RECORDS: Westerfield, David; 1905 - Ohio Co., KY, part 13 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Submitted by Barbara Westerfield Hilyerd bwhilyerd@hcc-uky.campus.mci.net 27 Jun 1998 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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." **** 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.] *** 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. ***************************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons.Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent.