Johnson-Elk County KS Archives Biographies.....Hatfield, F. J. 1861 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ks/ksfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 October 10, 2008, 2:48 pm Author: Ed Blair (1915) F. J. Hatfield, M. D., Olathe, Kan., is a leading member of the Johnson county medical profession. Dr. Hatfield was born near Dayton, Ohio, October 19, 1861, and is a son of John and Clarissa (Miller) Hatfield, both natives of Ohio and descendants of pioneer American stock. The paternal grandfather Hatfield was a native of Virginia and settled in the Northwest Territory, a part of which composes the State of Ohio, about 1800, He and two other brothers were making a trip down the Ohio river when they were attacked by hostile Indians and became separated. The other two brothers were never heard from. John Hatfield, the father of our subject, was engaged in the packing and cattle business at Cincinnati before the Civil war. When that conflict came on, his business was practically ruined and he met with heavy financial losses, and in 1862 removed to Indiana and located twelve miles south of Fort Wayne, where he remained until 1878, his wife dying there in February, 1863, aged thirty-four years. Later he came to Kansas and died at Grenola, April 3, 1893. The Hatfield family consisted of seven children, as follows: Martha J. married William McBride, and is now a widow, residing in Oklahoma; Horace, a capitalist, residing at Portland, Ore.; Phoebe, now deceased, was the wife of James Heffling; Elizabeth married L. Robinson, Holdenville, Okla.; Mary B., married George Earl, Fort Wayne, Ind.; John M., retired, Pratt, Kan.; and Dr. F. P., [sic] the subject of this sketch. Dr. Hatfield attended the public schools of Indiana until sixteen years of age, when he removed to Illinois and attended a private school at Rushville, Ill. He then taught school in Schuyler county, that State, for two years and in the meantime also attended school. In 1880 he came to Kansas and was engaged in teaching in Brown county for two years when he went to Elk county, where he also was engaged in teaching for two years. He then took up the study of medicine under the preceptorship of Dr. J. B. Lewis, of Howard, Kan., and after pursuing his studies there one year, he entered the Eclectic Medical Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was graduated in the close of 1886, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. During his vacation of 1885 he was engaged in practice at Jackson, Tenn., when yellow fever was epidemic at that place. In 1886 he went to Grenola, Elk county, and was engaged in the practice there until 1908. He also studied pharmacy and passed the State board examination in 1901 and also conducted a drug store in connection with his practice. Dr. Hatfield has had an active business career outside of his field of professional work. He has been largely interested in the development of the oil and gas field of Elk county, having bought out a developing company there and after having done considerable work in that line sold his interests to the Standard Oil Company at a good substantial profit. However, he still owns several hundred acres of undeveloped territory in that section of the State. In 1908 he came to Olathe where he has since been engaged in the practice of his profession and has, perhaps, the best practice in the county. He has a fine home on a forty-acre tract adjoining the city of Olathe, on the west, and his offices are located on West Park Street, opposite the court house. He is interested in various commercial enterprises in Johnson county, being vice-president and director of the Patrons Bank and a director in the Olathe Electric Light and Power Company. Dr. Hatfield has been twice married, his first wife being Miss Mollie Elliott, daughter of R. M. Elliott, of Grenola, Kan., to whom he was married December 27, 1887; she died May 7, 1903. On June 11, 1905, Dr. Hatfield was united in marriage to Miss Mae Haigler, of Elk county, Kansas. They have two children, Marie Patricia, born March 17, 1907, and Franklin P., Jr., born May 26, 1912. Politically Dr. Hatfield is a Democrat and takes a keen interest in the affairs of the party. He has been a member of the Kansas State board of medical examination and registration since 1901, with the exception of Governor Stubb's administration. During the course of his residence in Elk county he served three terms as coroner of that county and was a member of the board of United States pension examiners during President Cleveland's second administration. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and a member of the grand lodge. He was trustee of his local lodge for twenty-five years. He is a thirty-second degree Mason and belongs to the Wichita consistory. Dr. Hatfield has taken considerable post-graduate work. In 1897 he took a course at the New York Post-Graduate Medical School, specializing in operative surgery, and for a number of years specialized in surgery but recently is devoting himself more along the lines of general practice, and specializing in ear, eye, nose and throat diseases in which he has met with unusual success. Additional Comments: Extracted from: HISTORY OF Johnson County Kansas BY ED BLAIR AUTHOR OF Kansas Zephyrs, Sunflower Sittings and Other Poems and Sketches IN ONE VOLUME ILLUSTRATED STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY LAWRENCE, KANSAS 1915 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ks/johnson/bios/hatfield224nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ksfiles/ File size: 5.8 Kb