Hiatt

Hiatt, Jesse, Scott twp., farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 35; P.O. Peru; born in Wayne county, Indiana, February 19, 1826; his parents moved from there when he was very young to Grant county; was raised there; he married Rebecca J. Pearson November 18, 1848; they emigrated to this county in 1855, and located where he now lives; they came by wagon and were twenty-one days on the road; owns 419 acres of land; they have five sons and five daughters: Sylvester P., Sarah E., Joseph N., Matilda B. and Malinda D. are twins, Noah W., William L., Tena Violet, Serena J. and Sylvanus L.

from "The History of Madison Co 1879"