Person:Raiford Hatfield (1)

Greene County, Indiana, 1870 census:^[4]

Hatfield, Ralph 25 yrs Farmer (personal estate = $165) b. Indiana

      Rebecca J. 20 yrs Keeping house b. Indiana

      Henry M. 3/12 yr (b. Feb) b. Indiana

Washington County, Arkansas, 1880 census:^[1]

Hatfield, Raiford 30 yrs Works on farm b. Indiana (parents, b. Tennessee)

      Sarah 26 yrs Wife Keeping house b. Indiana (parents, b. Ohio/Indiana)

      Henry 10 yrs Son b. Indiana (parents, b. Indiana)

      John 6 yrs Son b. Indiana (parents, b. Indiana)

      Eva E. 3 yrs Dau b. Indiana (parents, b. Indiana)

Washington County, Arkansas, 1900 census:^[5]

Hatfield, Ralph Head 67 yrs (b. Mar 1837) (marr. 22 yrs) b. Indiana (parents, b. Tennessee) Farmer

      Sarah E. Wife 41 yrs (b. Oct 1858) (8 children, 5 living) b. Indiana (parents, b. Ohio/Indiana)

      Josie Dau 18 yrs (b. Jan 1882) b. Arkansas (parents, b. Indiana)

      Mortain Son 16 yrs (b. Oct 1883) b. Arkansas (parents, b. Indiana) Farm Laborer

      Amos Son 9 yrs (b. Sep 1890) b. Arkansas (parents, b. Indiana)

      Ethel Dau 6 yrs (b. Jul 1893) b. Arkansas (parents, b. Indiana)

      Mint Dau 3 yrs (b. Sep 1896) b. Arkansas (parents, b. Indiana)

Hatfield, John Head 26 yrs (b. (Apr 1874) (marr. 2 yrs) b. Indiana (parents, b. Indiana) Farm Laborer

      Nettie Wife 20 yrs (b. Dec 1879) (0 children) b. Arkansas (parents, b. Arkansas)

Adair County, Oklahoma, 1920 census:,ref name="S6"/>

Hatfield, Rafe N. Head 81 yrs b. Tennessee (parents, b. Tennessee) Farmer (Gen. Farm)

      Sarah E. Wife 66 yrs b. Indiana (parents, b. Ohio/Indiana) None"

      Minnie A. Dau 24 yrs b. Arkansas (parents, b. Tennesee/Indiana)

Stephens, Eugene (INDIAN) Boarder 5 yrs b. Oklahoma (parents, b. Oklahoma)

      Charles T. (INDIAN) Boarder 2-9/12 yrs b. Oklahoma (parents, b. Oklahoma)

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Washington, Arkansas, United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   ED 211, p. 632C, dwelling/family 233/248.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Jerry Hatfield, Hatfield Family History website.
3. ↑ Find A Grave.

   Find a Grave

4. ↑ ^4.0 4.1 Greene, Indiana, United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication M593)
   p. 288A, dwelling/family 114/114.
5. ↑ ^5.0 5.1 Washington, Arkansas, United States. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   ED 99, p. 14B, dwelling/family 246/257.
6. ↑ Adair, Oklahoma, United States. 1920 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication T625)
   ED 7, p. 19A, dwelling/family ---/338 (Section Line Rd).
7.   Stilwell [Oklahoma] Phoenix
   25 Feb 1934.

   "Domineering" of Mrs. Lincoln Chief Memory Left by Gardner
   
   98-YEAR-OLD "UNCLE DOC" HATFIELD MADE LAST TRIP TO TOWN ON HIS HERO'S BIRTHDAY
   
   Stillwell, Feb. 24--A new grave made Tuesday in the Little Zion Community Cemetery near here marks the end of the long long trail for "Uncle Doc" Hatfield who as a young man worked in Abraham Lincoln's household as his gardner.
   
   For the past 25 years, since he first came here "Uncle Doc" had been a familiar figure on the streets here until Lincoln's Birthday this month when he made his last trip to town. On the same day he went to his bed and passed away Monday night, February 19. Illness and grief for his wife who died five months ago combined to remove from the walks of men one of the remaining few who know "Honest Abe".
   
   MRS LINCOLN AGGRESSIVE
   
   Rafe Norvell Hatfield was born in Tennessee, March 28, 1835, and moved to Indiana when he was nine years old. From that state he went to Illinois when a young man and met Lincoln on the streets of Springfield and asked him for a job. Securing the place of gardener in the Lincoln home, he worked there for over a year. Until his death, he was always ready to tell about "Easy Goin" Abe and his nervous excited wife, Mary.
   
   Hatfield was always amused at the way she dominated Mr. Lincoln about the home. She seemed to be very aggressive at all times and was a follower of style to greater extent than her husband.
   
   "Abe liked to take his ease when he returned from a hard day's grind at the office and would stretch out on the floor, pillowed against an overturned chair. Mrs. Lincoln often bawled him out for this as well as for calling our "Come In" instead of going to the door when anyone knocked", Uncle Doc would relate.
   
   GOT MAD AND QUIT
   
   "You are as bad about dogs as Abe Lincoln ever was" Hatfield would often tell Al Stevens, his son-in-law with whom he lived. When Stevens would be out caring for his fox-hounds. "Abe was mighty fond of dogs and would have kept a large pack instead of only one had Mrs. Lincoln permitted. He would continue "Mrs. Lincoln got Abe told many times for slipping off and going Fox hunting", Uncle Doc would laugh. "Mrs. Lincoln always tried to be bossing somebody and when Abe would give me something to do as he wanted it done, she would come out when had gone to work, and make me do it her way", Uncle Doc has said. "One day, I got mad and quit I was so tired of her "Bossing", but I didn't stay quit long", Hatfield said. "Abe followed me up and persuaded me to come back, saying "Don't pay any attention to a woman's nagging, its their nature".
   
   Uncle Doc Hatfield's most vivid experience of the Civil War in which he served for a few months in the Union Ranks was when he was captured by a band of [torn] stripped off the clothes and shoes from him and his five companions and turned them loose in a deep snow without anything on but their underwear.
   
   VOTED REPUBLICAN TICKET
   
   After the War, Hatfield went to Texas and from there to Arkansas from which state he came to Stillwell 25 years ago. All of his life he voted a straight Republican Ticket to help the party that gave his beloved Lincoln the Presidency.
   
   His funeral services were conducted at Zion School House last Tuesday afternoon by Rev. Leonard Stewart, Pastor of the Central Missionary Baptist Church in Stillwell. He was a member of teh Baptist Church in Stillwell.
   
   Hatfield was married twice, the first time to Miss Becky Long and the second time, 57 years ago, to Miss Sarah Spinks. Surviving him are five children, John Hatfield, Amos Hatfield, and Mrs. Al Stevens of Stillwell, Henry Hatfield of Colorado and Mrs. Eva Morrison of Salina, Oklahoma.
   
   Rafe N. Hatfield also gave a deposition in support of his father-in-law, David Spinks, for an application for a pension on March 27, 1889. In that deposition, he stated that he had moved his family with David Spinks family to Wood Co., Texas in 1878. That they removed from Texas back to Washington Co., Arkansas in 1880. R. N. Hatfield signed the document with his X mark which was witnessed by J.M. Rupell and N.E. Tull.
   
   [NOTE: His Civil War experiences obviously were made up, since he was too young and never served. However, he liked to claim to be a decade older than he actually was. It is also not known how much truth there was in his stories about Lincoln.