History of Kentucky, five volumes, edited by Judge Charles Kerr,
American Historical Society, New York & Chicago, 1922, Vol. IV, p. 59,
Washington Co.

     MEREDITH WOODSON HYATT, M.D.  The work of Doctor Hyatt as a
physician and surgeon has been performed in Washington County, Kentucky,
through a period of a quarter of a century.  From 1904 to 1917 on
entering the army Doctor Hyatt was the county health officer of
Washington County.  
     Doctor Hyatt was born in Shelby County, Kentucky, May 21, 1867, son
of Joseph Martin and Amanda Merifield (Moore) Hyatt and grandson of
Meredith and Judith (Easley) Hyatt, the former a native of Virginia and
the latter of North Carolina.  Doctor Hyatt's father was born in Shelby
County and his mother in Washington County.  When he was a small child
his parents moved to Anderson County and he grew up on their farm and
acquired his early education in country schools.  Doctor Hyatt also
attended the Kentucky Normal College at Lawrenceburg, receiving a
diploma in the Special Science Course in that institution in 1889, and
in 1894 he received his M. D. degree from the Kentucky School of
Medicine at Louisville.  He practiced two years in Anderson County and
since then his name and reputation have been favorably known in
Washington County.  His home has been in Springfield since 1901.
     Upon his return from the army in 1919 he with Dr. J. N. Mudd,
Springfield, Kentucky, founded the Lincoln Hospital, an institution with
twenty-four beds.  This firm was dissolved August 1, 1921, and since
that date Doctor Hyatt has resumed his private practice at Springfield,
Kentucky.
     He is a member of the Washington County, Kentucky State and
American Medical Associations.  He is a democrat, a Knight Templar
Mason, being affiliated with Springfield Lodge F. & A. M. and the
Commandery at Lebanon.  He is a member of the Christian Church.  In 1899
he married Miss Margaret Motch Durrett, of Bloomfield, Kentucky.  Their
two children are Meredith R. and William D., twin boys.
     Since October, 1917, Doctor Hyatt has had much of his professional
talent engaged in Government work.  He was the medical officer of the
Draft Board of Washington County from June until October, 1917.  In May,
1917, he was commissioned a captain in the Medical Reserve Corps and he
reported for active duty at Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville, October 6,
1917, being assigned as Regimental Surgeon of the Three Hundred and
Thirty-fourth Infantry.  He was with the army fifteen months.  In
February, 1919, he was appointed war Risk Insurance Examiner and in
September, 1921, was appointed Attending Specialist for Tuberculosis on
the War Risk Insurance Board, affiliating with the War Risk Insurance
Unit at Lebanon, Kentucky.

Durett Easley Hyatt Moore Mudd
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Anderson-KY Shelby-KY VA NC

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