Devil Anse Hatfield Family and Friends, Logan County, W. Va
Date:
1897
Description:
Back Row Standing L to R: Ock Damron, hired hand; Elias Hatfield; Detroit (Troy) Hatfield; Joe Hatfield; Cap Hatfield; Bill Borden, friend. Front, sitting L to R: Tennyson (Tennis) Hatfield; Devil Anse Hatfield; Willis Hatfield. In the background, Levicy Hatfield, wife if Devil Anse (sitting) and daughter Mary, (standing). Information included with the photograph:"In August of 1950 Isaac Newton Ballard says: 45th Virginia Regiment camped at Muddy Water Cave and Devil Anse Hatfield was a lieutenant in the Regiment. He was baptized into the Primitive Baptist Church before he died."
In The Doorway: Levicy Hatfield (Devil Anse's Wife), sitting. Mary (Devil Anse's Daughter, Back Row (left to right): Damron (hired hand), Elias Hatfield (son), Detroit or Troy Hatfield (son), Joe Hatfield (son), Cap Hatfield (son), Bill Borden (store clerk and friend.) Front Sitting (left to right): Tennyson or Tennis Hatfield (son), Devil Anse Hatfield, Willis Hatfield (son.
Anderson Hatfield Family, Tug Fork District, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1891
Description:
Identified, back row: Troy; Elliott; Betty; Robert E.; Elias; Joe D. Front row: Mary; Rose; Anderson; Willis; Levicy Chafin Hatfield; Tennyson. The photo was taken during the construction of the Ohio extension of the Norfolk & Western Railroad in southwest West Virginia.
Anderson 'Devil Anse' Hatfield, Tug Fork District, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1893
Description:
Hatfield stands in the snow with a rifle in hand outside a cabin. The photo was taken during construction of the Ohio extension of the Norfolk & Western railroad.
The William Anderson "Devil Anse" Hatfield family. Standing L to R: Rosada-daughter; Detroit (Troy)-son; Betty Hatfield Caldwell-daughter; Elias-son; Tom Chafin-nephew; Joe-son; Ock Damon-hired hand; Shephard-grandson (son of Cap); Coleman-grandson (son of Cap); Levicy Emma-granddaughter (daughter of Cap); Bill Borden-store clerk. Middle Row L to R: Mary Hensley Simpkins Howe-daughter with her child, Vici Simpkins; Anderson Hatfield; Levicy-wife of Anderson; Nancy Elizabeth-wife of Cap with her child Robert Elliott; Louise-daughter of Cap; William Anderson Jr. (Cap)-son. Front, seated on ground: Tennyson (Tennis)-son; Vicy-granddaughter (daughter of Johnse Hatfield); Willis-son; and Yellow Watch the dog.
William Anderson 'Cap' Hatfield Jr. of Logan County, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
Description:
Son of Anderson "Devil Anse" and Levicy Hatfield. "Cap" was heavily involved in the feud with McCoys and was known as his father's "chief lieutenant". Information included with the photograph, "The worst killer in the feud as he looks today - a man of peace: 'I have only one machine gun and half a dozen rifles now. I am a man of peace'. Cap is in the uniform of a Logan County deputy sheriff."
Henry D. Hatfield is pictured as senator-elect from West Virginia. He previously served a term as West Virginia's governor and was a nephew of Devil Anse Hatfield, patriarch of the Hatfield clan.
Albert Sidney Hatfield was the Matewan Police Chief at the time of the "Matewan Massacre" in which he became a folk hero to the Tug Valley coal miners.