Hatfields and McCoys page 3 by ric Gustafson
In 1880, an election day celebration took place. There, Johnson ' Johnse' Hatfield met Roseanna McCoy, Roseanna was one of Randall McCoys daughters. Roseanna was about 19 at the time she met the smooth talking Hatfield. They never married and she returned home in 1881. Later, she went back to seeing Johnse. Soon the McCoy men had to come with a way to end the relationship.
Several McCoy men burst into Aunt Betty's cabin and took Johnse Hatfield captive. Roseanna rode to the Hatfields and told them what had happened. Because of Roseanna, Devil Anse Hatfield rescued his son. Johnse betrayed a now pregnant Roseanna and married her cousin Nancy. Roseanna lost the baby to fever and then died the following year.
Trouble continued for the two clans.
research help: ' Bloodlines' by Whitman Publishing
Peace and God's blessings. Love Ric
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