The following is taken from the book "A Twentieth Century History of Marshall Co., Indiana" by Daniel McDonald Vol.II pp.614-615. The Lewis Publishing Co. , Chicago 1908:

George W. Hatfield.
Numbered among the business men of Marshall county is George W. Hatfield, whose entire life since he was a child has been spent within its borders. He was born in Marion county,Ohio, July 24, 1843, but in 1850 his father, William Hatfield, removed with his family to Bourbon township, Marshall county, where he entered one hundred and sixty acres of land five miles northeast of Bourbon.This was during a very early period of its development, and this early pioneer had to cut his way through the woods to his farm and clear a space sufficient to erect his little log cabin. His nearest neighbor was a mile and a half distant, and all was new and wild, but with the passing years he brought his farm under an excellent state of cultivation and there he spent the remainder of his long and active life, dying in 1859 at the age of fifty years. He was a native son of England, coming with his parents to the United States during his boyhood days, and the family home was first established in Marion county, Ohio, where thev became farming people. Mrs. Hatfield bore the maiden name of Mary Tharp,and was born in Pennsylvania.

In the old-time log cabin schools of Bourbon township George W. Hatfield received his educational training, and during his early manhood, in August, 1862, he enlisted for service in the Civil war, entering the Twenty-first Indiana Battery and continuing as a soldier until the close of the conflict. His services were in Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia, and he participated in all of the engagements in which his regiment took part, while in the battle of Chickamauga he was wounded in the left knee. Receiving his honorable discharge in June, 1865, Mr. Hatfield returned to the work of the farm in Bourbon township, and in 1884 he took up his abode on his present estate of eighty acres, located a few miles from Bourbon, the old home of his wife. He also has property interests in the city, and in 1904 Mr. and Mrs. Hatfield laid aside the active work of the farm and removed to Bourbon to enjoy the rest which their former years of labor had brought them.

They were married in January, 1866, Mrs. Hatfield bearing the maiden name of Susan Hanes, and she is a daughter of Henry Hanes, of Marshall county. Of their children, three daughters and one son are living, namely : Adella, now Mrs. Price, of Illinois; Mary Agnes, now Mrs. Bates, and a resident of Bourbon township; William A.; and Myrtle, now Mrs. Snell, of Bourbon. One daughter, Cora May Pritch (sic),died in 1900, and three children also died in infancy. Mr. Hatfield is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and for thirty-five years he has been an active and valued member of the Methodist church, having served in all of its offices from steward to class leader. He sustains his relations with his old army comrades by his membership in Warsaw Post, G. A. R. True to his duties of citizenship, he is an active public worker, and in 1904 was elected the trustee of Bourbon township, while against his wish he was also nominated and elected as the township assessor. As a citizen he is highly respected and esteemed and the family is one of prominence in the community where they have so long resided.