Note: This is just one of
1,164
family groupings listed on
The Political Graveyard web site.
These families each have three or more politician members,
all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.
These groupings — even the names of the groupings,
and the areas of main activity — are the
result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,
not the choices of any historian or genealogist.
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Greenway W. Hatfield (1868-1943) —
also known as G. W. Hatfield —
of Williamson, Mingo
County, W.Va.
Born in Logan, Logan
County, W.Va., November
17, 1868.
Republican. Coal mine
operator; postmaster at Williamson,
W.Va., 1909-12 (acting, 1909); chair of
Mingo County Republican Party, 1917, 1940-41.
Died in Williamson, Mingo
County, W.Va., February
14, 1943 (age 74 years, 89
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Williamson, W.Va.
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Henry Drury Hatfield (1875-1962) —
also known as Henry D. Hatfield —
of Eckman, McDowell
County, W.Va.; Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born in Sydney, Logan
County, W.Va., September
15, 1875.
Republican. Physician;
member of West
Virginia state senate 6th District, 1909-12; President
of the West Virginia State Senate, 1911; Governor of
West Virginia, 1913-17; delegate to Republican National
Convention from West Virginia, 1916,
1932,
1944,
1948,
1952
(Honorary
Vice-President); major in the U.S. Army during World War I;
member of West Virginia
Republican State Central Committee, 1920-24; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1929-35; defeated, 1934; chair of
Cabell County Republican Party, 1942.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Elks; American Medical
Association.
Died in Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va., October
23, 1962 (age 87 years, 38
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Woodmere
Memorial Park, Huntington, W.Va.
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McGinnis Hatfield (1886-1967) —
of Northfork, McDowell
County, W.Va.; Welch, McDowell
County, W.Va.
Born in Rose Siding, Pike
County, Ky., December
8, 1886.
Republican. Chair of
McDowell County Republican Party, 1917; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from McDowell County, 1923-24;
member of West
Virginia state senate 6th District, 1931-32; delegate to
Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1940
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1944,
1948,
1952.
Died in Welch, McDowell
County, W.Va., May 18,
1967 (age 80 years, 161
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Woodlawn
Memorial Park, Bluewell, W.Va.
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Joseph P. Hatfield (1888-1970) —
of Williamson, Mingo
County, W.Va.
Born in Mingo
County, W.Va., July 17,
1888.
Democrat. Postmaster at Williamson,
W.Va., 1936-48 (acting, 1936-37); mayor
of Williamson, W.Va., 1949-51.
Died in Williamson, Mingo
County, W.Va., December
24, 1970 (age 82 years, 160
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Coleman Alderson Hatfield (1889-1970) —
also known as Coleman A. Hatfield; Cole
Hatfield —
of Logan, Logan
County, W.Va.
Born in Thacker, Logan County (now Mingo
County), W.Va., February
25, 1889.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Logan County Republican Party, 1940-42.
Died in Logan, Logan
County, W.Va., July 11,
1970 (age 81 years, 136
days).
Interment at Athens Cemetery, Athens, W.Va.
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William Riley Varney (1892-1959) —
also known as Riley Varney —
of Delbarton, Mingo
County, W.Va.; Williamson, Mingo
County, W.Va.
Born in Varney, Mingo
County, W.Va., January
8, 1892.
Democrat. Chair of
Mingo County Democratic Party, 1946-54.
Died in Pike
County, Ky., November
5, 1959 (age 67 years, 301
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Athleen H. Keadle (b. 1896) —
also known as Athleen Hatfield —
of Williamson, Mingo
County, W.Va.
Born in Wyoming
County, W.Va., July 19,
1896.
Republican. Member of West Virginia
Republican State Executive Committee, 1955.
Female.
Burial location unknown.
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Willard Elias Hatfield (1896-1944) —
also known as Willard E. Hatfield —
of Williamson, Mingo
County, W.Va.
Born in Mingo
County, W.Va., November
22, 1896.
Republican. Postmaster at Williamson,
W.Va., 1926-32 (acting, 1926-27).
Died in Cabell
County, W.Va., March
10, 1944 (age 47 years, 109
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Williamson, W.Va.
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Homer Shade Hatfield (1902-1992) —
also known as Homer S. Hatfield —
of Williamson, Mingo
County, W.Va.
Born in West Virginia, February
21, 1902.
Republican. Postmaster at Williamson,
W.Va., 1932-34 (acting, 1932).
Died in Pike
County, Ky., January
8, 1992 (age 89 years, 321
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Wallace Jennings Varney (1905-1979) —
also known as Wallace J. Varney —
of Williamson, Mingo
County, W.Va.
Born in Ragland, Mingo
County, W.Va., February
19, 1905.
Democrat. School teacher
and principal; postmaster at Williamson,
W.Va., 1948-72 (acting, 1948-50).
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Clearwater, Pinellas
County, Fla., November
27, 1979 (age 74 years, 281
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Williamson, W.Va.
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Thomas Osborn Irvin Varney (1918-1998) —
also known as T. I. Varney —
of Matewan, Mingo
County, W.Va.
Born in Barnabus, Logan
County, W.Va., October
20, 1918.
Democrat. Probation
officer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Mingo County, 1965-72.
Protestant.
Member, Moose; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary;
Fraternal
Order of Police.
Died in Matewan, Mingo
County, W.Va., April 4,
1998 (age 79 years, 166
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William A. Hatfield (b. 1920) —
of Williamson, Mingo
County, W.Va.
Born in Williamson, Mingo
County, W.Va., June 1,
1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Mingo County, 1953-54.
Protestant.
Member, Elks; Moose; Phi
Alpha Delta; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Bar
Association.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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William Ferrell Blankenship (1926-2000) —
also known as Bill Blankenship —
of Williamson, Mingo
County, W.Va.
Born in Williamson, Mingo
County, W.Va., March
19, 1926.
Democrat. Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Mingo County, 1963-64.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; Moose.
Died in North Carolina, December
22, 2000 (age 74 years, 278
days).
Burial location unknown.
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