# Aaron Hatfield — Spoon River Anthology character guide

> Aaron Hatfield in Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Byron

**First appearance:** 0243-aaron-hatfield

## Who they are

A feuding mountaineer who dies in a gunfight.

## In the story

### [Hare Drummer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/spoon_river_anthology_se/chapters/hare-drummer)

His farm is the setting for gathering hazel nuts in the speaker's nostalgic memory.

### [The Unknown](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/spoon_river_anthology_se/chapters/the-unknown)

Mentioned as the owner of the mansion near which the narrator shot the hawk.

### [Aaron Hatfield](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/spoon_river_anthology_se/chapters/aaron-hatfield)

Speaker who recalls delivering a sermon at Concord Church on Communion day, drawing parallels between the peasant youth of Galilee and the pioneers.

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