Background
He was born in Leesburg, Virginia near Morgantown, West Virginia on November 7, 1848 or 1850, as Alfred Griffin Hatfield or Alfred Griffith Hatfield.
He was born in Leesburg, Virginia near Morgantown, West Virginia on November 7, 1848 or 1850, as Alfred Griffin Hatfield or Alfred Griffith Hatfield.
He had a brother Joseph East. Hatfield. In 1884 he organized the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus in Peru, Indiana. He managed them until September 9, 1886.
He died on April 3, 1921, in Columbus, Ohio from Bright"s Disease.
His estate was valued at $150,000 (equivalent to $1,990,019 in 2016) and he requested that the minstrel show continue to be operated. Bert Swor (1871-1931) from 1911 to 1931.
Billy Church (?-1942).