William Anderson (Devil Anse) Hatfield

1839 - 1921  (81 years)

• Name	William Anderson (Devil Anse) Hatfield
  Born	09 Sep 1839	Mingo Co. VA/WV
  Gender	Male
  Died	06 Jan 1921	Logan Co. WV
  Person ID	I13806	Master File
  Last Modified	23 Jun 2012

  
  

  Father	Ephriam (Big Eph) Hatfield,   b. 11 Apr 1812, Cabell Co. VA/WV ,   d. 30 Jun 1881, Mingo Co. WV  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Nancy Vance,   b. 02 May 1813, Russell Co. VA ,   d. 1895, Logan Co. WV  (Age 81 years)
  Married	28 Apr 1828	Pike Co. KY
  Family ID	F7670	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Levisa (Levicy) Chaffin,   b. 20 Dec 1842, Logan Co. VA/WV ,   d. 15 Mar 1929, Logan Co. WV  (Age 86 years)
  Married	18 Apr 1861	Mingo Co. WV
  Notes	Devil Anse Hatfield was involved in one of the famous feuds in American history with the McCoys. It almost caused a civil war between West Virginia and Kentucky. There is a huge amount of information, but a fairly accurate and condensed version is available on Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil_Anse_Hatfield Altina Waller, a WV historian, presented an excellent analysis of the feud for the film "West Virgina." This is a long read, but worthwhile because you learn how the personalities of the two men and the culture, economics, and politics combined to make the events unfold. She also describes how the media changed the perception of Appalachia from independent farmers with family being the primary focus to violent drunkards who fought over nothing. http://www.wvculture.org/history/wvmemory/filmtranscripts/wvwaller.html From the same film, here is information from Margaret Hatfield. http://www.wvculture.org/history/wvmemory/filmtranscripts/wvhatfield.html
  Last Modified	29 Sep 2012
  Family ID	F7664	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart