Person Record
Metadata
Name |
Hatfield, John Nye |
Genealogy ID |
54086 |
Born |
14 JAN 1897 |
Birthplace |
Richmond, Tioga PA |
Deceased |
16 JUN 1974 |
Deceased where |
Palm Beach, Florida |
Education |
Mansfield High School 1916 State College |
Occupation |
Hospital Administrator Westinghouse Electric Works Surveyor |
Titles & honors |
World War One French Croix de Guerre Austin-Cox American Legion Post 478 (Charter Member) World War One Memorial Wall |
Military |
World War One |
Father |
William Henry Hatfield |
Mother |
Harriet Jane Updyke |
Spouse |
Alfretta Morris |
Children |
John Nye Hatfield David Morris Hatfield |
Reference |
Obit SSDI |
Notes |
Marines Enlisted 17 July 1918 - 11 Aug 1919 Served Overseas 26 Oct 1918 - 29 July 1919 Parris Island Hdqrs Co OSD Quantico Co E 11th Reg Mansfield Advertiser, 8 January 1919, p.1 Local Boy Awarded French Cross of War Word has reached here that John Nye Hatfield, son of W.H. Hatfield, has been awarded the French Cross of War. It is not known at the present time for what deed of valor he received this decoration, but it is understood that he won it November 9, He graduated from the Mansfield High School, and later attended State College. While employed in the Westinghouse Electric Works at Pittsburgh he enlisted in the Marines and was trained at Quantico, VA. He arrived in France October 25 and probably got into action soon afterward. Mr. Hatfield and the late Orson Wilcox are, so far as we are able to ascertain, the only Tioga county boys to win this decoration. Tioga Eagle, January 15, 1919 John Nye Hatfield, son of W.H. Hatfield, has been awarded the French Cross of War. It is not known at the present time for what deed of valor he received this decoration, but it is understood that he won it November 9. He graduated from the Mansfield High School, and later attended State College. While employed in the Westinghouse Electric Works at Pittsburgh he enlisted in the Marines and was trained at Quantico, VA. He arrived in France October 25 and probably got into action soon afterward. Mr. Hatfield and the late Orson Wilcox, of Wellsboro, are, so far as we are able to ascertain, the only Tioga county boys to win this decoration. The Wellsboro Gazette, September 4, 1919 Ex-Sheriff Hatfield's Son won French Cross of War John Hatfield, son of ex-Sheriff and Mrs. William Hatfield, formerly of Wellsboro, returned home a few days ago from overseas, honored with a much coveted French Cross of War. The following interesting story of the fight in which he silenced a machine gun alone and single handed, with an empty gun, is furnished by the Mansfield paper: "John saw only seven day of actual fighting, but in those seven days he saw war aplenty. On the 9th of November he won the Cross. From what we can get [not from John, however], a party of 15 men, including a sergeant in charge, had moved forward in order to find a place to dig in for the night and establish an outpost. "John had gone on ahead somewhat in advance of the rest and apart from them. They may have been what saved his life, as the party ran into a German machine gun nest, and the Huns proceeded to lay waste to the little party, soon putting them out of the running, killing or wounding all but Hatfield and one other. "As the Huns kept up continuous fire and they had come to a place where there was no getting back or going ahead. John thought that he might just as well go forward and so he started toward the machine gun, exchanging fire with them as he went forward. Two of the Germans were killed and five more piled out of that nest crying their famous 'Kamerad' stuff. "It was then John discovered that he had run out of ammunition for his gun, but this did not phase him as he had hung the Indian sign on that bunch of Heinies, so he made them gather up the machine gun and the sergeant in command of the little bunch of Yankees, who had been shot through the leg, and marched them back into camp at the point of an empty gun. "After delivering up his prisoners and booty, he again joined his company and went forward, little realizing that he had shown the stuff we knew he was made of. The Croix de Guerre came later as rather of a surprise." The Wellsboro Gazette, October 7, 1926 John N. Hatfield, son of Tioga County Republican Chairman, Close Friend of [Gene] Tunney Of the thousands of fight fans in Philadelphia, probably none was more pleased with Tunney's victory over Dempsey than John N. Hatfield, purchasing agent at the Pennsylvania Hospital, Eighth and Spruce streets. Mr. Hatfield was Tunney's bunk mate at Paris Island and Quantico and is a staunch admirer of the "fighting marine." They also went overseas together, but were separated soon after reaching France. Mr. Hatfield recalls that Tunney boxed a lot at Paris Island and Quantico and says he spent a good deal of his spare time teaching dubs the rudiments of the fistic art. Mr. Hatfield and Gene were members of the model marine company that made the moving picture, "Around the Clock with the Marines" that was used for recruiting purposes. So Gene's work in "The Fighting Marine" and his current appearance in the fight pictures are not the first the popular idol has been in the movies. Mr. Hatfield's father, William H. Hatfield, Republican County Chairman in Tioga county, attended the Dempsey-Tunney battle as a guest of State Chairman W.L. Mellon and also was pleased highly to see Gene wrest the championship from the redoubtable Jack. - Philadelphia Record. The Wellsboro Agitator, March 7, 1934 Named Intern D.J. Preston, son of Joseph J. Preston, of Mansfield, has been appointed intern in the Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, and will take up his duties after graduation from Temple University in June. John Hatfield, a former Mansfield man, is superintendent of the hospital. The Wellsboro Agitator, 2 May 1934 J.N. Hatfield Honored At the 1934 annual convention of the Hospital Association of Pennsylvania, in Pittsburgh, John N. Hatfield, formerly of Mansfield, was elected first vice president. He was also made executive secretary of the association. Mr. Hatfield is Superintendent of the Pennsylvania hospital in Philadelphia, and also treasurer of the Hospital Association of Pennsylvania. The Wellsboro Agitator, April 22, 1936 Former Mansfield Man is Executive Secretary of Hospital Association John N. Hatfield, formerly of Mansfield, enters upon his third year as executive secretary of the Hospital Association of Pennsylvania when that organization meets in annual conference in Pittsburgh, April 22-24. The retiring president, Dr. J. Allen Jackson, Supt. Of Danville State Hospital, will be succeeded by Melvin L. Sutley, Supt. Of Delaware County Hospital, who was elected president-elect last year. The association which includes in its membership most of the 291 hospitals in the state, meets yearly to work for improved hospital care of the sick. Records reveal that those healing institutions, which have a total value of more than $200,000,000., cared for 500,000 bed patients and more than 1,000,000 dispensary patients last year. Mr. Hatfield, who is the administrator of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the country, is nationally recognized as a hospital administrator and association executive. The Wellsboro Agitator, November 4, 1936 John N. Hatfield, formerly of Tioga, administrator since 1931, of the Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the United States, founded in 1751, is also Executive Secretary of the Hospital Association of Pennsylvania since 1931, the largest state hospital association in the country and was elected to the Board of Trustees of the American Hospital Association at the 38th annual convention in Cleveland. The American Association represents almost 7,000 hospitals in the United States and Canada. This honor has been given to only two other Pennsylvania men, Dr. Joseph C. Doane, of Philadelphia and the late Daniel D. Test, former Supt. Of the Pennsylvania Hospital of Philadelphia. The Wellsboro Agitator, July 14, 1937 John N. Hatfield, formerly of Mansfield and Tioga, who has won wide reputation as hospital administrator, and who has served several years as Executive Secretary of the Pennsylvania State Hospital Association, has again been honored by being named President-Elect of the State Association at its annual meeting at Buckhill Falls. He will begin his service as president at the next annual meeting. Besides being named President-Elect he has also been placed on the following committees: Public Relations and Publicity, and the Council on Policies and Administrative Practices. On this latter committee Dr. Joseph C. Doane, of Mansfield, is chairman. The Wellsboro Agitator, January 17, 1940 John Nye Hatfield, formerly of Mansfield, has been made chairman of the American Hospital Association Committee on Simplification and Standardization of Hospital Furnishings. He has served on the committee for several years and his appointment as chairman is in recognition of his service and ability. He is also a member of the Board of Governors of the Council for the Clinical Training of Theological Students. The Wellsboro Agitator, June 28, 1950 Hatfield to be Consultant - New S. & S.M. Hospital Wing to be built Next Year [one paragraph pulled from the article] The hospital has been fortunate to secure the services of John Hatfield as consultant on the new expansion. Mr. Hatfield is a native of Tioga county and is president of the American Hospital Association and director of the Pennsylvania Hospital of Philadelphia. He is nationally known as an authority on hospital design and equipment. HATFIELD, John Nye [SRGP 54086] - John N. Hatfield of 3800 Washington Road, West Palm Beach, was born January 14, 1897, passed away in West Palm Beach, June 16, 1974. Mr. Hatfield was president of American Hospital Association, 1950; Treasurer of American Hospital Association, 1953-1961; Trustee of the American Hospital Association, 1937-1938 and 1944-1961; President of Hospital Association of Pennsylvania, 1938-1939; Administrator of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, 1931-1952; Director, Passavant Memorial Hospital in Chicago, 1952-1961; Recipient of Distinguished Service Award, American Hospital Association, 1958; member of American Association of Hospital Consultants since 1951; Board of Commissioners, Joint Commission, on Accreditation of Hospitals, 1951-1955; a member of Royal Society of Health since 1957. Survivors include his wife, Alfretts; two sons, John II of Westchester, PA, and Lt. Colonel David Hatfield in USMC Reserve, Mequon, Wisconsin; a brother, Waldo of Orlando, FL; a sister, Mrs. Leda Smith of St. Louis, MO; seven grandchildren. Memorial services will be held at 4:30 p.m., Thursday, June 20 at Mizell-Faville-Zern Southdale Chapel, 4101 Parker Ave.., W.P.B. with Rev. Hunsdon Cary Jr., D.D. of Bethesda-By-The-Sea Episcopal Church, and Rev. Howard Lee, officiating. Family has requested that in lieu of flowers, contributions may be sent to American Cancer Society, 3630 S. Dixie Hwy., W.P.B. or The American Heart Association, 205 Datura St., West Palm Beach. - The Palm Beach Post, West Palm Beach, FL, 18 June 1974, Tuesday, p.19 |
Places of residence |
Mansfield, PA Philadelphia, PA |
Relationships |
Brothers Raymond R. & Waldo W. Sister Leda M. |
