Talk:Devil Anse Hatfield

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Is anyone here related to the Hatfields?

Yes, I am. I'm a direct descendant of Joseph Hatfield (d. 1832) the Rev War veteran, through an uncle of Anderson Hatfield's. My line had moved west to southern Indiana by the time the feud started and they had no part in it. They were still an ornery bunch, however. If you're connected yourself (whoever you are . . .), there's a very active Hatfield maillist covering all the dozen of so Hatfield families in this country -- not all of which are related to the feuding line. I have a large-ish genealogy website that gives everything I know about my own Hatfield descent. --Michael K. Smith 18:10, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Relevance

removed the following from the article Kiwaiti 07:21, 1 April 2007 (UTC) :

William Anderson Hatfeild was six feet tall, very strong, and wiry. He was Roughly 6'2, and he was proud of his Full beard, and his full head of hair. He often comed his beard. He was a main leader in the Hatfeild- Mccoy fued.-Alex 17:35, 20 March 2007 (UTC)Fargfa94-Alex 17:35, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Article needs more biography

At the moment there's a dearth of information on Hatfield; surely we can add more about his activities during the infamous feud?!--Jeanne Boleyn (talk) 09:01, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Born in Logan

Was that the town or the county? The county is now divided into two Mingo and Logan.

"converted to Christianity"?

The article says "Hatfield was baptized on September 23, 1911 in Island Creek and converted to Christianity." This is unclear. What was his religion before this? I wouldn't expect he'd have been an atheist in the mid-19th century. AllGloryToTheHypnotoad (talk) 20:56, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

I was wondering the same thing. Was he never baptized? Did he become "born again" following the feud? I would think he was always at least nominally Christian, even if it appears he had a hard time holding to the tenets of the faith for most of his life. 70.172.215.165 (talk) 09:42, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

The West Virginia Hatfields were mostly evangelical Protestant, at least "on paper." How much they practiced is another matter. Some of the family were more religious than others, as is true in all families. Anderson supposedly "got religion" in his old age, also not uncommon, . . . though I suspect he was a good deal more cynical than that. Anyway, "conversion" is the term often used a century ago to describe this sudden rediscovery of religious belief. You see it in obits from that period all the time. --Michael K Smith^Talk 23:23, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

False photo

The image portrayed here is a photoshopped image of Hatfield’s face on another man’s body. 2600:8804:85F4:4100:40CF:D08C:447B:19B5 (talk) 21:56, 12 April 2023 (UTC)