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Washington Post, March 14, 1921:
[Former Senator Hatfield dead
Special to the Washington Post
CAIRO, WV March 13...state senator Samuel Hatfield, 79 [year] old, died at St. Joseph's hospital in Parkersburg last night following the amputation of his right leg...]
Suggested edit: Jim Comstock - Hardesty's WV Counties (1973), Ritchie, p. 83:
[SAMUEL HATFIELD —born March 2, 1842, in Tyler county, (now) West Virginia, came with his parents to Ritchie county in 1851. He is a son of Jacob and Minnie (Eberhart)Hatfield. During the war between the States, he served as corporal of Company D, 6th Virginia Infantry, enlisting August 20, 1861, and receiving honorable discharge at Clarksburg, Harrison county, August 27, 1864. In Ritchie county, March 2, 1865, Samuel Hatifled married Cinderilla R. Phillips, and their children are two daughters: Mary H., born December 23, 1865, and Minnie S., born October 3, 1867. Both are at home with their parents. The birth of Mr. Hatfield's wife was in that part of Wood county now included in Ritchie, and the date was July 23, 1841. Her parents were Benjamin and Mary A. (Deem) Phillips, who were among the earliest settlers in this vicinity. Mr. Hatfield held the office of assessor of Grant and Union district, Ritchie county, four years; was district clerk of Grant district a number of years; and is at present judge of the county court, elected in 1882 for the term of four years. The occupation of Samuel Hatfield is farming and stock-raising, his farm lies in Grant district, and his postoffice address is Cairo, Ritchie county, West Virginia.]
History of Ritchie County (1911), pp. 508 and 509:
[Jacob Hatfield was born in Greene county, Pennsylvania, on May 13, 1818, of Scotch-English parentage. He was the son of Jacob Hatfield, senior, and his mother's maiden name was Miss Mondell. Both lived and died in Pennsylvania.
In 1840, he was married to Miss Wilhelmina Everhart, who was also born in Greene county, on October 26, 1820, and shortly after their marriage, they came to West Virginia, and settled near Middlebourne in Tyler county; and from there they came to Cairo in 1852, and took up their residence on the old homestead, near one mile east of the town where their son, Jacob, now lives, and where they saw the last of earth. She, in 1895, and he, on February 9, 1902. Both rest in the Egypt [Cairo] cemetery, near their old home.
Mr. Hatfield was long prominent in public affairs. He served as magistrate at the time the magistrates formed the County court; and was a member of the Board of Supervisors that laid the county off into districts. He was also a member of the body that organized the State of West Virginia, he and John P. Harris being the delegates from this county. He gave the grounds for the Cairo Baptist church and was one of its chief builders and pillars. He also played a liberal part in the building of the Central Baptist church at Goff's.
He was the father of the following named children: Hon. Samuel Hatfield, ex-State Senator, and Jacob, already mentioned, Cairo: the late Dr. F. P. of Parkersburg, who also occupied a seat in the Legislature, from Wood county; Cephas, of Marietta; Abner Hatfield, and Mrs. Thomas Fordham, Goff's; Mrs. Benjamin Phillips, Rusk; and Mrs. Madison Lambert, Ellenboro.
Samuel Hatfield is the one member of this family that has taken an active part in the public affairs of the county. He was born in Tyler county, in 1842, and with his parents came to this county at the age of ten years. He married Miss Cinderilla Phillips, and is the father of two daughters, the late Mrs. Mary (B. F.) Twyman, and Mrs. Wilhelmina Cokeley, of Cairo. He filled the offices of assessor and of Commissioner of the County court; and in 1904, was elected as State Senator from the third Senatorial district; and at the session of 1907, he served as a member of the following committees: On County and Municipal corporations; on Militia; on Immigration and Agriculture; to examine Clerk's offices, and was chairman of the one on Federal Relations.]
Contributor: 1Anonymous1 (50006409)
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Washington Post, March 14, 1921:
[Former Senator Hatfield dead
Special to the Washington Post
CAIRO, WV March 13...state senator Samuel Hatfield, 79 [year] old, died at St. Joseph's hospital in Parkersburg last night following the amputation of his right leg...]
Suggested edit: Jim Comstock - Hardesty's WV Counties (1973), Ritchie, p. 83:
[SAMUEL HATFIELD —born March 2, 1842, in Tyler county, (now) West Virginia, came with his parents to Ritchie county in 1851. He is a son of Jacob and Minnie (Eberhart)Hatfield. During the war between the States, he served as corporal of Company D, 6th Virginia Infantry, enlisting August 20, 1861, and receiving honorable discharge at Clarksburg, Harrison county, August 27, 1864. In Ritchie county, March 2, 1865, Samuel Hatifled married Cinderilla R. Phillips, and their children are two daughters: Mary H., born December 23, 1865, and Minnie S., born October 3, 1867. Both are at home with their parents. The birth of Mr. Hatfield's wife was in that part of Wood county now included in Ritchie, and the date was July 23, 1841. Her parents were Benjamin and Mary A. (Deem) Phillips, who were among the earliest settlers in this vicinity. Mr. Hatfield held the office of assessor of Grant and Union district, Ritchie county, four years; was district clerk of Grant district a number of years; and is at present judge of the county court, elected in 1882 for the term of four years. The occupation of Samuel Hatfield is farming and stock-raising, his farm lies in Grant district, and his postoffice address is Cairo, Ritchie county, West Virginia.]
History of Ritchie County (1911), pp. 508 and 509:
[Jacob Hatfield was born in Greene county, Pennsylvania, on May 13, 1818, of Scotch-English parentage. He was the son of Jacob Hatfield, senior, and his mother's maiden name was Miss Mondell. Both lived and died in Pennsylvania.
In 1840, he was married to Miss Wilhelmina Everhart, who was also born in Greene county, on October 26, 1820, and shortly after their marriage, they came to West Virginia, and settled near Middlebourne in Tyler county; and from there they came to Cairo in 1852, and took up their residence on the old homestead, near one mile east of the town where their son, Jacob, now lives, and where they saw the last of earth. She, in 1895, and he, on February 9, 1902. Both rest in the Egypt [Cairo] cemetery, near their old home.
Mr. Hatfield was long prominent in public affairs. He served as magistrate at the time the magistrates formed the County court; and was a member of the Board of Supervisors that laid the county off into districts. He was also a member of the body that organized the State of West Virginia, he and John P. Harris being the delegates from this county. He gave the grounds for the Cairo Baptist church and was one of its chief builders and pillars. He also played a liberal part in the building of the Central Baptist church at Goff's.
He was the father of the following named children: Hon. Samuel Hatfield, ex-State Senator, and Jacob, already mentioned, Cairo: the late Dr. F. P. of Parkersburg, who also occupied a seat in the Legislature, from Wood county; Cephas, of Marietta; Abner Hatfield, and Mrs. Thomas Fordham, Goff's; Mrs. Benjamin Phillips, Rusk; and Mrs. Madison Lambert, Ellenboro.
Samuel Hatfield is the one member of this family that has taken an active part in the public affairs of the county. He was born in Tyler county, in 1842, and with his parents came to this county at the age of ten years. He married Miss Cinderilla Phillips, and is the father of two daughters, the late Mrs. Mary (B. F.) Twyman, and Mrs. Wilhelmina Cokeley, of Cairo. He filled the offices of assessor and of Commissioner of the County court; and in 1904, was elected as State Senator from the third Senatorial district; and at the session of 1907, he served as a member of the following committees: On County and Municipal corporations; on Militia; on Immigration and Agriculture; to examine Clerk's offices, and was chairman of the one on Federal Relations.]
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