Hardin County OhArchives Biographies.....Hatcher, David O. 1847 - 
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Author: Warner, Beers & Co.

   DAVID O. HATCHER, farmer, P. O. Mount Victory, was born near Zanesfield,
Logan Co., Ohio, May 15, 1847. He is a son of Daniel and Hopy (Garwood) Hatcher,
of Loudoun County, Va. His father died in Logan County, Ohio. when he was eight
years old, and his mother when he was thirteen. His mother, when five years old
and a cousin, aged about ten years, were captured in Logan County by the
Indians, who carried them into Champaign County, where they were followed by a
darkey named Anthony Blanks, who unbound the prisoners while the Indians were
asleep, and escaped with them. Our subject lived with his brother, Nathaniel O.,
in Hale Township, until of age. When sixteen years of age, he worked out by the
month until he had reached his twentieth year, then farmed with his brother for
one year. In 1869, he married, and the following winter purchased 100 acres of
land, most of which was in the woods, which he his since cleared, and now has
sixty acres under cultivation. He was married, March 31, 1869, to Louisa,
daughter of Conrad and Mary M. (Moore) Harpel, born September 3, 1843, in
Jefferson Township, Logan Co., Ohio. Of the seven children born, six are living,
viz.: Alonzo O., Benabille O., George E., Minnie M., Ona F. and Grace E. An
infant son is deceased. Mr. Hatcher and his wife are members of the Christian
Church, of which he is a Trustee. In politics, he belongs to the Democratic
party. His brother, Isaac H., enlisted. September 20, 1861, at the age of
sixteen years, in Company C, Ninety-sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and
was killed in the battle of Chickamauga. Nathaniel O. was a member of Company I.
One Hundred and Twenty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served from August,
1862, to June, 1865. He was in several battles; was with Sherman on his Atlanta
campaign, and was imprisoned a few days in the Andersonville Prison. He returned
home, and died from physical disability, March 3, 1881.

Additional Comments:
Bucks Township

Excerpt from

"The History of Hardin County, Ohio"
           containing
A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; ITS TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, CHURCHES,
 SCHOOLS, ETC.; GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS; MILITARY
   RECORD; PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT
         MEN; HISTORY OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY;
             HISTORY OF OHIO; MISCELLANEOUS
                  MATTERS, ETC., ETC.

              CHICAGO: WARNER, BEERS & CO.
                          1883

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