Ruby Hall

Granny Bertha & Aunt Lexie

I asked her to take her hair down for this pic. Taken by my photographer boss (Robert May) at Dorton, Ky

A Marion Post Wolcott photo of mountain people carrying a coffin up the creek bed to the family graveyard, where it will be buried. This area was too isolated to have a formal funeral service immediately. Names of the people in the photo are unknown, Marion Post Wolcott was sent to Kentucky by the federal government to document conditions in Kentucky during the Depression.

Photo taken on the South Fork of the Kentucky River, Kentucky

Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress, photographer Marion Post Wolcott

The Hatfield McCoy feud lasted from 1863 until 1891 in West Virginia and Kentucky between two of the most infamous U.S. families; the Hatfields & the McCoys.

The Hatfield family was led by William Anderson Hatfield, nicknamed the "Devil Anse", and Randolph McCoy, aka "Ole Ran'l", led the McCoy family which emigrated from Ireland. The decades long family feud between the 'haves' (the Hatfields) and the 'have-nots' (the McCoys) began when Asa Harmon McCoy was murdered by "Devil Anse" Hatfield on January 7th, 1865. "Devil Anse" was evidently extremely upset that Asa had fought for the Union during the U.S. Civil War as the Harfield family had predominately fought for the Confederacy.

Photo of the Hatfield family clan taken in 1897.

Top row, from left to right:
Rosa Lee Hatfield (daughter of Anderson), Detroit 'Troy' Hatfield (son of Anderson), Betty Hatfield (Caldwell) (daughter of Anderson), Elias Hatfield (son of Anderson), Tom Chafin (nephew of William Anderson), Joe D. Hatfield (son of William Anderson), Ock Damron, Shephard Hatfield (son of Cap), Levicy Emma Hatfield (daughter of Cap), and Bill Border (store clerk).

Second row, from left to right:
Mrs. Mary Hensley-Simpkins-Howes (daughter of Anderson) with daughter Vici Simpkins, William Anderson 'Devil Anse' Hatfield, Levicy Chafin Hatfield (wife of Anderson), Nancy Elizabeth Hatfield (wife of Cap) with son Robert Elliott Hatfield, Louise Hatfield (daughter of Cap), Cap Hatfield, and Coleman Hatfield (son of Cap)

Front row, from left to right:
Tennyson 'Tennis' Hatfield (son of Anderson), Levicy Hatfield (daughter of Johnse), Willis Hatfield (son of Anderson), and 'Watch' or 'Yellow Watch' ('Devil Anse's' coon and bear dog)
People in photo include: Ock Damron, Shephard Hatfield, Levicy Emma Hatfield, Bill Border , Mrs. Mary Hensley-Simpkins-Howes, Vici Simpkins, Nancy Elizabeth Hatfield, Louise Hatfield, Cap Hatfield, Coleman Hatfield, Tennyson 'Tennis' Hatfield, and Willis Hatfield