Brief Life History of Jeremiah
When Jeremiah Hatch was born on 7 July 1823, in Lincoln, Addison, Vermont, United States, his father, Hezekiah Hatch, was 24 and his mother, Aldura Sumner, was 20. He married Louisa Pool Alexander on 25 December 1842, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1850 and lived in Addison, Vermont, United States in 1840 and Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839. He died on 2 May 1903, in Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Vernal Memorial Park, Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States.
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- Jerimiah Hales, "United States Census, 1880"
- Marriages in the Nauvoo Region, 1839-1845
- Utah, U.S., Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1832 · Black Hawk War
The Black Hawk War was a brief conflict between the United States and Native Americans led by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader. The war erupted soon after Black Hawk and a group of other tribes, known as the "British Band", crossed the Mississippi River, into Illinois, from Iowa Indian Territory in April 1832. Black Hawk's motives were ambiguous, but records show that he was hoping to avoid bloodshed while resettling on tribal land that had been given to the United States in the 1804 Treaty of St. Louis.
1845 · Oh My Father
"In October 1845, the newspaper Times and Seasons published a poem written by Eliza R. Snow entitled ""My Father in Heaven."" It has become the well known hymn, ""Oh My Father."" The song is only one in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymnbook that referrs to a Heavenly Mother."
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Hatch (Bedfordshire, Devon, Hampshire, Somerset, Wiltshire), Hacche in South Molton (Devon), or else a topographic name from residence near a hatch, a gate leading to a forest or sometimes a sluice-gate, from Middle English hacche ‘gate’ (Old English hæcce, Kentish Old English hec(c)). This name has been in Ireland since the 17th century, associated with County Meath and the nearby part of Louth.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Jeremiah Hatch (1823-1903).....A short history of Jeremiah and his family. This is copied from a typed four page written history of him, which is in the possession of some of his descendents.
Jeremiah Hatch was born in Lincoln, Addison County, Vermont, July 7, 1823. His parents were Hezakiah Hatch and Aldura Sumner. His early life was spent on a small farm with his parents. Later he beca …
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