Stanley Hatfield

Stanley Hatfield (1823-1889) was the eighth of twelve children of Reuben Hatfield and Mary Polly Comstock, as well as the brother of Calvin, Betty, Elizabeth, Joseph, Mary, Andrew, Nancy, Susan, James, Hiram, and John. He was also the husband of Martha Baker, as well as the father of Nancy, William, Reuben, Silas, Lilburn, and Clarisa.

Biography
Stanley was born in 1823 as the eighth child of Reuben and Mary. He grew up in Kentucky and Tennessee with his parents and siblings. He had a child named Nancy with Martha Baker in 1842, and the two were wed in 1844 at the age of 21 in Iowa. As of 1850, Stanley and Martha lived in Decatur, Iowa.

They had six children, including Nancy (b. 1842), William (b. 1852), Reuben (b. 1855), Silas (b. 1857), Lilburn (b. 1861), and Clarisa (b. 1868).

Stanley died on June 15, 1889 in Lafayette, Missouri at age 66.