John C. Hatch, one of the early settlers of the village of Princeton, departed this life at his home on the north side at 11 o'clock on Saturday morning at the advanced age of 82 years. He had been confined to his bed for six months, but for many years had suffered intensely from sciatica. His death was due to a general breaking down of the constitution through old age and largely accelerated by the ailment from which he had suffered so long.
In 1886 Mr. Hatch sustained a sunstroke and never fully recovered from its effects.
At the family residence on Monday morning at 10 o'clock funeral services were conducted by Rev. J. O. Fisher of the Congregational church, and Mrs. Geo. Ross, Mrs. Small, Mrs. Ira G. Stanley, E. L. McMillan
and Grover Umbehocker comprised a quintet which sang several pretty selections. Many people were present at the obsequies and followed all that was mortal of the pioneer to Oak Knoll cemetery, where the interment took place. The floral tributes were beautiful and profuse. The pallbearers were Jos. A. Ross, Andrew Bullis, Solon Heath, Abraham Orr, Samuel Orton and L. S. Libby.
John Clark Hatch, whose ancestors came to this country in the Mayflower, was born at Newcastle Maine, on October 5, 1828, and when a young man learned the trade of ship carpenter. On June 25,1854, he was married at Damariscotta, Maine, to Miss Martha A. Hilton of Jefferson, that state, and in 1855 came to Minnesota and took up his residence at Estes Brook. His wife followed him a year later. He lived at Estes Brook, where he engaged in lumbering and carpenter work, until 1858, when be and his wife moved into the village of Princeton. During the civil war Mr. Hatch purchased the place where he died on the north side. At that time the territory was infested with Indians and the people from whom he purchased the property were afraid to live there longer. Mr. Hatch, however, never had any trouble with the red men. He treated them well and they showed their gratitude in many ways.
In 1874 he, with his wife and family, moved to Anoka so that their children might obtain school facilities. They returned in 1877 and again took up their residence on the north side.
During the early days Mr. Hatch worked on the upper Mississippi getting out ties and was also engaged in building boats for the Hudson Bay company on the Red River of the North.
He is survived by his wife and three children, one child, Mrs. R. F. McClellan, having died in 1888. The children living are Mrs. Wm. Cordiner and Wm. Hatch, Princeton, and Mrs. R. F. Lynch, Minneapolis.
John Hatch was one of those pioneers to whom this part of the country is indebted for its present stage of civilization. He was one of the forerunners who came into the wilderness and assisted in making it habitable—enduring the privations and hardships of which only the old settlers know. He was an affable old gentleman and scrupulously honest. In politics he was a republican of the old school—true to his party at all times. He was a great reader and kept well informed on matters of public import. In the death of Mr. Hatch the community loses a good man—a man who throughout his long residence here has done his duty—a man who had not a known enemy.
Princeton Union Dec 15, 1910
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John C. Hatch is a native of Newcastle, Maine, and was born on the 5th of October, 1828. He learned the trade of ship-carpenter when a young man, and followed that occupation until 1855, when he came to Minnesota and located in what is now the town of Milo, about ten miles northwest of Princeton, being one of the first three settlers in that town. Three years later he came to Princeton, and was employed at the carpenter trade here for seven years, after which he took a homestead and followed the plow for five years. Then, after a four years further sojourn in Princeton, he removed to Anoka, but in 1877, again returned to Princeton, where he is now engaged in the carpenter business. Mr. Hatch was married on the 25th of June, 1854, to Miss Martha A. Hilton, of Jefferson, Maine. They have four children.
Source: History of the Upper Mississippi Valley, 1881
Contributor: AGHH
In 1886 Mr. Hatch sustained a sunstroke and never fully recovered from its effects.
At the family residence on Monday morning at 10 o'clock funeral services were conducted by Rev. J. O. Fisher of the Congregational church, and Mrs. Geo. Ross, Mrs. Small, Mrs. Ira G. Stanley, E. L. McMillan
and Grover Umbehocker comprised a quintet which sang several pretty selections. Many people were present at the obsequies and followed all that was mortal of the pioneer to Oak Knoll cemetery, where the interment took place. The floral tributes were beautiful and profuse. The pallbearers were Jos. A. Ross, Andrew Bullis, Solon Heath, Abraham Orr, Samuel Orton and L. S. Libby.
John Clark Hatch, whose ancestors came to this country in the Mayflower, was born at Newcastle Maine, on October 5, 1828, and when a young man learned the trade of ship carpenter. On June 25,1854, he was married at Damariscotta, Maine, to Miss Martha A. Hilton of Jefferson, that state, and in 1855 came to Minnesota and took up his residence at Estes Brook. His wife followed him a year later. He lived at Estes Brook, where he engaged in lumbering and carpenter work, until 1858, when be and his wife moved into the village of Princeton. During the civil war Mr. Hatch purchased the place where he died on the north side. At that time the territory was infested with Indians and the people from whom he purchased the property were afraid to live there longer. Mr. Hatch, however, never had any trouble with the red men. He treated them well and they showed their gratitude in many ways.
In 1874 he, with his wife and family, moved to Anoka so that their children might obtain school facilities. They returned in 1877 and again took up their residence on the north side.
During the early days Mr. Hatch worked on the upper Mississippi getting out ties and was also engaged in building boats for the Hudson Bay company on the Red River of the North.
He is survived by his wife and three children, one child, Mrs. R. F. McClellan, having died in 1888. The children living are Mrs. Wm. Cordiner and Wm. Hatch, Princeton, and Mrs. R. F. Lynch, Minneapolis.
John Hatch was one of those pioneers to whom this part of the country is indebted for its present stage of civilization. He was one of the forerunners who came into the wilderness and assisted in making it habitable—enduring the privations and hardships of which only the old settlers know. He was an affable old gentleman and scrupulously honest. In politics he was a republican of the old school—true to his party at all times. He was a great reader and kept well informed on matters of public import. In the death of Mr. Hatch the community loses a good man—a man who throughout his long residence here has done his duty—a man who had not a known enemy.
Princeton Union Dec 15, 1910
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John C. Hatch is a native of Newcastle, Maine, and was born on the 5th of October, 1828. He learned the trade of ship-carpenter when a young man, and followed that occupation until 1855, when he came to Minnesota and located in what is now the town of Milo, about ten miles northwest of Princeton, being one of the first three settlers in that town. Three years later he came to Princeton, and was employed at the carpenter trade here for seven years, after which he took a homestead and followed the plow for five years. Then, after a four years further sojourn in Princeton, he removed to Anoka, but in 1877, again returned to Princeton, where he is now engaged in the carpenter business. Mr. Hatch was married on the 25th of June, 1854, to Miss Martha A. Hilton, of Jefferson, Maine. They have four children.
Source: History of the Upper Mississippi Valley, 1881
Contributor: AGHH
John C. Hatch, one of the early settlers of the village of Princeton, departed this life at his home on the north side at 11 o'clock on Saturday morning at the advanced age of 82 years. He had been confined to his bed for six months, but for many years had suffered intensely from sciatica. His death was due to a general breaking down of the constitution through old age and largely accelerated by the ailment from which he had suffered so long.
In 1886 Mr. Hatch sustained a sunstroke and never fully recovered from its effects.
At the family residence on Monday morning at 10 o'clock funeral services were conducted by Rev. J. O. Fisher of the Congregational church, and Mrs. Geo. Ross, Mrs. Small, Mrs. Ira G. Stanley, E. L. McMillan
and Grover Umbehocker comprised a quintet which sang several pretty selections. Many people were present at the obsequies and followed all that was mortal of the pioneer to Oak Knoll cemetery, where the interment took place. The floral tributes were beautiful and profuse. The pallbearers were Jos. A. Ross, Andrew Bullis, Solon Heath, Abraham Orr, Samuel Orton and L. S. Libby.
John Clark Hatch, whose ancestors came to this country in the Mayflower, was born at Newcastle Maine, on October 5, 1828, and when a young man learned the trade of ship carpenter. On June 25,1854, he was married at Damariscotta, Maine, to Miss Martha A. Hilton of Jefferson, that state, and in 1855 came to Minnesota and took up his residence at Estes Brook. His wife followed him a year later. He lived at Estes Brook, where he engaged in lumbering and carpenter work, until 1858, when be and his wife moved into the village of Princeton. During the civil war Mr. Hatch purchased the place where he died on the north side. At that time the territory was infested with Indians and the people from whom he purchased the property were afraid to live there longer. Mr. Hatch, however, never had any trouble with the red men. He treated them well and they showed their gratitude in many ways.
In 1874 he, with his wife and family, moved to Anoka so that their children might obtain school facilities. They returned in 1877 and again took up their residence on the north side.
During the early days Mr. Hatch worked on the upper Mississippi getting out ties and was also engaged in building boats for the Hudson Bay company on the Red River of the North.
He is survived by his wife and three children, one child, Mrs. R. F. McClellan, having died in 1888. The children living are Mrs. Wm. Cordiner and Wm. Hatch, Princeton, and Mrs. R. F. Lynch, Minneapolis.
John Hatch was one of those pioneers to whom this part of the country is indebted for its present stage of civilization. He was one of the forerunners who came into the wilderness and assisted in making it habitable—enduring the privations and hardships of which only the old settlers know. He was an affable old gentleman and scrupulously honest. In politics he was a republican of the old school—true to his party at all times. He was a great reader and kept well informed on matters of public import. In the death of Mr. Hatch the community loses a good man—a man who throughout his long residence here has done his duty—a man who had not a known enemy.
Princeton Union Dec 15, 1910
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John C. Hatch is a native of Newcastle, Maine, and was born on the 5th of October, 1828. He learned the trade of ship-carpenter when a young man, and followed that occupation until 1855, when he came to Minnesota and located in what is now the town of Milo, about ten miles northwest of Princeton, being one of the first three settlers in that town. Three years later he came to Princeton, and was employed at the carpenter trade here for seven years, after which he took a homestead and followed the plow for five years. Then, after a four years further sojourn in Princeton, he removed to Anoka, but in 1877, again returned to Princeton, where he is now engaged in the carpenter business. Mr. Hatch was married on the 25th of June, 1854, to Miss Martha A. Hilton, of Jefferson, Maine. They have four children.
Source: History of the Upper Mississippi Valley, 1881
Contributor: AGHH
In 1886 Mr. Hatch sustained a sunstroke and never fully recovered from its effects.
At the family residence on Monday morning at 10 o'clock funeral services were conducted by Rev. J. O. Fisher of the Congregational church, and Mrs. Geo. Ross, Mrs. Small, Mrs. Ira G. Stanley, E. L. McMillan
and Grover Umbehocker comprised a quintet which sang several pretty selections. Many people were present at the obsequies and followed all that was mortal of the pioneer to Oak Knoll cemetery, where the interment took place. The floral tributes were beautiful and profuse. The pallbearers were Jos. A. Ross, Andrew Bullis, Solon Heath, Abraham Orr, Samuel Orton and L. S. Libby.
John Clark Hatch, whose ancestors came to this country in the Mayflower, was born at Newcastle Maine, on October 5, 1828, and when a young man learned the trade of ship carpenter. On June 25,1854, he was married at Damariscotta, Maine, to Miss Martha A. Hilton of Jefferson, that state, and in 1855 came to Minnesota and took up his residence at Estes Brook. His wife followed him a year later. He lived at Estes Brook, where he engaged in lumbering and carpenter work, until 1858, when be and his wife moved into the village of Princeton. During the civil war Mr. Hatch purchased the place where he died on the north side. At that time the territory was infested with Indians and the people from whom he purchased the property were afraid to live there longer. Mr. Hatch, however, never had any trouble with the red men. He treated them well and they showed their gratitude in many ways.
In 1874 he, with his wife and family, moved to Anoka so that their children might obtain school facilities. They returned in 1877 and again took up their residence on the north side.
During the early days Mr. Hatch worked on the upper Mississippi getting out ties and was also engaged in building boats for the Hudson Bay company on the Red River of the North.
He is survived by his wife and three children, one child, Mrs. R. F. McClellan, having died in 1888. The children living are Mrs. Wm. Cordiner and Wm. Hatch, Princeton, and Mrs. R. F. Lynch, Minneapolis.
John Hatch was one of those pioneers to whom this part of the country is indebted for its present stage of civilization. He was one of the forerunners who came into the wilderness and assisted in making it habitable—enduring the privations and hardships of which only the old settlers know. He was an affable old gentleman and scrupulously honest. In politics he was a republican of the old school—true to his party at all times. He was a great reader and kept well informed on matters of public import. In the death of Mr. Hatch the community loses a good man—a man who throughout his long residence here has done his duty—a man who had not a known enemy.
Princeton Union Dec 15, 1910
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John C. Hatch is a native of Newcastle, Maine, and was born on the 5th of October, 1828. He learned the trade of ship-carpenter when a young man, and followed that occupation until 1855, when he came to Minnesota and located in what is now the town of Milo, about ten miles northwest of Princeton, being one of the first three settlers in that town. Three years later he came to Princeton, and was employed at the carpenter trade here for seven years, after which he took a homestead and followed the plow for five years. Then, after a four years further sojourn in Princeton, he removed to Anoka, but in 1877, again returned to Princeton, where he is now engaged in the carpenter business. Mr. Hatch was married on the 25th of June, 1854, to Miss Martha A. Hilton, of Jefferson, Maine. They have four children.
Source: History of the Upper Mississippi Valley, 1881
Contributor: AGHH
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