Chester D. Hatch of Exeter, NH Biography from A History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire (1915)

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Source: A History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens
         by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill, 1915

Page 1051

   CHESTER D. HATCH, treasurer and agent of the Exeter Manu-
facturing Company, was born in Vermont, August 18, 1863. His parents
were Thomas A. and Almira (Farrar) Hatch, the father a native of
Vermont and her mother of New Hampshire. The former was a black-
smith by occupation. Both are now deceased. They were the parents
of but two children: Chester D., whose name appears at the head of
this sketch, and Alice, who married Arthur Eaton.

Page 1052

   Chester D. Hatch after attending the common schools completed
his literary education in the Vermont Methodist Seminary. In 1879
he became connected with the cotton manufacturing industry in Man-
chester, N. H., where he remained about fifteen years. He then went
to Pittsfield, N. H., where also he was connected with the cotton busi-
ness for three and a half years, holding a position as overseer. He then
came to Exeter and was here for about fifteen months. Then, returning
to Pittsfield, he was superintendent in a mill there for about a year, after
which he went to Manchester, N. H., to take charge of the weaving de-
partment in the Amory mill. He was there about five and a half years,
during this time having charge of 2,000 looms. He then returned to
Exeter and entered the employ of the Exeter Manufacturing Company
as superintendent, was subsequently promoted to the position of agent
and still later to that of treasurer in addition. This company, which was
incorporated in 1827, employs about 250 hands. They are engaged in
the manufacture of sheetings and shirtings, operating the entire process
from the cotton bale to the completed article. Having a thorough prac-
tical knowledge of every part of the process of cotton manufacture, Mr.
Hatch is a most capable man for the position he holds and enjoys the full
confidence of his employers.
   He was married in October, 1899, to Miss Ethel Hill, who was born
in Pittsfield, N. H., a daughter of Forest F. and Emma (Elliott) Hill,
natives of New Hampshire. Mrs. Hatch was her parents' only child.
She and her husband attend the Unitarian church and have a wide ac-
quaintance in Exeter and vicinity. Mr. Hatch is a Republican in poli-
tics. He is a thirty-second degree Mason, belonging to the Blue Lodge
at Pittsfield; St. Alban's Chapter and Olivet Council at Exeter; DeWitt
Clinton Commandery, of Portsmouth; the Scottish Rite, and the Mystic
Shrine at Concord. He is also a prominent member of the Swam-
scott Club, of Exeter.