Dear Marie

My Valentine Hatfield married my Grandfather's Sister, Ida McCutcheon, in Crawford County, Indiana in 1897. They moved to Washington County, Indiana and had three son, Lawrence, Russell and Harold all born circa 1900. In the 1920 census they appear living in Newport News, Virginia. I have no later information on the family.

There were several Hatfield families living in Crawford County, Indiana and I am assuming he is one of their family. However, right now I am not sure who his father was. I believe Valentine was born around circa 1870. The reason I became interested in the Hatfield family of the Hatfield's and McCoy's was the given name Valentine, which was very uncommon in rural Indiana and most rural communities, so I thought there might be a connection between him and the famous Hatfield's. However I believe the connection if there is one must be long before the family wars started.
Although I have been surprised before when I think I know what was going it works out completely different.

Thank you for your support your help is greatly appreciated.
Hank Propp
hpropp@twcny.rr.com