“The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin”, published: Chicago:  
Western Historical Company.   1879.


LUTHER HATCH, farmer, Sec. 13; P.O. Oconomowoc; born Oct. 31, 
1827, in Erie Co., Penn,; in 1835, went to Ashtabula Co., Ohio, with his 
parents; was educated there and then went on the lakes as a sailor.  In the 
spring of 1845, came to Oconomowoc, Waukesha Co., Wis., bought a 
farm there, and, in 1848, sold out and removed to Ixonia Township, 
Jefferson Co., and bought ninety acres of land – eighty acres of it from 
Government – and built a log house on it, which was destroyed by fire, 
and everything it in, in the spring of 1849; but the neighbors turned out 
to help, and in one week a new house was ready for occupation.  In 
1859, such a severe frost came on June 10, that wheat and corn were 
much damaged, the farm only yielding ten bushels to the acre when 
thrashed.  In 1867, Mr. H. built his barn, and, in 1875, his present 
residence.  Married Miss Permilla Martin, a native of Stanbridge, 
Canada, Oct. 4, 1854; she is a daughter of Willian Martin; she came to 
Jefferson Co. in 1844.  He died in 1861, but his widow is still living, 
being over 80 years of age.  Mr. H. has three children – Alfred, born July 
10, 1856; Charles, born Dec. 12, 1860; Merrill, Sept. 8, 1863.  He has 
been a Director of the School District over seventeen years; is a member 
of Maple Grove Grange, No. 412.



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