Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Hyatt, Dr Frank E ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deb Haines http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00003.html#0000719 February 6, 2008, 3:01 am Author: Past and Present of Will County, IL; 1907 Dr. Frank E. Hyatt, who located in Joliet in January, 1904, since which time he has engaged in the practice of osteopathy, but has been a resident of the county since 1890, was born in Gardner, Grundy county, Illinois, on the 11th of September, 1867. His father, Theodore Hyatt, was born July 3, 1830, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His parents were Frederick and Betsy (Phillips) Hyatt, the former born December 15, 1798, in Pennsylvania. He was married in January, 1818, to Miss Betsy Phillips, whose birth occurred July 6, 1799. They remained residents of Philadelphia for a number of years. The father was a cabinetmaker by trade and followed that pursuit in the east until 1846, when he removed to Illinois, where the town of Gardner now stands. There he followed his trade and also engaged in farming in that district. In 1853 he removed to Red Wing, Minnesota, where he remained for a time. He then made his way to Prescott, Wisconsin, where he died in 1895, at the age of ninety-six years. He received the veneration and respect which should ever be accorded one of advanced age whose life has been worthily and honorably passed. Both he and his wife were members of the Methodist church. Mrs. Hyatt died in Prescott, Wisconsin, in August, 1857. Theodore Hyatt was a youth of sixteen years when he came with the family to Illinois. He remained with his parents upon the home farm, having previously acquired a fair English education in the public schools of Philadelphia. In 1848 he entered school at Galesburg, Illinois, where he was graduated, and about 1858 he went to Missouri, where he engaged in teaching school until 1862. He then returned to his old home at Gardner, Illinois, and at that place enlisted as a soldier of Company D, One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He joined the army as a private and was soon promoted to the rank of first sergeant. He saw active service, participating in the siege of Vicksburg, Arkansas Post, Missionary Ridge, Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain and other engagements until wounded at Atlanta, in August, 1864, by a gunshot in the left foot, which crippled that member. He received a medal for bravery exhibited at the second assault on Vicksburg, May 22, 1863. Following the close of the war Theodore Hyatt became a student, in the fall of 1867, in the Chicago University, graduating from there and the Theological Seminary, and he subsequently was graduated from Bryant & Stratton Business College. He later entered the ministry of the Baptist church and had charge at Cordova, Rock Island and several other points in Illinois between the years 1870 and 1874. In the latter year he went to Texas and in 1875 was sent as a missionary to the Indian Territory. There he continued until 1880, when he returned to Dwight, Illinois. Retiring from the active work of the ministry, he remained a resident of Illinois until 1883, when he went to Missouri and in 1885 to Galveston, Texas, with a brother, acting as bookkeeper in that state. Again coming to Illinois, he located at Lockport, where he made his home until 1892. He afterward became a resident of Joliet, where he died on the 7th of May, 1900. He was a man of many excellent traits of character. He did signal service for his country as a soldier of the Civil war and his labors in the church were of value, his influence being widely felt in the different localities where he filled pulpits. Rev. Theodore Hyatt was united in marriage to Miss Melvenia Cairns, who was born in New York city, April 29, 1825, the wedding being celebrated at Gardner, Illinois, on the 11th of September, 1853. Mrs. Hyatt was a daughter of John and Deborah (Ferman) Cairns, the former born August 25, 1790, and the latter in New York city, January 6, 1799. Her father was a military officer and trained soldiers for the war of 1812. He came of Scotch ancestry and displayed in his life many of the strong and sterling characteristics of the Scotch race. He and his wife and daughters were among the nineteen charter members that organized the Bloomingdale church at the corner of Eighth avenue and Forty-third street in New York city, on the 1st of March, 1843. In 1847 he removed with his family to Illinois, where his death occurred on the 30th of Januanr, 1859, while his wife passed away at Sandwich, this state, on the 2d of July, 1891. Both were members of the Baptist church. Their daughter, Mrs. Hyatt, was reared and educated in the Empire state and proved a devoted wife and mother. She, too, possessed a most earnest Christian spirit and held membership in the Baptist church. Her death occurred on the 25th of June, 1898. The family of Rev. and Mrs. Hyatt numbered six children, of whom two died in infancy. The others were: Herbert H., who was a marine engineer on the gulf of Mexico for five years, but for the past ten years has been engineer at Rockdale with the Steel & Wire Company, while his home is on Morgan street in Joliet; Ida M., the wife of John Lyle, living at No. 337 Hunter avenue, Joliet; Estelle L., living at 304 Washington street, Joliet; and Frank E. Dr. Hyatt of this review acquired his education largely at Avalon College, Livingston county, Missouri, and at Dwight, Illinois, where at one time he was in the employ of Dr. Keeley, the head of the Dwight Gold Cure. Dr. Hyatt, being a total abstainer all his life, was a good example for Dr. Keeley's patients. He lived there for eleven years and after determining to engage in the practice of osteopathy as a life work he attended the American College of Osteopathy at Chicago in 1902 and was graduated in 1904. In the meantime he lived in Lockport and was in the employ of the trust company there. Dr. Hyatt was married to Miss Nettie E. Lanfear, a daughter of W. H. Lanfear, her parents being among the oldest settlers of Will county. Her mother died July 1, 1906. Dr. and Mrs. Hyatt have one child, Clarence E., who is six years of age and who was born in Lockport, December 16, 1900. In his political views the Doctor is a republican and he belongs to the Modern Woodmen camp and also to the Baptist church. He lives at No. 304 Washington street in Joliet and has a pleasantly appointed office in the Young building at Nos. 403-409 Jefferson street. Having gained a thorough knowledge of the science which he is now practicing, he has won a goodly measure of success in carrying on the work and has a liberal clientage, while the confidence of the public in his ability and the efficacy of his labors is constantly increasing. Additional Comments: PAST AND PRESENT OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS By W. W. Stevens President of the Will County Pioneers Association; Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1907 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/will/bios/hyatt2530nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 7.4 Kb