This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hatten, Meeks, Bobbitt Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1763 Message Board Post: THE FREMONT COUNTY HERALD. (No date). "THADDEUS C. HATTEN".--Thaddeus C. Hatten, son of William D. and Eliza Meeks Hatten, was born July 24, 1844, near Winfield, Putman county, Virginia, and departed this life at his home two miles from Sidney, Iowa, Sunday, April 19, 1925, at 1 o'clock A.M. In 1852 the family moved to Holt county, Missouri, and located on a farm near the town of Oregon. In the month of December, 1861, Thaddeus Hatten entered the Confederate army as a private in Company C., First Missouri Cavalry (Dismounted), in which two of his brothers had previously enlisted. He served throughout the war and took part in many battles: Iuka and Corinth, Mississippi in 1862; then in 1863, Champion Hill, Black River Bridge and the seige of Vicksburg. In 1864 he served under Gen Joseph E. Johnston in the Atlanta campaign. He fought at Kenesaw Mountain and other important and numerous minor engagements and in the severe struggles around Atlanta. After the fall of Atlanta he was with Hood's expedition into Tennessee, his last battle being the sanguinary struggle at Franklin. In 1868, Mr. Hatten came to Sidney, Iowa, whither his parents had preceded him and from that time on was a resident of Sidney township until death called him. On December 26, 1869, he was united in marriage with Mary Bobbitt, daughter of James and Margaret Bobbitt, who were among the early settlers of Sidney township and of the county. To this union were born four sons, Charles B., of Sidney; Walter O., of Council Bluffs; Horace L., who died in 1881 at the age of three years, and James T., of Sidney. The wife and mother passed away on May 7, (19??). Mr. Hatten was from a family of twelve. His one sister and nine of the brothers have passed over to the other side, the only survivor now being Ben H., 85 years old, who resides at Hollister, California. At the age of fourteen Mr. Hatten made a public profession faith in Jesus Christ and was united with a Baptist church near his home. When he came to Sidney he placed his membership in the Sidney Baptist church and was a faithful and consistent christian and an active member of the church to the end of his life. In the days of his strength he was a leader in the church singing and for a long time was a member and leader of the choir. He was an ordained deacon and served for many years. He was a kind and affectionate husband and father, always thinking of the comfort and welfare of his family first and of himself and his own comfort last. He was of a kindly disposition, generous, unselfish, hospitable to strangers, faithful to his friends, and never carrying a grudge against anyone. A good man has gone from this life to his eternal reward. Funeral services were held from the home Monday afternoon., April 20, at 2:00 o'clock P.M., conducted by Rev. L. W. Ross, assisted by Rev. E. M. Harrison and Rev. J. A. Howard. The remains were laid to rest in the Rector cemetery.