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词条 Devil Anse Hatfield
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  1. Biography

      Marriage and children   Death 

  2. In popular culture

  3. References

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| birth_date = September 9, 1839
| birth_place = Logan, Virginia
| death_date = January 6, 1921 (aged 81)
| death_place = Stirrat, Logan County, West Virginia
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William Anderson Hatfield (September 9, 1839 – January 6, 1921)—known as Devil Anse Hatfield—was the patriarch of the Hatfield clan during the infamous Hatfield–McCoy feud which has since formed part of American folklore. Devil Anse survived the feud and agreed to end it in 1891.

Biography

Hatfield was born in western Virginia{{what|date=August 2018}} (now Logan, West Virginia), the son of Ephraim Hatfield, of English and Swedish descent,[1] and Nancy Vance of Scots-Irish descent. His nickname "Devil Anse" has a variety of supposed origins: it was given to him by his mother; by Randolph McCoy; earned from his bravery during battle in the American Civil War; or as contrast to his good-tempered cousin, Anderson "Preacher Anse" Hatfield.[2]

A Southern sympathizer, Hatfield enlisted in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. He was commissioned a First Lieutenant of Cavalry in the Virginia State Line in 1862, a group made to protect the territory along the Kentucky-Virginia border where resident loyalties to the North and South were mixed.[2] The Virginia State Line eventually disbanded in 1863 and Hatfield enlisted as a private in the newly formed 45th Battalion Virginia Infantry, before being appointed first lieutenant and later captain of Company B. His unit spent most of its time patrolling the border area against bushwhackers sympathetic to the Union as well as engaging in guerrilla warfare against Union soldiers. Devil Anse himself has been connected to battles and killings of several Union fighters, including trackers Ax and Fleming Hurley in 1863.[3]

Devil Anse and his uncle Jim Vance would later form a Confederate guerrilla fighting unit called the "Logan Wildcats."[4] One of the group's victims was Union General Bill France; killed in revenge for losing one of their members to France's unit.[5] In 1865, he was suspected of having been involved in the murder of his rival Asa Harmon McCoy, who had fought for the Union Army and was waylaid by The Wildcats on his return home. Hatfield had been home ill at the time of the killing, which was probably committed at the instigation of his uncle, Jim Vance. This may have sparked the beginning of the notorious feud between the two families that claimed many lives on both sides.

Devil Anse was the patriarch leader during the Hatfield-McCoy feud. His family and Randolph McCoy's fought in one of the bloodiest and most well-known feuds in American history.[6] He was instrumental during the execution of McCoy boys Tolbert, Pharmer and Bud, as well as being present during the Battle of Grapevine Creek before most of his sons and friends were arrested for the murder of the McCoys.

Hatfield was baptized on September 23, 1911 in Island Creek by William Dyke "Uncle Dyke" Garrett and converted to Christianity (he had maintained a largely agnostic or anti-institutional view of religion prior to this conversion). He went on to found a Church of Christ congregation in West Virginia.[7] He was an uncle of the eventual Governor of West Virginia, and United States Senator, Henry D. Hatfield.

Marriage and children

William Anderson "Devil Anse" Hatfield married Levisa "Levicy" Chafin (December 20, 1842 – March 15, 1929), the daughter of Nathaniel Chafin and Matilda Varney, on April 18, 1861 in Logan County, West Virginia (then Virginia). Their 13 children were:

NameNicknameLifespanSon/DaughterNotes
Johnson HatfieldJohnse1862–1922SonMost known for his brief affair with Roseanna McCoy. Later married her cousin Nancy McCoy.
William Anderson HatfieldCap1864–1930SonLed the Hatfields to raid and burn down the McCoy house during the 1888 New Year's Night Massacre
Robert E. Lee Hatfield1866–1931Son
Nancy Hatfield1869–1939Daughter
Elliott Rutherford Hatfield1872–1932Son
Mary Hatfield Hensley Simpkins Howes1873–1963Daughter
Elizabeth Hatfield CaldwellBetty1876–1962Daughter
Elias M. Hatfield1878–1911Son
Detroit W. HatfieldTroy1881–1911Son
Joseph Davis Hatfield1883–1963Son
Rose Lee Hatfield BrowningRosie1885–1965Daughter
Emmanuel Wilson HatfieldWillis1888–1978Son
Tennyson Samuel HatfieldTennis1890–1953Son
Harve HatfieldGrandson
Sylvia HatfieldGreat Granddaughter
Sandra YatesGreat Great Granddaughter
Angela RayGreat Great Great Granddaughter
Joshua RayGreat Great Great Great Grandson

Death

Hatfield died on Thursday, January 6, 1921 in Stirrat, Logan County, West Virginia at the age of 81 of pneumonia at his home along Island Creek. He is buried in the Hatfield Family Cemetery along West Virginia Route 44 in southern Logan County. His grave is topped by a life-sized statue of himself made of Italian marble. Levicy outlived her husband by eight years.[8] Her great nephew was the infamous anti coal Miners Union/Political boss Sheriff Don Chafin.

In popular culture

Hatfield was portrayed by actor Kevin Costner in the miniseries Hatfields & McCoys. For his role, Costner won both the Emmy and Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Miniseries or TV Movie.[9]

References

1. ^http://www.genfan.com/getperson.php?personID=I20327&tree=MASTER
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.civilwarprofiles.com/devil-anse-hatfield-fights-his-first-border-war/|title=Devil Anse Hatfield Fights His First Border War |last=Lively|first= Mathew W. |publisher=Civil War Profiles |date=March 25, 2013 |accessdate=December 20, 2015}}
3. ^Davis, William. Virginia at War, 1863. University Press of Kentucky; 1st edition (December 5, 2008). pp. 70-71. {{ISBN|978-0813125107}}
4. ^Hatfield - McCoys at www.libby-genealogy.com
5. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/12/true-story-real-feud-hatfields-mccoys/|title=THE REAL FEUD BETWEEN THE HATFIELDS AND MCCOYS |last=Blitz|first=Matt |publisher=Today I Found Out |date=December 29, 2014 |accessdate=}}
6. ^{{cite web|last=History.com|title=The Hatfield and McCoy Feud|url=http://www.history.com/shows/hatfields-and-mccoys/articles/the-hatfield-mccoy-feud|accessdate=October 24, 2013}}
7. ^{{Cite book |first=Lisa |last=Alther |year=2012 |title=Blood Feud: The Hatfields and the McCoys: The Epic Story of Murder and Vengeance |publisher=Globe Pequot |isbn=0762785349}}
8. ^{{cite web|last=McKim|first=Sean|title=Anderson "Devil Anse" Hatfield|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=3061&PIpi=45987443|publisher=Find A Grave, Inc. |accessdate=May 30, 2012}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/shows/hatfields-mccoys |title=Hatfields & McCoys | Television Academy |publisher=Emmys.com |date=January 14, 2013 |accessdate=March 24, 2017}}
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  • Obituary for Devil Anse Hatfield
  • Sources for the Hatfield and McCoy Feud

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