Ahnentafel Report - Southern Illinois University

Ancestors of Roy Melvin Bearden-Whitethe Jonathan Hiett graveyard, along North River.f) Jonathan Hiett, Jr. was born Sept. 10, 1822 and died March 7, 1907. He married Mary M. Arnold ofBurlington, Mineral County, W.Va. She was born Dec. 2, 1837 and died June 9, 1921. They resided on theJonathan Hiett, Sr. old homeplace, on North River.g) Eliza Hiett was born May 20, 1825 and died July 21, 1913. She married Thomas Frederick Henderson,son of Larkin Day and Mary (Kees) Henderson. Thomas F. was born March 14, 1817 and died Oct. 3, 1878.Their graves were found in the Larkin D. Henderson cemetery at the end of Kedron Road, near Slanesville,W.Va., on the Ronald G. Baker farm.h) Jeremiah Hiett was born Nov. 8, 1829 and died Oct. 9, 1893. He married Emily Jane Burkett of ThreeChurches, W.Va. She died Feb. 21, 1896, aged 67 years, 5 months and 3 days. They lived on a North Riverfarm. Maud Pugh stated that he was an excellent raftsman, who knew how to guide large rafts of timberdownstream, on North River.6. Jeremiah Hiett was born in 1783 and died in 1861. He resided on his father's homeplace on Sandy Ridge,and died there. Apparently his descendants did not erect a tombstone where he was buried in the historicHiett graveyard. Jeremiah married Lucinda Kidwell, daughter of John and Ellen Kidwell. Lucinda was born in1787, probably in Maryland, and died on the Hiett old homeplace on Sandy Ridge, September 6, 1870.The fifteen children of Jeremiah and Lucinda (Kidwell) Hiett were:a) Asa Hiett was born in 1804 and died in 1885. He married Charlotte Arnold, who was born Oct. 4, 1828and died Aug. 25, 1852. Her grave was found in the Sloan family graveyard, west of Romney, W.Va., acrossthe road from the "Stone House" on U.S. Route 50. Asa Hiett served in the Virginia House of Delegatesduring 1845-49 and 1855-56, a total of four terms. Asa left no descendants.b) Jonathan Hiett was born April 5, 1808 and died Sept. 16, 1887. He first married a Miss Parks and then,on Jan. 24, 1837, married Margaret McKee, who was a daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Reid) McKee.Margaret was born in 1814 and died Aug. 15, 1872, in Hampshire County. Her brother, Robinson JosephMcKee, who married Maria Sommerville, was a major character in "Early History of Bloomery, W.Va.: APioneer's Perspective", published in the Dec. 14, 1987 issue of The West Virginia Advocate. (Note: I aminterested in corresponding with descendants, or with knowledgeable persons, of this Jonathan Hiett.c) John Hiett was born on August 11, 1809 and died Nov. 28, 1896. He married Anna Edwards, daughter ofof William and Ann (Albin) Edwards, March 27, 1834. Anna was born July 15, 1812 and died Jan. 8, 1895.They lived in Hampshire County. This family possessed many old records which have been used to preservethe Hiett history. I am seeking to locate the present owner of the records.d) Elizabeth Hiett was born in 1811 and died in 1889. She married Robert Little (1810-1879). Robert andElizabeth immigrated to Zenia, Ohio (Greene County in 1830) where they raised six children.e) Frances "Fannie" Maria Hiett was born Jan. 30, 1813 and died April 24, 1884. She married the Rev. JamesAlexander Cowgill, son of Ewing and Susannah (Buzzard) Cowgill, Nov. 24, 1842. He was a preacher in theDisciples Church, serving in both capacities as pastor and evangelist. His family Bible is now possessed byMrs. Hannah M. Overholt of Romney, W.Va. James A. was born April 22, 1818 and died Nov. 18, 1882.They were buried in the Evan Hiett graveyard on Sandy Ridge, Hampshire County, W.Va. Unfortunately,their tombstones have been knocked over and broken by livestock.f) Samuel Patton Hiett was born Oct. 30, 1814 in Hampshire County, and died Dec. 21, 1902. His first wifewas named Susan Johnson. After her death, he remarried to Susan DeHaven, who was a daughter of Job andSarah (Littlejohn) DeHaven, Dec. 16, 1849. Susan DeHaven was born Oct. 20, 1827 and died Jan. 24, 1908.They resided within the northern border of Frederick County, Va. and were buried in the United Methodist30