Andrew Hatfield [3398]
Andrew Hatfield was a cooper by trade. His wooden hooped barrels sold for $1.25 each, iron hooped barrels for $1.50. He used white oak. The wooden hoops were made from hickory saplings. Andrew served in the Civil War in Company A, 14th Regiment, Illinois Infantry. Andrew entered the service at Jacksonville, Illinois May 25, 1861 as a Private; honorably discharged at Hebron, Mississippi, December 31, 1863. Died from Chronic Myocarditis. 5 foot 8 inches tall, 139 lbs. Re-enlisted with the 14th Illinois Volunteers and was eventually discharged at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, September 28, 1865.
Andrew married Sarah Margaret Chapman [3399] [MRIN: 1182], daughter of James Harvey Chapman [3515] and Ellen Bridgewater [3516], on 14 Jul 1867 in Schuyler County, Illinois. (Sarah Margaret Chapman [3399] was born on 13 Mar 1849 in Scott County, Indiana, died on 29 Nov 1941 in Walsenburg, Huerfano County, Colorado and was buried in Trinidad, Colorado.) |
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