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The Hatfield-McCoy feud involved two rural families from West Virginia and Kentucky along the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River from 1865-1891. The Hatfields, led by William Anderson ‘Devil Anse’ Hatfield lived on the West Virginia side of the river.
Photographs of the real people in the Hatfield and the McCoy families, whose famously violent 19th century feud has shaped perceptions of Appalachian life.
2 kwi 2014 · Anderson "Devil Anse" Hatfield led his family in their notorious and bloody feud with the McCoys during the late 1800s along the Kentucky-West Virginia border.
In this photo from about 1910, Devil Anse looks like he's better prepared to fight Mexican revolutionaries than McCoys. Courtesy of the Coleman C. Hatfield Collection, F. Keith Davis. “Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is.” –John Milton, Paradise Lost
William Anderson Hatfield, known as Devil Anse, sits cross-legged with his rifle across his lap. He poses for a traveling photographer alongside members of his family and local workers. Circa...
William Anderson "Devil Anse" Hatfield (/ ˈ æ n s /; September 9, 1839 – January 6, 1921) was the patriarch of the West Virginian Hatfield family who led the family during the Hatfield–McCoy feud.
William Anderson Hatfield (September 9, 1839 – January 6, 1921), better known as "Devil Anse", was the patriarch of the Hatfield clan during the infamous Hatfield–McCoy feud which has since formed part of American folklore. Anse survived the feud and agreed to end it in 1891.
