William Hatton

William Hatton (June 9, 1849 – October 22, 1894) was an American businessman in Carmel Valley, California. He was manager of the dairy and cattle interests of the Pacific Improvement Company,

Career

In 1888, the Pacific Improvement Company hired Hatton to manage two large Del Monte dairies, the Rancho Cañada de la Segunda in lower Carmel Valley and the ranching operations of Rancho Los Laureles in the upper Carmel Valley that the company purchased in 1882.

Death Hatton died on October 22, 1894, in Carmel Valley. Newspapers said that the immediate cause of death was a brain aneurysm. Further analysis determined it was bright's disease. He was buried in Monterey, California.