Capt. John D. Hatfield

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• Census: 1850, Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois; He was recorded while living with his parents.; : 16
• Census: 1860, Saratoga, Marshall County, Illinois; He was living with his parents.; : 26
• Military: 2 Nov 1861 to 22 July 1865; He joined the 53rd Illinois Infantry for three years. He mustered on 28 December 1861 and was assigned to Company H. Commissioned an officer in Company H, Illinois 53rd Infantry Regiment on 3 September 1862. Promoted to Full 1st Lieutenant on 1 October 1862. Promoted to Full Captain on 28 December 1864. Mustered out on 22 Jul 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky. According to his obituary, He was sent to Libby prison with 108 of his comrades and escaped February 9, 1861, by digging a tunnel. After six days and nights of privation, he succeeded in reaching the Union lines at Williamsburgh. He took part in the engagements at Shiloh, siege of Corinth, Hatchie Bridge, siege of Vicksburg, Jackson, siege of Atlanta and was with Sherman on the famous march to the sea.
• Census: 1870, Saratoga, Marshall County, Illinois; He was a farmer.; : 35
• History: 2 Sep 1876; He was approved for an invalid pension owning to his war service.
• Census: 1885, Center, Antelope County, Nebraska; : 50
• Residence: Abt 1890, Neligh, Antelope County, Nebraska
• Census: Jun 1890, Neligh, Antelope County, Nebraska; He is listed on the 1890 Special Schedule listing veterans.
• Married to: 1896; Florence Sanford. She was born 8 February 1858 in Wheaton, Illinois and died 24 November 1941 in Los Angeles, California.
• Census: 1900, Neligh, Antelope County, Nebraska; He was a retired farmer.; : 65
• History: 2 Jun 1900; He applied for a passport.
• Obituary: 10 Jun 1918; "Captain J. D. Hatfield is Dead at Neligh ? Prominent in Nebraska Business and Political Circles for Many Years ? Was One of Famous Band That Tunneled Out of Libby Prison. Captain John D. Hatfield died at his home in this city [Neligh] this afternoon [Sunday, June 9] of an illness of short duration. He was one of the oldest residents and highly respected citizens of Neligh and Antelope County, and during his lifetime was a large land owner. Mr. Hatfield was born July 4, 1834, near Rockville, Indiana. In 1861, he enlisted in the civil war and took part in the engagements at Shiloh, siege of Corinth, Hatchie Bridge, siege of Vicksburg, Jackson, siege of Atlanta and was with Sherman on the famous march to the sea. He was sent to Libby prison with 108 of his comrades and escaped February 9, 1861, by digging a tunnel. After six days and nights of privation, he succeeded in reaching the Union lines at Williamsburgh. He received the commission of Captain, December 28, 1864, and his honorable discharge July 29, 1865. Mr. Hatfield has been a resident of Neligh since 1885, served the county as treasurer and was among the first to call for an independent convention of the county in 1889. He was a delegate to the national convention in Omaha in 1892 and a delegate to the first national conference of the labor organizations of America at St. Louis in May, 1889, and also to the conference at Cincinnati in May, 1891. He is survived by his wife and son, who is in Wyoming, and upon word from him waits the funeral and burial services." Omaha World Herald, Omaha, NE, Jun 10, 1918

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John married Ellen Mariah "Nellie" Shepardson on 26 Apr 1866 in Lacon, Marshall County, Illinois. Ellen (daughter of Simon Peter Shepardson and Sarah Caroline Trim) was born on 12 Feb 1849 in Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts; died on 9 May 1895 in Neligh, Antelope County, Nebraska; was buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Neligh, Antelope County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
"MARRIED In Lacon, April 28th, by Samuel McFadden, Esq., Capt. J.D. HATFIELD, late of the 53d Ill. Inft., and Miss NELLIE SHEPHERDSON, both of Saratoga township. The captain, like others of the rank and file, very gladly exchanges celibacy for blissful matrimony. He doubtless felt as if he was "one that treadeth alone," or in other words, "as a sheep" without a Shepherd (son)" and longed to "enter into life". We congratulate the happy couple, and wish them long life, and a happy and prosperous one."

Marshall County Telegraph Newspaper

1. Jennie Lillian Hatfield was born on 19 Sep 1868 in Illinois; died on 17 Jul 1895; was buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Neligh, Antelope County, Nebraska.
2. Jay Dee Hatfield was born on 19 May 1883 in Bradford, Stark County, Illinois; died on 22 Jan 1978 in Soda Springs, Caribou County, Idaho; was buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Neligh, Antelope County, Nebraska.

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• Census: 1850, Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois; : 45
• Census: 1860, Saratoga, Marshall County, Illinois; : 54

Abel married Rebecca Somers on Yes, date unknown. Rebecca was born about 1817 in Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1850, Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois; : 33
• Census: 1860, Saratoga, Marshall County, Illinois; : 42