RECORDS: Westerfield, Jacob H., 1924 - Ohio Co (part 17)

OBIT/D.CERT.:WESTERFIELD, Jacob H., Ohio Co., KY, 1924
    Submission # 17 by Barbara Westerfield Hilyerd. Copied from the
microfilm in the Owensboro-Daviess Co., KY Public Library

Owensboro Messenger
Wednesday, May 12, 1926 (abstract)

    Jake Westerfield

 Info. sent from Dundee, Ky., on  May 11.
Jake Westerfield, age 89,
d. at his dau., Mrs.Ed Duke's home.
survivors two daughters:
Mrs. ["Ed"] Duke of Dundee;[Ohio Co.]
Mrs. Alice May of California;
and three sons;
J. A. Westerfield, of Hartford;
Albert and
Authur Westerfield, of near Dundee;
also, one sister,
Mrs. Julia Hoover, of Owensboro,[Mrs. Leonard G.][Daviess Co.]
and several neices and nephews, including
Dr. J. C.Hoover, of Owensboro.
Funeral:Wednesday, 9:30 a.m.; burial at Hartford.[Ohio Co.]

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Daughters:
Ohio Co. Mar. Index:
Jessie Westerfield m. Edger F. Duke, bd.Nov.20, 1903; Bk17--p.376
Alice Westerfield m. W. M. May bd. May 30, 1888; Ohio Co. Bk.4-536
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1926 KY Death cert. #13850.
Ohio Co.
Sulphur Springs Vot. Pct.
Jacob H. Westerfield
male,white,widowed
Date of Birth: Apr. 5, 1837
Age: 89 yrs 1 mo. 5 ds
retired farmer
Birthplace: KY
Father: Cornelius Westerfield; Birthplace: Ky
Maiden Name of Mother: Rebecca Cooper; Birthplace: Ky.
Informant: Mrs. E. F. Duke,Dundee, KY
Death Date: May 10, 1926
J. A. Duff, M. D.; Dundee, Ky
Place of Burial: Hartford, KY;  May 12, 1926
Undertaker: E. F. Duke, Dundee, KY.

[ Note: The father was Cornelius Westerfield,jr., son of Corneliuis and
Elizabeth (Bruce) Westerfield.]
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[ A bound copy of the papers of M. J. Kelly found in the Owensboro Library
KY Room contains a letter from a daughter of Mrs. Jessie Westerfield Duke
to Mr. Kelly confirming the birth and death dates for her grandfather,
Jacob Henry Westerfield, and her mother, Jessie Westerfield Duke . There is
also a clipping of Jessie's obit., probably from an Ohio Co, Ky. newspaper.]

"Jacob Henry Westerfield
Birth Date      April 5, 1837
Death Date      May 10, 1926

Jessie Westerfield [Duke]
Birthdate       Jan. 7, 1884
Death Date      Jan. 10, 1974

Also dates are listed for Alice Westerfield May, Jessie's sister, but the
writer was not sure about their accuracy, because they had lost touch with
all of Alice's family.
Alice Westerfield May:
Birth Date  Mar. 12, 1868 (possibly)
Death Date:1944 (possibly)

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