Person:Cornelius Westfall (5)

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Cornelius Westfall
b.7 Mar 1778 Tygarts Valley, Augusta County, Virginia
d.8 Sep 1856 McComb County, Illinois
Parents and Siblings
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m. 1777
  1. Cornelius Westfall1778 - 1856
  2. Reuben Westfall1779 - 1850
  3. Levi Westfall1782 - 1879
  4. Elizabeth Westfall1784 - 1851
  5. Janet Westfall1799 - 1863
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Cornelius Westfall
Gender Male
Birth[1] 7 Mar 1778 Tygarts Valley, Augusta County, Virginia
Alt Birth[2] 1778 Beverly, West Virginia, VirginiaBorn in a fort that stood where Beverly now stands.
Residence[2] Aft 1792 Kentucky, United States
Death[1] 8 Sep 1856 McComb County, Illinois
Alt Death[2] Spokane Falls, Washington
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 .

    http://messamer.org/getperson.php?personID=I7196&tree=Tree1

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Mills, Frank Moody. Something about the Mills family and its collateral branches: with autobiographical reminiscences. (Sioux Falls, South Dakota: [s.n.], 1911)
    Pages 19, 22., 1911.

    "Grandfather's oldest son, Cornelius, was born in 1778 while the Revolutionary war was in progress, in a fort built to protect the inhabitants of Taggers Valley (sic) from the Indians. It stood where the town of Beverly now stands. He also served as sheriff until he left for Kentucky in 1792."

    Beginning to wonder if these are the same people....
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    "Cornelius, the oldest brother, had sons, Beverly, who raised a family of thirteen, mostly boys, his family sat down every meal, fifteen at table. He was a successful physician, move many years ago to Spokane Falls, and died there, a number of his children, I believe, are still there; one of the, a prominent lawyer."

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