Yolo County CA Archives Biographies.....Hatcher, George Pierce 1863 - 
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Author: Tom Gregory (1913)

GEORGE PIERCE HATCHER

    Three generations of the Hatcher family have lived and labored in Yolo
county and are still contributors to the material upbuilding of the region, the
oldest generation having its representative in William Hatcher, an honored
pioneer of 1853 and still an influential citizen of the locality he has assisted
materially to promote. Probably none of the early settlers enjoys conversing in
regard to frontier happenings with a keener zest than does this well-known
pioneer. Possessing an excellent memory, he has a large fund of incident
pertaining to early times and can give particulars with unusual accuracy. Seldom
indeed is his splendid memory found to be at fault, hence he is consulted often
when any question arises concerning the occurrences of the '50s. It is his proud
claim that he has raised one more crop in this county than any other man now
living here and it is also a matter of pride with him that he is still living on
the land where he first settled. It was here that he suffered the hardships
incident to transforming raw land into a productive estate. Here he enjoyed the
sociability of other days and the friendships of other pioneers. On this farm he
reared his children and trained them to be useful members of society. The
improvements bespeak his intelligent labor and the cultivated land shows a keen
supervision.

    On this Yolo county farm George P. Hatcher was born February 3, 1863. A
near-by school afforded him his primary education, which later was supplemented
by attendance at a business college. Upon starting out for himself he embarked
in the grocery business at Woodland, but at the expiration of two years he
retired from that enterprise and removed to Yolo. For about three years he
carried on a general mercantile establishment in that place. In 1893 he
purchased the thirty acres which he now owns and occupies and on which he has
erected a neat house and substantial outbuildings. Since then he has carried on
this small tract, besides renting and cultivating other farm lands in the
locality. The place is attractive, with its neat buildings, its beautiful trees
and its air of thrift and comfort.

    The marriage of Mr. Hatcher was solemnized at Yolo February 6, 1883, and
united him with Miss Hattie E. Cook, a native of Nova Scotia, but a resident of
Yolo county from early girlhood. They are the parents of two sons and a
daughter. The former, Clinton and Earl, are partners in farming operations and
own a tract of three hundred and twenty acres near Plainfield, Yolo county. Both
are married, the older brother having three children: Roma, Darrell and Pierce,
while Earl is the father of one son, Thomas. The youngest member of the parental
circle is Miss Lola, a popular young lady in the home neighborhood and an active
worker, with her parents, in the Methodist Episcopal Church of Yolo.

    Ever since he began to devote his attention to agricultural pursuits Mr.
Hatcher has made a specialty of the dairy business. Years of efforts and study
have enabled him to build up a fine herd of registered Jersey cattle. Some of
the pure-bred calves are sold to others and some are retained for the home
dairy. Mrs. Hatcher attained an enviable local reputation as a butter-maker and
for a long period sold butter to private customers in Woodland, but the work was
so arduous and exhausting that a change has been made and the cream is now sold
to the Yolo creamery. As a judge of Jersey cattle Mr. Hatcher is regarded as an
expert and his opinion concerning this favorite type of dairy stock is regarded
with deference by others similarly interested. It has not been possible for him,
with his many duties keeping him engrossed in his work, to bear a part in public
enterprises and, aside from voting the Republican ticket in national issues, he
has no association with politics. When he votes at the local elections it is in
favor of the candidates whom he considers best qualified to guard the welfare of
the tax-payers, regardless of their political beliefs.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from

HISTORY OF YOLO COUNTY CALIFORNIA
WITH
Biographical Sketches
OF
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been Identified With Its Growth
and Development From the Early Days to the Present

HISTORY BY
TOM GREGORY
AND OTHER WELL KNOWN WRITERS
ILLUSTRATED COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME

HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA [1913]


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