Jasper Newton Hatfield

• Census: 1850 - Jackson, Greene, Indiana, USA
• Census: 1900 - Washington Township, Greene, Indiana, USA
  • Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via brother Francis Marion 'frank' Hatfield by SmartCopy: Dec 19 2015, 23:24:28 UTC
• Census: 1850 - Jackson, Greene, Indiana, USA
• Census: 1900 - Washington Township, Greene, Indiana, USA
  • Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via brother Francis Marion 'frank' Hatfield by SmartCopy: Dec 19 2015, 23:25:52 UTC

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• Census: 8, m, IN - 1850 - District # 40, Greene County, IN
• Census: 14, m - 1860 - Jackson Twp, Greene County, IN
• Military service: Feb 27 1864 - Civll War, enlisted as a private in Company H, 31st Infantry Regiment Indiana
• Census: 1870 - Jackson Township, Greene County, IN
• Census: 1880 - Jackson Township, Greene County, IN
• Census: 1910 - Lyons, Washington Township, Greene County, IN, South Vine Street
• Residence: Washington Township, Greene County, IN - 1918
  • Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via brother Ale Hatfield by SmartCopy: Dec 20 2015, 3:36:22 UTC

Jasper Newton Hatfield, son of Emanuel and Nancy (Anderson) Hatfield, was born at Owensburg, December 10, 1844, and departed this life at 7:30 a. m. December 21, 1931, being at the time of his death eighty-seven years and eleven days old. He was the last surviving child of a family of fourteen children, and was reared to manhood in this home where he was born. On March 10, 1866, he was united in marriage to Louisa Beaty, of Owensburg. To this union were born three children. Soon after this first marriage he moved to Neodesha, Kansas, where he lived for three years and engaged in farming. He returned to Owensburg about 1870, and here on July 26, 1873, this first companion was called to the life beyond. On September 13, 1874, he was united in marriage to Mary Frances Bridwell. To this union were born six children. On September 1, 1886, he moved with his family to Washington Township, near Lyons, Indiana, and here spent the remaining forty five years of his life. At the age of eighteen years he united with the Missionary Baptist church at Owensburg, where with fifty other friends and companions, he was baptized in the old Mill Dam supplied from his father's spring, while all nature was covered with a mantle of snow. He continued to live in this Christian faith, and after moving to Washington Township, he with his companion, became charter member of the Baptist Church at Switz City, under the pastorate of Uncle Billy Baker, one of the pioneer Baptist preachers of Greene County. On February 5, 1923, his last companion was called to her home beyond, and since that time he has been cared for by his daughter, Miss Victoria, who gave him every comfort human hands could afford. He lived an exemplary life and was a devoted husband and father, living the golden rule before all his neighbors and friends. On great enjoyment of his was to spend his evenings reading to his family out of his old family Bible. This he continued to do until the last few days of his sickness. The good morals he set before his children, they will ever hold as a sweet memory of his fine Christian character. He was an obliging neighbor and his pleasant smile always made them feel welcome in his home. The children by his first union were Theodore and Ora, who preceded him in death, and Charley, now living at Linton. Those by the last union are Mrs. Bayless Benham, of Lyons; Mrs. Edward Young, of Petersburg; Mrs. Grace Stafford, of Terre Haute; Herschell Hatfield, of Danville, Illinois, and Victoria, at home, and a daughter who died in infancy. He also leaves sixteen grandchildren, eleven great-grandchildren and a host of relatives and friends, all of whom will miss him greatly.

The Bloomfield News, Bloomfield, Greene County, Indiana, Thursday, December 24, 1931, Volume LVI, Number 8, Page 8, Column 3, "Death's Harvest-Hatfield."

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