Background
Hatch was born in Lincoln, Addison County, Vermont.
Hatch was born in Lincoln, Addison County, Vermont.
He made a total of 11 trips between the Missouri River and Utah Territory before the transcontinental railroad was completed in 1869.
Hatch settled in Lehi, Utah, where he established himself as a merchant and innkeeper. After touring western Europe in 1867, Hatch returned home to Utah. Upon arriving in Utah, Hatch became the presiding bishop in Wasatch County.
When the Wasatch Stake was organized in 1877, Hatch became its first president
He would hold this position until 1901. 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 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 federal Edmunds–Tucker Acting in 1887.
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, including Vermont Hatch.
Hatch died in Heber City, Utah at age 81.
He was buried in Heber City Cemetery. In 1975, Hatch"s house in Heber City was added to the National Register of Historic Places listings in Wasatch County, Utah.
Hatch"s older brother Jeremiah is a great-grandfather of United States. Senator Orrin Hatch.
Hatch was a member of the Utah Territorial Legislature for 23 years. Hatch became a member of the Council of Fifty on June 29, 1883, and was a member until his death.
