Testerman, Cabell 'Cornelius' b. 18 Apr 1882 Flat Ridge, Grayson, Virginia, USA d. 19 May 1920 Matewan, Mingo, West Virginia, USA: WETZEL Extended Family & More

Testerman, Cabell 'Cornelius'

1882 - 1920 (38 years)

Name	Testerman, Cabell 'Cornelius' [1, 2]
Birth	18 Apr 1882	Flat Ridge, Grayson, Virginia, USA [1, 2, 3]
	20230601GHLn- Jesse Lee Maynard Hatfield Photo added by Greg Picture of Added by minpar Picture of Added by minpar Jesse Lee Maynard Hatfield BIRTH 1892 DEATH 1980 (aged 87-88) Ashland City, Cheatham County, Tennessee, USA BURIALForest Hill Cemetery Ashland City, Cheatham County, Tennessee, USA MEMORIAL ID 80057860 · PHOTOS 4 FLOWERS 15 Family Members Spouses Cabell Cornelius Testerman 1882-1920 (m. 1914) Sylvester H Pettry 1895-1950 (m. 1922) William Sidney Hatfield 1893-1921 Children Jackson Testerman 1915-2001 Flowers • 15 Left by Billy G Whitis on 27 Jan 2023 Left by Anonymous on 17 Nov 2022
Gender	Male
Occupation	1919	Matewan, Mingo, West Virginia, USA
	mayor
	As a child, Hatfield worked on his father's farm. He became a miner in his teens, and then worked as a blacksmith for several years. He received his nickname, "Smilin' Sid", because of the gold caps on several of his upper teeth. He seems to have had a reputation for hard living and fighting, and his appointment in 1919 to the post of Police Chief of Matewan, by the mayor, Cabell Cornelis Testerman (1882-1920), surprised some of the more "respectable" townsfolk.[3] However, he was a staunch supporter of the United Mine Workers of America, as was Testerman: together, they were instrumental in leading the mining community's resistance to the Baldwin-Felts operatives. Operatives offered both men substantial bribes to allow them to station machine guns in the town. Hatfield and Testerman refused. The Battle of Matewan was precipitated by the Baldwin-Felts agents' attempts to evict the families of unionized miners.
census 1920	7 Jan 1920	Matewan, Mingo, West Virginia, USA [3]
	StreetAddress: Main Street; Age: 37; Occupation: Mayor; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 111; HomeMortgaged: Mortgaged; HomeOwnership: Own; Industry: Matewat?? City; IsEmployed: Wage or Salary; RelationToHead: Head; MaritalStatus: Married
	20190904HAv- Cornelis Testermans in the 1920 United States Federal Census date: 7 January 1920 enum: Savage Adkins? Name: Cornelis Testermans Cornelis Testerman Age: 37 Birth Year: abt 1883 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1920: Matewan City, Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia Street: Main Street House Number: X Residence Date: 1920 Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Head Marital status: Married Spouse's name: Jessie Lee Testermans Father's Birthplace: Tennessee Mother's Birthplace: Virginia Able to Speak English: Yes Occupation: Mayor Industry: Matewat City Employment Field: Wage or Salary Home Owned or Rented: Own Home Free or Mortgaged: Mortgaged Able to Read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Household Members: Name Age 25B- William Jefferson Hatfield 25 Head KY KY KY merchant, meat Columbia Hatfield 21 wife WV WV WV none Ada Hatfield 4 dau WV KY KY Captain? Cornelis Testermans 37 Head VA TN VA mayor, Matewan City Jessie Lee Testermans 23 wife WV WV WV none Jackson Testermans 4y10m son WV VA WV John Hall 38 Head KY KY KY waiter, restaurant Sidney Hatfield 26 roomer KY WV WV Chief of Police, Matewan James Ross 24 James Waveley 25 Andy Barrett Hatfield 41 Head WV WV WV merchant, General Store 26A- Mary Jane Hatfield 40 Alfonso Hatfield 17 Sallie Louise Hatfield 15 Source Citation Year: 1920; Census Place: Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia; Roll: T625_1965; Page: 25B; Enumeration District: 111 Name Birth Arrival Residence Pauline Hurt West Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA John Bittle Hurt Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA Minnie Lee Hurt Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA Chloe Hurt Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA Haven Edward Hurt Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA Huston Lance Hurt Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA Verna May Hurt Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA Ervin Kent Hurt Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA George Perdue Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA John Jones England 1884 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA Frank Cartor Ohio 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA Walter Cartor Ohio 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA Joseph Monell Italy 1903 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA Sofie Monell Italy 1909 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA Morrico Monell Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA James Monell West Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA Eva Monell West Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA Frank Monell West Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA Joseph Monell West Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA Mack Monell West Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA Mary Monell West Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA James Joseph Connory New York 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA Charles Hoffman Pennsylvania 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA William Jefferson Hatfield Jr. Kentucky 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA Columbia Hatfield Kentucky 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA Ada Hatfield West Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA Cornelis Testermans Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA Jessie Lee Testermans West Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA Jackson Testermans West Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA John Hall Kentucky 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA Sidney Hatfield Kentucky 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA James Ross Maryland 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA James Waveley Kentucky 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA Herbert Coleman Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA Nellie Coleman Tennessee 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA Herbert Coleman Jr. West Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA Roxie Vandegrift Tennessee 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA Mary Nell Vandegrift West Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA Jacob Max Berman Russia 1886 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA Rebecca Berman New York 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA Dora Berman Maryland 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA Irvin Berman Maryland 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA Harry Berman West Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA Morris Berman West Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA Rubie Berman West Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA Abe Scherer Hungary 1911 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA Ercia Landes Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA Octavia Landes West Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA Ray Landes West Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA Andy Barrett Hatfield West Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA Source Information Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 are on roll 323 (Chicago City).
historical marker	19 May 1920	Matewan, Mingo, West Virginia, USA [2]
	MATEWAN MASSACRE In 1920 area miners went on strike to gain recognition of UMWA. On May 19 of the same year, twelve Baldwin-Felts Agency guards came from Bluefield to evict the miners from company houses. As guards left town, they argued with town police chief Sid Hatfield and Mayor Testerman. Shooting of undetermined origins resulted in the deaths of two coal miners, seven agents, and the mayor. None of 19 men indicted were convicted. MG2 WV Dept of Culture & history
	20230602GHLn- Photo of Cabell Cornelius Testerman added by Andrea Coleman Pictures of markers Added by Steven Corley CABLE C. TESTERMAN 1882-1920 Highway Historical Marker MG2, WV Dept of Culture & history MATEWAN MASSACRE In 1920 area miners went on strike to gain recognition of UMWA. On May 19 of the same year, twelve Baldwin-Felts Agency guards came from Bluefield to evict the miners from company houses. As guards left town, they argued with town police chief Sid Hatfield and Mayor Testerman. Shooting of undetermined origins resulted in the deaths of two coal miners, seven agents, and the mayor. None of 19 men indicted were convicted. Cabell Cornelius Testerman BIRTH 18 Apr 1882 Flat Ridge, Grayson County, Virginia, USA DEATH 19 May 1920 (aged 38) Matewan, Mingo County, West Virginia, USA BURIALBuskirk Cemetery Buskirk, Pike County, Kentucky, USA MEMORIAL ID 102838611 · PHOTOS 3 FLOWERS 14 On the day of the fight, a group of the Baldwin-Felts enforcers arrived to evict families living at the mountain coal camp, just outside of Matewan. The sheriff and his deputy, Fred Burgraff, sensed trouble and met the Baldwin-Felts detectives at the train station. News of the evictions soon spread around the town. When Sid Hatfield approached Mr. Felts, Mr. Felts served a warrant on Sid Hatfield, which had been issued by Squire R. M. Stafford, a Justice of the Peace of Magnolia District, Mingo County, West Virginia, for the arrest of Sid Hatfield, Bas Ball, Tony Webb and others, which warrant was directed to Albert C. Felts for execution. The warrant turned out to be fraudulent. Burgraff's son reports that the detectives had sub-machine guns with them in their suitcases. Sid Hatfield, Fred Burgraff, and Mayor Cabell Testerman met with the detectives on the porch of the Chambers Hardware Store. It is still unknown whether it was Hatfield or the leading detective, Albert Felts, that shot Mayor Testerman first, though what followed was Sid Hatfield shooting Albert Felts. Later Thomas Felts (brother of Albert and Lee Felts who died in the battle) and the Baldwin-Felts spy Charles Lively spread rumors that Sid shot Mayor Testerman because he had feelings for his wife. The rumors were never confirmed, although he did marry her after Mayor Testerman's death. After the detective and mayor fell wounded, Sid kept firing, but Felts escaped. He took shelter in the Matewan Post Office, and Hatfield eventually found him there and shot him. When the shooting finally stopped, the townspeople came out, many wounded. There were casualties on both sides. Seven Baldwin-Felts Detectives were killed, including brothers Albert and Lee Felts. One more detective had been wounded. Two miners were killed, Bob Mullins, who had just been fired for joining the union, and Tot Tinsley, an unarmed bystander. The wounded mayor was dying, and four other bystanders had been wounded. Family Members Parents Jeston Jesse Testerman 1835-1895 Thursa Jane Livesay Testerman 1845-1919 Spouses Donna Almeda Anderson 1885-1970 (m. 1900) Lula Minton Watson 1877-1948 (m. 1904) Jesse Lee Maynard Hatfield 1892-1980 (m. 1914) Siblings Milam B Testerman 1869-1937 Matilda Martha Testerman Haga 1871-1954 James Testerman 1873-1939 Troy Marshall Testerman 1875-1939 George Washington Testerman 1879-1970 Celia Jane Testerman Rutherford 1887-1912 Half Siblings Lafayette Guy Testerman 1854-1931 Calvin Columbus Testerman 1855-1936 Amanda Martell Testerman Parks 1858-1935 Melvina Victoria Testerman Parks 1859-1930 Abraham B. Testerman 1861-1912 John B Testerman 1863-1935 Peter Riley Testerman 1865-1939 Children Jackson Testerman 1915-2001 Flowers • 14 Left by Bryan on 15 May 2020 God bless you dear sir. Left by oldiebutgoodie on 1 Aug 2017
Race	White [3]
Name	Cornelis Testermans [3]
Death	19 May 1920	Matewan, Mingo, West Virginia, USA [1, 2]
	20230602GHLn- Photo of Cabell Cornelius Testerman added by Andrea Coleman Pictures of markers Added by Steven Corley CABLE C. TESTERMAN 1882-1920 Highway Historical Marker MG2, WV Dept of Culture & history MATEWAN MASSACRE In 1920 area miners went on strike to gain recognition of UMWA. On May 19 of the same year, twelve Baldwin-Felts Agency guards came from Bluefield to evict the miners from company houses. As guards left town, they argued with town police chief Sid Hatfield and Mayor Testerman. Shooting of undetermined origins resulted in the deaths of two coal miners, seven agents, and the mayor. None of 19 men indicted were convicted. Cabell Cornelius Testerman BIRTH 18 Apr 1882 Flat Ridge, Grayson County, Virginia, USA DEATH 19 May 1920 (aged 38) Matewan, Mingo County, West Virginia, USA BURIALBuskirk Cemetery Buskirk, Pike County, Kentucky, USA MEMORIAL ID 102838611 · PHOTOS 3 FLOWERS 14 On the day of the fight, a group of the Baldwin-Felts enforcers arrived to evict families living at the mountain coal camp, just outside of Matewan. The sheriff and his deputy, Fred Burgraff, sensed trouble and met the Baldwin-Felts detectives at the train station. News of the evictions soon spread around the town. When Sid Hatfield approached Mr. Felts, Mr. Felts served a warrant on Sid Hatfield, which had been issued by Squire R. M. Stafford, a Justice of the Peace of Magnolia District, Mingo County, West Virginia, for the arrest of Sid Hatfield, Bas Ball, Tony Webb and others, which warrant was directed to Albert C. Felts for execution. The warrant turned out to be fraudulent. Burgraff's son reports that the detectives had sub-machine guns with them in their suitcases. Sid Hatfield, Fred Burgraff, and Mayor Cabell Testerman met with the detectives on the porch of the Chambers Hardware Store. It is still unknown whether it was Hatfield or the leading detective, Albert Felts, that shot Mayor Testerman first, though what followed was Sid Hatfield shooting Albert Felts. Later Thomas Felts (brother of Albert and Lee Felts who died in the battle) and the Baldwin-Felts spy Charles Lively spread rumors that Sid shot Mayor Testerman because he had feelings for his wife. The rumors were never confirmed, although he did marry her after Mayor Testerman's death. After the detective and mayor fell wounded, Sid kept firing, but Felts escaped. He took shelter in the Matewan Post Office, and Hatfield eventually found him there and shot him. When the shooting finally stopped, the townspeople came out, many wounded. There were casualties on both sides. Seven Baldwin-Felts Detectives were killed, including brothers Albert and Lee Felts. One more detective had been wounded. Two miners were killed, Bob Mullins, who had just been fired for joining the union, and Tot Tinsley, an unarmed bystander. The wounded mayor was dying, and four other bystanders had been wounded. Family Members Parents Jeston Jesse Testerman 1835-1895 Thursa Jane Livesay Testerman 1845-1919 Spouses Donna Almeda Anderson 1885-1970 (m. 1900) Lula Minton Watson 1877-1948 (m. 1904) Jesse Lee Maynard Hatfield 1892-1980 (m. 1914) Siblings Milam B Testerman 1869-1937 Matilda Martha Testerman Haga 1871-1954 James Testerman 1873-1939 Troy Marshall Testerman 1875-1939 George Washington Testerman 1879-1970 Celia Jane Testerman Rutherford 1887-1912 Half Siblings Lafayette Guy Testerman 1854-1931 Calvin Columbus Testerman 1855-1936 Amanda Martell Testerman Parks 1858-1935 Melvina Victoria Testerman Parks 1859-1930 Abraham B. Testerman 1861-1912 John B Testerman 1863-1935 Peter Riley Testerman 1865-1939 Children Jackson Testerman 1915-2001 Flowers • 14 Left by Bryan on 15 May 2020 God bless you dear sir. Left by oldiebutgoodie on 1 Aug 2017
Burial	Aft 19 May 1920	Buskirk Cemetery, Buskirk, Kentucky, USA [1, 2]
	20230602GHLn- Photo of Cabell Cornelius Testerman added by Andrea Coleman Pictures of markers Added by Steven Corley CABLE C. TESTERMAN 1882-1920 Highway Historical Marker MG2, WV Dept of Culture & history MATEWAN MASSACRE In 1920 area miners went on strike to gain recognition of UMWA. On May 19 of the same year, twelve Baldwin-Felts Agency guards came from Bluefield to evict the miners from company houses. As guards left town, they argued with town police chief Sid Hatfield and Mayor Testerman. Shooting of undetermined origins resulted in the deaths of two coal miners, seven agents, and the mayor. None of 19 men indicted were convicted. Cabell Cornelius Testerman BIRTH 18 Apr 1882 Flat Ridge, Grayson County, Virginia, USA DEATH 19 May 1920 (aged 38) Matewan, Mingo County, West Virginia, USA BURIALBuskirk Cemetery Buskirk, Pike County, Kentucky, USA MEMORIAL ID 102838611 · PHOTOS 3 FLOWERS 14 On the day of the fight, a group of the Baldwin-Felts enforcers arrived to evict families living at the mountain coal camp, just outside of Matewan. The sheriff and his deputy, Fred Burgraff, sensed trouble and met the Baldwin-Felts detectives at the train station. News of the evictions soon spread around the town. When Sid Hatfield approached Mr. Felts, Mr. Felts served a warrant on Sid Hatfield, which had been issued by Squire R. M. Stafford, a Justice of the Peace of Magnolia District, Mingo County, West Virginia, for the arrest of Sid Hatfield, Bas Ball, Tony Webb and others, which warrant was directed to Albert C. Felts for execution. The warrant turned out to be fraudulent. Burgraff's son reports that the detectives had sub-machine guns with them in their suitcases. Sid Hatfield, Fred Burgraff, and Mayor Cabell Testerman met with the detectives on the porch of the Chambers Hardware Store. It is still unknown whether it was Hatfield or the leading detective, Albert Felts, that shot Mayor Testerman first, though what followed was Sid Hatfield shooting Albert Felts. Later Thomas Felts (brother of Albert and Lee Felts who died in the battle) and the Baldwin-Felts spy Charles Lively spread rumors that Sid shot Mayor Testerman because he had feelings for his wife. The rumors were never confirmed, although he did marry her after Mayor Testerman's death. After the detective and mayor fell wounded, Sid kept firing, but Felts escaped. He took shelter in the Matewan Post Office, and Hatfield eventually found him there and shot him. When the shooting finally stopped, the townspeople came out, many wounded. There were casualties on both sides. Seven Baldwin-Felts Detectives were killed, including brothers Albert and Lee Felts. One more detective had been wounded. Two miners were killed, Bob Mullins, who had just been fired for joining the union, and Tot Tinsley, an unarmed bystander. The wounded mayor was dying, and four other bystanders had been wounded. Family Members Parents Jeston Jesse Testerman 1835-1895 Thursa Jane Livesay Testerman 1845-1919 Spouses Donna Almeda Anderson 1885-1970 (m. 1900) Lula Minton Watson 1877-1948 (m. 1904) Jesse Lee Maynard Hatfield 1892-1980 (m. 1914) Siblings Milam B Testerman 1869-1937 Matilda Martha Testerman Haga 1871-1954 James Testerman 1873-1939 Troy Marshall Testerman 1875-1939 George Washington Testerman 1879-1970 Celia Jane Testerman Rutherford 1887-1912 Half Siblings Lafayette Guy Testerman 1854-1931 Calvin Columbus Testerman 1855-1936 Amanda Martell Testerman Parks 1858-1935 Melvina Victoria Testerman Parks 1859-1930 Abraham B. Testerman 1861-1912 John B Testerman 1863-1935 Peter Riley Testerman 1865-1939 Children Jackson Testerman 1915-2001 Flowers • 14 Left by Bryan on 15 May 2020 God bless you dear sir. Left by oldiebutgoodie on 1 Aug 2017
Person ID	I72047	WETZEL-SPRING

Father	Testerman, Jeston Jesse, b. 10 Jan 1835, Tennessee, USA d. 1 Dec 1895, Flat Ridge, Grayson, Virginia, USA (Age 60 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Livesay, Thursa Jane, b. 26 Feb 1845, Grayson County, Virginia, USA d. 6 Apr 1919, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA (Age 74 years)
Relationship	natural
Family ID	F55006	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Mother	Testerman, Matilda Ludema, b. 1834, Hancock County, Tennessee, USA d. 1867, Hancock County, Tennessee, USA (Age 33 years)
Relationship	natural
Family ID	F55007	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Maynard, Jesse Lee, b. 1897, West Virginia, USA d. 1980, Ashland City, Cheatham, Tennessee, USA (Age 83 years)

Marriage 1914 [1]

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Jesse Lee Maynard Hatfield
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Jesse Lee Maynard Hatfield
BIRTH 1892
DEATH 1980 (aged 87-88)
Ashland City, Cheatham County, Tennessee, USA
BURIALForest Hill Cemetery
Ashland City, Cheatham County, Tennessee, USA
MEMORIAL ID 80057860 ·
PHOTOS 4
FLOWERS 15

Family Members
Spouses Cabell Cornelius Testerman 1882-1920 (m. 1914)
Sylvester H Pettry 1895-1950 (m. 1922)
William Sidney Hatfield 1893-1921
Children Jackson Testerman 1915-2001

Flowers • 15
Left by Billy G Whitis on 27 Jan 2023
Left by Anonymous on 17 Nov 2022
Jessie's 1st marriage, Cornelius' 3rd.

Children

1. Testerman, Jackson, b. 3 Feb 1915, Matewan, Mingo, West Virginia, USA

d. 31 Jan 2001 (Age 85 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F47924 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 2	Anderson, Donna Almeda, b. 1885 d. 1970 (Age 85 years)
Marriage	1900 [2]
	20230602GHLn- Cabell Cornelius Testerman Photo added by Andrea Coleman Picture of Added by Steven Corley Picture of Added by Steven Corley Cabell Cornelius Testerman BIRTH 18 Apr 1882 Flat Ridge, Grayson County, Virginia, USA DEATH 19 May 1920 (aged 38) Matewan, Mingo County, West Virginia, USA BURIALBuskirk Cemetery Buskirk, Pike County, Kentucky, USA MEMORIAL ID 102838611 · PHOTOS 3 FLOWERS 14 On the day of the fight, a group of the Baldwin-Felts enforcers arrived to evict families living at the mountain coal camp, just outside of Matewan. The sheriff and his deputy, Fred Burgraff, sensed trouble and met the Baldwin-Felts detectives at the train station. News of the evictions soon spread around the town. When Sid Hatfield approached Mr. Felts, Mr. Felts served a warrant on Sid Hatfield, which had been issued by Squire R. M. Stafford, a Justice of the Peace of Magnolia District, Mingo County, West Virginia, for the arrest of Sid Hatfield, Bas Ball, Tony Webb and others, which warrant was directed to Albert C. Felts for execution. The warrant turned out to be fraudulent. Burgraff's son reports that the detectives had sub-machine guns with them in their suitcases. Sid Hatfield, Fred Burgraff, and Mayor Cabell Testerman met with the detectives on the porch of the Chambers Hardware Store. It is still unknown whether it was Hatfield or the leading detective, Albert Felts, that shot Mayor Testerman first, though what followed was Sid Hatfield shooting Albert Felts. Later Thomas Felts (brother of Albert and Lee Felts who died in the battle) and the Baldwin-Felts spy Charles Lively spread rumors that Sid shot Mayor Testerman because he had feelings for his wife. The rumors were never confirmed, although he did marry her after Mayor Testerman's death. After the detective and mayor fell wounded, Sid kept firing, but Felts escaped. He took shelter in the Matewan Post Office, and Hatfield eventually found him there and shot him. When the shooting finally stopped, the townspeople came out, many wounded. There were casualties on both sides. Seven Baldwin-Felts Detectives were killed, including brothers Albert and Lee Felts. One more detective had been wounded. Two miners were killed, Bob Mullins, who had just been fired for joining the union, and Tot Tinsley, an unarmed bystander. The wounded mayor was dying, and four other bystanders had been wounded. Family Members Parents Jeston Jesse Testerman 1835-1895 Thursa Jane Livesay Testerman 1845-1919 Spouses Donna Almeda Anderson 1885-1970 (m. 1900) Lula Minton Watson 1877-1948 (m. 1904) Jesse Lee Maynard Hatfield 1892-1980 (m. 1914) Siblings Milam B Testerman 1869-1937 Matilda Martha Testerman Haga 1871-1954 James Testerman 1873-1939 Troy Marshall Testerman 1875-1939 George Washington Testerman 1879-1970 Celia Jane Testerman Rutherford 1887-1912 Half Siblings Lafayette Guy Testerman 1854-1931 Calvin Columbus Testerman 1855-1936 Amanda Martell Testerman Parks 1858-1935 Melvina Victoria Testerman Parks 1859-1930 Abraham B. Testerman 1861-1912 John B Testerman 1863-1935 Peter Riley Testerman 1865-1939 Children Jackson Testerman 1915-2001 Flowers • 14 Left by Bryan on 15 May 2020 God bless you dear sir. Left by oldiebutgoodie on 1 Aug 2017
Family ID	F55008	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 3	Watson, Lula Minton, b. 1877 d. 1948 (Age 71 years)
Marriage	1904
	20230602GHLn- Cabell Cornelius Testerman Photo added by Andrea Coleman Picture of Added by Steven Corley Picture of Added by Steven Corley Cabell Cornelius Testerman BIRTH 18 Apr 1882 Flat Ridge, Grayson County, Virginia, USA DEATH 19 May 1920 (aged 38) Matewan, Mingo County, West Virginia, USA BURIALBuskirk Cemetery Buskirk, Pike County, Kentucky, USA MEMORIAL ID 102838611 · PHOTOS 3 FLOWERS 14 On the day of the fight, a group of the Baldwin-Felts enforcers arrived to evict families living at the mountain coal camp, just outside of Matewan. The sheriff and his deputy, Fred Burgraff, sensed trouble and met the Baldwin-Felts detectives at the train station. News of the evictions soon spread around the town. When Sid Hatfield approached Mr. Felts, Mr. Felts served a warrant on Sid Hatfield, which had been issued by Squire R. M. Stafford, a Justice of the Peace of Magnolia District, Mingo County, West Virginia, for the arrest of Sid Hatfield, Bas Ball, Tony Webb and others, which warrant was directed to Albert C. Felts for execution. The warrant turned out to be fraudulent. Burgraff's son reports that the detectives had sub-machine guns with them in their suitcases. Sid Hatfield, Fred Burgraff, and Mayor Cabell Testerman met with the detectives on the porch of the Chambers Hardware Store. It is still unknown whether it was Hatfield or the leading detective, Albert Felts, that shot Mayor Testerman first, though what followed was Sid Hatfield shooting Albert Felts. Later Thomas Felts (brother of Albert and Lee Felts who died in the battle) and the Baldwin-Felts spy Charles Lively spread rumors that Sid shot Mayor Testerman because he had feelings for his wife. The rumors were never confirmed, although he did marry her after Mayor Testerman's death. After the detective and mayor fell wounded, Sid kept firing, but Felts escaped. He took shelter in the Matewan Post Office, and Hatfield eventually found him there and shot him. When the shooting finally stopped, the townspeople came out, many wounded. There were casualties on both sides. Seven Baldwin-Felts Detectives were killed, including brothers Albert and Lee Felts. One more detective had been wounded. Two miners were killed, Bob Mullins, who had just been fired for joining the union, and Tot Tinsley, an unarmed bystander. The wounded mayor was dying, and four other bystanders had been wounded. Family Members Parents Jeston Jesse Testerman 1835-1895 Thursa Jane Livesay Testerman 1845-1919 Spouses Donna Almeda Anderson 1885-1970 (m. 1900) Lula Minton Watson 1877-1948 (m. 1904) Jesse Lee Maynard Hatfield 1892-1980 (m. 1914) Siblings Milam B Testerman 1869-1937 Matilda Martha Testerman Haga 1871-1954 James Testerman 1873-1939 Troy Marshall Testerman 1875-1939 George Washington Testerman 1879-1970 Celia Jane Testerman Rutherford 1887-1912 Half Siblings Lafayette Guy Testerman 1854-1931 Calvin Columbus Testerman 1855-1936 Amanda Martell Testerman Parks 1858-1935 Melvina Victoria Testerman Parks 1859-1930 Abraham B. Testerman 1861-1912 John B Testerman 1863-1935 Peter Riley Testerman 1865-1939 Children Jackson Testerman 1915-2001 Flowers • 14 Left by Bryan on 15 May 2020 God bless you dear sir. Left by oldiebutgoodie on 1 Aug 2017
Family ID	F55009	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Event Map

	Occupation - mayor - 1919 - Matewan, Mingo, West Virginia, USA
	census 1920 - StreetAddress: Main Street; Age: 37; Occupation: Mayor; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 111; HomeMortgaged: Mortgaged; HomeOwnership: Own; Industry: Matewat?? City; IsEmployed: Wage or Salary; RelationToHead: Head; MaritalStatus: Married - 7 Jan 1920 - Matewan, Mingo, West Virginia, USA
	historical marker - MATEWAN MASSACRE In 1920 area miners went on strike to gain recognition of UMWA. On May 19 of the same year, twelve Baldwin-Felts Agency guards came from Bluefield to evict the miners from company houses. As guards left town, they argued with town police chief Sid Hatfield and Mayor Testerman. Shooting of undetermined origins resulted in the deaths of two coal miners, seven agents, and the mayor. None of 19 men indicted were convicted. MG2 WV Dept of Culture & history - 19 May 1920 - Matewan, Mingo, West Virginia, USA
	Death - 19 May 1920 - Matewan, Mingo, West Virginia, USA

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Sid Hatfield
Police detective
William Sidney "Sid" Hatfield, was Police Chief of Matewan, West Virginia during the Battle of Matewan, a shootout that followed a series of evictions carried out by detectives from the Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency. Wikipedia
Born: May 15, 1893, Pike County, KY
Died: August 1, 1921, Welch, WV

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_Hatfield
Sid Hatfield
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Sidney Hatfield.

William Sidney "Sid" Hatfield (May 15, 1891 or 1893[1] - August 1, 1921), was Police Chief of Matewan, West Virginia during the Battle of Matewan, a shootout that followed a series of evictions carried out by detectives from the Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency.[2]

Contents
1 History
2 Legacy
3 See also
4 References
5 Further reading
6 External links

History
Hatfield was born in Blackberry, Pike County, Kentucky, the tenth of twelve children (of whom nine survived infancy) of Jacob Hatfield (c. 1843/45 - 1923), a tenant farmer, and his wife Rebecca Crabtree (b. circa 1856). His grandfather, Jeremiah Hatfield, was a half-brother to Valentine Hatfield (1789-1867), grandfather of William Anderson "Devil Anse" Hatfield, leader of the Hatfield family involved in the famous Hatfield-McCoy Feud (see Hatfield Family Tree). According to the 1900 Census, two older brothers, Orison and Hereford, an older sister Chloe, and a younger sister and brother, Martha Alice and Freeland, were then still living at home with him and their parents. His eldest sister Vandalia or Vandella was already married by this time, and an older brother, Melvin, had left home.

As a child, Hatfield worked on his father's farm. He became a miner in his teens, and then worked as a blacksmith for several years. He received his nickname, "Smilin' Sid", because of the gold caps on several of his upper teeth. He seems to have had a reputation for hard living and fighting, and his appointment in 1919 to the post of Police Chief of Matewan, by the mayor, Cabell Cornelis Testerman (1882-1920), surprised some of the more "respectable" townsfolk.[3] However, he was a staunch supporter of the United Mine Workers of America, as was Testerman: together, they were instrumental in leading the mining community's resistance to the Baldwin-Felts operatives. Operatives offered both men substantial bribes to allow them to station machine guns in the town. Hatfield and Testerman refused. The Battle of Matewan was precipitated by the Baldwin-Felts agents' attempts to evict the families of unionized miners.

On June 2, 1920, in Huntington, he married Jessie Lee Maynard (1894-1976), the widowed second wife of Testerman, who had been mortally wounded in the battle. The speed of the marriage (they were married 11 days after Testerman's death, the morning after being arrested in a hotel room together and charged with having "improper relations") led to an attempt at arrest and accusations by Thomas Felts and the Baldwin-Felts spy, Charles Everett Lively, that he, not Albert Felts, had shot the Mayor because of his desire for Jessie. However, according to Jessie, her first husband, aware of the danger of their situation, had asked that his friend take care of her and their young son, Jackson (1915-2001), should he be killed.[4]

The battle had given Hatfield a degree of celebrity. He appeared in a short film, "Smilin' Sid", for the United Mine Workers (UMWA), and was photographed with other UMWA activists, including Mary Harris "Mother" Jones. However, he was aware that his life was in danger from Felts, who sought vengeance for his brothers Albert and Lee. He was indicted on murder charges stemming from the Matewan shootout but was later acquitted by the jury. He was sent to stand trial with his friend and deputy, Edward Chambers, on conspiracy charges for another incident, in Welch, West Virginia.

The conspiracy charges were based on an incident in Mohawk, WV, located in McDowell County near the border of Mingo County. The mining camp of Mohawk was shot up, and according to the local mine guards, the perpetrators were Mingo County strikers led by Sid Hatfield and Ed Chambers, intending to force the Mohawk miners to unionize. (p 65, Howard B. Lee, Bloodletting in Appalachia) According to C.E. Lively's secret testimony (leading to Hatfield's indictment), Lively had persuaded miners in his restaurant--as well as Hatfield and Chambers--to do something drastic: he encouraged the miners to arm themselves and shoot up the nonunion tipple at Mohawk. At this location, the mine guards had a reception committee waiting for them, with bloodhounds and machine guns, while Lively made himself busy on the telephone. (When Miners March, William Blizzard) The union leaders, on the other hand, argued that the shooting was done by McDowell County mine guards, and that they were attempting to falsely accuse Hatfield and Chambers of the offense in order to ambush them in McDowell County. (p 65, Howard B. Lee, Bloodletting in Appalachia)

At the assurances of McDowell County sheriff Bill Hatfield, Sid Hatfield and Ed Chambers were told that they would have the fullest protection of the sheriff's office. The day before the shooting, Sheriff Hatfield left the county for Craig Healing Springs in Virginia. (p 67, Howard B. Lee, Bloodletting in Appalachia)

Both men arrived in Welch on August 1, 1921, unarmed and accompanied by their wives. Several Baldwin-Felts men shot them on the McDowell County Courthouse steps. Hit in the arm, and three or four times in the chest, Hatfield died instantly.[5] Chambers was shot several more times, as his wife tried to defend him, and finished off with a bullet in the head by Charles Everett Lively.[6] None of the Baldwin-Felts detectives was ever convicted of Hatfield's assassination: they claimed they had acted "in self-defense."

There was an outpouring of grief for the fallen local heroes at the funeral, which was attended by at least 3,000 people, and conducted with full honors from the Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias and Redmen (he was a member of all of these organizations).

Legacy
Director John Sayles' Academy Award-nominated 1987 film Matewan starred David Strathairn in the role of Hatfield.

West Virginia: A Film History mistakenly identifies him as Albert Sidney Hatfield, as well as claiming that he was not related to "Devil Anse" Hatfield. This may be because of rumours that he was illegitimate, and so possibly not of Hatfield descent.[7]

See also
List of worker deaths in United States labor disputes
References
The 1893 date is usually given, and appears on his gravestone. However, according to the 1900 Census for Pike Co., KY, 0104 Magisterial District 5, Blackberry Precinct, he was born in 1891, and his sister Martha Alice in 1893.
West Virginia "The History of An American State"
See interview with Dixie Accord in documentary West Virginia: A Film History
Lon Savage, Thunder in the Mountains: the West Virginia Mine War, 1920-21, 1985, pp. 26-28.
Death Certificate. Mrs Hatfield's distress is suggested by her confusion over her father-in-law's name: the correct name, "Jake", has been struck out and overwritten with "Freeland", the name of Sid's younger brother.
Both the film "Matewan" and Newsinger's review of it, "Matewan: film and working class struggle", mistakenly claim that it was Hatfield to whom Lively gave the coup-de-grace: Sallie Chambers' testimony and the injuries noted on the two men's death certificates make it clear, however, that it was Chambers.
Lon Savage, Thunder in the Mountains, p. 10: however, the name Savage gives for Sid's putative father, Crabtree, is his mother's maiden name, and he gives no source for the claim.
Further reading
David Alan Corbin (ed.), Gun Thugs, Rednecks, and Radicals: A Documentary History of the West Virginia Mine Wars, PM Press, Oakland CA, 2011, ISBN 1-60486-452-4
Desmond Kilkeary, The Hatfields and the Baldwin-Felts
Joe Roxby, '"Two Gun" Sid Hatfield'
Lon Savage, Thunder in the Mountains: The West Virginia Mine War, 1920-21, University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, 1990, ISBN 0-8229-5426-5
West Virginia Archives & History, On This Day in West Virginia History...: The Matewan Massacre
Matewan at the Internet Movie Database
External links
Sid Hatfield at Find a Grave
West Virginia Mine Wars Museum independent history museum covering the Mine Wars Era in Matewan, WV. Building was Chambers Hardware in 1920, site of the Battle of Matewan.
West Virginia: A Film History, including archive film footage of Sid Hatfield
1900 Census for Pike Co., KY, 0104 Magisterial District 5, Blackberry Precinct, listing family of Jacob and Rebecca Hatfield

Sources

[S1115] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
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Jesse Lee Maynard Hatfield
BIRTH 1892
DEATH 1980 (aged 87-88)
Ashland City, Cheatham County, Tennessee, USA
BURIALForest Hill Cemetery
Ashland City, Cheatham County, Tennessee, USA
MEMORIAL ID 80057860 ·
PHOTOS 4
FLOWERS 15

Family Members
Spouses Cabell Cornelius Testerman 1882-1920 (m. 1914)
Sylvester H Pettry 1895-1950 (m. 1922)
William Sidney Hatfield 1893-1921
Children Jackson Testerman 1915-2001

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BIRTH 1892
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Ashland City, Cheatham County, Tennessee, USA
BURIALForest Hill Cemetery
Ashland City, Cheatham County, Tennessee, USA
MEMORIAL ID 80057860 ·
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[S1115] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
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CABLE C. TESTERMAN
1882-1920

Highway Historical Marker
MG2, WV Dept of Culture & history
MATEWAN MASSACRE
In 1920 area miners went on strike to gain recognition of UMWA. On May 19 of the same year, twelve Baldwin-Felts Agency guards came from Bluefield to evict the miners from company houses. As guards left town, they argued with town police chief Sid Hatfield and Mayor Testerman. Shooting of undetermined origins resulted in the deaths of two coal miners, seven agents, and the mayor. None of 19 men indicted were convicted.

Cabell Cornelius Testerman
BIRTH 18 Apr 1882
Flat Ridge, Grayson County, Virginia, USA
DEATH 19 May 1920 (aged 38)
Matewan, Mingo County, West Virginia, USA
BURIALBuskirk Cemetery
Buskirk, Pike County, Kentucky, USA
MEMORIAL ID 102838611 ·
PHOTOS 3
FLOWERS 14

On the day of the fight, a group of the Baldwin-Felts enforcers arrived to evict families living at the mountain coal camp, just outside of Matewan. The sheriff and his deputy, Fred Burgraff, sensed trouble and met the Baldwin-Felts detectives at the train station. News of the evictions soon spread around the town. When Sid Hatfield approached Mr. Felts, Mr. Felts served a warrant on Sid Hatfield, which had been issued by Squire R. M. Stafford, a Justice of the Peace of Magnolia District, Mingo County, West Virginia, for the arrest of Sid Hatfield, Bas Ball, Tony Webb and others, which warrant was directed to Albert C. Felts for execution. The warrant turned out to be fraudulent. Burgraff's son reports that the detectives had sub-machine guns with them in their suitcases. Sid Hatfield, Fred Burgraff, and Mayor Cabell Testerman met with the detectives on the porch of the Chambers Hardware Store. It is still unknown whether it was Hatfield or the leading detective, Albert Felts, that shot Mayor Testerman first, though what followed was Sid Hatfield shooting Albert Felts. Later Thomas Felts (brother of Albert and Lee Felts who died in the battle) and the Baldwin-Felts spy Charles Lively spread rumors that Sid shot Mayor Testerman because he had feelings for his wife. The rumors were never confirmed, although he did marry her after Mayor Testerman's death. After the detective and mayor fell wounded, Sid kept firing, but Felts escaped. He took shelter in the Matewan Post Office, and Hatfield eventually found him there and shot him. When the shooting finally stopped, the townspeople came out, many wounded. There were casualties on both sides. Seven Baldwin-Felts Detectives were killed, including brothers Albert and Lee Felts. One more detective had been wounded. Two miners were killed, Bob Mullins, who had just been fired for joining the union, and Tot Tinsley, an unarmed bystander. The wounded mayor was dying, and four other bystanders had been wounded.

Family Members
Parents Jeston Jesse Testerman 1835-1895
Thursa Jane Livesay Testerman 1845-1919
Spouses Donna Almeda Anderson 1885-1970 (m. 1900)
Lula Minton Watson 1877-1948 (m. 1904)
Jesse Lee Maynard Hatfield 1892-1980 (m. 1914)
Siblings Milam B Testerman 1869-1937
Matilda Martha Testerman Haga 1871-1954
James Testerman 1873-1939
Troy Marshall Testerman 1875-1939
George Washington Testerman 1879-1970
Celia Jane Testerman Rutherford 1887-1912
Half Siblings
Lafayette Guy Testerman 1854-1931
Calvin Columbus Testerman 1855-1936
Amanda Martell Testerman Parks 1858-1935
Melvina Victoria Testerman Parks 1859-1930
Abraham B. Testerman 1861-1912
John B Testerman 1863-1935
Peter Riley Testerman 1865-1939
Children Jackson Testerman 1915-2001

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[S1748] census 1920 USA WV Mingo, Year: 1920; Census Place: Magnolia, Mingo Maewan City, West Virginia; Roll: T625_1965; Page: 25B; Enumeration District: 111.
Record for Cornelis Testermans (17) facts
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Mary Jane Hatfield 40
Alfonso Hatfield 17
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Cornelis Testermans in the 1920 United States Federal Census
date: 7 January 1920
enum: Savage Adkins?
Name: Cornelis Testermans
Cornelis Testerman
Age: 37
Birth Year: abt 1883
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1920: Matewan City, Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia
Street: Main Street
House Number: X
Residence Date: 1920
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital status: Married
Spouse's name: Jessie Lee Testermans
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Mayor
Industry: Matewat City
Employment Field: Wage or Salary
Home Owned or Rented: Own
Home Free or Mortgaged: Mortgaged
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
25B-
William Jefferson Hatfield 25 Head KY KY KY merchant, meat
Columbia Hatfield 21 wife WV WV WV none
Ada Hatfield 4 dau WV KY KY

Captain? Cornelis
Testermans 37 Head VA TN VA mayor, Matewan City
Jessie Lee Testermans 23 wife WV WV WV none
Jackson Testermans 4y10m son WV VA WV

John Hall 38 Head KY KY KY waiter, restaurant
Sidney Hatfield 26 roomer KY WV WV Chief of Police, Matewan
James Ross 24
James Waveley 25

Andy Barrett Hatfield 41 Head WV WV WV merchant, General Store
26A-
Mary Jane Hatfield 40
Alfonso Hatfield 17
Sallie Louise Hatfield 15

Source Citation
Year: 1920; Census Place: Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia; Roll: T625_1965; Page: 25B; Enumeration District: 111

Name Birth Arrival Residence
Pauline Hurt West Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA
John Bittle Hurt Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA
Minnie Lee Hurt Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA
Chloe Hurt Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA
Haven Edward Hurt Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA
Huston Lance Hurt Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA
Verna May Hurt Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA
Ervin Kent Hurt Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA
George Perdue Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA
John Jones England 1884 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA
Frank Cartor Ohio 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA
Walter Cartor Ohio 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA
Joseph Monell Italy 1903 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA
Sofie Monell Italy 1909 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA
Morrico Monell Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA
James Monell West Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA
Eva Monell West Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA
Frank Monell West Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA
Joseph Monell West Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA
Mack Monell West Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA
Mary Monell West Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA
James Joseph Connory New York 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA
Charles Hoffman Pennsylvania 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA
William Jefferson Hatfield Jr. Kentucky 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA
Columbia Hatfield Kentucky 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA
Ada Hatfield West Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA
Cornelis Testermans Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA
Jessie Lee Testermans West Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA
Jackson Testermans West Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA
John Hall Kentucky 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA
Sidney Hatfield Kentucky 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA
James Ross Maryland 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA
James Waveley Kentucky 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA
Herbert Coleman Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA
Nellie Coleman Tennessee 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA
Herbert Coleman Jr. West Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA
Roxie Vandegrift Tennessee 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA
Mary Nell Vandegrift West Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA
Jacob Max Berman Russia 1886 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA
Rebecca Berman New York 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA
Dora Berman Maryland 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA
Irvin Berman Maryland 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA
Harry Berman West Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA
Morris Berman West Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA
Rubie Berman West Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA
Abe Scherer Hungary 1911 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA
Ercia Landes Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA
Octavia Landes West Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA
Ray Landes West Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA
Andy Barrett Hatfield West Virginia 1920 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA

Source Information
Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 are on roll 323 (Chicago City).

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Cornelis Testermans in the 1920 United States Federal Census
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Name: Cornelis Testermans
Cornelis Testerman
Age: 37
Birth Year: abt 1883
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1920: Matewan City, Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia
Street: Main Street
House Number: X
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