Source:
An Illustrated History of Stevens, Ferry,
Okanogan and Chelan Counties,
State of Washington
Western Historical Publishing Company, Publishers
1904
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WILLIAM S. HATTON. That the career of
this venerable and esteemed gentleman should be outlined in this
volume is most fitting and it is with pleasure that we are
enabled thus to do. He was born in Lawrence county,
Kentucky, on Apr. 2, 1821, the son of Jonah and Margaret
(Wallace) Hatton. Their father was born in Loudoun
county, Virginia in 1781. The mother's father, David
Wallace, entered the conflict for independence as a private
and was soon commissioned as captain and served for seven and
one-half years. He was given two thousand six hundred
acres of land by the government for these services, the same
being located in Ohio. He granted his daughter, our
subject's mother, five hundred acres and she and her husband
came thither to dwell in 1822. A decade later they went to
Tippecanoe county, Indiana and in 1836 they removed to Muscatine
county, Iowa. Our subject received his education in theses
various places and in 1837 entered as apprentice to learn
carpentering. This has been largely his occupation since those
days, albeit he has also done various other things
as well.
In Muscatine county, Iowa, our subject married. on
January 1, 1845, Miss Sarah Johnson, who was born in
Fulton county, Indiana, on October 16, 1827. Her
parents were Friend and Nancy (Lindsy) Johnson. The
father was a gunsmith and served the government in that capacity
for seven years. Our subject owned a farm in Iowa but gave most
of his attention to his trade. On May 11, 1852, he started with
his family and his father, his mother having died in 1846,
across the plains with teams. The father stood the journey well
until the cholera came and he ceased the struggle on Burnt river
in eastern Oregon. Mr. Hatton, his wife, and
two children landed where Vancouver now is, on October 26, and
soon had located. He built the first hotel in Vancouver and
assisted the government to erect the first fort there. In 1860
his wife was called from the walks of this earth and he was
forced to take up the burdens alone, having a family of children
to care for. He engaged in freighting and pulled the first
load of drygoods into Lewiston, which was then two tents.
He took the first kit of carpenter tools there and wrought and
was in the Pierce excitement. By his first wife Mr.
Hatton had the following children: Jonah, in
Umatilla county, Oregon; William D., in Lincoln county,
Washington; Mrs. Nancy E. Terwilliger, of Pasadena,
California; Alonzo E., in Lincoln county; Mrs.
Harriet D. Hadley, also in Lincoln county.
On November 25, 1862. Mr. Hatton married
a second time, Mrs. Elizabeth (Reynard)
Yucust becoming his wife then. By her first husband,
Mrs. Hatton has two children, Mrs. Alice
Whipple, and Charlie Yucust. Mrs.
Hatton was born in Pike county, Ohio. in 1832,
the daughter of Jacob and Julette (Peterson) Reynard. The
father died when this daughter was a child and the mother was
called hence at Los Angeles. California. Mrs. Hatton
crossed the plains with her first husband in 1852 and settled in
Portland. In 1864 Mr. Hatton sold his farm
and bought and operated the old Hudson’s Bay fishery. In 1868 he
sold that and went to Yakima, being one of the first there,
where also he built a sawmill. In 1871, he settled near
Spangle and later went below Colfax, where he did stock raising.
Mr. Hatton participated in the Indian wars of the
time and was always ready for any emergency. In 1890 Mr.
Hatton removed to Lincoln county and in July, 1902. he
came to his present place, nine miles southwest from Fruitland.
He has a quarter section of good land, well improved, and
handled in a becoming manner. By his second marriage. Mr.
Hatton has three children: Mrs. Julette
Crane. who died in Spokane, on March 15, 1903; Frank B.,
and Mrs. Nellie M. Carpenter, near Fruitland. Mr.
Hatton’s grandfather lived to be one hundred and eleven
years old and was the father of ten boys and one girl, all of
whom grew up and were married. Our subject's father had
eight girls and one boy, all of whom grew up. Our subject
has ten children, all of whom grew up. Thus the three
generations were thirty, all of whom grew to maturity.
Source: An Illustrated History of Stevens, Ferry,
Okanogan and Chelan Counties, State of Washington - Western
Historical Publishing Company, Publishers - 1904 - Page 263 |
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