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Reuben Westfall
Reuben Westfall was born in 1779 in Beverly, Randolph Co. VA, and died January 22, 1850 in Des Moines Co. IA. His burial was in Des Moines Co. IA in Hawkeye Cemetery. Reuben Westfall was the son of Jacob and Mary (King) Westfall. He was Capt. in the OH Volunteers (rifleman), War of 1812. He married Elizabeth Tucker March 02, 1805 in Elizabethtown, Hardin Co. KY. She was born June 08, 1786, and died August 17, 1860 in Des Moines Co. IA. Her burial was in Des Moines Co. IA in Hawkeye Cemetery.
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Reuben Westfall was the son of Jacob Westfall born 1755 and Mary (King) Westfall. His grandparents were Jacob and Judith (Hornbeck) Westfall. His great grandparents were Jurian and Styntje (Kuykendall) Westfall. His great great grandparents were Johannes and Marritje (Kool) Westfall, and Reuben's great great great grandfather was the original Westfall immigrant to America who came to America in 1642 from Holland, Jurian Westfall who married Maritje Hansen.
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Note-I found this information on the internet about Reuben Westfall's parents, Jacob and Mary (King) Westfall---
Jacob Westfall, born 10 Oct 1755 Hampshire Co., VA (now Grant Co., WVA), died 5 Mar 1835, Putnam Co., IN, buried in Skillman Cemetery, Russell Twp., Putnam Co., IN. He married Mar 1777 in Tygart's Valley, Beverly, Randolph Co., WVA, Mary King, born 26 Jan 1758 in New Castle, DE, died 23 Oct 1841, Boone Co., IN, buried in the Skillman Cemetery, Russell Twp., Putnam Co., IN. Jacob was 1st Lieutenant in Capt. George Jackson's Company, Col. Zachariah Morgans Regt. of Virginia troops with George Rogers Clark.
Sometime between 1790 and 1793, Jacob Westfall and family went to Kentucky. State of Kentucky, Nelson Co. - To Wit: This day came Jacob Westfall and Mary his wife before us, two judges of the Peace for the said Co. & acknowledged the within to be their act & deed, the said Mary being examined apart from her husband. Given under our hands this 2nd day of Feb. 1803. Charles Morehead, J.P., N.D. - Saul Miller, J.P., CC Nelson Co., KY - Deed - 2 Feb 1803. Indenture and agreement - This indenture made this second day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and three, between Jacob Westfall & Mary his wife of the county of Nelson and state of Kentucky of the one part & Cornelius Westfall of the Township of Dayton, County of Hamilton, and state of Ohio of the other part. Witnesseth: that for & in consideration of one hundred & sixty dollars in hand paid to the said Jacob Westfall & Mary his wife by the said Cornelius Westfall the receipt he doth hereby acknowledge hath granted, barganed, sold, aliened, enfeoff & confirm unto the said Cornelius Westfall the equal half of a certain undivided tract of land granted by patent from the Governor of Virginia to the said Jacob Westfall & George Westfall which said tract of land lying & being in the County of Randolph & State of Virginia (now W.VA) & on the west side of the Tygart Valley River adjoining William Currence, formerly belonging to the above mentioned George Westfall & bounded as followeth - etc...to the beginning, containing 322 acres to have and o hold the equal part of the said undivided tract or parcel of land unto the said Cornelius Westfall his heirs & assigns forever with all the woods, ways, waters & appurtenances thereunto belonging & will warrant & forever defend the said equal half of the undivided tract of land against themselves & their heirs or any person or persons claiming under them, the said Jacob Westfall & Mary his wife to the said Cornelius Westfall & his heirs forever. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals the day and year first above written.
In 1808, Jacob Westfall moved from Kentucky to Miami Co., OH. By 1827, he was livin in Clinton Twp., Putnam Co., IN and he filed a RW Pension from there 18 Sep 1833. He died 5 Mar 1835. Mary, his widow filed a widow's pension from Boone Co., IN, 13 Mar 1838., aged 80 years. (Border Settlers of Northwestern Virginia, p. 114). Widow's pension file #9159, Putnam Co, IN, Clinton Twp. Mary was the daughter of Peter King. Children of Jacob Westfall and Mary King-Cornelius Westfall, Reuben Westfall, Levi Westfall, Elizabeth Westfall. John Westfall, Anna Westfall, Mary Westfall, and Janet Westfall.
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Reuben Westfall had 7 brothers and sisters-Levi Westfall (1782-1848) married 1st Temperance King, and married 2nd Margaret Pettit; Elizabeth Westfall (1784-1851) married David Swank; John Westfall born 1788 married Rachel; Anna Westfall born 1790 married John Anderson; Mary Westfall born 1796 married 1st Jeremiah King, and married 2nd Zacheus Tiberghein; Janet Westfall (1799-1863) married Daniel Mills; and Cornelius Westfall who founded Thorntown, Indiana in 1830. Cornelius was born 7 Mar. 1778 in Beverly, Randolph County, Virginia, and died 5 Sept. 1856 in Wolf Grove, Illinois. He married 1st Elizabeth Bryan, married 2nd Rachel Dye, and married 3rd Sarah Mary Davis.
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Note: Reuben Westfall's sister and Jacob and Mary (King) Westfall's daughter Mary Westfall Mary Westfall born 1796 married 1st Jeremiah King, and married 2nd Zacheus Tiberghein. Mary Westfall and her first husband Jeremiah King had 3 children-Washington King, Jeremiah King, and Julia King who married a man who's last name was Church. She later married Zacheus Tiberghein and they had children, but I don't know how many children they had or their names. Mary lived in Thorntown, Indiana.
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Note: Reuben Westfall's brother and Jacob and Mary (King) Westfall's son John Westfall was born in 1788 and he married Rachel (her maiden name not known). John Westfall and his wife Rachel's oldest son was Lorenzo Dow Westfall. They had other childen, but I don't know their names or how many other children they had. They lived near their son Lorenzo Dow Westfall in Derby, Lucas County, Iowa in the 1850 census. Their oldest son Lorenzo Dow was born 12-8-1818 in Middletown, Ohio, and he died in Derby, Lucas County, Iowa. He married Eleanor Crawford and they had 12 children. I only know the names of 7 of Lorenzo Dow Westfall and Eleanor (Crawford) Westfall's children-Diana (Westfall) Penick lived in Derby, Iowa; Alison (Westfall) Dow lived in Redlands, Calif.; Wesley Addison Westfall lived in Albany, Oregon; Julian Crawford Westfall lived in Avery, Iowa; Francis Asbury Westfall lived in Chanute, Kansas; Emma (Westfall) Tedric lived in Artesio, Calif.: Margaret (Westfall) Stogehill lived in Portland, Oregon; and 5 other children names not known.
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Note: Reuben Westfall's brother and Jacob and Mary (King) Westfall's son Levi Westfall was born in 1782 in Virginia, and died November 16, 1848 in Boone County, Indiana. He married 1st Temperance King December 16, 1802 in Nelson County, Kentucky. He married 2nd Margaret Pettit April 04, 1811 in Miami County, Ohio. She was born 1791. Levi Westfall served in the War of 1812 with the Ohio Militia.
Children of Levi Westfall and Margaret Pettit were-Fielding Lowery Westfall born January 07, 1818, Ohio, died August 18, 1871, Prairie City, Illinois, married Malinda Stapleton, June 03, 1836, Boone County, Indiana; Ann Westfall married Patrick Elliott; Isaac McCoy Westfall born March 18, 1811, Miami County, Ohio, died December 29, 1888, Watertown, Dakota, married Amanda Davis, August 22, 1843, Boone County, Indiana. He was a Universalist Minister; Henrietta Gerard Westfall born March 18, 1823, Troy, Ohio, died August 29, 1909, Macomb, Illinois, married Joseph M. Martin, February 09, 1845, Montgomery County, Indiana; Amos Pettit Westfall who was married 3 times; and Sarah Westfall.
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Note: Reuben Westfall's sister Elizabeth Westfall (1784-1851) the daughter of Jacob and Mary (King) Westfall married David Swank. Elizabeth Westfall was born in 1784 in possibly Pennsylvania, and died October 16, 1851 in Putnam County, Indiana. Her burial was at Skillman Cemetery, Putnam County, Indiana. She married David Swank October 23, 1800 in Hardin County, Kentucky. He was born about 1780, and died February 20, 1842 in Putnam County, Indiana. His burial was at Skillman Cemetery, Putnam County, Indiana.
Children of Elizabeth Westfall and David Swank were-John Swank born February 1802 in Hardin County, Kentucky, died March 14, 1847 in Montgomery County, Indiana; James Swank born in Hardin County, Kentucky, died about 1834 in Minard County, Illinois, married Elleanor Hughes March 17, 1828 in Putnam County, Indiana; Cornelius Swank born about 1808 in Hardin County, Kentucky, married Lavinia (maiden name unknown); Mary Swank born in Hardin County, Kentucky, married 1st Asbury Smith, married 2nd Joelm Granthum; David Swank born about 1814 in Hardin County, Kentucky, married Cynthia Skillman February 02, 1851 in Putnam County, Indiana; Elizabeth Swank born July 07, 1819 in Hardin County, Kentucky, died November 26, 1883 in Putnam County, Indiana, married William Skillman, December 17, 1843 in Putnam County, Indiana; Cindicia Swank born in Kentucky, married David Frame October 20, 1830 in Putnam County, Indiana.
(Note: they also had a son Jacob Swank who served in the War with Mexico in 1847.)
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Note: Reuben Westfall's brother Cornelius Westfall the son of Jacob and Mary (King) Westfall was born 7 Mar. 1778 in Beverly, Randolph County, Virginia, and died 5 Sept. 1856 in Wolf Grove, Illinois. He married 1st Elizabeth Bryan, married 2nd Rachel Dye, and married 3rd Sarah Mary Davis 10 Oct. 1823. She was born in 1802 in Beverly, Randolph County, Virginia, and died in 1874 in Wolfgrove, Illinois. Cornelius Westfall founded Thorntown, Indiana in 1830. He also built the first house in Thorntown. A book "The Thorntown Centurial", published in 1930 has an article about Cornelius wih pictures of him and his house. The book is about Thorntown, Indiana, which was founded in 1830 by Cornelius Westfall.
Cornelius Westfall and his 3rd wife Sarah Mary (Davis) Westfall had these children-Beverly Randolph Westfall, Sarah A. Westfall, Mary Elizabeth Westfall, and Josephine Melissa Westfall, Louisa Maria Westfall, Elnathan Kemper Westfall, Harriet S. Westfall, and Clara A. Westfall. I don't have any information about Cornelius Westfall's other wives, Elizabeth Bryan and Rachel Dye, and any children they may have had.
Cornelius and Sarah (Davis) Westfall's son Beverly Randolph Westfall was born 11 Aug. 1824 in Troy, Miami County, Ohio. He died 8 Aug. 1882 in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington. He married Ellen Esther Hays 14 Oct. 1847. He was also married to another woman (her name unknown).
Cornelius and Sarah (Davis) Westfall's daughter Mary Elizabeth Westfall was born 14 Dec. 1825 in Miami, Ohio. She died 16 Jan. 1905. She married Alfred Armstrong 29 Sept. 1847 in Montgomery, Indiana.
Cornelius and Sarah (Davis) Westfall's daughter Sarah A. Westfall was born in 1828 in Miami, Ohio. She married Joseph Owens 11 Mar. 1854 in McDonough, Illinois.
Cornelius and Sarah (Davis) Westfall's daughter Josephine Melissa Westfall was born May, 2 1830 in Miami, Ohio. She married Joseph Otterman 12 Jan. 1852 in Montgomery, Boone County, Indiana. Her husband Joseph Otterman was born 14 Apr. 1826 in Kanawha, VA. He died 18 July 1910 in Adel, Dallas County, Iowa. He was buried 20 July 1910 in Adel, Dallas County, Iowa. Joseph and Josephine Melissa (Westfall) Otterman had these children-Sarah Caroline Otterman and Harriet "Hattie" Otterman.
Cornelius and Sarah (Davis) Westfall's daughter Louisa Maria Westfall was born in 1833, and she married Durham Harris.
Cornelius and Sarah (Davis) Westfall's son Elnathan Kemper Westfall was born in 1839. He married Irene Wann.
Cornelius and Sarah (Davis) Westfall's daughter Harriet S. Westfall was born in 1842. She married George M. Cogswell.
Cornelius and Sarah (Davis) Westfall's daughter Clara A. Westfall was born in 1845, and she married Lewis Cole.
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Note: Reuben Westfall's sister Janet Westfall the daughter of Jacob and Mary (King) Westfall was born August 13, 1799 in Bardstown, Kentucky, and died March 28, 1863 in Jefferson, Greene County, Iowa. She married Daniel Mills November 22, 1821 in Miami County, Ohio, son of Jacob Mills and Mary Webb. He was born April 03, 1801 in Warren County, Ohio, and died August 05, 1887.
Children of Janet Westfall and Daniel Mills were-Jacob W. Mills born October 15, 1822, Green County, Ohio, died November 1906, Kingfisher, Oklahoma, married 1st Amanda Jewell, married 2nd Sarah Parker; Mary Mills (twin to Elizabeth) born November 07, 1824, died November 22, 1824; Elizabeth Mills born November 07, 1824, died November 22, 1824; Mary Westfall Mills born October 05, 1826, Troy, Ohio, died Iowa, married William G. Oungst, October 23, 1850, Benton County, Indiana; Croghan Mills born July 16, 1829 in Indiana, died August 15, 1829 in Indiana; Frank Moody Mills born April 04, 1831, Ladoga, Indiana, died October 21, 1929, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, married 1st Anna A. Ross, married 2nd Annette Crawford; Noah Webb Mills born June 21, 1834, died in the Civil War at Corinth, Mississippi; Penelope Tyler Mills born October 05, 1837, Crawfordsville, Indiana, died September 16, 1839: and Annette Mills died in infancy.
Note: Daniel and Janet (Westfall) Mills's son Noah Webb Mills died at the Battle of Corinth, Miss. in the Civil War. He was a Colonel of the 2nd Iowa Infantry - killed at the Battle of Corinth, Miss, while leading the final charge against Van Dorn.
Note: Daniel and Janet (Westfall) Mills's son Frank Moody Mills was author of "EARLY DAYS IN A COLLEGE TOWN and WABASH COLLEGE IN EARLY DAYS AND NOW" Published in 1924 by Sessions Printing co, Sioux Falls, S.D. - Children of Frank Moody Mills are: Roger Clarkson Mills, Carroll Mills, and Mildred Mills.
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Note: Reuben Westfall's sister Anna Westfall the daughter of Jacob and Mary (King) Westfall was born about 1790 in Virginia. She married John Anderson in Hardin Co, KY. John and Anna (Westfall) Anderson had a son Jeremiah Anderson who died October 16, 1859, Harpers Ferry, Kansas with John Brown the Abolitionist during the Harper's Ferry Raid. Reportedly slain after he had thrown down his rifle. Anna Westfall was born About 1790 in Virginia, and died About. 1855 in Iowa. She married John Anderson April 02, 1807 in Hardin County, Kentucky, son of Josiah Anderson. He died May 08, 1847 in Des Moines County, Iowa. His burial was at Kossuth Cemetery, Des Moines County, Iowa.
Children of Anna Westfall and John Anderson were-Josiah Anderson born About 1808 in Kentucky, died possibly California, married Lucinda Westfall in Indiana; Charles Anderson born in 1815 in Kentucky, died May 01, 1860 in San Joaquin, California, married Matilda Frame March 23, 1837 in Montgomery County, Indiana; Levi Anderson born Abtout 1818 in Hardin County, Kentucky, died May 30, 1881 in Grant County, Oregon, married Amy Carmichael; John Q. Anderson born About 1820 in Kentucky, died in California, married first Sarah Bruce, married 2nd a women who's last name was Myers; James Anderson born Abtout 1823, died 1910 in Yolo County, California; Mary Jane Anderson born About 1826, died June 06, 1855, never married; Harrison Anderson born about 1830, mmarried Margaret Tull; and Jeremiah Anderson born April 17, 1833; died October 16, 1859 at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. He was Killed at Harpers Ferry, Virginia on the raid with John Brown.
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Note: I found this information on the internet about John and Anna (Westfall) Anderson's son Jeremiah Goldsmith Anderson who was killed with John Brown at Harper's Ferry at this website- http://www3.iath.virginia.edu/jbrown/men.html
Jeremiah Goldsmith Anderson, one of Brown's lieutenants, was born April 17, 1833, in Indiana, and was therefore in his twenty-seventh year when killed at Harper's Ferry. He was the son of John Anderson, and was the grandson of slaveholders; his maternal grandfather, Colonel Jacob Westfall, of Tygert Valley, Virginia, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and a slaveholder.
Anderson went to school at Galesburg, Illinois, and Kossuth, Iowa; he worked as a peddler, farmer, and employee of a saw-mill, before emigrating to Kansas in August, 1857, where he settled on the Little Osage, Bourbon County, a mile from Fort Bain. He was twice arrested by pro- slaveryites, and for ten weeks imprisoned at Fort Scott; he then became a lieutenant of Captain Montgomery, and was with him in the attack on Captain Anderson's troop of the First U. S. Cavalry. He also witnessed the murder on his own doorstep of a Mr. Denton by Border Ruffians. He was with John Brown on the slave raid into Missouri, and thereafter followed Brown's fortunes. Writing July 5, 1859, of his determination to continue to fight for freedom, he said:" Millions of fellow-beings require it of us; their cries for help go out to the universe daily and hourly. Whose duty is it to help them? Is it yours? Is it mine? It is every man's, but how few there are to help. But there are a few who dare to answer this call and dare to answer it in a manner that will make this land of liberty and equality shake to the centre."
Anderson was killed at Harper's Ferry by a bayonet-thrust of one of the marines. "One of the prisoners described Anderson as turning completely over against the wall [to which he was pinned by the bayonet] in his dying agony. he lived a short time, stretched on the brick walk without, where he was subjected to savage brutalities, being kicked in body and face, while one brute of an armed farmer spat a huge quid of tobacco from his vile jaws into the mouth of the dying man, which he first forced open."
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Note: I found the following information about the Harper's Ferry John Brown's Raid in which Jeramiah Anderson was killed on the internet at this website- http://www.laughtergenealogy.com/bin/histprof/misc/harpersferry.html
Harper's Ferry John Brown's Raid -- Oct. 16, 1859 John Brown saw himself as a God-sent liberator to wipe out slavery in the American South. Following his raid in Kansas in 1856, he had been devising a plan to purify the entire South through an armed slave rebellion that he would lead. Brown believed that "without shedding of blood there is no remission of sins" Also, with all of the recent victories for southern slave-holders (Kansas-Nebraska Act, Dred Scott decision, etc.), Brown thought that "violent counterstroke was the only answer" .
Brown persuaded many abolitionists to support his ideas, and attempted to recruit Frederick Douglas into his effort. Douglass, the night before Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, failed in an attempt to persuade Brown not to go forward with the plan to capture the Federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia), seize all the weapons there, and arm thousands of slaves who were to join him. Brown recruited 17 white and five black men to comprise his "army."
On Oct. 16, 1859, Brown and his men captured the unguarded arsenal, but then seemed to have no alternate plan for the next step. He waited for the legions of slaves to join him, but because he had sent out little word to them, only a handful actually showed up. News of the arsenal's capture spread rapidly, and during the night of Oct. 17-18, Brown's men were surrounded by marines commanded by Robert E. Lee and J.E.B. Stuart.
Brown refused to surrender, and the marines stormed the building resulting in a battle leaving three locals, two of Brown's sons, and twelve others dead. Brown was sentenced to death and his attempt to start a rebellion had failed. However, Brown did not fail to provoke a violent uprising. His raid was one of many causes leading directly to the Civil War. It was the first nationally publicized uprising and after his execution, those who believed him a saint now saw him as a martyr. His death provided impetus for abolitionists in the North to rally and gain strength. Source Used: Ordeal By Fire, James MacPherson, 1991.
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Note: I found the following information about Reuben Westfall and his family being among the first settlers in Yellow Springs Township, Des Moines County, Iowa on the internet at this website- /Heartland/Valley/7259/westfall.html
YELLOW SPRINGS AND HURON TOWNSHIP, by J.W. Merril and published 1897 in Mediapolis, IA we find the following items: pg 27 ".....They (the Blairs) found a cabin at Yellow Spring, occupied by Jacob Westfall and Allen Eliot, a brother of Mrs. Westfall. These claimants had come in the winter of 1834, and the Westfall cabin was the first habitation built in the township. ....... In this cabin, a few months later, Jacob Westfall jr first saw the light of day and set up his claim, which has never been disputed, as being the first white child born in Yellow Springs township."
pg 31 " Josiah Edwards married Pamelia Westfall in the spring of 1836. This was the first wedding in Yellow Spring Township. " and "In the spring of 1836, Reuben Westfall, the father of Jacob came, with his children and relatives - an extensive connection when they all got in. They were the Andersons, Kings, Proctors, Swanks, Rouses, Holts, Gobens and Barnes, who settled near Yellow Spring, on the south side of Round Prairie, and on the Bottom."
pg 49 "THE WESTFALL FAMILY. It has been a difficult matter to obtain any sketch of this family of early settlers. Jacob was one of the first claim makers and built the first cabin in the township, as otherwhere recorded. He appears to have been a man given to hospitality, and his cabin was a home and a preaching place for the itinerant for many years. His father, Reuben Westfall, and other sons came in later, settling in the Yellow Spring neighborhood and on the Bottom. They are all gone now. One son, Jacob Jr. the first white child born in the township, was here a few years ago, but he is now in the west.
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Reuben and Elizabeth (Tucker) Westfall had 11 children-Elizabeth Westfall, Jacob Westfall, Levi Westfall, Cornelius Westfall, Nathan Westfall, Parmelia J. Westfall, Reuben F. Westfall, William Westfall, Mary Jane Westfall, Benjamin Westfall, and Ann C. Westfall.
(1) Reuben and Elizabeth (Tucker) Westfall's daughter Elizabeth Westfall was born October 10, 1807, Hardin Co. KY, and died September 17, 1872, Des Moines Co. IA. She was buried in Hawkeye Cemetery, Des Moines Co, IA. She married Joshua Swank, September 27, 1825 in Montgomery Co. IN. They had 5 children. One of their children Mary E. Swank was born March 10, 1834, and died August 06, 1840. She was buried in Hawkeye Cemetery, Des Moines Co, IA.
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Note: I found the following information about Elizabeth Westfall and her husband Joshua Swank on the internet at this website- /Heartland/Valley/7259/westfall.html
Notes for JOSHUA SWANK: from YELLOW SPRINGS AND HURON, written by J.W. Merrill and published in Mediapolis, Ia in 1897. pg 57 JOSHUA SWANK was born in Kentucky in 1798. His parents moved to Indiana when he was but a boy. He married Elizabeth Westfall in Indiana in 1825. Ten years later, in 1835 he came to Iowa and settled on a claim north of the one afterwards taken by his brother Wesley. He was the first settler in that part of Huron township. Of the family there lives but one in this part of the country, Brinton Swank, whose home is north of the Mills farm on the Bottom road. Mr. Swank lived on the old place till his family were all gone from home. He died in Kansas some years ago, but his remains were brought back here for burial. At an early day a postoffice was established at his home and he was probably the first postmaster in the township. This was the original Hawkeye postoffice, from which the school in the neighborhood took its name.
(2) Reuben and Elizabeth (Tucker) Westfall's son Jacob Westfall was born in 1809 in Hardin Co. KY, and died June 20, 1874 in Louisa Co. IA. He married Caroline Elliott, August 25, 1828 in Putnam Co. IN. They had 8 children-Mira Westfall born About 1829; George W. Westfall born February 27, 1831, Boone Co, IN, and died October 28, 1904, Louisa Co, IA; Reuben D. Westfall born August 12, 1834, Indiana, died November 07, 1872, Louisa Co, IA; Jacob E. Westfall born About 1838, died and was buried in Grant City Cemetary, MO; Allen P. Westfall born May 16, 1839, Iowa, and died May 02, 1918 in Corning, CA; William M. Westfall born About 1842; Charles M. Westfall born About 1847; and Perry L. Westfall born May 12, 1851.
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(1a) Jacob and Caroline (Elliott) Westfall's son George W. Westfall was born February 27, 1831 in Boone Co, IN, and died October 28, 1904 in Louisa Co, IA. He married Alice Blake September 02, 1869 in Louisa County, IA, daughter of Joseph Blake and Esther Hungerford.
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Children of George Westfall and Alice Blake were-Lottie Inez Westfall born December 15, 1870, Louisa Co, IA, died December 28, 1939 Long Beach, CA; and Gertie Westfall born About 1876, died March 04, 1881, Oakland Township, Louisa Co, IA. Cause of Death: Scarlet Fever.
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(1) Note: I found the following information about Jacob and Caroline (Elliott) Westfall's son George W. Westfall on the internet at this website- http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/7259/westfall.html
Notes for GEORGE W. WESTFALL: George is buried in the Oakland/Carpenter Cemetary in Oakland Township The stone reads born 1831, died 28 Oct 1904, Sgt, Co D, 4th IA Cav, Civil War Veteran. In PROTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM, LOUISA COUNTY, IOWA 1889 F627 28 page 8: G.W. Westfall, a farmer residing on section 7, Oakland Township, was born in Boone Counlty, Ind., in 1831, and was the second in a family of nine children born to Jacob and Caroline (Elliott) Westfall. His father was a native of Kentucky, while his mother was born in York State, and when a young man Jacob Westfall removed to Indiana, where he was married and there followed farming for several years. In 1834 he followed the course of Western emigration, settling in Des Moines County, Iowa, entering a claim in Yellow Springs Township, which he later purchased at the Burlington land sales. He also resided in Washington and Henry Counties, and in 1862 came to Louisa County, locating in Oakland Township, where he remained some years, when he went to Kansas, but after a short time returned to Louisa County, and made his home with our subject until his death, which occurred June 20, 1874. His wife survived him for about two years, dying Nov. 29, 1876.
Our subject grew to manhood upon a farm, and received his education in the district schools of the state. He was among the first to respond to his country's call for troops, enlisting in September 1861 as First Sergeant of Company D, 4th Iowa Cavalry, and was mustered into service at Camp Harlan in Mt. Pleasant. He participated in the battle of Vicksburg, and was engaged in scouting expeditions and skirmishes in the Southern and Southwestern States. In the battle of Oakland, Miss., he was wounded by gunshot, and on the 4th of November 1864, was honorably discharged at Davenport, Iowa. After the cessation of hostilities, he returned to Louisa County, where, during his term of service, he had purchased a farm of 230 acres. He has since disposed of a part of that tract, and now has remaining about sixty acres of fine, arable land, which is highly cultivated and improved.
On the 2d of September, 1869, in Louisa County, Mr. Westfall led to the marriage alter Miss Alice M. Blake, daughter of Joseph and Ester (Hungerford) Blake, the father a native of Greenbrier County, W.Va., the mother of New York. Accompanied by his family, the father came to Louisa County in 1838, settling in Oakland Township. He had then been twice married, and in 1851 wedded Esther Hungerford, who came to the county in 1845. They setled on section 7, Oakland Township, he buying the land at the Burlington land sales, and there resided until his death, Dec 14, 1883, aged eighty years. Mrs. Blake is still living, and resides in Barber County, Kan. By the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Westfall two children were born; Lottie I., wife of E. Garard, who lives on the old homestead; and Gertie, who died March 4, 1881, at the age of four years. Mr. Westfall is an active worker for the interests of the Republican party, and an ardent supporter of its principles. He has held several local offices of trust, in which he discharged his duties faithfully and well. His home is pleasantly situated about two miles from Columbus Junction, between the forks of the rivers, where the land is very productive. He is a systematic and progressive farmer, and as a citizen ranks high in the community.
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(2a) Jacob and Caroline (Elliott) Westfall's son Reuben D. Westfall was born August 12, 1834 in Indiana, and died November 07, 1872 in Louisa Co, IA. He married Jane Racer March 05, 1864 in Louisa Co, IA, daughter of Benjamin Racer and Sarah Minear. Children of Reuben Westfall and Jane Racer were-Lettie Ann Westfall born March 21, 1865, Columbus Junction, IA, died December 20, 1942, Louisa Co, IA, and buried Edwards Cemetary, Oakville, IA; Jacob Wrstfall born February 28, 1866, Columbus Junction, IA, died March 31, 1942, Oakville, IA, and buried at Edwards Cemetary; Benjamin Westfall born May 16, 1867, Columbus Junction, IA, died May 24, 1867, buried at Edwards Cemetary, Oakville, IA; William M. Westfall born October 18, 1868, Columbus Junction, IA, died March 17, 1948, buried Wapello Cemetary, IA; Albert Westfall born July 09, 1870, Columbus Junction, IA, died September 24, 1876; Thomas Westfall born November 19, 1871, Columbus Junction, IA, died September 24, 1876.
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(3a) Jacob and Caroline (Elliott) Westfall's son Jacob E. Westfall was born about 1838, and died in was buried in Grant City Cemetary, MO. He married Margaret Hannah Bebb October 20, 1864 in Louisa Co, IA. Children of Jacob Westfall and Margaret Bebb were-Samuel Westfall, Lulu Westfall, Cyril Westfall born about 1866, Caroline Westfall born about 1868, Clement G. Westfall born about 1872, Male Child Westfall born July 09, 1881, Morning Sun, IA, Female Child Westfall born October 01, 1885, Wapello, IA.
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(4a) Jacob and Caroline (Elliott) Westfall's son Allen P. Westfall was born May 16, 1839 in Iowa, and died May 02, 1918 in Corning, CA. He married Sarah E. (maiden name unknown). Children of Allen Westfall and Sarah were-Eva L. Westfall born about 1870, Oscar H. Westfall born about 1872, Oscar A. Westfall born about February 1873, Harry L. Westfall born about 1875, Martha J. Westfall born about May 1878, Ethel M. Westfall born about November 1880, Bertha S. Westfall born about August 1883, Clara L. Westfall born about June 1885, Earl L. Westfall born about November 1888, Charles E. Westfall born about July 1891, and Ray V. Westfall born about July 1893.
(3) Reuben and Elizabeth (Tucker) Westfall's son Levi Westfall was born in 1810, Miami Co. OH, and died September 10, 1879 in LeRoy, McLean Co. IL. His burial was in LeRoy, McLean Co. IL. He married Susan Clearwater August 22, 1828 in Montgomery Co. IN. She was born in 1811 in OH, and died December 22, 1895 in LeRoy, McLean Co. IL. Her burial was in LeRoy, McLean Co. IL. Levi Westfall Farmed 800 acres in McLean Co. IL.
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Levi and Susan (Clearwater) Westfall had 12 children-Eliza Jane Westfall, Reuben Westfall, John Westfall, Angeline Westfall, Owen C. Westfall, Susan M. Westfall, William Harrison Westfall, Ashby Westfall, Nathan Westfall, Harrison Westfall, Harriet Westfall, and Mary E. Westfall.
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(1a) Levi and Susan (Clearwater) Westfall's daughter Eliza Jane Westfall was born June 19, 1829 in IN, and died January 06, 1850, McLean Co. IL. She married John P. Barr, March 25, 1845 in IL. They Had 3 children.
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(2a) Levi and Susan (Clearwater) Westfall's son Reuben Westfall born March 07, 1830, IN, died After 1850 in McLean Co. IL. He was a Union Army Civil War Veteran Co. I. 39th Reg. He possibly married 2nd Sarah Elizabeth Walden.
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(3a) Levi and Susan (Clearwater) Westfall's son John Westfall was born February 03, 1833 in Crawfordsville IN, and died July 26, 1921 in Galesburg IL. His burial was in Knoxville IL. He married Almira Redebaugh December 11, 1859 in Lewistown, IL. He was a Union Army Civil War Veteran Co. H. 193rd Reg. He did some spying for the Union forces, but was captured by the Confederates. They had three children.
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(4a) Levi and Susan (Clearwater) Westfall's daughter Angeline Westfall was born July 02, 1835 in LeRoy, McLean Co. IL, and died September 06, 1905 in Bloomington, McLean Co. IL. She married John P. Barr, September 03, 1852 in LeRoy, McLean Co. IL. She married the widower of her sister. She & John Barr had 9 children.
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(5a) Levi and Susan (Clearwater) Westfall's son Owen C. Westfall was born June 12, 1838 in LeRoy, McLean Co. IL, and died September 06, 1884. His burial was in LeRoy, McLean Co. IL. He married Angeline Harsh September 10, 1868 in Sullivan, Moultrie Co. IL. She was born April 14, 1853 in Sullivan, Moultrie Co. IL, and died July 03, 1885 in Sullivan, Moultrie Co. IL. Owen was a private in the Union Army in the Civil War Co. H. 62nd Reg. He had blue eyes and was 5' 8" tall. Angeline divorced him 28 Nov 1877. Owen lived in KS in 1877. He may have married an Alice Miller 1878 in Guthrie Co. IA, although this is unproven. Angeline married 2nd John Goetz and they had a son Perry.
Owen and Angeline (Harsh) Westfall had 3 children-Clara Cordelia Westfall born August 09, 1869 in Sullivan, Moultrie Co., Il, and died About 1899 in WA; Cortez Finando Westfall born March 31, 1872 in Sullivan, Moultrie Co. IL, and died October 01, 1952 in Malden, Whitman Co. WA, burial Rosalia, Whitman Co. WA (He was never married); and Lyman Francis Westfall born July 02, 1874 in Sullivan, Moultrie Co. IL, and died November 01, 1942, Malden, Whitman Co. WA.
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(6a) Levi and Susan (Clearwater) Westfall's daughter Susan M. Westfall was born July 05, 1841 in LeRoy, McLean Co. IL, and died November 03, 1909 in LeRoy, McLean Co. IL. Her burial was in LeRoy, McLean Co. IL. She married James W. Brewer, About 1861 in McLean Co. IL. They had 6 children.
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(7a) Levi and Susan (Clearwater) Westfall's son William Harrison Westfall was born January 09, 1843 in LeRoy, McLean Co. IL, and he died July 15, 1881 in Winston, Daviess Co. MO. He married Eliza J. Sweany, September 29, 1867 in Daviess Co. MO. She died in Eugene, Lane Co. OR. He was Union Army Civil War Veteran. He was a train conductor. He was killed by the Jesse James gang in a train holdup. On July 15, 1881 the James gang robbed the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad train near Winston, MO. The James gang shot and killed Frank McMillan and conductor William Westfall.
William Westfall and his family were living in Plattsburg, Clinton County, Missouri when the 1880 census was taken. William Westfall and Eliza J. (Sweany) Westfall had 3 children-Daniel Westfall born in 1869 on Missouri, Lewis Westfall born in 1871 in Missouri, and Tillie Westfall born in 1878 in Missouri.
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Note: I found this article on the internet which has information about the James Gang train robbery when conductor William Westfall was killed at this website- http://www.knology.net/~lonesomedove/tiowhjul.html
1881- Winston, Missouri- the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad -Winston Train Robbery- the train was robbed east of Winston and west of Gallatin, Missouri in Daviess County. During the robbery William Westfall, the conductor was shot twice and was killed as well as Frank Mc Millan Jr. a stone mason who was caught in crossfire. Stories of revenge surfaced afterwards indicating that Mr. Westfall was the conductor for the Pinkertons the night they threw the bomb at the James Farm Home which killed young Archie Samuel and resulted in mother Zerelda James-Samuels arm being amputated. It is generally believed that there were five to seven robbers at the Winston Robbery. The men could have netted as much as $ 2,000.00. There were reports varied $ 8,000.00 to $15,000.00. In August 1883, Frank James was tried and acquitted.
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(8a) Levi and Susan (Clearwater) Westfall's son Ashby Westfall was born About 1844 in LeRoy, McLean Co. IL, and died in 1905 in St. Clair MO. He married Martha Morris About 1874 in Shelby MO.
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(9a) Levi and Susan (Clearwater) Westfall's son Nathan Westfall was born in October 1849 in LeRoy, McLean Co. IL, and died February 12, 1925 in Bloomington, McLean Co. IL. He married Louisa Ann Gough April 06, 1871 in Sullivan, Moultrie Co. IL. They had 6 children.
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(10a) Levi and Susan (Clearwater) Westfall's son Harrison Westfall was born About 1850 in LeRoy, McLean Co. IL.
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(11a) Levi and Susan (Clearwater) Westfall's daughter Harriet Westfall was born May 18, 1852 in LeRoy, McLean Co. IL, and died April 18, 1880 in Sullivan, Moultrie Co. IL. She married William H. Martin February 21, 1871 in Sullivan, Moultrie Co. IL.
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(12a) Levi and Susan (Clearwater) Westfall's daughter Mary E. Westfall was born February 28, 1854 in LeRoy, McLean Co. IL, and died October 16, 1878 in Sullivan, Moultrie Co. IL. She married Richard E. Nasworthy, December 24, 1868 in Sullivan, Moultrie Co. IL. Her burial was in Sullivan, Moultrie Co. IL.
(4) Reuben and Elizabeth (Tucker) Westfall's son Cornelius Westfall was born in 1812 in Miami Co. OH, and died May 1880 in Clackamas Co. OR.
(5) Reuben and Elizabeth (Tucker) Westfall's son Nathan Westfall was born in 1815 in Miami Co. OH, and died May 28, 1887 in Yamhill Co. OR. He married Catherine Mckee, October 15, 1837. Nathan Had 10 children by Catherine Mckee, 1 by 2nd wife Maggie Stimson, 6 by 3rd wife Martha Conger, and 1 by 4th wife. He lived E. Chehalem (Yamhill Co. OR). Martha Conger was born in AR. Married Martha in IA.
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Note: I found the following information about Nathan Westfall on the internet at this website- http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/7259/westfall.html
Notes for NATHAN WESTFALL: From YELLOW SPRING AND HURON, published in 1897 by J.W. Merrill in Mediapolis, IA "South of all these, on the Bottom road, Nathan Westfall made a claim, but sold to Joash Hedges, and went further out from the bluff, on the Prindle farm. His marriage to Katie McKee was the first wedding within the bounds of Huron township. He lived here a number of years, and then parted from his wife and went to Oregon. His wife, Aunt Katie, as she was generally called, lived in the neighborhood many years, mostly with her brother, James McKee. After his death, Aunt Katie went to the home of a sister, in Michigan, where she died late in 1893.
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Children of Nathan Westfall and Catherine Mckee were-Louisa J. Westfall born August 11, 1838, died August 30, 1841 in Des Moines CO, IA, and buried in Hawkeye Cemetery; Betsy Ann Westfall born about 1840; Mary Jane Westfall born about 1842; James H. Westfall born June 23, 1844, died February 02, 1846, Des Moines Co, and buried IA Hawkeye Cemetery; Webster M. Westfall born May 17, 1848 in Iowa, and died August 23, 1851 in Des Moines Co, IA, and buried in Hawkeye Cemetery; Margaret Westfall born about June 1849; Melonie Westfall born about 1852; John W. Westfall born about 1855; Julius Westfall born July 04, 1857, died January 21, 1860 in Des Moines Co, and buried in IA Hawkeye Cemetery; Female Infant Westfall born November 09, 1859, died November 09, 1859 in Des Moines Co, IA, and buried in Hawkeye Cemetery.
(6) Reuben and Elizabeth (Tucker) Westfall's daughter Parmelia J. Westfall was born in 1817 in Miami Co. OH, and died After 1864 in WA. She married Josiah V. Edwards in 1836 in Des Moines, Co. IA. They Moved to WA in 1864. They had 8 children.
(7) Reuben and Elizabeth (Tucker) Westfall's son Reuben F. Westfall was born in 1820 in Miami Co. OH, and died in 1887 in WY. He married Malinda Scalinger in 1852 in IL.
(8) Reuben and Elizabeth (Tucker) Westfall's son William Westfall was born November 25, 1823 in Miami Co. OH, and died January 09, 1887 in Winigan MO. He married Mary Ellen Simmons March 24, 1845 in Des Moines, IA. They had 4 children.
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(1a) William Lee Westfall and Mary Ellen (Simmons) Westfall's son Warren Westfall was born March 01, 1848, Polk Co., MO and died April 07, 1922. He married Olive Bernice Seavey May 14, 1879. Children of Warren Westfall and Olive Bernice Seavey were-Mina Westfall; Roy Westfall; Lindley Westfall who had a son Raymond V. Westfall; Mable Joe Westfall; Lawrence Lee Westfall born January 29, 1880, Polk Co., MO, died November 1958, Colorado Springs, El Paso, Co., CO, married Nora Davison June 29, 1902.
(9) Reuben and Elizabeth (Tucker) Westfall's daughter Mary Jane Westfall was born About 1824 in Miami Co. OH. She married Sylvester Markham April 29, 1847 in Des Moines, Co. IA. They Had at least 2 children.
(10) Reuben and Elizabeth (Tucker) Westfall's son Benjamin Westfall was born About 1825 in IN, and died About 1886 in OR. He was a doctor in Hillsboro OR. He was sticken with paralysis. His brother Nathan was appointed guardian.
(11) Reuben and Elizabeth (Tucker) Westfall's daughter Ann C. Westfall was born December 28, 1828 in IN, and died May 03, 1910 in Walker, Los Angeles Co. CA. She married James C. Graham. They had son Julius born in 1849 in IL.
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