Susan Hatfield

Susan A. Hatfield (1823-1890) was the ninth of twelve children of Reuben Hatfield and Mary Polly Comstock, as well as the sister of Betty, Calvin, Elizabeth, Joseph, Mary, Andrew, Nancy, Stanley, James, Hiram, and John. She was also the wife of John Tilford Hatfield (her cousin), as well as the mother of Elsie, John, Hiram, Abraham, Ellen, Mary, William, and Amanda.

Biography
Susan was born in 1823 to Reuben Hatfield and Mary Polly Comstock. She grew up in Tennessee with her parents and siblings, and was only fifteen years old when her older sister, Betty, died. She married John Tilford Hatfield on June 2, 1847 in Worth, Missouri at age 24.

The couple moved to Decatur, Iowa, and they had eight children, including Elsie (b. 1848), John (b. 1849), Hiram (b. 1851), Abraham (b. 1854), Ellen (b. 1856), Mary (b. 1858), William (b. 1859), and Amanda (b. 1860). Susan's husband, John, was a private in the 16th Iowa Infantry, and he was killed in action near the end of the Civil War at Lynch's Creek, South Carolina in February 1865.

Her daughter Amanda died in 1881 due to malaria. Susan died on February 18, 1890 in Decatur, Iowa at age 66.

Trivia

 * Her husband fought in the Civil War, probably on the side of the Union.
 * She named a few of children after her siblings.