Lincoln County TN Archives Biographies.....Hatcher, O. R. 1846 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tn/tnfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Kay Pacheco KPacheco@fnbnet.net September 26, 2005, 9:39 pm Author: Goodspeed p.892. HATCHER, PILLOW, WOODARD O. R. HATCHER, M. D., was born on the 30th of August, 1846, one of five children of Octavus and Caledonia (PILLOW) HATCHER, who were born in Virginia and Tennessee, in 1818 and 1826, respectively. The father was brought to Tennessee when about eight years of age, became a merchant, and died in 1856. Our subject, O. R., was educated at College Grove, under Profs. Wynn and Carey, and then entered the medical department of the Nashville University and attended six months, and then went to New York to Bellevue Medical College, where he graduated as an M. D. in 1872. In February, 1873 he and Mary WOODARD were married. She was born in 1849 and has born three children: John U., Nellie I., and William L. Dr. HATCHER practiced medicine in Fayetteville about five months, and then moved to Hazelgreen, Ala., but two years later returned to Lincoln County, where he has since resided and practiced his profession with much success. He and his brother, A. H., have a farm of 282 acres under the latter's supervision. The Doctor is a Democrat and a Mason, and he and Mrs. HATCHER are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Additional Comments: From Goodspeed's "History of Tennessee" File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/lincoln/bios/hatcher70nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/tnfiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb