Hiett, Flora Baker, 1844-1949
Biographical Note
Flora Baker Hiett was born on August 17, 1844 in Winchester, Virginia, United States of America. According to the envelopes in the collection, she still resided in Winchester, at the time of her writing. She often wrote to her future husband, Joseph "Joe" Thomas Hiett. The two married on November 11, 1873, in Frederick, Virginia, at her father's home. In 1913, she submitted a form for Virginia's Confederate Pensions where she explained that she lived in the state her entire life and presently resided in Fairfax, Virginia. She writes that Joe passed away on April 9, 1907. She resided with her daughter, Katie Lee Unverzagt, at the time of the pension form and into the 1930s. According to the 1940 census, she moved in with her son Henry Hiett in Arlington, Virginia. In 1945, a local newspaper published an article about her living to her 101st birthday and living through 5 wars. The article says she married in 1872, but the Ancestry marriage database and her form on the Confederate Pension state 1873. She shared that she attended the Falls Church Episcopal Church, played the piano, and gardened. Her sister Julia Jifkins is mentioned in the article, and some of Julia's letters are in the collection. She passed away at the age of 104 on July 18, 1949, in Falls Church, Virginia.
Sources:
"Flora Baker" entry. Ancestry.com. Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2014. https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/261825:60214. Accessed March 22, 2023.
"Flora B. Hiett" entry. Year: 1910; Census Place: San Francisco Assembly District 33, San Francisco, California; Roll: T624_97; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 0079; FHL microfilm: 1374110. Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/184256523:7884. Accessed March 22, 2023.
"Flora B. Hiett" entry. Year: 1920; Census Place: Falls Church, Fairfax, Virginia; Roll: T625_1886; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 33. Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/63198770:6061. Accessed March 22, 2023.
"Flora B. Hiett" entry. Year: 1930; Census Place: Falls Church, Fairfax, Virginia; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0009; FHL microfilm: 2342176. Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/97699572:6224. Accessed March 22, 2023.
"Flora B. Hiett" entry. Year: 1940; Census Place: Arlington, Virginia; Roll: m-t0627-04245; Page: 62A; Enumeration District: 7-3. Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/16650387:2442. Accessed March 22, 2023.
"Mrs Flora Bakia Hiett" entry. Library of Virginia; Richmond, Virginia; Confederate Pension Rolls, Veterans and Widows; Collection #: CP-2_091; Roll #: 91; Roll Description: Fairfax County (surnames But - Y) to Fauquier County (surnames A - Br). Ancestry.com. Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/544472:1677. Accessed March 22, 2023.