Descendants of Ephraim "Eft Of All" Hatfield

Notes

669. Leonard Lester

son of
Father: William Felix Canterbury Lester b: 22 DEC 1852 in Wyoming, WV
Mother: Lousia Vicy Hatfield

Children
Herbert Lester b: Abt 1907 in Mingo Co., WV
Arthur Lester b: Abt 1908 in Mingo Co., WV
Algie Lester b: Abt 1909 in Mingo Co., WV
Zina Lester b: Abt 1911 in Mingo Co., WV
Shelah Lester b: Abt 1913 in Mingo Co., WV
Etta Rachel Lester b: 1 Jan 1916 in Mingo Co., WV
Roy Lester b: Abt 1918 in Stafford Dist., Mingo Co., WV
Lovicie Lester b: Aft 1920
Reba Lester b: Aft 1922

1334. Shelah Lester

234-20-9369

680. Alifair Runyon

Sources:
Abbrev: Alden Williamson Genealogy
Title: Alden Williamson Genealogy
Author: Joseph W. Alley
Publication: Cook Printing Co., Huntington, WV, 1962
Note:
Source Media Type: Book
Repository:
Abbrev: 1870 Logan Co., VA federal census
Title: 1870 Logan Co., VA federal census

John Reed

Sources
1. Title: 20512.ged
Repository:

Allen "River Allen" Hatfield

Sheriff Of Mingo Co. WV For 5 Yrs

my "Granpa"

Grandpa was a selfmade mountaineer in all the sense of the term.
He had the grit of frontiersman and the charm of the best story teller.
He made much of his living buying selling and trading. He woeked for
awhile in the coal mines also as did many of his Irish kin.
I can close my eyes now and see him "polling" the flat bottom boat he
owned
accross the Tug river to his home on the river bank. The same river that
divides WV and KY and earlier the feuding families. The same river that
he
patrolled as a county sheriff for Mingo, Co. nearly five years. In his
early years the same river he crossed to peddle his moonshine. Yes he was
a real West Virginian of the old days yet in his last years he "mellowed"
much and even began to attend to the things of the Bible. He visited me
at my home in NC not long after Sharon and I were first married. I owned
a horse then as usuall and he was somewhat "spirited". Grandpa wanted to
ride him. I suggested he be carefull and I was a little worried for his
safety. As he grabbed the saddle horn to swing himself up I offered a
hand to "boost" him . He simply push me aside and swung up, grab the
reins, sunk his heels into the horse's side and rode off accross the
farm. In a few minutes he and horse returned (only the horse was
sweating). As he hopped off he slappped the animal and declared it was
"Fit". This at 81 yrs old! This was my "Granpa"!Rod H.