Robert Hopkins Hatton
Born: November 2, 1826
Birthplace: Youngstown, Ohio
Father: Rev. Robert Clopton Hatton 1793 – 1886
(Buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Lebanon, Tennessee)
Mother: Margaret Campbell 1794 – 1868
(Buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Lebanon, Tennessee)
Wife: Sophie Keron Reilly 1827 – 1916
(Buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Lebanon, Tennessee)
Married: December 16, 1852 in Williamson County, Tennessee
Children:
Reilly Hatton 1854 – 1874
(Buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Lebanon, Tennessee)
Manie Campbell Hatton 1855 – 1938
(Buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Lebanon, Tennessee)
Emily Peyton Hatton Towson 1859 – 1931
(Buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Lebanon, Tennessee)
Education:
1847: Graduated from Cumberland University
1848 – 1849: Attended Cumberland University law school
Occupation before War:
Attorney in Lebanon Tennessee
1855 – 1857: Tennessee State Representative
1857: Unsuccessful Candidate for Governor of Tennessee
1859 – 1861: United States Congressman from Tennessee
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: Colonel of 7th Tennessee Infantry Regiment
1862: Participated in the Peninsula Campaign in Virginia
1862: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Infantry Not confirmed
1862: Killed shot in head during the Battle of Fair Oaks, Virginia
Died: May 31, 1862
Place of Death: Henrico County, Virginia
Age at time of Death: 35 years old
Original Burial Place: Knoxville, Tennessee
Burial Place: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Lebanon, Tennessee
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