RECORDS: Westerfield, Farmer, Webb - Owen & Ohio Cos (part 13)

OBIT/CEN:Westerfield, David; & Farmer,Webb, &Owen,Ohio Co., KY,1905;(#13)

    Copied and submitted by Barbara Westerfield Hilyerd.
OBIT: Westerfield, David, Ohio Co., KY, 1905

Hartford Herald, Ohio Co., KY newspaper, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 1905
issue.(from microfilm in the Ohio Co. Library.)

    "Four of Ohio County's oldest landmarks passed to their final rest
last week. Three--Achilles Webb, Beda, aged 86 , James Farmer, of Ralph,
aged 88, and David Owen, of Ralph, aged 70, died Friday and were buried in
the family burying grounds of each, respectively Saturday.  The fourth, Mr.
David Westerfield, died at the residence of his son, Mr. Alex Westerfield,
of the Concord neighborhood, Saturday, in the 87 year of his age. His
remains were taken to Mt. Hermon church, near Beda, Sunday, and after
funeral services by Rev. R. D.Bennett, his remains were interred in the Mt.
Hermon Cemetery in the presence of a large circle of friends and relatives."

    (Note: This wording means that he was really 86 years old, so it
would mean that he was born ca 1819 which is consistent with several census
records]

In the same issue an item in one of the neighborhood news  sections:
 " EAST OF HARTFORD [Special to THE HERALD] Sept. 4. . . Mrs. Tom Wallace
attended the burial of Mr. Dave Westerfield at Mt. Hermon Sunday."
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Hartford Republican, Ohio Co., KY newspaper, Friday, Sept.8, 1905 issue
[from microfilm in the Owensboro-Daviess Co. Public Library]
    "Since our last issue the county has lost four of its oldest and
most honored citizens: Three of them, Archilles Webb, Beda, aged 86, James
Farmer, of Ralph, aged 88 and David Owen, of Ralph, aged 70, died Friday.
The fourth, Mr. David Westerfield, died at the residence of his son, Mr.
Alex Westerfield, of the Concord neighborhood, Saturday, in the 87th year
of his age.

[Note: He has a tombstone in the Mt. Hermon Cemetery, but the dates are
incorrect. It indicates that he died a few years before this. This David
Westerfield, my 2-gr-grandfather, was the son of Cornelius,sr. and
Elizabeth Bruce Westerfield who m. in Nelson Co., KY on June 13, 1802; bond
given on June 9. David m. 1. Elizabeth Moseley and 2. Mrs. Catherine Ann
(Sutton) Ralph.]
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1900 Ohio Co., KY federal census Super. Dist # 95; Enm.Dist # 100 Sheet # 6
Hartford Magisteral Dist., Enumerated on the 6 day of June, 1900 by Jacob
E. Davidson, lines 62-65, Dwelling 97, Family 97

Fogle, Walker   Head    WM  D.B.: Oct 1877; Age: 22 m.: 2[yrs]; Ky-Ky-Ky;farmer
    Florence wife   WF  Sept 1888(sic) ; 21; m.:2[yrs];1ch/1Liv/all
KY
    Bessie  dau.    WF  Dec 1898; Age; 1, s; all KY
Westerfield, David [G.Father WM;Feb. 1829(sic) Age:81; WD; all KY
[Obviously, there was a subtraction error for the birth years of Florence
and David.]
    In the 1850 Daviess Co., KY census Dist. # !, family # 815 David
and Elizabeth are both listed as age 31; Robert D[aniel]., age 12; Sarah
E[llen], age 9; Nancy J[ane], age 8; Mary C[atherine], age 7; Serilda
J[osephine], age 4; and Charles F[ranklin], age 2.
    In the 1860 Ohio Co., Ky census, Ellis Dist , family 348,
David Westerfield, Sr. is listed as age 41 and his second wife Catharine A.
as age 40; Charles F., age 12; William D., age 7; Commodore H.,age 5;
Alexander L., age 4; and Isaac K., age 3.
    In the 1870 Ohio Co., KY Census, page 468, family 62 David is
listed as age 51 and Catherine as age 40. The same children are listed,
except Charles F. who is with wife Margaret E. and cousin Thos. H. on page
319, and additional children children are listed : Ida B., age 9 and Jno
Morgan, age age 7.

Submitted by Barbara Westerfield Hilyerd
bwhilyerd@hcc-uky.campus.mci.net
Date: 27 Jun 1998