- Hiram was born on his father's father in Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee. He came to Morton, Ray County, Missouri in the summer of 1850 with his family. He was raised on his father's farm northeast of Morton. His father, Thomas, died in 1855, when Hiram was 9. Hiram and his siblings all received a portion of the Lentz farm. His oldest brother, Nathan, became the father figure for the family, as everyone continued to work the land.
During the Civil War, Hiram's two older brothers, Nathan & Thomas, left and fought for the Confederacy, leaving Hiram and his older brother, Josephus, as the men of the house and protecting the land, as the Battle of Shaw's Shop occurred nearby.
Hiram continued to live and work on his father's land until 1875, when he and siblings all sold their interest in the Lentz farm to their brother Nathan. Hiram then rented a nearby farm in Morton. On October 3, 1876, he married Ivanetta Metts, in Hardin.
In 1882, Hiram purchased a large farm next to his father-in-law, Isaiah Metts, just west of Hardin, stretching all the way South to the Crooked River. It was there that he died the next year, while fishing, at the age of 37. As of 2021, this farm is still operated by Hiram's descendants.
He was preceded in death by his father; an infant daughter, Jesse May; and a brother, Thomas.
He was survived by his wife, Ivanetta, and sons, Virgil & Olan, of the home in Hardin; his mother, Lucinda, of Morton; brothers, Nathan, Josephus, Alfred, & Andrew of Morton, Jim of Hardin, and Phillip of Nevada; sisters, Ann Letholt and Amy Bush of Russellville, and Margaret Brown of Rockingham; uncles, John & Nathan Schooler of Millville, and James Schooler of Altoona, Kansas; and aunts, Nancy Winsett of Lemoore, California, Mary Albertson of Knoxville, Martha Graham of Georgeville, and Jane Haynes & Amanda Davis of Richmond.
He was preceded in death by his father Thomas Lents and one daughter Jesse May Lentz.
HARDIN NEWS
The funeral of Hiram Lentz was preached at the M.E. Church, by Rev. Mefford, last Sunday.
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1846 - 1883 (37 years)
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