History of Lincoln, (Addison County) Vermont United States of America

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Abram Hatch, Mormon bishop, was born at Lincoln, Vt., Jan. 3, 1830; son of Hezekiah and Aldura (Sumner) Hatch; grandson of Capt. Jeremiah Hatch, who served under Washington in the Continental army, and of John Sumner; and a great grandson of Nathaniel Hatch of Connecticut, whose ancestors were among the early colonists to emigrate from England. He was educated in the district schools of Lincoln and Bristol, Vt., and in 1840 accompanied his father, who had joined the Mormon church, to Nauvoo, Ill. His father died in 1841, and from that time until 1847 Abram was employed in various ways at Greencastle and Pittsburg, Pa. He then joined his brother Jeremiah at Sugar Creek, Iowa, and proceeded to Florence, Iowa, then the headquarters of the Mormon church. He found employment on boats plying the Missouri, Ohio, Arkansas and Mississippi rivers and at St. Joseph, Mo., and earned money sufficient to purchase a home and outfit in the valley of Great Salt Lake, Utah. He reached that place with his brother and sisters on Sept. 15, 1850. He was a Mormon missionary to Europe, 1864-67, and in August of the latter year, was appointed bishop by President Young, to preside over the Wasatch county, state of Zion, and made his home at Heber City from that year. In addition to his duties as bishop he conducted a co-operative store in Heber City; was county probate judge for six years, and a member of the Utah state legislature for twenty years, serving as chairman of the judiciary committee of that body for two sessions. He introduced the measure of giving the elective franchise to women, and also that of setting apart a portion of the public revenue for the benefit of the public schools, and distinguished himself in recommending other reforms. He was married in December, 1852, to Pennelia Jane Lott of Lehi City, who died in 1880; and in April, 1882, to Ruth, daughter of Bishop Edwin D. Wooley of Salt Lake City.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Lincoln, (Addison County) Vermont

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