Mary Polly Heather

Mary Polly Heather (1820-1899) was the sixth and final child of Thomas Heather and Polly Mary Means, as well as the younger sister of Margarett, Thorn, Patsy, Elizabeth, and Thomas. She was also the wife of Joseph Hatfield, and the mother of Hiram, Mary, Lucy, Nancy, Calestine, Jemima, Thomas, Bob, Elizabeth, Rebecca, Martha, and Hannah.

Biography
Mary was born on April 12, 1820 to Thomas Heather and Polly Mary Means. She was the youngest of five siblings, and they grew up together in Campbell, Tennessee. Mary found herself pregnant by Joseph Hatfield at age fifteen, and she gave birth to their son Hiram in 1835. They moved to Missouri, and the two were married the following year, and they had thirteen more children, including Mary (b. 1840), Lucy (b. 1842), Nancy (b. 1842), Margaret (b. 1845), Calestine (b. 1847), Jemima (b. 1850), Thomas (b. 1851), Joseph (b. 1853), twins Elizabeth and Bob (b. 1856), Rebecca (b. 1858), Martha (b. 1860), and Hannah (b. 1863).

Their daughter Nancy died in 1865, and Calestine died in 1872. Mary herself died on October 25, 1899 in Gentry, Missouri at the age of 79.

Trivia

 * She named a few of her children after herself and her husband, as well as her father and siblings.