James W. Hatfield

James Wiley Hatfield (1790-1860) was the ninth born child of Joseph Andrew Hatfield Sr. and Rachel Smith, as well as the brother of Jeremiah, Eli, Stanley, Nancy, John, Reuben, Rachel, Leander, William, Davis, Calvin, Charles, and Moses. He is also the husband of Sarah Stanley, and the father of James Jr., Andrew, Alford, Jeremiah, Betty, Elizabeth, Esther, John, Calvin, and Riley. Additionally, he also had seven half-siblings named Ephraim, Valentine, Mary, George, Joseph, Andrew, and Alexander.

Biography
James was born in 1790 in Russell, Suffolk, Virginia to Joseph and Rachel. He had eleven siblings named Jeremiah, Eli, Stanley, Nancy, John, Reuben, Rachel, Leander, William, Davis, Calvin, Charles, and Moses.

He married Sarah Stanley in 1821. Sarah and James had eleven children, including Andrew (b. 1810), Alford (b. 1816), Jeremiah (b. 1817), Betty (b. 1823), Elizabeth (b. 1825), Esther (b. 1826), John (b. 1828), Phoebe (b. 1830), Calvin (b. 1833), James Jr. (b. 1835), and Riley (b. 1838). James Jr. died in 1838 at the age of 48.

As of 1850, James and Sarah lived in Decatur, Iowa. James died on July 12, 1860 in Leon, Decatur, Iowa at the age of 71. Sarah would live for another fifteen years until dying at the age of 80.