John Sherrod Hatfield (1820 - 1893)

Born 5 Nov 1820 in OH

Ancestors

Husband of Caroline (McMillen) Hatfield — married 12 Mar 1840 in Clermont, OH

Husband of Joanna M (Bonnell) Hatfield — married 27 Feb 1848 in Wood Co, OH

Descendants

Died 22 Dec 1893 at age 73 in West Millgrove OH

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Biography

John S., was born in Hamilton county, Ohio, November 5, 1820, and was the son of William Hatfield, whose wife died when John was a child. In his boyhood John was put to learn cabinet making in Williamsburg, Ohio, which trade he succeeded in mastering in a comparatively short time, and in a few years was able to purchase his employer's business, which he carried on successfully for some years.

John S. Hatfield was an honest, industrious man, but was overtaken by misfortune; his wife became very ill, and the trouble and expense caused by this affliction, with other reverses of fortune, greatly reduced his finances, and he was compelled to give up his furniture factory.

Later he carried on a grocery store at Williamsburg, Ohio. About 1846 or 1847 he came to Wood county, and had to practically begin life over again, all his property having been swept away.

For three years thereafter he was associated with his brother, Nathan Hatfield, in farming and in a chair factory, at the end of which time he bought land in Section 28, Perry township, and began farming on his own account, continuing in that occupation until his death, December 23, 1893.

John Hatfield was a well-built man, and in his younger days was a famous wrestler, never finding his superior in this art. He received only a limited education, but was a good business man, and in his later years again found himself in easy circumstances, owning at the time of his death 140 acres of good land, on which he had erected excellent buildings and made other improvements. Politically he was a Democrat, and held various township offices.

Wives and Children

He was married in March, 1840, in Hamilton county, to Miss Caroline McMillen, who bore him three children: Sarah J. (now Mrs. Joseph French), of St. Joseph, Mo.; Lorenzo D. ,who died in Bloomdale, Ohio; and Elizabeth, who died at the age of twenty-one years.

For his second wife he married, in Perry township, February, 1848, Johanna Bonnell, who was born May 17, 1826, in Greene county, Penn., a daughter of John and Deborah (Alexander) Bonnell, who came to Ashland county, Ohio, in an early day. Her father at one time resided in Perry township, but returned to Ashland county, where he died.

Of this union there were eleven children, namely: Job, born in Decem- ber, 1848, died in infancy; Theodore J., born in May, 1850, is a farmer in Perry township; Mary C., born October 12, 1851, lives on the home farm; Eunice E., born in January, 1853, is now Mrs. C. M. Hollopeter, of Fostoria; Nathan S. is our subject; Louisa V., born October 16, 1857, died when six years old; Clark A., born in February, 1860, lives in Fostoria; Charles B., born December 2, 1861, is a physician in Millgrove; William, born January 6, 1864, died when eight years old; Vierna, born in October, 1865, married C. C. Adams, of Montgomery township, Wood county; and Susannah, born in November, 1867, is the wife of F. E. England, of Fostoria. The mother of these children died October 1, 1886, and is interred in the cemetery at Center, Perry township. She was a member of the Methodist Church, and was a most estimable woman.

Sources

Biographical information from Commemorative historical and biographical record of Wood County, Ohio

• Ohio Marriage to Caroline McMillen in 1840
• US Census 1850
• Ohio Marriage to Joanna Bonnell in 1848
• US Census 1880
• FindAGrave