Mary Jane Hiatt was the first wife of Isaac S. Wyant and the mother of my great grandfather Charles B. “Charley” Wyant.
Mary Jane Hiatt is a mystery. Only partially because there were two Mary J. Wyant’s. She can easily be confused with Isaac Wyant’s second wife, Mary Jane Good. There are no records to be found, even using Ancestry.com, prior to her 26th year and after she has been married for some time to Isaac Wyant. This is true for no other individual of the my great-great grandparent generation or even all o the three great grandparent generation, excepting of course, Mary Jane Hiatt’s parents. Her parents are both reported to be from North Carolina on two censuses.
We infer that she was born in 1843 or 1844 from census records giving her age at the time of the census. The fact that the census records seem to vary is not really unusual and may be due to the varying times that a census is actually completed. Also, one census lists her birthplace as Indiana, but I give it little credence. She is more likely from North Carolina.
In 1870 she is listed as 27 years old, married to Isaac Wyant and in a household with two children, 2 year old Vanta and infant Cora. They are in Lebanon, Missouri. Cora’s records from later in life helped me to determine that Mary Hiatt was her mother.
In 1880, also in Lebanon, Missouri, she is 36 years old and married to Isaac Wyant and they now have 3 children:
Rousch (Vanta Rousch) 12
Cora 9
Charley 8
Charley grows up and marries Mary Elizabeth Carson and one of their children is Bessie Ethel Wyant, my maternal grandmother.
On Charley’s death certificate from 1936 in Anderson, Indiana, his mother’s name is listed as “Mary Hiewit” and she is listed as being born in Indiana. Other researchers use different spellings for her last name, but there no existing documents on Ancestry with that name. We have strong evidence from a family member that her name should be spelled Hiatt, but even that does not bring up records on Ancestry. The census records we have only show her as the wife of Isaac.
We don’t know what happened to Mary Jane Hiatt Wyant.
When Cora H. Wyant marries, the marriage license on Ancestry says that she names her mother as Molly J. Camp. However, the document is barely legible and I am looking for a way to see it more clearly. There is a Mary J. Camp living in or near Marion, Indiana later.
We infer that she was born in 1843 or 1844 from census records giving her age at the time of the census. The fact that the census records seem to vary is not really unusual and may be due to the varying times that a census is actually completed. Also, one census lists her birthplace as Indiana, but I give it little credence. She is more likely from North Carolina.
In 1870 she is listed as 27 years old, married to Isaac Wyant and in a household with two children, 2 year old Vanta and infant Cora. They are in Lebanon, Missouri. Cora’s records from later in life helped me to determine that Mary Hiatt was her mother.
In 1880, also in Lebanon, Missouri, she is 36 years old and married to Isaac Wyant and they now have 3 children:
Rousch (Vanta Rousch) 12
Cora 9
Charley 8
Charley grows up and marries Mary Elizabeth Carson and one of their children is Bessie Ethel Wyant, my maternal grandmother.
On Charley’s death certificate from 1936 in Anderson, Indiana, his mother’s name is listed as “Mary Hiewit” and she is listed as being born in Indiana. Other researchers use different spellings for her last name, but there no existing documents on Ancestry with that name. We have strong evidence from a family member that her name should be spelled Hiatt, but even that does not bring up records on Ancestry. The census records we have only show her as the wife of Isaac.
We don’t know what happened to Mary Jane Hiatt Wyant.
When Cora H. Wyant marries, the marriage license on Ancestry says that she names her mother as Molly J. Camp. However, the document is barely legible and I am looking for a way to see it more clearly. There is a Mary J. Camp living in or near Marion, Indiana later.
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