Leonard Hyatt Biography - Mecosta County, MI.

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1883 Mecosta County Portrait and Bio Album, Chapman Brothers

LEONARD HYATT, farmer, sec. 26, Green Tp., was born in Allegany Co., N.Y., 
Aug. 28, 1829. His parents, James and Martha (Smalley) Hyatt, were natives 
of the State of New York, and located in 1832, near Lodi, Washtenaw Co., 
Mich.  
 
Mr. Hyatt grew to manhood in the manner common to the sons of farmers, 
being trained to honest, thrifty habits, and acquiring a fair elementary 
education at the district schools. He was married in 1856 to Catherine 
Gallady, born May 23, 1839, in Stark Co., Ohio. In 1858 he entered a claim of 
80 acres of land, and proceeded vigorously with the work of cultivation and 
improvement.  
 
Children: Marion M., James E., Walter L., and Martha B. Ida May and Alice 
are deceased.