Abram Hatch
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Abram Chase Hatch | |
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Died | December 3, 1911 | (aged 81)
Spouses | Parmelia Jane Lott
(m.1852–1880)Ruth Woolley (m.1882–1911) |
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Abram Chase Hatch(January 3, 1830 – December 3, 1911) was an AmericanMormon pioneerandmissionaryand was a politician inUtah Territory.
Biography
[edit]Hatch settled inLehi, Utah,where he established himself as a merchant and innkeeper. He often traveled east to obtain merchandise and to help other Mormon pioneers come to Utah. He made a total of 11 trips between theMissouri Riverand Utah Territory before the transcontinental railroad was completed in 1869.
From 1864 to 1867, Hatch was a missionary forthe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints(LDS Church) in the United Kingdom. During this time, he was the president of theManchesterand thenBirminghamconferencesof the LDS Church. Hatch returned home to Utah after touring western Europe in 1867.
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Upon arriving in Utah, Hatch became the presidingbishopinWasatch County.[1]When the WasatchStakewas organized in 1877, Hatch became its first president and would hold this position until 1901. In this capacity, Hatch helped to found many settlements in Wasatch County and elsewhere in Utah: today, along with his brother Jeremiah Hatch, he is recognized as the founder ofVernal, Utah.
Hatch served as probate judge of Wasatch County, the main judicial office in Territorial Utah, especially since it was the highest judicial office that the people and not the outsider federal appointment process chose. Hatch was a member of theUtah Territorial Legislaturefor 23 years. Hatch was the first representative who proposed that women in Utah be given the vote; the territory granted the vote to women in 1870. The voting rights of women in the territory were abolished by the federalEdmunds–Tucker Actin 1887.
Hatch became a member of theCouncil of Fiftyon June 29, 1883, and was a member until his death.
Hatch was married to Parmelia Jane Lott from 1852 until her death in 1880; the couple had seven children. In 1882, after his first wife's death, Hatch married Ruth Woolley, with whom he had six children, includingVermont Hatch.
Hatch died inHeber City, Utahat age 81. He was buried in Heber City Cemetery.
Legacy
[edit]In 1975,Hatch's house in Heber Citywas added to theNational Register of Historic Places listings in Wasatch County, Utah.Hatch's older brother Jeremiah is a great-grandfather ofU.S. SenatorOrrin Hatch.
Notes
[edit]- ^Andrew Jenson,LDS Biographical Encyclopedia,Vol. 1, p. 358. In the mid-19th century the Church had regional presiding bishops that oversaw multiple local bishops in temporal matters. This office was especially prevalent in the Salt Lake Stake which covered multiple counties in Utah. With the organization of Wasatch and several other new stakes in 1877 the office of regional presiding bishop was largely eliminated, which also coincided with Hatch's release from this office and calling as a stake president.
References
[edit]- Wm. James Mortimer(1963).How Beautiful Upon the Mountains: A Centennial History of Wasatch County.(Heber, Utah: Wasatch County Chapter of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers).
- Richard S. Van Wagoner(1990).Lehi: Portraits of a Utah Town.(Lehi, Utah: Lehi City Corporation).
External links
[edit]- Jeffrey S. Hardy,"Abram C. Hatch",Mormon missionary diaries, byu.edu
- State of Utah Death Certificateat theWayback Machine(archived April 2, 2012)
- Abram HatchatFind a Grave
- Abram C. Hatch's diaryfrom atL. Tom Perry Special Collections,Brigham Young University
- 1830 births
- 1911 deaths
- American leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- American Mormon missionaries in England
- Converts to Mormonism
- Members of the Utah Territorial Legislature
- 19th-century American politicians
- Mormon pioneers
- 19th-century Mormon missionaries
- American city founders
- People from Lehi, Utah
- People from Heber City, Utah
- Latter Day Saints from Vermont
- Latter Day Saints from Illinois
- Latter Day Saints from Utah
- People from Vernal, Utah