U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Hatfield, Charles Edwin (1871-1946) ------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Ritchie County by Minnie Kendall Lowther Wheeling News Litho. Co., Wheeling W.Va., 1911 Page 559 Charles Edwin Hatfield, the originator of this little "speck on the map." [Fonsoville] is the second son of Abner and the late Mrs. Elizabeth Fordham Hatfield. Goff's is the place of his birth, and February 16, 1871, his natal day. He was a tiller of the soil, and school-teacher, for five years, before launching the mercantile business here, and he has been the Secretary of the Board of Education for Murphy district since May 6, 1904, and is a Notary Public. On October 7, 1894, he was married to Miss Bessie Wilson. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Wilson, of Goffs who died on July 22, 1899, and four children were the result of this union; viz., Mabel Pearl and Mary Elizabeth, who survive; and Abner H., and Bazil W. (twins), who died in early childhood. On October 27, 1907, he again took the nuptial vow, when Miss Isa F. Wamsley, daughter of Samuel Wamsley became his bride, and Edna Mae, and Charles, junior, are the two children of this union. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Ritchie County, WV #10029 FULL-NAME: Charles E. Hatfield BIRTH-DATE: February 2, 1871 BIRTH-PLACE: Goffs, West Virginia DEATH-DATE: August 7, 1946 (at age 75y-6m-5d) DEATH-PLACE: Fonzo, Murphy District, Ritchie County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married (Icy F.) OCCUPATION: Merchant-Postmaster / own business and Federal FATHER: Abbner Hatfield (born in Cairo, West Virginia MOTHER: Elizabeth Fordham (born in Great Britain) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Uremia / Prostitis / Arterio Sclerosis INFORMANT: Mrs. L. H. Garfield (of Ellenboro, W.Va. BURIAL: Hatfield Cemetery, rural Goffs, W.Va. ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Ritchie County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/ritchie/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------