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Born 1805
From History of Randolph County, Indiana with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers : to which are appended maps of its several townships (1882)
GEORGE HIATT, farmer, P. 0. Winchester, was born in Grayson County, Va.. August 12, 1805, and Is a son of Jonathan and Rachel Hiatt, natives of North (Carolina. He came with his parents to this county in 1818, and settled in the thick woods, where all had to work very hard to obtain the necessaries of life. Mr. Hiatt had Indian boys for his playmates. He was married, March 27, 1828. to Miss Lucinda Nixon, by whom he has nine children, viz.: Eliza, Almira, Mary E., James M., John S., William F., Henry C, Thomas N. and Solon E. Mr. Hiatt is a farmer and stock-raiser, and owns 317 acres of valuable land. Mr. Hiatt is among the oldest residents, and has done much to build up his neighborhood.
As printed in History of Randolph County, Indiana with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers : to which are appended maps of its several townships (1882). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Their biographies name George Hiatt: George W. Helms Charles Summers (b. 1806)
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