"Hillsboro, July 18 - Perry Hatt, age 60, a well known traveling man, died at his home here Saturday evening about 6 o'clock. Mr. Hatt suffered a stroke of apoplexy at the Onedia hotel, in Indianapolis, Thursday afternoon and was rushed to his home here that evening. He never rallied from the attack.
Mr. Hatt had previously suffered a stroke of apoplexy at Grand Rapids, Michigan, about four years ago but had been on the road almost ever since most of the time in the employment of the Owensboro Ditcher & Grader Co., of Owensboro, Kentucky.
Mr. Hatt was one of the best known men in the state, hardly a village in the state that he did not know personally every man who had been in business during the past thirty years. He was a member of the local Masonic order and the Scottish Rite and Shrine at Indianapolis.
He was born in Richland Township, Fountain County, the son of George Hatt, the well known carpenter. During his early life he learned the carpenter trade and worked some on a farm, but he had a natural ability as a salesman and once he started in that line, he soon became a decided success, in fact in was generally conceded that Perry Hatt was the greatest salesman in the state.
He married Miss Nettie Wright and soon after moved to Hillsboro, where he became much interested as a booster and a businessman. While never giving up his chosen work as a traveling salesman, at one time he was extensively interested in business here.
He assisted in organizing the first bank here, also the telephone company; he helped build the first brick block and was a factor in everything worth while that started in Hillsboro for a period of over a quarter of a century, and during that time he never tired of boosting the little city and it is due to him that much of its fame is scattered over the state and also the nation.
Mr. Hatt is survived by his widow, two daughters, Mrs. Bruce Short of Hillsboro, and Mrs. Clifford Parker of Chicago, and one son, Russell, of Indianapolis.
Funeral services will be held at the home Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock, with Rev. O.W. McGaughey in charge. Burial will be made at Rose Hill Cemetery." - Crawfordsville Journal, Crawfordsville, Indiana, July 14, 1921
Mr. Hatt had previously suffered a stroke of apoplexy at Grand Rapids, Michigan, about four years ago but had been on the road almost ever since most of the time in the employment of the Owensboro Ditcher & Grader Co., of Owensboro, Kentucky.
Mr. Hatt was one of the best known men in the state, hardly a village in the state that he did not know personally every man who had been in business during the past thirty years. He was a member of the local Masonic order and the Scottish Rite and Shrine at Indianapolis.
He was born in Richland Township, Fountain County, the son of George Hatt, the well known carpenter. During his early life he learned the carpenter trade and worked some on a farm, but he had a natural ability as a salesman and once he started in that line, he soon became a decided success, in fact in was generally conceded that Perry Hatt was the greatest salesman in the state.
He married Miss Nettie Wright and soon after moved to Hillsboro, where he became much interested as a booster and a businessman. While never giving up his chosen work as a traveling salesman, at one time he was extensively interested in business here.
He assisted in organizing the first bank here, also the telephone company; he helped build the first brick block and was a factor in everything worth while that started in Hillsboro for a period of over a quarter of a century, and during that time he never tired of boosting the little city and it is due to him that much of its fame is scattered over the state and also the nation.
Mr. Hatt is survived by his widow, two daughters, Mrs. Bruce Short of Hillsboro, and Mrs. Clifford Parker of Chicago, and one son, Russell, of Indianapolis.
Funeral services will be held at the home Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock, with Rev. O.W. McGaughey in charge. Burial will be made at Rose Hill Cemetery." - Crawfordsville Journal, Crawfordsville, Indiana, July 14, 1921
"Hillsboro, July 18 - Perry Hatt, age 60, a well known traveling man, died at his home here Saturday evening about 6 o'clock. Mr. Hatt suffered a stroke of apoplexy at the Onedia hotel, in Indianapolis, Thursday afternoon and was rushed to his home here that evening. He never rallied from the attack.
Mr. Hatt had previously suffered a stroke of apoplexy at Grand Rapids, Michigan, about four years ago but had been on the road almost ever since most of the time in the employment of the Owensboro Ditcher & Grader Co., of Owensboro, Kentucky.
Mr. Hatt was one of the best known men in the state, hardly a village in the state that he did not know personally every man who had been in business during the past thirty years. He was a member of the local Masonic order and the Scottish Rite and Shrine at Indianapolis.
He was born in Richland Township, Fountain County, the son of George Hatt, the well known carpenter. During his early life he learned the carpenter trade and worked some on a farm, but he had a natural ability as a salesman and once he started in that line, he soon became a decided success, in fact in was generally conceded that Perry Hatt was the greatest salesman in the state.
He married Miss Nettie Wright and soon after moved to Hillsboro, where he became much interested as a booster and a businessman. While never giving up his chosen work as a traveling salesman, at one time he was extensively interested in business here.
He assisted in organizing the first bank here, also the telephone company; he helped build the first brick block and was a factor in everything worth while that started in Hillsboro for a period of over a quarter of a century, and during that time he never tired of boosting the little city and it is due to him that much of its fame is scattered over the state and also the nation.
Mr. Hatt is survived by his widow, two daughters, Mrs. Bruce Short of Hillsboro, and Mrs. Clifford Parker of Chicago, and one son, Russell, of Indianapolis.
Funeral services will be held at the home Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock, with Rev. O.W. McGaughey in charge. Burial will be made at Rose Hill Cemetery." - Crawfordsville Journal, Crawfordsville, Indiana, July 14, 1921
Mr. Hatt had previously suffered a stroke of apoplexy at Grand Rapids, Michigan, about four years ago but had been on the road almost ever since most of the time in the employment of the Owensboro Ditcher & Grader Co., of Owensboro, Kentucky.
Mr. Hatt was one of the best known men in the state, hardly a village in the state that he did not know personally every man who had been in business during the past thirty years. He was a member of the local Masonic order and the Scottish Rite and Shrine at Indianapolis.
He was born in Richland Township, Fountain County, the son of George Hatt, the well known carpenter. During his early life he learned the carpenter trade and worked some on a farm, but he had a natural ability as a salesman and once he started in that line, he soon became a decided success, in fact in was generally conceded that Perry Hatt was the greatest salesman in the state.
He married Miss Nettie Wright and soon after moved to Hillsboro, where he became much interested as a booster and a businessman. While never giving up his chosen work as a traveling salesman, at one time he was extensively interested in business here.
He assisted in organizing the first bank here, also the telephone company; he helped build the first brick block and was a factor in everything worth while that started in Hillsboro for a period of over a quarter of a century, and during that time he never tired of boosting the little city and it is due to him that much of its fame is scattered over the state and also the nation.
Mr. Hatt is survived by his widow, two daughters, Mrs. Bruce Short of Hillsboro, and Mrs. Clifford Parker of Chicago, and one son, Russell, of Indianapolis.
Funeral services will be held at the home Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock, with Rev. O.W. McGaughey in charge. Burial will be made at Rose Hill Cemetery." - Crawfordsville Journal, Crawfordsville, Indiana, July 14, 1921
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