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Record for Ephraim Prater II Hatfield (73) facts
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Ephraim Prater “Big Eaf” Hatfield II
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Ephraim Prater “Big Eaf” Hatfield II
BIRTH 11 Apr 1812
Logan County, West Virginia, USA
DEATH 30 Jun 1881 (aged 69)
Newtown, Mingo County, West Virginia, USA
BURIAL Hatfield Cemetery
Newtown, Mingo County, West Virginia, USA
MEMORIAL ID 57400774 ·
PHOTOS 2
FLOWERS 49
Born "Sprigg"
Married August 28, 1828 Pike Co Ky
Died "Mate Creek"
From Find A Grave contributer:46875544
Nickname is Big Eph according to many newpapers. He was the father of 18 children, only 10 living to be grown.
Family Members
Parents Valentine Hatfield 1789-1872
Martha Weddington Hatfield 1789-1867
Spouse Nancy A. Vance Hatfield 1813-1895 (m. 1828)
Siblings Ali Hatfield 1804-1870
Joseph B Hatfield 1805-1893
Andrew Hatfield 1809-1891
John Hatfield 1813-1867
Virginia Jane Hatfield Justice 1813-1886
James Guinney Hatfield 1824-1903
Children Martha Matilda Hatfield Varney 1831-1910
Valentine Hatfield 1834-1890
Elizabeth Hatfield Record 1835-1917
William Anderson Hatfield 1839-1921
Ellison Hatfield 1841-1882
Elias Hatfield 1846-1908
Emma Hatfield Smith 1849-1929
Bridget Hatfield Mitchell 1850-1924
Patterson Hatfield 1853-1902
Smith Hatfield 1853-1937
Flowers • 49
Left by Deb?Bee on 23 May 2023
Rest in Peace - My 10th Cousin once removed
Left by S G Michael on 12 May 2023
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Headstone, HATFIELD, Ephraim & Nancy VANCE
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EPHRAM & NANCY VANCE HATFIELD 1812 michellecenters2002added this on 10 Jun 2012 susieqervinoriginally submitted this to ERVIN - UPCHURCH - Davis - Williams - Lane Family Tree on 7 Feb 2012
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UGH! Not associated w either Ephraim or Nancy in my FTM tree!
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Hatfield, Big Eph sketch anc_ColbyMeck
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Ephraim Prater “Big Eaf” Hatfield II
Photo added by Rod Hatfield
Picture of
Added by Colby Meck
Ephraim Prater “Big Eaf” Hatfield II
BIRTH 11 Apr 1812
Logan County, West Virginia, USA
DEATH 30 Jun 1881 (aged 69)
Newtown, Mingo County, West Virginia, USA
BURIAL Hatfield Cemetery
Newtown, Mingo County, West Virginia,… |
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https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3WF8-RFM
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https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCXL-5DZ
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https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X85Y-2BM
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https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DC-1BF
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https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZF-WD1G
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https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6RY-9DW
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https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMDC-8Z4
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https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNKB-66H
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https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M41D-XZ1
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Record for Emma Hatfield
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Hatfield, Emma & Biddie sisters of Devil Anse
Biddie Hatfield Mitchell
Birth: Oct. 19, 1850
Death: Jun. 2, 1924
daughter of Ephraim "Big Eaf" Hatfield and Nancy A Vance
Family links:
Parents: Ephraim Hatfield (1812 - 1881)
Nancy A. Vance Hatfield (1813 - 1895)
Spouse: Henry Mitchell (1845 - 1934)*
Children: David Elias Mitchell (1874 - 1945)*
Fulton Mitchell (1881 - 1932)*
Lucien… |
- [S1708] Public Member Trees, recovered, hatfield Family Treecolumbba, Owner: ruthmounts56 Last viewed: Ephraim Hatfield.
Record for Ephraim Hatfield
20180204 RVA-
hatfield Family Treecolumbba ruthmounts56
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/13490268/person/-60454691?ssrc=&ftm=1
Ephraim Hatfield Info
Ephraim Hatfield, born in 1812, was the father of the active participants in the Hatfield and McCoy feud. Because of his massive size he was best known throughout the region of the hills as "Big Eaf." He was said to have been seven feet tall and to have weighed well over three hundred pounds.
ruthmounts56added this on 7 Jan 2010
mcmillen1961originally submitted this to McMillions (McMillens) - Virginia To Illinois on 16 Jul 2009
Regarding Ephraim Hatfield Civil War Service
In a Charleston, West Virginia court, Ephraim Hatfield talked about his Confederate Civil War service:
"I served in the militia in 1861 and regularly enlisted in 1862 in the Confederate Army as first lieutenant in the 4th Virginia Infantry. I resigned in 1863 and then recruited a company which was kept in service in Wayne, Cabell and other border counties of West Virginia and Kentucky. Johnse Marion and Tom McCoy, who are now trying to kill me, were members of my company during the war."
ruthmounts56added this on 7 Jan 2010
mcmillen1961originally submitted this to McMillions (McMillens) - Virginia To Illinois on 15 Jul 2009
Devil Anse" Hatfield Dead
New York Times
January 8, 1921
The New York Times, Page 10
“Devil Anse” Hatfield Dead
Noted Feudist of Hatfield - McCoy Mountain War Dies at 85
Huntington, W. Val., Jan. 7 - Anderson Hatfield, long ago nicknamed “Devil” Anse” for his exploits in the Hatfield-McCoy feud that brought violent deaths to so many members of both clans, died quietly in his bed last night of pneumonia at the family home at Island Creek, Logan County. The old mountaineer was in his 86th year.
The famous feud started in 1880 with the theft of some hogs by a McCoy, but did not become murderous until Ellison Hatfield was fatally wounded in a gun fight two years later. “Devil Anse” then captured three McCoys and kept the in the mountains until the wounded Hatfield died, when he and his followers shot all three prisoners.
The brutal burning of the McCoy home in 1888 and the killing of male and female McCoys as they fled from the flames has been laid to “Cap” Hatfield, eldest son of “Devil Anse.” The latter, in 1911, after two of his other sons had been shot to death announced his reformation, was baptized and joined the church.
ruthmounts56added this on 27 Jan 2010 Donna McCoyoriginally submitted this to McCoy Family Tree on 3 May 2009
U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles about William Anderson Hatfield
Name: William Anderson Hatfield
Occupation: Farmer
Age at enlistment: 25
Enlistment Date: 31 Aug 1863
Rank at enlistment: 1st Lieut
Enlistment Place: Saltville, VA
State Served: Virginia
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record: Commissioned an officer in Company B, Virginia 45th Infantry Battalion on 31 Aug 1863.
Description: height: 5 ft. 6 in., dark complexion, dark eyes, dark hair.
Birth Date: 9 Sep 1839
Death Date: 6 Jan 1921
Death Place: Logan County, WV
Sources: The Virginia Regimental Histories Series
Research by R. Ross Houston
Source Information: Historical Data Systems, comp.. U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.
Original data: Data compiled by Historical Data Systems of Kingston, MA from the following list of works.
Copyright 1997-2009
Historical Data Systems, Inc.
PO Box 35
Duxbury, MA 02331.
Description: This database is a compilation of military records (including state rosters, pension records, and regimental histories) of individual soldiers who served in the United States Civil War.
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Devil Anse Hatfield Clan of feud fame, 1897
ruthmounts56added this on 27 Jan 2010 chrisann59originally submitted this to Scattered Leaves of Our Family on 27 Nov 2009 Family Photo Back row standing: 1. Rose Browning (daughter); 2. Troy; 3. Betty Caldwell; 4. Elias; 5. Tom Chafin (nephew); 6. Joe D; 7. Exer Damron (hired hand); 8. Shephard; 9. Coleman; 10. Levica Emma; 11. Bill Borden… |
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Devil Anse and Some of His Boys
Logan County, WV
The photo, taken at the Hatfield homeplace in 1897 by an itinerant photographer, features William Anderson "Anse" Hatfield at the center. Back row, standing, left to right: Ock Damron, a hired hand; Elias Hatfield; Detroit "Troy" Hatfield; Joe Hatfield; "Cap" Hatfield; and Bill Borden, a friend… |
- [S394] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online., Skinner/Schinzel-Ahlemeyer/Haines Tree J_Ahlemeyer.
Record for Nancy Vance
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Vance Hatfield, Nancy- Devil Anse mother
Nancy Vance (Devil Anse Hatfield's mother) Toni Moweradded this on 31 May 2012 hatgirl1968originally submitted this to Pritt Family Tree on 5 Feb 2011 Was told by Uncle Hanford that we were related to Devil Anse Hatfield. This had to be the connection. |
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Vance Hatfield, Nancy- Devil Anse mother cropped
Nancy Vance (Devil Anse Hatfield's mother) Toni Moweradded this on 31 May 2012 hatgirl1968originally submitted this to Pritt Family Tree on 5 Feb 2011Category Type: Portrait / Family Photo Was told by Uncle Hanford that we were related to Devil Anse Hatfield. This had to be the connection. |
- [S1333] Wilma Lee Steele, Ancestry.com Varney Message Board:.
Message #418 Tuesday, March 14, 2000 Subject: jh varney and martha hatfield varney Posted by: wilma steele Message: Hello, I found the graves of JH & Martha, they are at Meador Cemetery in Mingo Co. WV Martha b.1832 d.1910 J.H. Varney b.May 8, 1828 d. Dec. 14, 1905 some of their children: Andrew "Andy" Varney b. 1855 Larkin "Lark" Varney b. 1857 Emma Varney Steele b.Jan. 28, 1866 d. Apr 18 1922 I know these three are their children, but their were more. others at grave yard: Homer Varney b. 1904 d. 1930 Pliant Varney b. 1880 d. 1962 Daisy Varney b. 1895 d. 1965 I have more info, contact me at: wilmaleesteele@yahoo.com
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https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7VYC-7VN2
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https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FRN4-741
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https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FRNW-BQR
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https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FRN4-Z4J
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https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FRN4-8V5
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https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FTFK-8V3
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Record for Horton Reeves Horton Reeves Birth: 1875 Death: 1962 Family links: Spouse: Emma Hatfield Smith (1848 - 1929)* *Calculated relationship Burial: Willow Grove Cemetery Fountain City, Wayne County, Indiana, USA Created by: DSON1492 Record added: Nov 05, 2012 Find A Grave Memorial# 100242828
Horton Reeves
Birth: 1875
Death: 1962
Family links:
Spouse: Emma Hatfield Smith (1848 - 1929)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial: Willow Grove Cemetery
Fountain City, Wayne County, Indiana, USA
Created by: DSON1492
Record added: Nov 05, 2012
Find A Grave Memorial# 100242828
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Horton Reeves
Birth: 1875
Death: 1962
Family links:
Spouse: Emma Hatfield Smith (1848 - 1929)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial: Willow Grove Cemetery
Fountain City, Wayne County, Indiana, USA
Created by: DSON1492
Record added: Nov 05, 2012
Find A Grave Memorial# 100242828 |
- [S854] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Emma Hatfield Smith.
Record for Emma Smith
Emma Hatfield Smith
Birth: Dec. 10, 1848
Death: Apr. 27, 1929
First married before 1865
Second marraige April 26, 1898
Third marrriage date?
LDs record
Family links:
Parents: Ephraim Hatfield (1812 - 1881)
Nancy A. Vance Hatfield (1813 - 1895)
Spouse: Horton Reeves (1875 - 1962)
Children: Nancy Elizabeth Smith Hatfield (1866 - 1942)*
Siblings: Martha Matilda Hatfield Varney (1831 - 1910)*
Valentine Hatfield (1834 - 1890)*
Elizabeth Hatfield Record (1835 - 1917)*
William Anderson Hatfield (1839 - 1921)*
Ellison Hatfield (1843 - 1882)*
Elias Hatfield (1846 - 1908)*
Emma Hatfield Smith (1848 - 1929)
Biddie Hatfield Mitchell (1850 - 1924)*
Patterson Hatfield (1853 - 1902)*
Smith Hatfield (1853 - 1937)*
*Calculated relationship
Inscription:
EMMA HATFIELD
SMITH
Dec 19 1849
April 27 1930
Burial: Hatfield Family Cemetery
Sarah Ann, Logan County, West Virginia, USA
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Originally Created by: P Fazzini
Record added: Dec 13, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 81899092
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headstone, Hatield Family Cemetery- Emma Hatfield Smith findagrave 1849-1929
Emma Hatfield Smith
Birth: Dec. 10, 1848 huh? see headstone -jcw20161224
Death: Apr. 27, 1929
First married before 1865
Second marraige April 26, 1898
Third marrriage date?
LDs record
Family links:
Parents: Ephraim Hatfield (1812 - 1881)
Nancy A. Vance Hatfield (1813 - 1895)
Spouse: Horton Reeves (1875 - 1962)
Children: Nancy Elizabeth Smith… |
- [S394] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online., Skinner/Schinzel-Ahlemeyer/Haines Tree J_Ahlemeyer.
Record for Ephraim "Big Eaf" Hatfield
Regarding Ephraim Hatfield Civil War Service
In a Charleston, West Virginia court, Ephraim Hatfield talked about his
Confederate Civil War service:
"I served in the militia in 1861 and regularly enlisted in 1862 in the
Confederate Army as first lieutenant in the 4th Virginia Infantry. I
resigned in 1863 and then recruited a company which was kept in service in Wayne, Cabell and other border counties of West Virginia and Kentucky. Johnse Marion and Tom McCoy, who are now trying to kill me, were members of my company during the war."
fipladyadded this on 1 Jun 2010 mcmillen1961originally submitted this to McMillions (McMillens) - Virginia To Illinois on 15 Jul 2009
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1849 - 1929 (79 years)
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