Clay-Harris County GaArchives Obituaries.....HATCHETT, J.M. July 22, 1894
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THE CLAY COUNTY REFORMER, FT GAINES, JULY 22, 1894
DR. J.M. HATCHETT DEAD
SELDOM HAS IT BEEN OUR DUTY TO CHRONICLE AN EVENT AFFECTING OUR WHOLE 
COMMUNITY MORE THAN DID THE DEATH OF DR. J.M. HATCHETT, WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 
MORNING OF THE 22ND INST.  AFTER A LINGERING ILLNESS OF SEVERAL MONTHS 
DURATION.

DR. HATCHETT REMOVED FROM HARRIS COUNTY GEORGIA TO OUR TOWN(FT. GAINES, CLAY 
COUNTY) ABOUT SIXTEEN YEARS AGO, AND RESUMING THE PRACTICE OF HIS PROFESSION--
MEDICINE, HE SOON TOOK A PROMINENT POSITION IN THE ESTIMATION OF HIS 
PROFESSIONAL COMPEERS AND OF THE PUBLIC.  HE WAS A GENTLEMAN OF CULTURE, 
EXTENSIVE REDING AND GENIAL DISPOSITION MAKING HIM A PLEASANT COMPANION AND 
WELCOME AND ENTERTAINING GUEST IN ANY CIRCLE OF SOCIETY.  HAVING VERY STRONG 
CONVICTION ON MOST SUBJECTS, HE WAS SOMETIMES RATHER AGRESSIVE IN MAINTAINING 
THEM BUT ALWAYS HONORABLY--AND IF IN ERROR, HE HAD THE MANLINESS TO MAKE 
PROMPT REPARATION.

IN BUSINESS RELATIONS HIS STERLING INTEGRITY AND SCRUPULOUS HONESTY COMMENDED 
HIM TO HIS PATRONS AND INSPIRED IMPLICIT CONFIDENE.

HIS MASONIC BRETHREN PAID TRIBUTE TO HIS MEMORY IN THE USUAL CEREMONIES OF THE 
ORDER--AND REV JH CORLEY REPRESENTING THE BAPTIST CHURCH, OF WHICH DOCTOR 
HATCHETT WAS A ZELOUS AND CONSISTENT MEMBER--DELIVERED AN ELOQUENT AND MERITED 
EULOGY OF HIS LIFE AND CHARACTER.

A LARGE CONCOURSE OF MASONS AND CITIZENS WHO SURROUNDED HIS GRAVE--DESPITE THE 
THREATENING WEATHER--ATTESTED THE HIGH APPRECIATION OF HIM IN THIS COMMUNITY.  
A GOOD MAN HAS GONE LEAVING TO HIS FAMILY THE HERITAGE OF A GOOD NAME.

Additional Comments:
IN SAME ISSUE OF NEWSPAPER, ITS NOTED THAT HIS DAUGHTER MRS. F.B. DILLARD OF 
DENISON, TEXAS WAS IN TOWN TO ATTEND FUNERAL CEREMONIES OF HER FATHER DR. J.M. 
HATCHETT.

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