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Roseanna Mccoy 1859 - 1888

Roseanna Mccoy of Pikeville, Pike County, Kentucky United States was born on March 21, 1859, and died at age 29 years old in 1888 in Ashford, Boone County, WV. Roseanna Mccoy was buried at Dils Cemetery in Pikeville, Pike County, KY.
Roseanna Mccoy
Rosannah
Pikeville, Pike County, Kentucky 41501, United States
March 21, 1859
Pike County, Kentucky, United States
1888
Ashford, Boone County, West Virginia, 25009, United States
Female
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Roseanna Mccoy's History: 1859 - 1888

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  • Introduction

    Roseanna McCoy was born to Randolph aka "Randall" (1825-1914) and Sarah McCoy (1829-1890. She was one of 14(!) siblings and married into the Hatfield family. Like a US version of Romeo & Juliet, of course everyone knows of the Hatfield / McCoy family feud. See Hatfield McCoy feud, KY & WV for more details. According to the 1880 Census, Roseanna was 20 and lived at 152 Blackberry in Pike Kentucky and was still single at the time. She lived there with her father, mother, and siblings Alafare, Pharmer, Randolph, William, Twinvilla, Adlade, Fannie and Lona. She married Johnson "Johnse" Hatfield (1862-1922) and they had a daughter Sarah "Sally" Elizabeth McCoy-Hatfield who died from measles after 7 or 8 months in October of 1881. Near Sally's grave it says she was buried next to a tree on a hill bedside near her aunt Betty McCoy's home. A 1949 film called Roseanna McCoy tells the story of her 'forbidden romance' with Johnse Hatfield. The plot of this film is below. Buried at the now named Dils Cemetery in Pikeville, Pike County Kentucky. Previously known as the McCoy Cemetery.
  • 03/21
    1859

    Birthday

    March 21, 1859
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    Pike County, Kentucky United States
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  • Nationality & Locations

    Born in Pike County Kentucky she lived most of her life in Boone County West Virginia.
  • Personal Life & Family

    Famous as one of fourteen siblings involved in the Kentucky Hatfield / McCoy family feud.
  • 1888

    Death

    1888
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Ashford, Boone County, West Virginia 25009, United States
    Death location
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    Dils Cemetery in Pikeville, Pike County, Kentucky 41501, United States
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Roseanna McCoy from the McCoy / Hatfield family feud who married Johnson Hatfield.
Date & Place: in Kentucky United States
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Roseanna McCoy - 1949 film
This 1949 film is based on the relationship of Roseanna McCoy and Johnse Hatfield. The plot synopsis comes from wikipedia:

Set in the late 19th century, the story focuses on the forbidden romance between the title character and Johnse Hatfield, whose families have been feuding for many years. The two meet when she is stung by a hornet while picking flowers for a picnic table at the local fair and he comes to her aid. When she discovers his identity, she angrily accuses his clan of having shot and injured her mother in the distant past. Johnse protests that Mounts, who was responsible for the accident, was innocent by reason of insanity, but Roseanna wants no part of him.

Later that evening, Johnse takes Roseanna aside and kisses her, unaware they are being observed by her brother Little Randall. She is enchanted by his advances and, when shopkeeper Thad Wilkins proposes marriage to her several days later, she rejects him. Johnse takes her from her home in Kentucky across the Big Sandy River to his home in West Virginia, where he introduces her to his parents, Devil Anse and Levisa, as his future bride.

Anse uses the engagement as a reason to renew hostilities with the McCoys, and he and his sons Ellison and Cap prepare for battle. While Johnse seeks a preacher to perform the wedding ceremony, Roseanna and Levisa begin to bond. Cap is injured in an accident, and while his parents tend to his wounds, the psychotic Mounts arrives at the Hatfield cabin and threatens Roseanna, who is rescued by Anse.

While fetching water, Roseanna is approached by Little Randall, and she agrees to return home. She bids Johnse farewell and asks him to call on her father Old Randall the following evening. While en route to the McCoys, Johnse stops at Thad's store and meets Tolbert, Phamer, and Little Randall McCoy. Mounts enters and starts a brawl, and the melee escalates into a gunfight.

Thad carries the wounded Tolbert to the McCoy house, where Roseanna and her father are awaiting Johnse's arrival, and reports Little Randall is injured and trapped in the store with the Hatfields. After ordering his relatives to hold their fire, Johnse admits Roseanna, Old Randall, and Thad to the store. Mounts uses Roseanna, Johnse, and Little Randall as shields to escape, and Old Randall declares war against the Hatfields.

During the fighting, Johnse and Roseanna secretly meet, and Johnse shoots and injures Mounts before he can shoot them. As they flee on horseback, Mounts takes aim at them and is killed by Anse. The two clans lay down their weapons and watch Johnse and Roseanna ride off in search of a preacher and future happiness.
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