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Hatch, A. J., M.D., Russell, was born, April 12, 1861, a son of S. C. Hatch, a native of South Canton, born in 1826, whose father was Dr. Hatch, born in Vermont, who came to South Canton. S. C. Hatch came to Russell with his parents when six years of age, and has always followed agriculture. He married Ann, daughter of Justus Ives, of Russell, and they have had eight children, four now living [1884]: Victor C., L. B., Martha B., and A. J. The latter, our subject, was educated in the St. Lawrence Semimary [sic Seminary] and the medical department of the University of Vermont, beginning practice in 1885 in Norwood, where he remained about eighteen months. He then came to this town, where he has built up an enviable reputation as a reliable practitioner, his rides extending into the towns of Russell, Fine, Clifton, Pierrpont, Clair, etc. In 1886 he married Fannie F., daughter of T. P. and Harriet Johnson, both of Vermont, but now residents of Russell. They have had one child, [to 1894], who died in infancy. [Our Country and Its People: A Memorial Record of St. Lawrence County, New York, Ed. Gates Curtis. Syracuse, NY. D. Mason & Company, Publishers, 1894, page 325.]

Note: Both Alfred J. Hatch and his wife, Fannie, died in an epidemic in January, 1899 and their children went to live with Alfred's brother, Lester Bryan Hatch.