Paul, A few important questions for you. Do you know why Maude was raised by James and Mary M? Since she was illegitimate, what happened to her mother? Did she die? Was Maude born in LoganCo? Nel, I don't know, I didn't find her birth. I never checked Sandusky. Sandusky is not in Sandusky county, it is in Erie county today. I don't know where it was in 1872. James Duncan HATCHER was her father and Mary Malinda (DUNCAN) HATCHER was her aunt. ________ DUNCAN may not have known she was pregnant until she got back home. Maybe her brother, Anderson brought the baby to Logan county. By 1872 Zachariah's family was probably scattered all over. Also, unless we find more children for Zak, Maude's mother would have been at least 39 years old at birth. Excerpted from Memoirs of the Miami Valley, Vol. III, Page 328 : James Duncan HATCHER was born in Perry Twp.,Logan,Ohio and here reared and educated. He grew to manhood around East Liberty, Perry Twp., Logan county, Ohio and Mount Tabor, and as a young man taught school for one term. Also, he learned the trade of cabinet maker, at which he worked for some years at Rushsylvania. Farming, however, was the principal occupation of his life, and after leaving Rushsylvania with his family he purchased a property in Hardin county, on which he carried on operations for eight years. Returning to Logan county, he resumed operations in Perry Twp. , January 11, 1874, on a small rented property, which continued to be his home eight years. He then bought a small property, in addition to which he rented other land, and carried on his operations as an agriculturist on these tracts until his death in 1899, his widow surviving him three years. They were the parents of five children, of whom three survive: John A., Libbie and James Orlando. James Duncan and Malinda (DUNCAN) HATCHER were listed with his father's family in the 1858 Salem township, Champaign county, Ohio Census, as a carpenter. According to Freda Lucille HATCHER, his great-granddaughter, and family tradition, he was the father of at least two illegitimate children. One of which was with his sister-in-law, ________ DUNCAN. They had a daughter, Maude, on 2 Jan., 1872 when James Duncan HATCHER was almost 50 years old. Maude was raised by her father and aunt, Mary Malinda (DUNCAN) HATCHER. He had another child named Lydia or Margaret whose mother was possibly Lydia or Margaret MOWRY? or LOWERY. She was unsure. Lucille also vaguely remembered talk of another child with a different mother - details unknown. Excerpt of letter from Roger Paul HATCHER, PhD., relating stories told to him by his father Paul HATCHER (nee Robert Paul HATCHER): "One of his favorite stories had to do with Maud INSKIP [Maud E. (HATCHER) INSKEEP - JPH] , the illegitimate daughter of James Duncan HATCHER. Dad said that James was a rather vain man who worked as a cabinet maker and at times, as a teacher in town (East Liberty?). He fancied himself as a ladies' man and always kept himself looking sharp. Dad said that he had James' silver combs among his possessions. He always laughed that James carried these combs around to keep himself looking good for the girls." James Duncan HATCHER died of bowel cancer.

HATCHER website: http://hatcherfamilyassn.com HALL DNA project: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nhatcher/hall/HDNAtest.htm "One of the tragedies of life is the murder of a beautiful theory by a brutal gang of facts" - La Rochefoucauld Paul, That's kind of an ah-hah moment. Anderson [maybe] brought the baby to LoganCo? But why does that necessarily mean Maude was James' kid? Her mother may well have been one of Anderson's sisters but maybe this sister died in childbirth and Maud's father couldn't raise her for one reason or other. Is that possible? Right now I know that sister Margaret was still alive in 1880. I'm considering her as a possibility. But I'm having trouble finding sister Elizabeth after the 1850 census - don't know if she's dead or alive in 1872. I could be wrong but I'm almost guessing Maude was not an infant if Anderson brought her to Logan. Somehow I don't see this guy changing diapers mile after mile. And that's another thought. Anderson was born c1810. Now I have to wonder why this 65-70 yr old man got stuck with the job.....hmmmm! So now I'm really wondering....was she really James' dau? Or perhaps that was assumed because she was listed as a dau in the 1880 census? Hmmm, hmmm, hmmm! Things to consider.........! But no, there are no other children for Zach. The sale of those 1/7 parcels by the kids after Zach died tells us how many living kids he had. And we've got them all accounted for. Nel