Ozias M. Hatch

Ozias Mather Hatch (born April 14, 1814 in Hillsborough Center , New Hampshire , † March 12, 1893 in Springfield , Illinois ) was an American businessman and politician . As the 13th Secretary of State of Illinois he served under William Henry Bissell , John Wood and Richard Yates senior . During Wood's tenure, he served as governor of Illinois for most of the time . The Attorney General of Arizona Terry Goddard is his great-grandchildren.

Career

Ozias Mather Hatch, son of Ann and Dr. Reuben Hatch was born and raised in Hillsborough County in 1814 . He was the third born of eight sons and three daughters. His father was a physician in New Hampshire for over 30 years and wanted his son Ozias to pursue a medical career. But Ozias looked prefer a job in a shop, left with 15 years of the house and moved to Boston ( Massachusetts ). There he worked for seven years as an employee in a grocery store. In 1836 he joined his family, which in the meantime had moved to Griggsville (Illinois). There he entered into a partnership with his brother Issac and David Hoyt. Together they opened the general store Isaac A. Hatch & Co. The store closed as a result of the economic crisis of 1837 .

Hatch then opened his own general store with Solomon McNeil under the name McNeil & Hatch in Pittsfield (Illinois). Together with his business partner, he ran the business until 1841, when he then retired to take up a position at the Pike County District Court . For the next seven years he worked at the court under Samuel D. Lockwood . Then he teamed up with his brother RB and opened Hatch & Co. in Meredosia (Illinois). In 1851 he was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives, where he then served a two-year term. During the founding of the Illinois Republican Party at the Bloomington, Illinois Convention , Hatch was nominated for the post of Secretary of State of Illinois because of his abolitionist views on its candidates. He was elected by a large majority in 1856 and served under William Henry Bissell.

When Bissell died in 1860, Lieutenant Governor John Wood was named the new governor of Illinois. However, Wood was busy doing business in Quincy, Illinois at the time , so he had little time to rule the state. Hatch then acted as the de facto governor of Illinois. He was re-elected Secretary of State in the subsequent elections in 1860 and served his second term under Richard Yates, Sr. His tenure coincided with the Civil War and he oversaw the drafting of the troops. On the recommendation of Hatch and Judge Jesse K. DuBois, Yates then appointed Ulysses S. Grant - a then-unknown colonel - to head one of the Illinois regiments . Hatch also visited the soldiers in the field. He mostly traveled with President Abraham Lincoln to inspect the Army of the Potomac . 1863 Hatch was one of the founders of the railway company Hannibal and Napley Railroad , which later by the Wabash Railroad was purchased.

Hatch declined re-election and retired from politics in 1865. After Lincoln was assassinated, Hatch traveled along the east coast of the United States to raise funds for his Springfield tomb . He built a large farm in Sangamon County, Illinois. He subsequently became Vice President and Director of the Sangamon Loan and Trust Company. He founded the Hatch & Brother Bank in Griggsville in 1870 with his brother Isaac. Hatch died in his Springfield home in 1893.

family

In 1860 he married Julia R. Enos, the daughter of Pascal P. Enos, one of the co-founders of Springfield. The couple had three children.

Individual evidence

↑ Terry Goddard ( Memento of the original from January 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the ancestry.com website @1@ 2

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Moses, John: Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of the Representative Men of the United States, Chicago , Illinois: The Lewis Publishing Company, pp. 140-142

^ ^A ^b ^c ^d ^e Wallace, Joseph: Past and Present of the City of Springfield and Sangamon County Illinois , Chicago: SJ Clarke Publishing Co., 1904, p. 1477

↑ Burlingame, Michael, ed .: An Oral History of Abraham Lincoln, Carbondale , Illinois: Southern Illinois University Press, 1999, ISBN 978-0809326846 , p. 16

^ Donald, David Herbert : Lincoln, New York City , New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 1995, ISBN 978-0684825359 , p. 387

personal data
SURNAME	Hatch, Ozias M.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hatch, Ozias Mather (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American businessman and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	April 14, 1814
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hillsborough Center , New Hampshire
DATE OF DEATH	March 12, 1893
Place of death	Springfield , Illinois

[1] Terry Goddard ( Memento of the original from January 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the ancestry.com website @1@ 2

[JM-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Moses, John: Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of the Representative Men of the United States, Chicago , Illinois: The Lewis Publishing Company, pp. 140-142

[JW-3] A ^b ^c ^d ^e Wallace, Joseph: Past and Present of the City of Springfield and Sangamon County Illinois , Chicago: SJ Clarke Publishing Co., 1904, p. 1477

[4] Burlingame, Michael, ed .: An Oral History of Abraham Lincoln, Carbondale , Illinois: Southern Illinois University Press, 1999, ISBN 978-0809326846 , p. 16

[5] Donald, David Herbert : Lincoln, New York City , New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 1995, ISBN 978-0684825359 , p. 387