Detroit Hatfield (1881 - 1911)

Born 20 Jan 1881 in West Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Cora Mahar (Vines) Hatfield — married 4 Nov 1908 in Mingo Co. West Virginia

Died 17 Oct 1911 at age 30 in Boomer, Fayette County West Virginia, United States

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Biography

Troy Hatfield lived in Appalachia, in West Virginia.

Detroit Hatfield was born on November 20, 1881 in West Virginia, United States. His parents were William Hatfield and Levisa Chafin. He married Cora Vines on November 04, 1908^[1] He died on October 17, 1911 in Boomer, Fayette County West Virginia, United States^[2]

Detroit "Troy" and Elias Hatfield both became involved in the saloon business in Boomer, West Virginia they were both killed in a dispute over liquor distribution.

Evening Times Cumberland Maryland October 18, 1911 Troy And Elias Hatfield Shot In Whisky Quarrel

Columbus, Ohio, October 18th

Troy and Elias Hatfield, two of the Hatfield family of feudists, living near Fayettsville, W.Va., were killed yesterday. Another man, Geromie, an Italian, is believed to have been killed, as the result of an argument over "bootlegging" territory.^[3]

Tribune Keyser, Mineral County, West Virginia VOL. 41^[4]

October 20, 1911 Three Dead

Elias Hatfield, age 40, and Troy Hatfield, aged 36, brothers, and Octavo Gerone, an Italian, were almost instantly killed at Harewood, near Montgomery, Tuesday afternoon, in a pistol duel, resulting from a despute over the division of saloon territory in Fayette county. The Hatfields were sons of "Devil" Anse Hatfield, formerly leader of the West Virginia faction in the noted Hatfield-McCoy feud, which was waged for a dozen of years along the West Virginia border.The two Hatfields owned a saloon at Boomer, and in issuing saloon licenses in Fayette county it is understood that saloonists shall not live outside a restricted territory. Gerone was employed by Carl Hansau, who owned a saloon at Dannelton, two miles from Boomer, and Gerone was said to have been infringing on the Hatfield territory.

Sources

1. ↑ West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FR5V-DXW : 11 February 2018), Troy Hatfield and Cora Vines, 1908; citing Mingo, West Virginia, United States, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,753,576.
2. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #20822760 Detroit "Troy" Hatfield Find A Grave Memorial# 20822760
3. ↑ VW Culture.org - Hatfield Brothers Killed in Shootout Montgomery News October 20, 1911
4. ↑ Keyser, Mineral County, West Virginia - VOL. 41 October 20, 1911 Three Dead

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