Joseph Hatfield

Joseph Hatfield Jr. (1853-1921) was the ninth born child of Joseph Hatfield and Mary Polly Heather, as well as the brother of Hiram, Mary, Lucy, Nancy, Calestine, Jemima, Thomas, Elizabeth, Bob, Rebecca, Martha, and Hannah. He was also the husband of Mary Elizabeth Puckett, and the father of May, Eva, Mary, Charles, Bertie, Nora, Richard, and Teddie.

Biography
Joseph was born to Joseph Hatfield and Mary Polly Heather on November 14, 1853. He grew up in Missouri with his parents and thirteen siblings. He married Mary Elizabeth Puckett in 1870 at the age of 16, and it's probably that the couple moved to Nevada, Missouri.

The couple had eight children, including May (b. 1873), Eva (b. 1875), Mary (b. 1877), Charles (b. 1880), Bertie (b. 1886), Nora (b. 1889), Richard (b. 1891), and Teddie (b. 1894). Mary died in 1877. Charles died at age 3 in 1883.

In 1990, the family lived in Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory (tribal government prior to admitting Oklahoma as a state), and they moved to Craig, Oklahoma in 1890. His daughter, Eva, died in 1917 at the age of 42. Joseph himself died on July 13, 1921 in Oklahoma at the age of 67. He was survived by four of his children and his wife, Mary.

Trivia

 * Joseph and Mary have the same names as Joseph's parents.