Abner Hiatt

As printed in 1882

ABNER HIATT, farmer, P. O. Martinsville, an old pioneer of Clark Township, was born near Martinsville February 10, 1821. His parents, Christopher and Jemima (Hunt) Hiatt, wore natives of North Carolina and Virginia, respectively. They came to Clinton County in 1813, and settled in Clark Township, where Mr. Hiatt died April 7, 1808, at the advanced age of eighty-five. Mrs. Hiatt died in June, 1808. Mr. Hiatt, our subject, wuh reared a farmer’s boy, and always followed the pursuits of that avocation till 1800, when he embarked in the mercantile business in Martinsville, which ho pursued one year, and removed to Martinsville, and has since lived retired. October 14, 1841, ho was married to Elizabeth Lytlo, who boro birn two children, viz., Francisco, born May 14, 1843, and married Catharine Millikan. He served in the Eightyfifth Regimental Battalion of the Ohio National Guards. In June, 1803, he enlisted in Company F of the Eighty-eighth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was discharged at the close of the war. Florence E., our subject’s youngest daughter, was born August If), 1851, and married J. C. Edwards, a harness-maker and dealer in boots and shoes, in Martinsville. Mr. Hiatt is a member of tho Village Council of Martinsville, and in politics is a close adherent to tho doctrines of the Republican party. He owns a good farm of 152 acres on Survoy No. 1008.

As printed in The history of Clinton County, Ohio, containing a history of the county; its townships, cities, towns, etc.; general and local statistics; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; history of the (1882). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.