The Republic - Columbus, Indiana - Thursday, March 7, 1912 - Page 1

Mrs. Martha Hatfield, aged 40 years, wife of Charles Hatfield, died this morning at her home at 1603 Orinoco Avenue. Funeral will be from the residence at 10:00 o'clock Saturday morning, conducted by Rev. W. H. Book. Burial will be in Garland Brook Cemetery. Mrs. Hatfield is survived by a husband, and eight children. She was preceded in death by two sons, Everett Hatfield, who died October 30, 1900, in Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana, and Lawrence Hatfield, who died January 12, 1912, in Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana.

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Martha was the daughter of Asa Rockwell and Jemima Bivens. Martha E. Rockwell and Charles Hatfield were married September 12, 1890, in Bartholomew County, Indiana. To this union they had 10 children:

1. Bessie Mae Hatfield: b. April 27, 1890, in Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana; d. November 10, 1964, in Seymour, Jackson County, Indiana; Married Harley Archibald Hayden on October 11, 1905, in Bartholomew County, Indiana
2. George R. Hatfield: b. February 11, 1893, in Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana; d. January 8, 1952, in Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana; Married Mary Estella Stader on August 28, 1915, in Bartholomew County, Indiana.
3. Alma Alice Hatfield: b. February 5, 1895, in Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana; d. May 30, 1945, in Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana; Married Thomas Rothhaas on May 13, 1937.
4. James Edward Hatfield: b. December 31, 1897, in Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana; d. August 25, 1959, in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana; Married Ida Jeannette Piper on August 19, 1922, in Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana
5. Linnie Bell Hatfield: b. May 6, 1899, in Bartholomew County, Indiana; d. August 16, 1926, in Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana; Married Claude Earnest Stevens on October 9, 1916, in Clark County, Indiana
6. Everett Hatfield: b. September 26, 1900, in Indiana; d. October 30, 1900, in Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana
7. Earl Adam Hatfield: b. April 4, 1903, in Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana; d. July 26, 1971, in Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana; Married Mary Louise Whitehead on June 30, 1923, in Bartholomew County, Indiana
8. Pearl Hatfield: b. April 4, 1903, in Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana; d. October 10, 1980, in Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana; 1. Married Carl Michael Bierlein on July 29, 1922, in Bartholomew County, Indiana, 2. Married Oscar Gibson on July 21, 1925, in Clark County, Indiana, 3. Married Scott Elmer Henry on December 2, 1950, in Clark County, Indiana, 4. Married David Rex Eddy on January 14, 1966
9. Alberta Hatfield: b. June 29, 1910, in Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana; d. Friday, April 5, 1985, in Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida; Married Lloyd Armstrong on September 29, 1934, in Marion County, Indiana
10. Lawrence Hatfield: b. January 23, 1912, in Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana; d. January 24, 1912, in Bartholomew County, Indiana.