May 16, 1949
Rebecca Hatfield, 86, Widow of Monteville, Dies in Himtington
LOGAN, May 15—Mrs. Rebecca Hatfield, widow of Monteville Hatfield, died here Saturday night at the home of a daughter. She was 86.
Mrs. Hatfield was a sister-in-law of "Devil Anse" Hatfield, the leader of his clan in the storied fued with the McCoys, and an aunt of Dr. Henry D. Hatfield of Huntington, former governor and U. S. senator.
She was a daughter of the late Nathan and Matilda Chafin, the youngest and last-surviving member of a family of 11 children.
Monteville Hatfield, a "peaceful" member of the clan, left his farm on the Tug river, Mingo county, during the feud and made his way to Virginia where he lived until it subsided.
Later, he was convicted of a murder in connection with the feud, but after serving five years in prison it was discovered he had been "framed" and he was released with full pardon to return to his farm. He died about 40 years ago.
Mrs. Hatfield leaves four children, Mrs. Lydia Jackson, Hibbard and Howard Hatfield, all of Logan, and Reese Acord, a son by a former marriage, in Mingo county.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete, but the burial will be at the side of her husband in the Hatfield
family cemetery on Main Island creek, where "Devil Anse" also is buried and where a monument of him commemorates his leadership of the clan.
∼•Birth: 29 APR 1863 in Logan County, Virginia (WV)
•Death: 14 MAY 1949 in Logan County, Virginia (WV)
Father: Nathaniel 'Nathan' Chafin b: ABT 1820 in Pike County, Kentucky
Mother: Matilda Varney b: ABT 1821 in Kentucky
May 16, 1949
Rebecca Hatfield, 86, Widow of Monteville, Dies in Himtington
LOGAN, May 15—Mrs. Rebecca Hatfield, widow of Monteville Hatfield, died here Saturday night at the home of a daughter. She was 86.
Mrs. Hatfield was a sister-in-law of "Devil Anse" Hatfield, the leader of his clan in the storied fued with the McCoys, and an aunt of Dr. Henry D. Hatfield of Huntington, former governor and U. S. senator.
She was a daughter of the late Nathan and Matilda Chafin, the youngest and last-surviving member of a family of 11 children.
Monteville Hatfield, a "peaceful" member of the clan, left his farm on the Tug river, Mingo county, during the feud and made his way to Virginia where he lived until it subsided.
Later, he was convicted of a murder in connection with the feud, but after serving five years in prison it was discovered he had been "framed" and he was released with full pardon to return to his farm. He died about 40 years ago.
Mrs. Hatfield leaves four children, Mrs. Lydia Jackson, Hibbard and Howard Hatfield, all of Logan, and Reese Acord, a son by a former marriage, in Mingo county.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete, but the burial will be at the side of her husband in the Hatfield
family cemetery on Main Island creek, where "Devil Anse" also is buried and where a monument of him commemorates his leadership of the clan.
∼•Birth: 29 APR 1863 in Logan County, Virginia (WV)
•Death: 14 MAY 1949 in Logan County, Virginia (WV)
Father: Nathaniel 'Nathan' Chafin b: ABT 1820 in Pike County, Kentucky
Mother: Matilda Varney b: ABT 1821 in Kentucky
Family Members
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Sarah Lynne "Sallie" Chafin McCoy
1839–1871
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Andrew Jackson Chafin
1841–1923
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Levisa "Levicy" Chafin Hatfield
1842–1929
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Moses C. Chafin
1845–1923
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Mary Chafin Webb
1847–1924
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Nancy Chafin Carey
1849–1931
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William Thomas "Thomas" Chaffin
1853–1931
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Eliza Jane Chafin Hatfield
1858–1926
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John Chafin
1859–1892
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