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Hershcel Harrison Hatch (1837-1920)
Biographical History.

1914, Business Bio., includes son, Charles H. (Added Oct., 2008)

The Book of Detroiters, by Albert Nelson Marquis (1914)

Hershcel Harrison Hatch
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HATCH, Herschel Harrison, retired; born, Morrisville, N. Y., Feb. 17, 1837; son of Julius Wells and Harriet (Bicknell) Hatch; educated in academy in New York; studied law at Hamilton College Law School, Clinton, N. Y., under Professor Theodore W. Dwight, graduating, L.L.B., Dec., 1857; married at Morrisville, N. Y., June 21, 1864, Eliza E. Houghton; 5 children: Charles H.*, Ellen L., Alice (Mrs. Clayton R. Taylor, of Pasadena, Cal.), Jessie A. (deceased), Frank A. Began practice at Morrisville, Feb., 1858; removed to Bay City, Mich., 1863; member of firm of Marston & Hatch, Bay City, 1863-74, Hatch & Cooley, Bay City, for more than twenty years; practiced in Detroit, 1895-1911 (retired). Member Board of Education, Bay City, for many years; member first Common Council, Bay City, 1865; judge of probate, Bay County; member Constitutional Commission of Michigan, 1873; member commission to revise tax laws, 1882; member of Congress, 1883-5. Member Detroit and Michigan State Bar associations. Residence: 24 Euclid Ave.

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* HATCH, Charles H., lawyer; born, Bay City, Mich., Nov. 22, 1866, son of Herschel H. and Eliza E. Houghton) Hatch; educated in Bay City public schools, graduating from the high school, 1884, and University of Michigan, degree of B.S., 1888; married at New Haven, Conn., Jan. 4, 1894, Katy H. Gower; children: Melville H., Alfred G. Began practice at Bay City, 1891; moved to Detroit, July 1895; has been associated with H. B. Graves since 1899. Director City Lumber Co., Central Electric Co. Member Association Bar City of Detroit, Lawyer's Club. Republican. Club: University. Recreation: reading. Office: Hammond Bldg. Residence: 99 Delaware Ave.

1920 Bio., Library of Congress. (Added Jun., 2005)

Library of Congress Biography

HATCH, Herschel Harrison, a Representative from Michigan;
born in Morrisville, Madison County, N.Y., February 17, 1837;
attended the common schools and was graduated from Hamilton College Law School, Clinton, N.Y., in 1857;
was admitted to the bar and practiced in Morrisville, N.Y., 1858-1863;
moved to Bay City, Mich.;
elected alderman of Bay City at its first organization in 1865;
judge of probate of Bay County 1868-1872;
member of the constitutional commission of Michigan in 1873;
member of the tax commission in 1881;
elected as a Republican to the Forty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1885);
declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1884;
resumed the practice of law;
moved to Detroit, Mich., in 1895 and practiced law until 1910, when he retired;
died in Detroit, Mich., November 30, 1920;
interment in Elm Lawn Cemetery, Bay City, Mich.

1924, Michigan Bio. (Added Jun., 2005)

Michigan Biographies
Michigan Historical Commission - 1924 (Page 381)

HERSHEL H. HATCH
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Member of the Constitutional Commission of Michigan in 1873;
and member of Congress, 1883-5. Was born at Morrisville, N. Y., Feb. 17, 1837. He received common school training until 1856, when he entered the law school at Hamilton College, N. Y. He graduated in 1859, and was at once admitted to the bar. He practiced law in his native county until 1863, when he removed to Bay City, where he resided, and actively followed the practice of his profession. He was elected a member of the first Board of Aldermen of Bay City, elected Judge of Probate of Bay County in 1868; and member of the Law Commission of Michigan in 1881. In 1882 after the 347th ballot and a deadlock of three days he was nominated for Congress. He was elected Representative to the Forty-eight Congress upon the Republican ticket. He moved to Detroit where he died Nov. 30, 1920.