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Note: ence County, Ohio Marriage Book 5- p. 128.
Some sources have the name of Sarah as Sarah Thomas. Perhaps she entered the marriage with Enoch as a widow and her maiden name was Thomas. More research is necessary on this point.
The source for the death of Enoch is "Ohio, Deaths and Burials, 1854-1997," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F6F2-HXW : accessed 13 Dec 2013), Enoch Moore, 16 Apr 1874.
The source for the birth and death date and names of the parents of Sarah is
<u>Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1953
</u>Name: Sarah Jane Moore [Sarah Jane Hatcher]
Death Date: 17 Sep 1923
Death Location: Greenup
Residence Location: Greenup
Age: 90
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: White
Birth Date: 7 Feb 1833
Birth Location: Ohio
Father's name: Charles Hatcher
Father's Birth Location: Ohio
Mother's name: Sarah Melvin
Mother's Birth Location: Ohio
A human interest story on Sarah was copied from one submitted on Ancestry:
From A P Arthur, a descendant:
A family story handed down by my father, Roscoe Burton Arthur (b. 1896):
In the early 1830's as the Hatcher Family migrated into the Ohio Valley they had camped in a holler within sight of the Ohio River, near Ashland, Kentucky. Sarah Hatcher was an infant only months old. On that first evening a camp fire was slowly dying out and the men went to gather more wood. Sara's mother, Sarah Melvin (b.1802) accompanied her husband, Charles Hatcher (b.1824) to gather wood. Suddently there was a loud cry from the infant Sarah and everyone came running. A "Panther" was in the camp and had bitten little Sarah on the head. While other's stayed with the infant Sarah's father, Charles, went for help. He crossed the Ohio River into Kentucky where a plantation owner brought several of his slaves back to the camp to help. They kept a vigil all night until the next morning. Thereafter the Hatcher Family settled along Solida Creek (Lawrence Cty, Ohio) about twelve miles away. The site of this near-death event was called " Panther Holler" and is known as such even to this day.
My father was a mere 5 years old when Sarah Hatcher died. He said he saw the scar on Sarah's head at the furneral. This story appeared in the Columbus Dispatch newspaper in the 1950's under the caption: "Panther Holler" an Ohio Adventure. Sarah Hatcher married Enoch Moore and subsequently they had a daughter who was born Feb 11, 1856, Laura Belle Moore. She married Charles Willis Arthur (b. Jan 1869-d. 1932) who is my grandfather. My father recalled that Sarah Hatcher had been a petite woman, finely featured, even in death, and was a school teacher. Grandmother Laura Belle became a school teacher as well. Stories beyond count are linked between Arthur & Hatcher.
Note: The source for the marriage of Enoch and Sarah Jane Hatcher is the Lawr
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