Anna Belle Hatfield

Anna Belle Hatfield was the daughter of Martin Monroe Hatfield and Nancy Abigail McNeil.  Anna was born 12 Jan 1891 in Norton County, Kansas.  A record of her birth was found written on the family record found on a loose sheet tucked in a family bible belonging to Anna's sister, Minnie Pearl Hatfield Wilson.

Anna moved to Oklahoma with her parents in 1899, when her father homesteaded land in Woods County, Oklahoma.  Anna was listed as a 9-year-old daughter of Martin and Nancy Hatfield in the 1900 US Federal Census for Woods County.  On 15 January 1902, Anna was attending school with her siblings: Charley, Lillie, Pearl, and Clinton.

1902 Woods County, Oklahoma School Enumeration, FamilySearch.org

In 1909, a local newspaper mentions Anna attending a picnic and revival meeting at the Christian Church.

Quinlan Mirror. (Quinlan, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 2, 1909

About 1909, a Hatfield family photo was taken outside their new family home.  Anna is standing on the far right, holding a rifle.

Hatfield Family Oklahoma Homestead, circa 1909

On the 24 of August 1910, Anna married Sidney H. Allen.

Anna Belle Hatfield and Sidney H. Allen 

Woodward County, Oklahoma

Marriage Notice for Anna Hatfield and Sidney Allen.

Quinlan Mirror. (Quinlan, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 25, 1910

The last sentence in the above marriage notice wishes Anna and Sidney "a long and prosperous life."  Little did anyone know that in just over a year later, Anna would pass away.  According to family stories, Anna died from complications of childbirth on 18 Dec 1911.  She was buried in the Union Cemetery, Woods County, Oklahoma.

Obituary clipping found in family bible:

Obituary clipping from an unknown newspaper:
Mrs. Anna B. Allen died at her home in Quinlan, Monday morning after a short illness. Anna Belle Hatfield was born January 12, 1891, in Norton County, Kansas, and came to Oklahoma in 1899 with her parents. She was married to Sidney H. Allen August 24, 1910. She joined the Christian church at Quinlan in 1909 and was an active worker in church and Sunday School, being a delegate to the Sunday school convention at Alva last year. Her neighbors and friends all regard her life as a Christian to be above reproach and she was held in the high esteem by all who knew her.
She leaves a husband, father, mother, four brothers, three sisters and many friends to mourn her loss.
Funeral was held in the Christian church, Tuesday afternoon, conducted by Evangelist Adamson of Newton, and the body laid to rest in the Union cemetery.