WILLIAM J. HYATT, for the last 19 years a prominent citizen of Hinton Tp., is the youngest son of Newton and Susannah (nee Cooley) Hyatt, and was born in West Virginia, April 3, 1850. His father was from German ancestry, his mother from Irish, and they had a family of three sons and two daughters. Until nine years of age, Mr. Hyatt, the subject of this notice, was brought up on Little Beaver, in Beaver Co., Pa; then in the fall of 1859, he went to August, Carroll Co., Ohio, and when 14 years of age he commenced operation in the portable saw-mill; in the spring of 1865 he moved with the mill to Mecosta Co., Mich., arriving April 26. This was the first steam mill in the eastern part of the county, Mr. Hyatt being among their first settlers. His principal occupation to the present time has been steam engineering and milling, and by his reliability in these specialties he has won for himself an enviable reputation. He is a gentleman of considerable reading, making an intelligent use of the best works. In 1873 he was Constable in his township.
A few months after he was 17 years of age he was married to Miss Fannie, eldest daughter of Matthias and Magdalena Kassner, and they now have three daughters, namely, Emma Viola, Mary Henrietta and Adella Magdalena.
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