Leander Hatfield

Leander Laura Hatfield (1795-1860) was the eighth born child of Joseph Andrew Hatfield and Rachel Smith, as well as the sister of Jeremiah, Eli, Stanley, Nancy, John, Reuben, Rachel, James, William, Davis, Calvin, Charles, and Moses. She was also the wife of Moses Sexton, and the mother of multiple children, many of whose names are unknown. Additionally, Leander also had seven half-siblings named Ephraim, Valentine, Mary, George, Joseph, Andrew, and Alexander.

Biography
Leander was born in 1795 in North Carolina. Growing up, she had seven older siblings and six younger siblings. Her sister, Rachel, was also born the same year as her, however, Rachel was born in Russell, Virginia. Rachel could possibly be the twin sister of William.

Leander married Moses Sexton at the age of 19 on October 20, 1814. She gave birth to her first child, John, in 1816. Leander and Moses had approximately fifteen children, however, four of six of them have names that are lost to history. The nine whose names are known are John, James (b. 1819), Leander II (b. 1820), Fountain (b. 1822), Daniel (b. 1823), Rebecca (b. 1823), Caswell (b. 1835), Hiram (b. 1838), and Nancy (b. 1842). Four of their children died: two unnamed female infants in 1817, a male infant in 1820, and Daniel in 1860. Several of her siblings died before Leander, including Stanley, Jeremiah, Rachel, Eli, John, Reuben, and James.

Moses died either on June 1 or 5, 1850 in Fentress, Tennessee at the age of 59. Leander died in 1860 in Scott, Tennessee.