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JOHN HIETT, farmer, P. O. Ripley, was born on the old home farm in the year 1840, and is a son of Samuel and Sarah (Gilbert) Hiett, both pioneer families, whose sketches appear in this work. The boyhood of our subject was passed on the farm, and in the district schools he received a common education. In 1861, he enlisted in Company F, Seventieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry; was soon after transferred to the front, and participated in the battle of Pittsburg Landing. The regiment was in the army of the Tennessee. He saw active service throughout the war, and was in the great Atlanta campaign, during which time his term of service expired (in 1864). He also participated in the battles of Shiloh, Haines’ Bluff, Jackson, Mission Ridge, Knoxville, Rocky Face, Tunnel Hill, Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain, and the battles in and around Atlanta, Jonesboro, and some lesser engagements. After his return to civil life, he began farming, and has since been a contractor on public works. He has been Assessor of the township twice, and was Deputy Tax Collector two years. He was married, in 1876, to Janet, daughter of William and Margaret McKenly, of Lawrence County, Ohio, who has borne him two children — Gertie V. and Maggie.