Emanuel Hatfield

• Census: 1850 - Jackson, Greene, Indiana, USA
  • Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via son Francis Marion 'frank' Hatfield by SmartCopy: Dec 19 2015, 23:24:28 UTC

THE BLOOMFIELD NEWS, Bloomfield, Greene County, Indiana, Friday, January 8, 1892,Volume XVI, Number 5, Page 5, Column 4, "EMANUEL HATFIELD! THE JACKSON TOWNSHIP PIONEER PASSES AWAY—At the Age of Eighty-six Years—Uncle ‘Manual has Gone to the Happy Hunting Ground Spoken of by the Wild Red Man."

Emanuel HATFIELD, the old pioneer hunter of Greene County, died at his home in Owensburg, Friday morning January 1, 1892, age 86 years. He had been afflicted with palsy for some time and being very old, the "grip" took hold and proved fatal. He was born in Campbell County, East Tennessee, December 22, 1805. He had three brothers, Armstead, Washington and Mordecai; also three sisters. Uncle ‘Manuel, as we all familiarly called him, was one of the first settlers of Greene County. He lived in this country when bears, wolves, panthers, deer and wild turkey were to be found in our woods in abundance. Uncle ‘Manuel never failed to bring in game when he went hunting. He began his career in the woods very young, killing his first deer when he was but nine years old. He had been married twice, raised a family of fourteen children, the youngest of which now has children grown. He came to this state in the fall of 1831 and has lived on the same farm ever since. He said during the first twelve years of his residence in Indiana, he killed, with one gun, nine hundred seventy-eight deer. Also in that same twelve years he cleared the timber from one hundred and ten acres of land, made rails and fenced it, and put it in a good state of cultivation for that age. He was a member of the Baptist church and had lived a devoted Christian for "lo, these many years. When we saw him in Owensburg last October he took us by the hand and said, "Well, Tommy, you will never eat any more venison, turkey or squirrel that Uncle "Manuel kills, for I am just about worn out." He was kind and generous to everybody and would divide his last bread crust with his friend. If he ever had an enemy in this county we never knew it. He leaves a host of children, grandchildren and great grandchildren to mourn their loss.

Birth: Dec. 22, 1805 Death: Jan. 1, 1892 [Edit Dates]

THE BLOOMFIELD NEWS, Bloomfield, Greene County, Indiana, Friday, January 8, 1892,Volume XVI, Number 5, Page 5, Column 4, "EMANUEL HATFIELD! THE JACKSON TOWNSHIP PIONEER PASSES AWAY—At the Age of Eighty-six Years—Uncle ‘Manual has Gone to the Happy Hunting Ground Spoken of by the Wild Red Man."

Emanuel HATFIELD, the old pioneer hunter of Greene County, died at his home in Owensburg, Friday morning January 1, 1892, age 86 years. He had been afflicted with palsy for some time and being very old, the "grip" took hold and proved fatal. He was born in Campbell County, East Tennessee, December 22, 1805. He had three brothers, Armstead, Washington and Mordecai; also three sisters. Uncle ‘Manuel, as we all familiarly called him, was one of the first settlers of Greene County. He lived in this country when bears, wolves, panthers, deer and wild turkey were to be found in our woods in abundance. Uncle ‘Manuel never failed to bring in game when he went hunting. He began his career in the woods very young, killing his first deer when he was but nine years old. He had been married twice, raised a family of fourteen children, the youngest of which now has children grown. He came to this state in the fall of 1831 and has lived on the same farm ever since. He said during the first twelve years of his residence in Indiana, he killed, with one gun, nine hundred seventy-eight deer. Also in that same twelve years he cleared the timber from one hundred and ten acres of land, made rails and fenced it, and put it in a good state of cultivation for that age. He was a member of the Baptist church and had lived a devoted Christian for "lo, these many years. When we saw him in Owensburg last October he took us by the hand and said, "Well, Tommy, you will never eat any more venison, turkey or squirrel that Uncle "Manuel kills, for I am just about worn out." He was kind and generous to everybody and would divide his last bread crust with his friend. If he ever had an enemy in this county we never knew it. He leaves a host of children, grandchildren and great grandchildren to mourn their loss.

Emanuel Hatfield is the son of Ale Hatfield and Elizabeth Young Hatfield. Emanuel Hatfield married Nancy E. Anderson, 21 Jan 1826 in Wayne Co, Kentucky (from the Wayne Co marriage books). Children of Emanuel and Nancy E. Hatfield: Mary Ann Hatfield, Jeremiah Hatfield, Elizabeth Hatfield, Jasper Newton Hatfield and Geniva Hatfield. Emanuel Hatfield was married a second time after Nancy died to Mary Williams, 18 Jan 1854 in Martin County, Indiana. Emanuel and Mary Williams Edwards Hatfield had no children together. This was Mary's second marriage also.

• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jan 20 2018, 5:30:24 UTC