Hiatt, John C.

HIATT, MACY, BUFKIN

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HIATT, John C.
Farmer and stock dealer; Sec. 12; P. O. Lynnville; owns 315 acres, valued at $12,000; born in Henry Co., Ind., March 26, 1840, where he resided till the breaking-out of the war, when he enlisted in the 19th Ind. Vol. Inf., Co. A, July 29, 1861; was in the battles of Second Bull Run, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Wilderness and many others; was captured at the Wilderness, and remained a prisoner seven months; was honorably discharged from the service May 23, 1865. He then came to this county, his parents having moved here during his absence in the army. He has been a member of the County Board of Supervisors two terms, is School Director, and has held the position continuously for twelve years; is also District Treasurer; was nominated as a candidate for the General Assembly in a Convention held at Newton in the Fall of 1877, by the Republican party, and was elected by a flattering majority. Married Esther MACY April 12, 1866; she is also a native of Henry Co., Ind., and is the daughter of Wm. And Phoebe MACY; the former died in 1874, aged 76 years, and the latter resides with her daughter, Mrs. M, in her 78th year; Mrs. H. has one son, Willie, and a little girl they have raised from infancy, named Luella BUFKIN. Is a member of the Society of Friends. ~ "Lynn Grove Township Biographies," The History of Jasper County, Iowa, (Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878)