Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-01-10
EST RANGED SONS
Of DEVIL ANSE'
DECLARE PEACE
"Cap" and DR.. E. R. Hat
field Clasp Hands Over
the Coffin Containing the
Body of Their Father.
tBy The Associated Press

Logan, w. Va, Jan. 9.--Captain
Anderson Devil Anse) Hatfield,
former confederate army officer
and for many years famous feud-
list, who died Friday, today was
buried beside his two sons, Troy
and Elias, in the family plot, 300
feet beneath the mountain range
which sheds its water into the Big
Sandy on the one side, and the
Guyandotte on the other. The OBJ
sequies were attended by eleven
surviving children, almost all of
the forty grandchildren, several
great grandchildren and about
seventy-five direct descendants.
The funeral was characterized
by dramatic occurrences. Before
the march to the cemetery the
hands of two of the dead mans
sons, long estranged, were clasped
over the coffin. These were Cap
Hatfield, the fathers name sake
and feud lieutenant. and DR.. E. r.,
Hatfield, of Charleston. The re-
Cancellation wassfollowed by q gen
eral demonstration of approval
and sympathy.
Is Done With Fighting.
AS the procession moved, the re-
storation of good will between the
brothers formed the chief subject
of discussion, and at the grave be-
fore the body was lowered, Cap
Hatfield addressed Uncle Dyke"
Jarrat, an old preacher and friend
of the family and told him he had
made his peace with God and was
ready to be baptized whenever
the minister was ready.
II will baptize you, boy" re-
sponded the old clergyman, lin the
To this cap" Hatfield raised his
hands above his head in the at
titude of one solemnly vowing, ana
declared he was done with fighting,
that in his heart there no Longer
Z ranked malice and that if any
man sought his life blood, he would
not resist.
There was no funeral sermon by
Uncle Dyke" but Rev. Green
McNeeley who by the elder man
was familiarly referred to as my
Son In the Gospel" spoke briefly
on '"The Lesson of Death"
Mournful Music.
There was mournful music at the
house, however Gathered on the
porch and about the body lying IN
a golden oak coffin, men and Wo-
men sang old-time campmeetlns
HYMNS. "Sim" Thompson, famed
as leader in psalm singing, di'
rected. SO numerous did tins
mourners become, that the multi
tude was directed to the rear dool
of the house where it formed ir
line and proceeded through the
hall and passed the body OF th>
dead feudist.
The day was raw and ugly, ran
and snow falling alternately, Whlie
the damp air was piercing. In this
D downpour the crowd stood uncom'
plainingly, but it was found neces
sary frequently to hold an umbre
la over the casket to save the
corpse from being drenched.
Was Born 81 Years Ago.
Anderson Hatfield was born or
Mate creek, eighty-one years agt
last September, his family said. lie
served in the confederate army as
member ana later as captain d
company A, Forty-fifth Virginia
infantry. After the war he was
the leader of the Hatfield clan II
the famous Hatfield Mccoy feud
continued over fifteen years and II
which thirty-five men and one wo
man died. g
For years after the former feud
leader had taken up his residence
on the mountain crest and settlei
down in peaceful existence, Ken
lucky authorities sought MIN
There was a price on his head, bu1
one governor of West Virginia after
another refused to honor requisl'
lions for him and finally the error
was abandoned.