RECORDS: Westerfield, R. D., 1838 - 1920, Daviess/Ohio Cos (part 5)

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Submitted by Barbara Westerfield Hilyerd
bwhilyerd@hcc-uky.campus.mci.net
5 Jun 1998 
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OBIT/DEATH CERT/MAR: 


Owensboro [KY] Messenger (from microfilm)
Tuesday, March 16, 1920

R. D. Westerfield
    R. D. Westerfield, a well known citizen of the Masonville
neighborhood, died of pneumonia, after an illness lasting about ten days,
Sunday afternoon at 1:55 o'clock. The remains were brought to Owensboro and
taken to the home of his son, W. D. Westerfield, 419 East Fifth street,
where the funeral took place at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon with services by
Rev. Horace Kingsbury, assisted by Dr. M. G. Buckner. The interment was in
Rose Hill cemetery, with the following acting as pallbearers: J. F.
Bickers, Walter Samuels, W. L.Stephens, J. S. Taylor and Richard M. Nave.
    Mr. Westerfield was born in Ohio County November 4, 1838, and was
81 years of age. The deceased is survived by six children:
W. D. Westerfield of Owensboro,
T.(sic)  F. Westerfield, of Wysox, Ky.,
Isaac Westerfield, Fordsville,
R. M. Westerfield, Jacksonville, Florida, and
Mrs. J. W. Clarke, Owensboro and
Mrs. Sarah Louellen, Owensboro;
also about 40 grandchildren and a number of great grandchildren.

[Note: He had a son Perry Frank Westerfield who lived at Wysox.]


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The following is copied from photocopy of Ohio Co., KY Mar. Index Book
pages. These are often the date of the bond, rather than the actual
marriage dates.

Nancy L. Westerfield [to] John W. Clark, May 10, 1878
Perry F. Westerfield [to] Sarah B. Royal, June 2, 1879
Sarah Westerfield [to] George Luallin, Nov 26, 1879

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1920 Death Certificate  # 7428.
R. D. Westerfield
Birthdate:Nov 14, 1838
Age 81 yrs 5 mos
Birthplace: Ohio Co.
Father: Dave Westerfield
Mother's maiden name; Miss Moseley
Widowed died Daviess Co.
Informant, W. D. Westerfield, Owensboro
Death Date: Nov. 14, 1920
Geo.E Shively M. D Utica R F.D 3
Place of Burial: Rose Hill March 15, 1920
Undertaker : Miller Gillison, Owensboro

[Note: "Miss" Moseley was Elizabeth Moseley. George E. Shively was his
nephew, the son of his sister, Sarah Ellen Westerfield Burk Shively. Rose
Hill Cemetery is in Owensboro, Ky.]


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