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Detroit Hatfield

Birthdate:
Birthplace: West Virginia, United States
Death: October 17, 1911 (29)
Boomer, Fayette, West Virginia, United States (Gunshot)
Place of Burial: Sarah Ann, Logan, West Virginia, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of William Anderson "Devil Anse" Hatfield and Levisa Hatfield
Husband of Pearl Hatfield
Brother of Johnse Hatfield; Capt. William Anderson "Cap" Hatfield; Robert Edward Lee Hatfield; Nannie Belle Hatfield; Dr. Elliott Rutherford Hatfield and 9 others

Managed by: Charles Douglass Brown
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About Troy Hatfield

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Elias and his brother Detroit "Troy" Hatfield both became involved in the saloon business in Boomer, WV and were killed in a dispute over liquor distribution. Newspaper notices about the death of Detroit "Troy" Hatfield and his brother Elias:

"TWO FEUDISTS KILLED: Evening Times, Cumberland Maryland, October 18, 1911 - Troy And Elias Hatfield Shot In Whisky Quarrel."

"Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 18— Special dispatches received here say that Troy and Elias Hatfield, two of the Hatfield family of feudists, living near Fayetteville, W.VA, were killed yesterday. Another man, Geromie, an Italian, is believed to have been killed, as the result of an argument over "bootlegging" territory."

Find A Grave Memorial # 20822760.

http://appalachianlady.wordpress.com/tag/uncle-jim-vance/ - Hatfield & McCoy blog.

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Troy Hatfield's Timeline

1881
November 20, 1881
West Virginia, United States
1911
October 17, 1911
Age 29
Boomer, Fayette, West Virginia, United States
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Hatfield Family Cemetery, Sarah Ann, Logan, West Virginia, United States