From the book History of Walworth County Wisconsin, by Albert Clayton Beckwith, 
publ. 1912 - Pages 687 - 688
 
HOBART M. HATCH, one of the most progressive and painstaking agriculturists and 
stock raisers of Linn township, Walworth county, is a worthy representative of 
the great middle class of Anglo-Saxons from which the true noblemen of our 
republic spring; for it is a fact patent to all contemplative minds that those 
who belong to the respectable middle class of society, being early taught the 
necessity of relying upon themselves, depending upon their own exertions, will 
be more apt to acquire that information and those business habits which alone 
can fit them to discharge life's duties in a commendable manner, and, indeed, 
it has long been a noticeable fact that our great men in nearly all walks of 
life in America spring from this class.
 
Mr. HATCH was born in the central part of Linn township, Walworth county, 
Wisconsin, on the farm where he now lives, May 3, 1861, and he has been 
contented to spend his life in his home community.  He is the son of Seymour 
Norman HATCH and Mary (STONEALL) HATCH, a complete sketch of whom appears 
elsewhere in this work.
 
Mr. HATCH grew up on his father's farm and there assisted with the general work 
when quite young.  He received his education in the public schools here, also 
the seminary at Lake Geneva.  His father had one of the finest farms in the 
southern part of the county, consisting of seven hundred acres, and Hobart M. 
HATCH was placed in charge of the place while yet a young man, managing it in 
an able and satisfactory manner. With the exception of one year spent in 
California, he has spent his life on the homestead and is regarded as one of 
the most up-to-date and skillful of our general farmers.  His judgment of live 
stock is also equal to that of any of his contemporaries in the county.
 
Mr. HATCH was married on September 22, 1898, to Mary GRIMM, daughter of John 
Chalmer GRIMM and Lillian Amanda (ESHELMANN) GRIMM.  She was born at Cuyahoga 
Falls, Ohio, and from there moved to Cleveland, where she lived most of the 
time up to 1897, when she came to Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.  Five children have 
been born to Mr. and Mrs. HATCH, namely: Helen May, Lester Franklin, Dorothy, 
Seymour Norman, and Donald Hobart.
 
Mr. HATCH has been a member of the town board, and he and his family belong to 
the Congregational church.  He is a progressive Republican and is a member of 
the Republican county committee, also chairman of the central committee for 
Linn township.  He is regarded as a local leader and wields a potent influence 
in public affairs.  He is a man of broad ideas and is of genial and obliging 
address, so that he enjoys the confidence and good will of all with whom he has 
come into contact, his honesty of purpose being unquestioned.

Submitted By:  Carol
(carolann612@charter.net)