiatt's father, Curtis Hiatt, soon bought a squatter's right just west of the present Soden mill on the land which is now part of the farm owned by Dawson Hiatt.
Eli Hiatt worked for William T. Soden in the fall of 1859 and in the spring of 1860 and helped build the mill which now stands. Mr. Hiatt stopped working for the miller in the summer of 1860 and went to Council Grove to help James Means build the Quaker missionary school. Then on returning home, he hunted buffalo on the plains in the fall of that year. In the fall of 1864 he contracted to drive a settler's freighter, with government wagon trains for protection from Indians and bushwackers, from Fort Scott to Fort Smith, Ark. At Cabin Creek, Okla., the party was attacked by a band of Indians and bushwackers. Eli Hiatt was more fortunate than some of the others and escaped with his team leaving his wagon behind.
Mr. Hiatt worked for William Soden from 1864 to 1877. He was married to Mary Ellen Moore in the fall of 1869. They lived in the house which is just two houses south of the Mrs. Hally Soden home. Here his wife and infant son died June 29, 1870. They were buried in the Hunt cemetery, of which Mr. Hiatt had been a trustee since its organization. Mr. Hiatt farmed his land from 1877 to 1925, when he sold it to the present owner. Some years he rented a portion of the farm and other years he farmed it all himself. Since 1925 he made his permanent home at 820 Commercial.
In 1923 he made a trip back to Cabin creek over the trail he had taken in 1864. Twice since then he had made trips down in southwestern Missouri and Arkansas but always was in a hurry to return to Emporia. He always added, "For Emporia was a little the nicest town that ever I did see." He made his permanent home at 820 Commercial, when he sold his farm to the present owner in 1925.
He is survived by 28 nephews and nieces.
The Emporia Gazette, 13 June 1935, Thursday
ELI M. HIATT IS DEAD
Eli M. Hiatt, retired farmer and pioneer, 820 Commercial, died Thursday morning at 2:45 o'clock at his home. He had been sick for two years.
Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at Roberts-Blue Funeral chapel. Clark Harshfield, pastor of the Bethany Congregational church, will conduct the services, assisted by Rev. E. S. Roberts. Interment will be in the Hunt cemetery.
Eli Hiatt was born January 23, 1843, near Westfield, Hamilton county, Indiana. In the spring of 1856, his parents prepared to come to Kansas. Because of the sickness of an uncle, William Carney, and high water, they were six weeks coming to Emporia. They came through southern Iowa to avoid the guerrilla warfare before Kansas was blocked to northerners by pro-slavery fighters. Theirs was the last wagon train to come through before the blockade.
Though only 13 years old, Eli Hiatt took turns helping drive the four yoke of cattle to a 4-ton Conestoga wagon. The women of the family followed in a second and smaller wagon drawn by a span of mares. At Annapolis, they were joined by Milton Chamness, whose wagon was drawn by two yoke of oxen. They crossed the present townsite of Emporia May 11, 1856. They had camped with Oliver Philips (sic) on Duck creek the night before. The Hiatt family spent their first night in Emporia at the home of an uncle, Joe Moon who lived south of the Cottonwood and who had come to Emporia in 1855.
Eli Hiatt's father, Curtis Hiatt, soon bought a squatter's right just west of the present Soden mill on the land which is now part of the farm owned by Dawson Hiatt.
Eli Hiatt worked for William T. Soden in the fall of 1859 and in the spring of 1860 and helped build the mill which now stands. Mr. Hiatt stopped working for the miller in the summer of 1860 and went to Council Grove to help James Means build the Quaker missionary school. Then on returning home, he hunted buffalo on the plains in the fall of that year. In the fall of 1864 he contracted to drive a settler's freighter, with government wagon trains for protection from Indians and bushwackers, from Fort Scott to Fort Smith, Ark. At Cabin Creek, Okla., the party was attacked by a band of Indians and bushwackers. Eli Hiatt was more fortunate than some of the others and escaped with his team leaving his wagon behind.
Mr. Hiatt worked for William Soden from 1864 to 1877. He was married to Mary Ellen Moore in the fall of 1869. They lived in the house which is just two houses south of the Mrs. Hally Soden home. Here his wife and infant son died June 29, 1870. They were buried in the Hunt cemetery, of which Mr. Hiatt had been a trustee since its organization. Mr. Hiatt farmed his land from 1877 to 1925, when he sold it to the present owner. Some years he rented a portion of the farm and other years he farmed it all himself. Since 1925 he made his permanent home at 820 Commercial.
In 1923 he made a trip back to Cabin creek over the trail he had taken in 1864. Twice since then he had made trips down in southwestern Missouri and Arkansas but always was in a hurry to return to Emporia. He always added, "For Emporia was a little the nicest town that ever I did see." He made his permanent home at 820 Commercial, when he sold his farm to the present owner in 1925.
He is survived by 28 nephews and nieces.
ELI M. HIATT IS DEAD
Eli M. Hiatt, retired farmer and pioneer, 820 Commercial, died Thursday morning at 2:45 o'clock at his home. He had been sick for two years.
Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at Roberts-Blue Funeral chapel. Clark Harshfield, pastor of the Bethany Congregational church, will conduct the services, assisted by Rev. E. S. Roberts. Interment will be in the Hunt cemetery.
Eli Hiatt was born January 23, 1843, near Westfield, Hamilton county, Indiana. In the spring of 1856, his parents prepared to come to Kansas. Because of the sickness of an uncle, William Carney, and high water, they were six weeks coming to Emporia. They came through southern Iowa to avoid the guerrilla warfare before Kansas was blocked to northerners by pro-slavery fighters. Theirs was the last wagon train to come through before the blockade.
Though only 13 years old, Eli Hiatt took turns helping drive the four yoke of cattle to a 4-ton Conestoga wagon. The women of the family followed in a second and smaller wagon drawn by a span of mares. At Annapolis, they were joined by Milton Chamness, whose wagon was drawn by two yoke of oxen. They crossed the present townsite of Emporia May 11, 1856. They had camped with Oliver Philips (sic) on Duck creek the night before. The Hiatt family spent their first night in Emporia at the home of an uncle, Joe Moon who lived south of the Cottonwood and who had come to Emporia in 1855.
Eli Hiatt's father, Curtis Hiatt, soon bought a squatter's right just west of the present Soden mill on the land which is now part of the farm owned by Dawson Hiatt.
Eli Hiatt worked for William T. Soden in the fall of 1859 and in the spring of 1860 and helped build the mill which now stands. Mr. Hiatt stopped working for the miller in the summer of 1860 and went to Council Grove to help James Means build the Quaker missionary school. Then on returning home, he hunted buffalo on the plains in the fall of that year. In the fall of 1864 he contracted to drive a settler's freighter, with government wagon trains for protection from Indians and bushwackers, from Fort Scott to Fort Smith, Ark. At Cabin Creek, Okla., the party was attacked by a band of Indians and bushwackers. Eli Hiatt was more fortunate than some of the others and escaped with his team leaving his wagon behind.
Mr. Hiatt worked for William Soden from 1864 to 1877. He was married to Mary Ellen Moore in the fall of 1869. They lived in the house which is just two houses south of the Mrs. Hally Soden home. Here his wife and infant son died June 29, 1870. They were buried in the Hunt cemetery, of which Mr. Hiatt had been a trustee since its organization. Mr. Hiatt farmed his land from 1877 to 1925, when he sold it to the present owner. Some years he rented a portion of the farm and other years he farmed it all himself. Since 1925 he made his permanent home at 820 Commercial.
In 1923 he made a trip back to Cabin creek over the trail he had taken in 1864. Twice since then he had made trips down in southwestern Missouri and Arkansas but always was in a hurry to return to Emporia. He always added, "For Emporia was a little the nicest town that ever I did see." He made his permanent home at 820 Commercial, when he sold his farm to the present owner in 1925.
He is survived by 28 nephews and nieces.
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