History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with
Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious,
Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons
and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co.,
Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 889, Union Township
Jerome B. Hatch, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O., Avon; was born
in Medina Co., Ohio, March 9, 1827, and is the son of Noah Hatch, who
removed with his family to Cass county, Mich., in 1836, where he died.
Mr. Hatch’s educational advantages were confined to the common schools
of Ohio and Michigan, and received but little of that. His father was
in the war of 1812. Mr. H. came to this county in 1845. He was married
Nov. 7, 1852, to Mary Woods, by whom he has 6 boys, 3 of whom are
living, viz: Warren W., Geo. A. and Arthur E. They are members of the
Universalist Church. He lived in Warren county 7 years. He made a tour
through the West a few years since; owns a farm of 320 acres.
