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Don't think for a second that I've forgotten about the Rudes side of the family but sometimes you have to go where the fish are biting and lately that hasn't been the Rudes side. However, today I came into the possession of an obituary for Charles Hatch.
Died
HATCH - At his late residence in Vanlue, O., on Saturday evening, Aug. 17, 1889, Mr. Charles H. H. Hatch , aged 53 years, 8 months and 1 day.
Mr. Hatch was born in the state of New York, December 13th 1835, and in early life being left fatherless, by death, he came with friends to Ohio, located in Crawfordsville, Wyandot county. Here he was apprenticed to Cornelins [sic] Shaw, and learned the blacksmith trade. After having finished his apprenticeship, on December 6, 1857, he married Miss Catherine Coontz, with whom he pleasantly lived to the day of his death.
In 1858, Mr. Hatch moved to Iowa, where he toiled and prospered till the breaking out of the war, when he sent his family back to friends in Ohio, and enlisted in the 3d Iowa cavalry for one year, obtained a furlough and came home and moved his family to Vanlue where he continued to reside until the day of his death. After arraigning his affairs at home, he returned to his regiment, and faithfully served his country to the close of the war, and was honorable mustered out of service. Since the war he has been engaged in saw mill and factory work in Vanlue and Findlay, and it was in the pursuit of his daily labor, at the former place, that last Saturday morning he met with the frightful accident, necessitating the amputation of his arm from the shock which in the weakened condition of his general health, he died in the evening of the same day.
Mr Hatch was the father of 9 children, 4 sons and 5 daughters of whom 2 sons and 4 daughters, with the mother, are left to mourn his loss.
Mr. Hatch was a good citizen, and his absence will be felt in the village of Vanlue.
The funeral took place from his late residence, on Tuesday morning, August 20th, the services and interment taking place at the Lee church. A very large congregation of sympathizing neighbors and friends being present to contribute their compassion for the living, and their respect for the dead. Rev. J. M. Dustman, of Bluffton, officiating. The burial was conducted according to the beantiful (sic) ritual of the order of the I.O.O.F, of which fraternity he was an honored member.
According to the August 22nd news paper Mr. Hatch was at Fred Sutters saw mill on Saturday when he fell against a saw, cutting his arm off above the elbow. Medical aid was immediately summoned and the injury dressed and he fell to shock that same evening. He was only 53.
Where it fits: Charles was the father of Lillie Mae Hatch, wife of Carlos A. Rudes. Together they are the parents of Merrill Basil Rudes (1890-1939) and seven sons in total (Earle, Ercell, Cecil Harold, Gail Carlton, Raymond Sandwich, Dewey Lee & Merrill Basil), grandparents of Merrill Rudes (1920-1994) & George Rudes (1923-2007).
Mr Hatch was the father of 9 children, 4 sons and 5 daughters of whom 2 sons and 4 daughters, with the mother, are left to mourn his loss.
Mr. Hatch was a good citizen, and his absence will be felt in the village of Vanlue.
The funeral took place from his late residence, on Tuesday morning, August 20th, the services and interment taking place at the Lee church. A very large congregation of sympathizing neighbors and friends being present to contribute their compassion for the living, and their respect for the dead. Rev. J. M. Dustman, of Bluffton, officiating. The burial was conducted according to the beantiful (sic) ritual of the order of the I.O.O.F, of which fraternity he was an honored member.
According to the August 22nd news paper Mr. Hatch was at Fred Sutters saw mill on Saturday when he fell against a saw, cutting his arm off above the elbow. Medical aid was immediately summoned and the injury dressed and he fell to shock that same evening. He was only 53.
Where it fits: Charles was the father of Lillie Mae Hatch, wife of Carlos A. Rudes. Together they are the parents of Merrill Basil Rudes (1890-1939) and seven sons in total (Earle, Ercell, Cecil Harold, Gail Carlton, Raymond Sandwich, Dewey Lee & Merrill Basil), grandparents of Merrill Rudes (1920-1994) & George Rudes (1923-2007).
