Melvina Ann Hatfield (1849 - 1927)

Born 15 Nov 1849 in Blackberry Creek, Pike County, Kentucky, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Wallace H. Hatfield — married 21 Jan 1869 in Pike, Kentucky, United States

Wife of Basil Bordon Hatfield — married 4 Sep 1921 in Pike, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Died 30 Aug 1927 at age 77 in Milton, Cabell County, West Virginia, USA

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Biography

Melvina was born in 1849 in Pike County, Kentucky, USA to parents John Hatfield (1817-1869) and Mary Ann (Crabtree) Hatfield (abt.1826-abt.1856) ^[1].

Melvina married Wallace H. Hatfield (1847-1932) in Kentucky on 21 Jan 1869 ^[2]. The couple had eleven children ^{[3] [4]}:

1. Columbus (abt.1868-1889)
2. Leah (1869-1943)
3. Celia L. (1872-1947)
4. Ira Granville Harrison (1875-1957)
5. Epperson (1877-1966)
6. America K. (1877-1972)
7. Margaret Victoria (1882-1956)
8. Hibbard Hubert (1884-1968)
9. Cumberland H. (1886-1949)
10. James Everment (1889-abt.1979)
11. Howard (1892-1945)

She passed away on 30 Aug 1927 in Milton, Cabell County, West Virginia ^[5] and was laid to rest in the Morris Memorial Hospital Cemetery in Milton, Cabell County, West Virginia ^[6].

Research Notes

• Melvina's parents were not married at the time of her birth. Melvina was given her mother's surname of Crabtree. Her parents married about one month after she was born, and at some point Melvina took her father's last name of Hatfield, as evident in her 1869 marriage certificate ^[2].
• "Melvina Hatfield Farley Hatfield" which implies that she was also married to a husband with the last name Farley. More research is needed. The name “Vena Farley” comes from the death certificate of Granville Hatfield as it is the name written down for Granville’s mother.
• WikiTree user Cher Kandra Smith added Basil Bordon Hatfield (1839-1926) as a second spouse for Melvina on 3 April 2023, but without sources. A source for this information has been requested. Melvina’s proven husband, Wallace Hatfield, is still alive when Melvina allegedly marries Wallace’s brother Basil in 1921.

Sources

1. ↑ Year: 1860; Census Place: District 1, Pike, Kentucky; Roll: M653_392; Page: 931; Family History Library Film: 803392. [1]
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Marriage Records. Kentucky Marriages. Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky. [2]
3. ↑ Year: 1880; Census Place: Blackberry, Pike, Kentucky; Roll: 439; Page: 711D; Enumeration District: 104. [3]
4. ↑ "United States Census 1900" on FamilySearch database with images (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9HP-XY8 : accessed 03 Oct 2020) citing FHL#1,240,548; NARA#T623; ed#104; sheet#1B; family#18; for Melvina Hatfield in household of Walace Hatfield, res: Magisterial District#5, Blackberry Precinct, Pike County, Kentucky, USA
5. ↑ "West Virginia Deaths, 1853–1970." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah. From originals housed in county courthouses throughout West Virginia. "Death Records."
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #108371357

• Unsourced family tree handed down to Peg (Hough) Wienke
• Unsourced family tree showing descendants of Ephraim Hatfield (through 2011) handed down to Deborah (Gehlert) Roesler.