Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Hatton, Gen. Clarence R., 1927 

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GEN. CLARENCE R. HATTON

GEN. C.R. HATTON DIES IN NEW YORK

V.M.I. CADET AT BATTLE OF NEWMARKET, SERVED THROUGH REMAINER OF WAR

   Suffolk, Jan. 15 - Mrs. G.H. Royster was notified today of the death in New 
York of her father, Gen Clarence R. Hatton, formerly of Suffolk, aged 77. 
General Hatton was commander of the New York department of the United 
Confederate Veterans. He was the son of Daniel Hatton and Cornelia Riddick 
Hatton, one of the oldest families of this community, who lived in the early 
days of Suffolk on Stocklay farm. He is survived by three daughters, Mrs. G.H. 
Royster, of this city; Mrs. C.R. Barnes, of Crandall, N.J., and Mrs. W.E. Smith, 
of Scotland Neck, N.C., and several grandchildren, one of whom is Hatton 
Royster, formerly of Suffolk.

   General Hatton was one of the cadets at Virginia Military Institute who 
participated in the Battle of New Market. He continued in the Confederate 
service during the war, entering as lieutenant and rising to the rank of major. 
He was wounded in the neck during the fighting around Petersburg. He served 
under General Godwin, of Portsmouth.

   After the close of war General Hatton was adjutant general of the United 
Confederate Veterans. He was prominent for years in the activities of the 
department of New York of the veterans’ organizations, finally becoming chief of 
the department. He received his diploma from V.M.I., three years ago.

   Funeral arrangements were completed tonight. Services will be conducted at 
St. Stephen’s Church, New York, tomorrow and interment will be in the 
Confederate Cemetery in that city.


[Gen. Clarence R. HATTON, formerly of Suffolk, d. Jan 1927, New York, age 77, 
 interred in Confederate Cemetery, New York, 
 "The Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), dateline Jan. 15, 1927] 

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