My Genealogy Hound

A. Hatler, miller, of Martin, Tenn., was one of thirteen children, seven of whom are living, born to the marriage of Alexander Hatler and Elizabeth Russell, who were born in Barren County, Ky., in 1800 and 1805, and died in Henry County, Tenn., 1846 and 1875 respectively. They were married in their native county, and in 1825 moved to Henry County, Tenn., where the father built a mill on Old Town Creek, and there resided until his death. Our subject was born in Henry County in 1827, and was educated in the old-fashioned dirt-floored schoolhouses of early days. In 1854 he wedded Regina Richie, daughter of James and Lucy Richie. Mrs. Hatler was born near Nashville, Tenn., in 1827, and died in the spring of 1866, leaving two children: William L., now in Morgan County, Mo., and Alien, living near Martin. In 1867 Mr. Hatler married Columbia Hatler, who became the mother of one daughter—Regina, and died in 1869. Mr. Hatler married his third wife, Mrs. Shouklin, in 1870. To them were born two children, both of whom are deceased. Our subject married his fourth wife, Lucy A. Quarles, in July, 1881. Mrs. Hatler was born in Weakley County in 1854, and has borne her husband one daughter—Harriett. From the time of his first marriage up to January, 1886, Mr. Hatler followed farming. He is now doing quite an extensive business in grist-milling, turning out about thirty barrels of flour per day and 150 bushels of corn meal. His farm of 156 acres of land is in the Third District. He has given his children good educational advantages, and in politics is conservative, though formerly a Whig. He is a Mason. His great-grandfather came from Germany and located in North Carolina, and after a time the family gradually pushed westward, and are now citizens of Kentucky and Tennessee.