Abraham Hatfield [D11]
b.1826 26 Mar - IN
d.1867 25 Sep - Schuyler County, IL
----- Parents -----
Charles Hatfield [D2]
Mary "Polly" LeMaster [D3]
----- Siblings -----
Elizabeth Hatfield [D4]
Abraham Hatfield [D11]
John Hatfield [D51]
Hugh Erwin Hatfield [D56]
William Fletcher Hatfield [D67]
Sally Ann Hatfield [D69]
Andrew Hatfield [D70]
Charles Wesley Hatfield [D137]
James Harvey Hatfield [D138]
Mary Josephine Hatfield [D145]
----- Marriages -----
m01. 1849 01 Feb - Schuyler Co., IL + Mary Thompson (6 Children)
----- Children -----
Henry Hatfield [D13]
Virginia Hatfield [D42]
Joanne Hatfield [D44]
Mary Catherine Hatfield [D46]
Adaline Hatfield [D48]
Elizabeth Hatfield [D49]
Cathy Hatfield says:
I've heard my (Elizabeth) grandmother tell about her dad (Abraham) who
was a child when they came to
Illinois. He apparently was Red Headed and the Indians liked to ride up
and play with him. As you can
imagine, his mother was scared to death but apparently they wouldn't have
hurt him for any thing. (From
Marvin Downs Jr.)
Abraham Hatfield Illinois PVT ILL MTD VOLS Mexican War.
The history of his company is:
At the second call for troops in the Mexican war, which was issued by the
President, under the act of
Congress approved May 13, 1847, Schuyler county responded promptly, and
Capt. Adams Dunlap at once raised
the Independent company of Illinois mounted volunteers, being the only
company of cavalry from this state.
The company was raised in the month of May, 1847, at Rushville, and
marched thence to Alton, Illinois,
where it arrived May 21, 1847, a distance of one hundred and ten miles
from Rushville. The company embarked
upon a steamer for New Orleans, where it re-shipped to Brazos Island and
thence up the Rio Grande river to
Matamoras where it remained, doing garrison duty, until the close of the
war. The company suffered severely
from sickness, and at one time of the whole number only thirty-five were
able to report for duty. The
company returned to Alton, Illinois, where it was mustered out of the
service on the 7th day of November,
1848.
The roster of company E., first regiment Illinois volunteers, John J.
Hardin, colonel, was raised by
William H. Richardson at Rushville, Illinois, and was composed of men
from both Schuyler and Brown
counties, many of whom fell at the battle of Buena Vista. Those marked
with a star were from Brown county,
the remainder from Schuyler. The company left Rushville in June, 1846.
Abraham also went to the gold rush in CA in 1851. According to a later
census, daughter Joanne was born
there in 1855. Her birth town of Cooksfar disappeared in 1859.
Abraham, along with his 3 oldest children and wife arrived in Port of New
York on Oct 29 1856,
having boarded the Steamship Illinois in Aspinwall, Panama.
Abraham died three months after his wife died.
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Name: Abe Hatfield
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1860
Event Place: Bainbridge Township, Schuyler, Illinois, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 34
Race: White
Birth Year (Estimated): 1826
Birthplace: Ind
Page: 89
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
(NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M653
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Abe Hatfield M 34 Ind
Mary Hatfield F 31 Md
Henry Hatfield M 10 Ills
Virginia Hatfield F 8 Ills
Jo Anna Hatfield F 5 California
Mary Hatfield F 2 Ills
John Harris M 18 Ills
Household ID: 602 , GS Film Number: 803228 , Digital Folder Number:
004214995 , Image Number: 00093
"United States Census, 1860," index, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXHR-8H7 : accessed 01 Oct 2014),
Abe Hatfield, Bainbridge Township, Schuyler, Illinois, United States;
citing "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," Fold3.com; p. 89,
household ID 602, NARA microfilm publication M653; FHL microfilm 803228.
