Carolyn, The Frank or Francis Hatcher b. 1830, whom I have referenced, was born in Dorset, England and came to America in 1853, settling in Minnesota. Good luck finding your John L. Hatcher's father. Martha Hatcher Welling In a message dated 4/11/2008 7:10:08 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time, carolyn10@sbcglobal.net writes: Nel: Have been searching for proof that Frank Hatcher b.1830 in VA (or maybe MO) is the father of my John L. Hatcher (b.1874 in LA). We are in your unconnected Hatchers. I couldn't access the civil war info supplied by _NFarmWell@aol.com_ (mailto:NFarmWell@aol.com) . Please research this for me. Thanks, Carolyn Foster Carolyn ----- Original Message ---- From: "NFarmWell@aol.com" <NFarmWell@aol.com> To: hatcher@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 6:08:44 PM Subject: [HATCHER] Hatcher, Frank b. 1830 Nel, Another source for my Frank Hatcher's service in the Civil War...also another documentation (admittedly a secondary source) of his birth in 1830 as he is listed as 34 years in 1864. I submitted this as a suggestion on Frank's page on rootsweb but after I did a page popped up with just one word on it....sorry!, yes with the exclamation mark. Interesting. So, I'm not sure if you will receive the suggestion or not so I am also posting it here. Thanks, Martha Hatcher Welling The information below was derived from: Copyright © 2008 by Alexander Street Press, LLC American Civil War Research Database™. Copyright 1997-2008 Historical Data Systems, Inc. __http://asp6new.alexanderstreet.com/cwdb/cwdb.object.details.aspx?handle=pers o_ (http://asp6new.alexanderstreet.com/cwdb/cwdb.object.details.aspx?handle=perso) n&id=101182902_ (_http://asp6new.alexanderstreet.com/cwdb/cwdb.object.details.aspx?handle=pers on&id=101182902_ (http://asp6new.alexanderstreet.com/cwdb/cwdb.object.details.aspx?handle=person&id=101182902) ) Frank Hatcher (Union) Enlistment: - 34 years of age at time of enlistment - Enlisted on Jun 26 1864 as Private Mustering information: - Drafted into G Company, 3rd Infantry (Minnesota) on Jun 26 1864 - Mustered out from 3rd Infantry (Minnesota) on Sep 2 1865 at Devall's Bluff, AR Sources for the above information: - Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars 1861-65, (1890) **************Planning your summer road trip? Check out AOL Travel Guides. (http://travel.aol.com/travel-guide/united-states?ncid=aoltrv00030000000016)