History of the Daniel-Hyatt Families
Written and compiled by Martha Daniel Faulk, Elizabeth Schooley Andrews, Clara Daniel Kirkbride and Harry Hyatt
1927

This book was provided by Shirley Hyatt,
Great-Granddaughter of Harry Hyatt,
2nd Great-Grandniece of James Hyett and
1st Cousin 3 Times Removed of David Hyatt Daniel.
 

History of the Daniel-Hyatt Families
1927

Foreward

In the foregoing pages may be found some of the possible history of two families who have played a part in this great world's work, and may I say, too, that this work has been done fearlessly and well.

To remember that such people have lived, we are now holding annual reunions of later generations of these families.

Now, why remember the Daniel and Hyatt families any more than any other two?

It was early in June, 1918, that three cousins:  Mrs. Eva Arnold, Mrs. Ocie Logan and Martha Faulk , grand-daughters of Nancy Hyatt and Samuel Daniel, were together and they planned a reunion for that year much to the efforts of Mrs. Arnold and an invitation from her to meet at her home, was this plan carried out.  No place could have been more appropriate for the occasion as it was the old home of Nancy and Samuel Daniel.

At this first meeting steps were taken to make this a permanent affair, and after a unanimous vote it was decided to have an annual reunion so officers were elected and a committee appointed to establish a day for holding same.  As a result, Charles Daniel was chosen president, Frank Shaw, secretary, and the second Wednesday of August as the time; the place to be chosen each year.

Each year a meeting has been held with a goodly number of each family present.  At first, the meetings were held at homes of different relatives, but for several years it has been held at the Minerva Park which is easy access to all.

May we say by way of apology there is much more to say and more families to be included in this report, but owing to the distance between members of committee and inability to get together, there has been some things left out that should have been included, but what is furnished, represents much letter writing and real effort on friends and committee.

MARTHA DANIEL FAULK,
ELIZABETH SCHOOLEY ANDREWS.

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The Daniel History

Inasmuch as this year, 1921, marks the 100th anniversary of the arrival in America, of Charles and Anne Townshend Daniel with their son, Samuel, it has been deemed appropriate to present an outline of the family history.  The material for a sketch being distressingly meager and the time for preparation embarrassingly short, we are justified in assuring you that we can give our relatives an example of brevity, which is the "soul of wit."

The only information available in regard to my grandparents and six of their ten children is in an old book kindly loaned by my cousin, Charles T. Daniel.  It is marked "Samuel Daniel Scrap Book," and contains many pages of beautifully written quotations from sermons, and numerous apparently original articles on religious subjects, the work of my grandfather; also, there are newspaper clippings, some of great interest, with dates from 1790 to 1799.

Charles Daniel was born January 12, 1774.  He was twice married.  His second wife being Anne Townshend, whom he married on November 20, 1811, and who was the mother of all his children.  They came to this country in 1821, leaving in England four little graves.  Their oldest child, Sarah, born February 14, 1813, died the same year.  Three other daughters, Harriet, Mary and Marianne, died prior to 1821.  Harriet who was born March 25, 1815, was a precocious child, who, though dying before she was four years of age, had accomplished the remarkable feat of reading the New Testament throughout.  Nor was her skill in at least one other line of activity any less remarkable as she had pieced a quilt, upon which I well remember gazing with awe, on one of my childhood visits to Uncle Sam's.  Of Mary and Marianne, we know nothing except the month and day of Marianne's birth.  Eliza, born presumably about 1823, met an early childhood death by scalding.  Albert, born October 17, 1832, died of whooping cough on October 3, 1834.  What a baptism of sorrow.  They had to contend with adversity, too, as my grandfather's education and training had unfitted him for pioneer life.  Our grandmother was able to add to the family exchequer by teaching, and irreverent grafts on the family tree have unearthed the fact that she was willing to do other work to help along but was compelled to limit her outside activities to the teaching.  From the facts at our command I think we are safe in saying that our grandparents were upright Christian people and nothing else counts.

The four children who grew to manhood were known to you all.  They were:  Samuel, born in England, July 12, 1819.  Married Mrs. Nancy Hyatt Dennis, who died June 15, 1885.  Their children were:  Harriet, David, Ella, Charles, and Jesse.  Death has called all of these except Charles, who is present today.  I almost wrote Lizzie Dennis' name as it has always seemed as though she is our full cousin.  She is the daughter of Aunt Nancy's first husband.

Our Uncle Charles was born September 12, 1886.  He never married and died April 24, 1899.  My father, James, was born January 19, 1830.  He married on September 13, 1856, Louisa DeFord and died October 23, 1902.  Their children are Anne, Olive, Clara and Harriet.

Our Uncle John, a veteran of the Civil War, was born May 30, 1836, and married Jane Henderson and died July 28, 1900.  He was a teacher all his active life and had no children.

These four were men of marked individuality, but had many traits in common.  Their high sense of honor was manifested in all their dealings, so that their word was as good as their bond.  They abhorred sham and hypocrisy to such an extent that they were modest overmuch, or to use a homely expression, they recoiled too far from putting their "best foot foremost."  They were tender-hearted men, sympathetic and generous in their attitude toward their acquaintances and faithful to their friends.  They loved books and music and Uncle Sam and Uncle John were at one time, prominent in the musical life of their respective circles of friends.  They had a remarkably keen sense of humor; was never employed in anything low or mean.  I never heard my father utter a coarse word and, no doubt, those who lived with my uncles could say as much.  I have tenderly grateful memories of my father's teaching ability, as he labored to straighten out mathematical tangles for his girls and his explanations were marvels of clearness.  At his funeral, a ministerial friend declared that he was "one of God's noblemen" and who would deny that the same could be said of his brothers?

Of the family life in England we know almost nothing.  Uncle Charles advised us that grandfather went once to London to secure his rightful part of the estate of Lord Kinnaird as a relative and heir.  Just what our relationship was, we may never know and little care, for there is a nobility much greater than that of aristocratic blood and high sounding title.  The family lived at Devizes, Wiltsshire, when our grandfather emigrated to America.  (All trace now gone.)

The Daniels had been rich enough to travel about in their own coach and four.  Afterward the family fortunes declined, which may possibly be the reason why our grandfather left for America, the land of opportunity.  We know, too, that we are the same family as the poet, philosopher and historian, Samuel Daniel, who was born in 1562 at Taunton, Somersetshire, was much at court as master of revels under Queen Elizabeth and Queen Anne, and who left London to settle on a farm near Devizes, who died in 1619 and was buried at Beckington.  He was called the "well-languaged Daniel" and was a man of high character and most untiring industry, if we may judge by the number and variety of his works.

One Critic, his rival, Ben Johnson, says that he was no poet and another declared that his "Musophilus" is the finest poem of its kind in the language.  James Russel Sowell (or Lowell) after praising him highly, remarks of his courtly style, that "he never is directly this or that, but has the honor to be with sentiments of distinguished consideration," so and so.

We are probably descended from his brothers as he had no children.  He was once reckiner poet laureate of England, succeeding Edmund Spenser.

CLARA DANIEL KIRKBRIDE.
August 10, 1921.

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Children of Samuel and Nancy Hyatt Daniel

1. Harriet Daniel -- Born October 5, 1851.  Married John O. Smith and died July 22, 1921.  Six children to this union:

   1. Anna Osborn -- Born September 17, 1871.  Married and has one girl and two boys living, one dead.
       

   2. Nancy Hyatt -- Born August 3, 1878.  Married and has four boys.
       

   3. Wm. Hart -- Born July 3, 1883.  Married twice and has one boy.
       

   4. Lawrence C. -- Born May 23, 1883.
       

   5. Ernest -- Born November 23, 1887.  Died May 13, 1892.
       

   6. Robert J. -- Born February 13, 1892.

2. David Hyatt Daniel -- Born October 3, 1852.  Married Hannah McGonigal and died July 8, 1921.  Six children to this union:

   1. Ocie Vern -- Born February 10, 1877.  Married R. N. Logan; has two girls.  Residence, East Palestine, Ohio.

      1. Edna Elizabeth Stolz, who has two children.

      2. Elva Genevieve Earley.

       

   2. Martha D. -- Born July 19, 1879.  Married H. C. Faulk; has three girls.  Residence, East Liverpool, Ohio.

      1. Mildred J.

      2. Sarah Margaret

      3. Martha Jane, dead.

       

   3. Mina -- Born May 3, 1883.  Married Oscar Reynolds and has six boys, three girls.  Residence, East Liverpool, Ohio.

      1. Daniel Fryatt, married.

      2. William, married; one son.

      3. Elsie, married; two daughters.

      4. Hubert

      5. Martha

      6. David

      7. Isabelle

      8. two boys dead.

       

   4. Helen -- Born March 28, ____.  Married C. M. Henderson; has one boy, William Hyatt.
       

   5. Charles R. -- Born March 9, ____.  Married; one son, Chas. R., Jr.
       

   6. Walter died in infancy.

3. Mary Ellen Daniel -- Born January 12, 1855.  Married James Phillips, December 19, 1882 and died September 21, 1916.  Three daughters to this union:
    

   1. Nannie McKinsey -- Born June 23, 1885.  Married; has four boys, six girls:
       

      1. Mildred La Fever, one son.

      2. Doris Watson, one child.

      3. Lehnis, one daughter.

      4. Kenneth

      5. Danman

      6. Yvette

      7. Ruth

      8. Martha

      9. Jack

      10. June
           

   2. Jessie D. Phillips -- Born October 27, 1888.  Died November 24, 1908, of diphtheria.
       

   3. Mable R. -- Born August 1, 1893.  Died April 22, 1914, of diphtheria.  Both soon to have been married.

4. Charles T. Daniel -- Born January 19, 1857 and married Emma Cameron.

5. Jessie Daniel -- Born March 7, 1859.  Married June 15, 1890 to Ida Marshall (died) and Martha S. Manfull, January 2, 1901.  He died June 28, 1915.  To first marriage , two children:
    

   1. Samuel M. -- Born September 1, 1891.  Died April 5, 1901.
       

   2. Eva May Arnold -- Born July 23, 1893.  Has two boys, one girl:
       

      1. Charles Lee

      2. Dallas Dean

      3. Dorothy May

   To second marriage:
    

   1. Guy Daniel, born July 1903; at home.

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Children of James and Louisa DeFord Daniel

1. Matilda Anne Daniel -- Born 1857.  Married Chester E. Hyatt, January 4, 1877.  Present residence, Craig, Colo.

   1. James Vernon -- Born October 5, 1877.  Married Hazel Hyatt, 1915, and died 1926.

   2. Chas. Daniel -- Born May 17, 1879.  Married Belle McCauley June 26, 1907, who died leaving one son and one daughter.  He married Sarah Taylor in 1913 and have one son.  Residence, Pueblo, Colo.

   3. Wilber Garfield -- Born July 3, 1881.  Married Nena M. Patterson September 11, 1907; one child, Mildred Lenore.  Residence, Pattersonville, Ohio.

   4. Martha Francis -- Born May 24, 1883.  Married to Clarence McCauley, April 6, 1905.  They have three children:  Chester Harold, Edith Louise and Helen Mildred.  Residence, Coldwater, Kan.

   5. Oliver Lewis -- Born February 3, 1887.  Married Mary Schafer in 1909.  Died March 13, 1919, leaving five children:  Naomi, Chester, Daniel, Margaret and Robert.  Lloyd Vernon died in infancy.

   6. Harry Walter -- Born April 8, 1889.  Served as Gas Sergeant in France in World War.  Residence, Craig, Colo.

   7. Sherman Boyd -- Born April 30, 1893.  Married Edna Hart January 1916.  They have four children:  Edward, Edna, Marjory and Evelyn.

   8. John Daniel -- Born 1892.  Served in World War and on the Mexican border.

2. Lydia Olive Daniel -- Born 1860.  Married to J. W. Mangan in 1881 and live at Pattersonville, Ohio.

   1. Benedict W. -- Born June, 1882.  Married to Mabel Gause and died February 1920, leaving four children:  Alice, Ronald, George and Marjory.

   2. Clara R. -- Born July, 1884.

   3. Louise -- Born June, 1887.  Married Arthur Dutcheon, November, 1906.

   4. J. Howard -- Born July, 1889.  Married Iva Stalpler.  They have five children:  Arthur, Clifford, Mary, Daniel and Eleanor.

3. Clara Louise Daniel -- Born 1865.  Married Rev. Sherman A. Kirkbride in 1889.

   1. Raymond Watson -- Born 1892.  Author of the Delaware University Foreign Study Plan and Director of the Foreign Study Bureau maintained by that university in co-operation with American Council for education.  Was twice decorated by the French Government by virtue of which he became in 1924, an "Officer of the Academy" and in 1927, an "Officer of the Public Instruction."

   2. Arthur Daniel -- Born 1896.  Served in Infantry over seas in World War.

   3. Theodore Sherman -- Born 1899, died 1899.

   4. Clara Dorothy -- Born 1905.

4. Harriet Edith Daniel -- Born 1870.  Married J. C. Oglevee in 1898 and died in 1921.  Her children are:

   1. Daniel DeFord, born 1903.

   2. Doris, born 1907.

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It is with a spirit of humility that one should approach the great works of Nature.  The smallest living creature, when studied closely, reveals a marvel of wonderful details.

How much more wonderful then, is Nature's masterpiece -- her last surpassing effort -- her crowning achievement, "Man."

With bared head and bated breath we tell the tale -- such little details as are left for us to know -- of the history of one of the most favored branches of Nature's masterpiece -- namely, the clan of Hyatt.  The first known record of the Hyatts in America is in William Penn's days, in the annals of which mention is made of a Hyatt who came over from Holland.

Among the most noted of the modern Hyatts may be mentioned John Wesley Hyatt, who invented celluloid, the Hyatt Roller Bearings and many other widely used necessities.  Alpheus Hyatt, a naturalist of Boston, with a world-wide reputation, and Miss Anna Vaughn Hyatt, the foremost living sculptress.

Of the history of the Hyatts from the time of William Penn until 1817, we have no record.  If we had, no doubt it would be a thrilling tale of sturdy pioneers fighting their way through unbroken country -- westward, always westward.  The first Ohio knew of them was in the early part of the nineteenth century, when two brothers, David and Newton, coming from Western Pennsylvania, settled in what is now Augusta Township, Carroll County, Ohio.

David Hyatt, [born 1790] the grandfather of us old folks, was married at Beaver Dam, Pennsylvania, in 1817, at the age of 27, to Elizabeth Gonzales, the daughter of James Emanuel Gonzales and Nancy Maclin , of Calcutta, Ohio.  Gonzales' father was Jacobus Gonzales, who, tradition says, came from Spain by way of Holland.  Nancy Maclin's mother was Elizabeth, daughter of John Johnson, who came from Ireland in the latter part of the seventeenth century, settling near what is now McVeytown, Pennsylvania, about 70 miles west of Harrisburg.

We do not know how soon the Hyatts came to Ohio after they were married, but it could not have been many years, for we are told of Grandmother's taking one baby in front of her and one behind and making the trip to her father's home on horseback.  They settled in a log house on the Hyatt lane located at a spring between Tom Hyatt's present home and the Augusta Road.  Later, they built another log house a little east of the spring at the present home house.  Still later they built a stone house adjacent to the log house, retaining it for use as a kitchen.  David and his family occupied this until his death in 1860.  Soon after this, Grandmother, having only one daughter, Elizabeth, left at home, went to live with her daughter, Mary Wilson, with whom she lived until she died, in 1875.

After the stone house was empty awhile, Thomas Hyatt's wife, Mary, and their sons, Edward and Harry, moved in and lived there until 1866, when they moved back to their house on the hill.  The stone house then stood vacant a number of years, until James Hyatt built the present home house, when it was torn down and the stone used in the foundation of the new house.

David's brother, Newton, lived in a house at the spring across Reed's Run, somewhere nearly opposite the home place.  He died several years before the war, leaving a widow and four children:  John, who died in Minerva a few years ago; David, who died during the war, and two daughters, Elizabeth Betsy and Margaret.  Margaret married Joseph Hughes about 1870, and with her family and Betsy, moved to the coal regions down about Wheeling.  Newton's widow married again and left two sons:  George and Dallas Eckels.

Of the nine children of David, none are left; the last to go being Margaret, seven years ago.  Three who married into this generation are still with us, at a ripe old age:  Lucinda Laughlin, Mary Atkinson Hyatt and John Caskey.

This is but a brief and hurried chronicle, due to scanty records available and very limited time to add to and arrange them, but it is hoped that it will be a nucleus, a setting down of what is known, which may be corrected and added to as time may bring forth unrecorded points pertaining to the Hyatts.

No attempt has been made here to cover the children of David.  This is comparatively recent history, and it is suggested that one or every son or daughter of each of these set down in writing all they know of interest of their parents and forward it to be incorporated with this starting point.  Any reminiscences that may come to their minds concerning their aunts and uncles should be included.

It is to be regretted that this record was not started while some of the last generation was here to give first-hand facts.  Let there be no regrets that we have not done this duty to our posterity.

HARRY HYATT.

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1. Nancy Hyatt -- Born April 27, 1818.  Married Samuel Daniel March 25, 1840 and died June 20, 1885.  Her family may be found under Samuel Daniel's record.

2. James Hyatt -- Born September 27, 1820.  Married to Lucinda Laughlin, June 3, 1847 and died March 17, 1879.

1. Chester Edwin Hyatt, who for the second time in history of these two families, married into the Daniel family and whose family history can be found under that of James Daniel, Mrs. Hyatt being his daughter.
    

2. Susan Hyatt married Alexander Boyd June 18, 1881 and have two daughters:  Nannie and Jennie who live in Alliance, Ohio.
    

3. John L. Hyatt -- Born August 31, 1860.  Married Cassa Carlton and have one son, Chester Carlton, born October 24, 1893, who married Norma Mace and have one son, John Vestal and one daughter, Mary Beatrice.
    

4. Frank H. Hyatt -- Born November 24, 1867.  Married Carrie Highland November 27, 1886.  They reside at Amorita, Okla.  Six children were born to this union:
    

   1. Grace Hyatt -- Born October 13, 1887.  Married Ollie Brizendine and have four children:  Burnice, Genevieve, Alvin and Royal.
       

   2. Howard -- Born April 5, 1889.  Married Edith Woodhead.  They have six children:  Marie, Wilma, John, Georgie, Edwin and Jo Anne.
       

   3. Walter -- Born May 31, 1891.  Married Edna Miller and have two children:  Loraine and Loren.
       

   4. James M. -- Born December 8, 1903; died August 13, 1908.
       

   5. Mollie G. -- Born February 2, 1897 -- Married Roy Dollard and have one child, Virginia.
       

   6. Foster H. -- Born December 11, 1908.  Lives at home.
       

5. Thos. B. Hyatt -- Born March 18, 1863.  Married Mary E. Arthur January 1, 1892 and have three children and live on the old home site of James and Lucinda Hyatt.
    

   1. Laura Edna -- Born April 2, 1896.  Married S. W. Kandel and have two children:  Mary Belle and Martha Marie.  Address, Augusta, Ohio.
       

   2. Jennie Bell -- Born March 24, 1894.  Married Charles Fites and have one child, Audrey Maxine.
       

   3. Jess Arthur -- Born November 16, 1902.  Married Daisey Roberts and have one child, Grace Irene and live at Minerva, Ohio.

3. Mary Hyatt -- Born February 21, 1823.  Married Robert S. Wilson June 18, 1857 and died June 28, 1903, leaving 5 children:
    

   1. Isadore Wilson, now Mrs. J. Rohn -- Born May 1, 1858.
       

   2. Jane Wilson -- Born November 21, 1859; died 1916.
       

   3. Mary E. Wilson -- Born September 24, 1861; died 1921.
       

   4. Wm. Hyatt Wilson -- Born November 2, 1863.  Married Madge Cunningham and died June 26, 1907, leaving four children:
       

      1. Robt. E. -- Born 1893.  Married Pearl Rockfellow and has two daughters and lives in Chicago.
          

      2. Gertrude -- Born March 1, 1895; died July, 1923.  She was a medical missionary.
          

      3. Harold L. -- Born September 16, 1901.  Is a student for the ministry.
          

      4. Marion J. -- Born July 17, 1903.  Married Leonard Barrett and lives in New Orleans.
          

   5. Thos. James -- Born August 31, 1866 and died January 22, 1871.

4. John Hyatt -- Born July 29, 1825 and died June 28, 1847. 

5. Sarah Jane Hyatt -- Born February 13, 1828.  Married Samuel C. Schooley February 7, 1854 and died May 12, 1900.  Two children were born to them:
    

   1. Mattie Blanch -- Born January 11, 1855.  Married Henry Shaw and live in Alliance, Ohio.  Their children are:
       

      1. Mary L. -- Born 1877; died September 15, 1884.
          

      2. Frank S. -- Born March 8, 1881.  Married Blanche Whitla and have three children:  Martha Jeannette, Mary Ellen and Margaret Anne.
          

   2. Elizabeth C. -- Born September 26, 1867.  Married Geo. W. Andrews and live in Carrollton, Ohio.  They have one daughter:
       

      1. Lelia F. -- Born October 7, 1893, who married Otto McIntyre.  They have two children:  Maxine and Kail Rex.

6. Thos. J. Hyatt -- Born August 5, 1830.  Married Mary Atkinson March 29, 1856 and had two sons:
    

   1. Edward -- Born 1858.  Married Margaret Gill.  Died 1919 and left six daughters and two sons:
       

      1. Inez (Mrs. Chas. Kerr) died 1924 and left three girls:  Virginia, Phyllis and Inez.
          

      2. Shirley (Mrs. Robt. Willits) lives at Corona, Cal.; one son, Edward H., and one daughter, Nancy Lee.
          

      3. Marguerite (Mrs. Stanley Hincelot); one daughter, Anita M.  Mountain View, Cal.
          

      4. Edward -- Married Della Garet.  Two daughters:  Dolly M. and Janice.  Sacramento, Cal.
          

      5. Victor -- Married Mona Schroeder.  One son, David; one daughter, Mary Low.  Los Angeles, Cal.
          

      6. Persis -- Lives at Corona, Cal.
          

      7. Phyllis (Mrs. Robt. Gardiner).  One son, Robt. Ashton.  Sacramento, Cal.
          

      8. Antonia -- single -- Sacramento, Cal.
          

   2. Harry Hyatt -- Born 1860.  Married Maude Cleve.  Lives in Corona, Cal and has one daughter and two sons:
       

      1. Hazel (Mrs. J. V. Hyatt).  Corona, Calif.
          

      2. Edward -- Maried Marie McMahon.  Has two sons:  Thos. E. and David; lives at Cleveland, Ohio.
          

      3. Harry -- Married Rose Evelyn Miller.  Has two sons:  Hudson and David; lives in Cleveland, Ohio.

7. Margaret Hyatt -- Born February 17, 1833.  Married John Caskey June 1, 1856 and died November 10, 1913 and left two daughters and one son:
    

   1. Hattie Dennis -- Born 1859.  Has one son, Walter Dennis.
       

   2. David Jerome -- Born 1862.  Has one son, John C.
       

   3. Christine C. Phinney -- Born 1868.  Has one daughter, Margaret A. and lives in Santa Anna, Cal.

8. Martha Hyatt -- Born February 8, 1836.  Married to Jesse C. Shourds June 3, 1860 and died March, 1906, leaving
    

   1. Kate -- Born April 1861; died November 1861.
       

   2. Kate -- Born September, 1862; died June, 1920.  Married Will Polders; no family.
       

   3. Reuben -- Born April, 1864; died July 1864.
       

   4. Mary -- Born May, 1865.  Married Oscar W. Ady and has one daughter, Marion, who is studying art in San Francisco.
       

   5. Ann -- Born November, 1867 and married Will Rogers in 1888 and have three children:  Alice, who is dean of girls at Cedar Rapids, Iowa High School; Jesse Shourds has two girls:  Dorothy Virginia and Jo Anne Thomas, at home.

9. Elizabeth Hyatt -- Born July 20, 1838.  Married Benedict Mangan December 24, 1875 and died May 19, 1876.

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