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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaJethro Ayers HATCH
(1837-1912)
HATCH, Jethro Ayers, a
Representative from Indiana; born in Pitcher, Chenango County,
N.Y., June 18, 1837; settled in Sugar Grove, Kane County, Ill.;
attended the common schools and the institute in Batavia, Ill.; was
graduated from Rush Medical College, Chicago, Ill., in February
1860 and commenced practice at Kentland, Ind., in July 1860; served
as a local health officer; commissioned assistant surgeon of the
Thirty-sixth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, on December 11,
1862, and promoted to surgeon of the same regiment; mustered out of
service February 8, 1865, and returned to Kentland, Ind.; secretary
and later president of the pension examining board 1865-1907;
member of the State house of representatives 1872 and 1873; elected
as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1895-March
3, 1897); was not a candidate for renomination in 1896; returned to
Kentland, Ind., and resumed the practice of medicine; member of
board of the hospital for the insane at Logansport, Ind.; physician
and surgeon for the Logansport division of the Pennsylvania
Railroad for many years; physician and surgeon for the Chicago and
Cairo division of the New York Central Railroad from the time it
was built until 1907; moved to Victoria, Tex., in 1907 and engaged
in the real estate business; died in Victoria, Tex., August 3,
1912; interment in Fair Lawn Cemetery, Kentland, Ind.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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