My great-grandfather was Charles Hatton who prospected for gold in the Mt. Baker mining district along with his sons. One of whom is my grandfather, James, who operated a livery stable in Maple Falls and married the daughter of the town founder, George King. Charles filed a homestead claim in Welcome.
Your grandfather was one of the investors in a few claims filed by my ggrandfather. There is a picture of him in the Whatcom Memories book at the Deming Library. My 2nd great-grandmother Cynthia Winters Hicks is also buried at the Mount Hope Cemetery in Deming.
Sometime in the future, I plan to write biographies on the prospectors during the gold rush era in Whatcom County. I've compiled records from deeds and census about your grandfather and I would like to include some family history about the Pebleys. I am willing to share info with you. Please reply to me directly at this e-mail address:
arntzen.dp@earthlink.net. Please note the dot in the first part of the address.