Jessie Maynard Testerman Hatfield

Jessie Maynard was born in Williamson, WV, the daughter of Ira and Emily Butcher Maynard.

Jessie Maynard married Cabell C. Testerman, a jeweler and optician who would soon serve as mayor of Matewan, WV.

Jessie and Cabell Testerman adopted a one-year-old son, Jack.

Cabell Testerman was one of the first people mortally wounded during the shootout at Matewan.

Other events that happened on or around May 19, 1920

Jessie Testerman and Matewan police chief Sid Hatfield were married in Huntington, WV.

Sid Hatfield was assassinated in front of the McDowell County Courthouse in Welch, WV, with his wife, Jessie, by his side.

Other events that happened on or around August 01, 1921

Jessie Testerman Hatfield testified in Washington, D.C., before a congressional subcommittee on violence in the southern West Virginia coalfields.

Jessie Hatfield married State Trooper Sylvester Pettry. They were divorced by 1928.

Other events that happened on or around January 31, 1922

Jessie married Wilson Jennings in Ironton, OH.

Jessie Testerman Hatfield Jennings' husband, Wilson Jennings, was arrested for robbing the National Bank of Paintsville, KY. He was convicted but was out on parole by 1935.

Jessie and Wilson Jennings were arrested for the 1935 murder of a witness to the Paintsville bank robbery. The charges against both were soon dropped.

Jessie Maynard Testerman Hatfield Pettry Jennings died in Ironton, OH, at age 81.

Jack Testerman, Jessie's only son, died.