Thatch Family
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Wife and Daughters of James Igou Thatch, circa 1920
Click here to read Thomas Early Thatch’s booklet, Brief Sketch of a Country Neighborhood in Bradley County, Eight Miles South of Cleveland, Tennessee Including the First Settlers and Present Citizens: Their Mode of Living in the Past and the Present, published in 1894.
Obituary of Stephen M. Thatch
Mr. Stephen Thatch of this county died Friday night last; aged about 70 years.
Cleveland Weekly Herald, 01 January 1891, Page 1
contributed by Jim Strickland (date unspecified)
Memorial Tribute to Stephen M. & Elizabeth Thatch
THEY ARE GONE.
They fought a good fight, they finished their work, they kept the faith.
Stephen M. Thatch was born Sept. 23, 1819, died Dec 26, 1890
Elizabeth Thatch was born Feb. 8, 1825, died July 16, 1890
Brother Thatch and his wife were both members of the M. E. Church, and had been for near a half century whose lives are worthy of imitation, whose walks wee upright before God and man, being led by the spirit which made them meek and humble followers of Christ, a good father and mother to their children, good neighbors and citizens of our common wealth. They will be missed at home around the old fireside and altar. Pa’s hat will be hung on the rack as usual and his coat on the wall, his glasses shut in the old tin case, his shoes in the hall, his voice hushed in the barnyard, his footsteps in the room, his form has passed away and his body’s in the tomb.
Mother, on whose bosom the children did rest, nourished and fed, and kindly blessed, her toils are all over and she is at rest, her knitting rolled up and carefully laid away, as life has now ceased and finished her say. Her spectacles and bible now laid on the stand, but she’s now dwelling in that beautiful land.
They both gave evidence of their acceptance with God and in the triumph of that faith which they had walked so long before they departed to go hence to be no more among us, but our loss is their great gain. The will of God be done. — Rev. A. J. Berryhill
Cleveland Weekly Herald, 01 January 1891, Page 3
contributed by Jim Strickland (date unspecified)
Obituary of James I. Thatch
James I. Thatch, 85, died at the home of his nephew, Herman Allen, Route 6, Friday following long illness. He is survived by two sons-in-law, H. C. Jones, McDonald Route 1 and Ernest Strickland, Chattanooga, two grandchildren and a number of nephews and nieces.
The body will be at the home of H. C. Jones, Saturday morning after 10 o’clock where it will remain until the hour of funeral, Sunday at 2:30 p. m. at Antioch Baptist Church. Burial will be in Church Cemetery. Fike Funeral Home is in charge.
Cleveland Daily Banner, 24 March 1950, Page 1
contributed by Jim Strickland (date unspecified) with note: Grandson of Stephen M. Thatch
John Henderson Thatch
contributed by Jim Strickland
John Henderson Thatch was a native and lifelong resident of Bradley County (McDonald), son of Stephen Monroe Thatch and Elizabeth Igou, lifelong residents of Bradley County (buried at Wesleyann).
On November 01, 1862 he enlisted in Company G, 5th Tennessee Infantry as a private advancing through the ranks of Corporal to Sergeant before being transferred to Co. K as Sergeant Major. He mustered out on May 24, 1865. He was also a Justice of the Peace in Bradley County although I have not yet determined dates of such service. See “Country Neighborhood” in your history section for J. H. Thatch and John H. Thatch. [unclear what this refers to…]
Evidently after his wife died he went to Kansas City to live with two of his children, Harrison Monroe Thatch and Celia Elizabeth Thatch.
Both Harrison and Celia were natives of Bradley County; I have not been able to establish when nor why they migrated to KC.
His eldest son, James Igou Thatch (my grandfather) is buried at Antioch. Another son, Silas, is buried at Lebanon. He had two other sons William and Delmar that I have not found. Celia was his only daughter.