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Sr. Meltair Hatch
b.15 Jul 1825 Farmersville, Cattaraugus, New York, USA
d.8 Jul 1895 Hatch, Garfield, Utah, USA
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m. 26 Jan 1824
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m. 11 Jan 1846
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m. 6 May 1856
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[rwheeler.ged] !BIRTH:Early LDS Church Info File; Pat Blessing; EH Liv End (GS 183,404). MARR:Endowment House Living Sealing; (GS 183,395) DEATH-BURIAL:Garfield County, Utah Cemetery Records (GS 979.252 v2c) BAPTISM:LDS Church Record of Members, Hatch, Utah Ward (GS 026,025) ENDOWMENT:Endowment House Living Endowments (GS 183,404). SEALING:Endowment House Living Sealings (GS 183,395) Source of information:Veoma M. Stahle, 433 N. 1120 E., Orem Utah ------------------------------------------------------ From Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, pg. 128. Came to Utah in September, 1849 in the Enoch Reese Company. He was a member of the Mormon Battalion. Bishop. He also was a High Councilor in the Panguitch Stake. He became a member of the Church in 1844, and was ordained an Elder by Pres. Brigham Young about 1852. He was intimately acquainted with the Prophet Joseph Smith and heard him deliver his last speech before going to Carthage. He also carried [p. 183] messages to and from Cathage while the prophet and his companions were confined in jail. Bro. Hatch attended the funeral of the martyrs and was present at the famous meeting in Nauvoo, where Pres. Brigham Young was acknowledged the head of the Church. He witnessed many trying scenes in the early days of the Church and as a pioneer of the west. He was also prominent in military affairs, being a lieutenant in the Nauvoo Legion. He was the father of ninteen children and in 1906 his grandchildren numbered 137 and his great grandchildren 220. References
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