Zachariah WESTFALL

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1810 Hardy Co., VA

Zachariah Westfall
males:

-10 2
10-15 1
26-44 1

females:

-10 1
16-25 1
26-44 1

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
he History of West Virginia, Old and New
Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc.,
Chicago and New York, Volume III,
pg. 412

IRA B. WESTFALL for a quarter of a century has car-
ried on a prosperous business as a building contractor over
Upshur and surrounding counties, but his home is on a
farm a mile east of Buckhannon, and with the aid of his
children he cultivates the land and takes an active part
in this agricultural community.

His birthplace was not far from the home where he lives
today. He was born August 17, 1872, son of Granville
D. and Martha E. (Day) Westfall. Few families ante-date
the arrival of the Westfall family in what is now West
Virginia. In 1772, three years before the beginning of the
Revolutionary war, his ancestor James Westfall came to
Randolph County and settled on the present site of Beverly.
The line of descent from James Westfall to Ira B. West-
fall leads through his son Zachariah, George Westfall who
married Ruhama Cutright, Watson Westfall, who married
Rachel Tinney, and Granville D. Westfall, who was born
in Upshur County March 4, 1848. He grew up on his
farm, made good use of his educational advantages and
for several years was a teacher. After his marriage he
settled on Sand Run, then moved to Buckhannon, and
finally to a farm nearby, where he died March 8, 1908.
He was one of the leaders of the United Brethren Church
of his community and was a democrat. Of his six chil-
dren the following are living: Ira B.; Lenora, wife of T.
W. Hinkle, of Buekhannon; Iva F., wife of A. M. Hughes,
of Akron, Ohio; and W. E. Westfall, a carpenter and
builder of Buckhannon.

Ira B. Westfall lived on the home farm until he was
twenty-one, acquired a common school education and
learned the trade of carpenter. He worked as a journey-
man carpenter for several years, but for the past quarter
of a century has done a business as a general contractor
and has had a share of the contracts in the general up-
building of this section of the state. He owns a business
house and dwelling in Clarksburg, and also has seventy-
six acres of farm land, his home farm comprising forty-
two acres.

Mr. Westfall married Ida C. Lowe, daughter of William
R. and Mary E. (Mowery) Lowe, natives of Virginia.
Mrs. Westfall was reared on a farm and had a common
school education. To their marriage were born twelve
children, all but one still living: Lottie M., born Septem-
ber 29, 1897, wife of Henry Ours; Veta F., born July 12,
1899; William D., born September 5, 1901, now serving in
the United States Navy; Burton J., born July 3, 1903;
Winnie W., born February 9, 1906; Ida V., born August
4, 1908; Solomon D., born December 29, 1909; Virgil D.,
born November 20, 1911; Kelso L., born January 4, 1914;
Mary E., born December 8, 1915; Henry F., born in Septem-
ber, 1917, and died January 1, 1918; and Robert M., born
April 19, 1919.

The family are members of the United Brethren Church,
of which Mr. Westfall is a trustee. He is a democrat and
served as president of his local Board of Education two
years.

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Titel	Nordhessische Wurzeln
Beschreibung	Diese Datenbank enthält Informationen zu tausenden Individuen und Familien, die sich im Laufe der Forschungen angesammelt haben. Die meisten Daten beziehen sich auf Nordhessen und hier wiederum der Schwerpunkt auf die Gegend südlich von Kassel bis hinunter zur Schwalm. Es finden sch aber auch zahlreiche amerikanische Familien darunter, da meine Vorfahren väterlicherseits aus den USA stammen. Diese Datenbank erhebt keinen Anspruch auf Vollständigkeit oder Richtigkeit und sie wird immer wieder aktualisiert. Für Anregungen, Berichtigungen und Ergänzungen bin ich sehr dankbar! Bemerkungen: Berufsbezeichnungen habe ich vielfach abgekürzt, um die Eingabe und Abfrage zu erleichtern. Sollte es zu den Abkürzungen fragen geben, einfach nur nachfragen. Datumsangaben, die mit "etwa" oder "ca." vermerkt sind, beziehen sich in den meisten Fällen auf errechnete Daten oder Taufen (falls kein Geburtsdatum vorhanden sein sollte).
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Einsender	Stephen W.
E-Mail	sg.westfall@aol.com
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