Person:Mary Westfall (6)

Since her DC certificate was signed as W. S. Hite and she is listed as a widow I wonder if they had a child. Found a marriage record dated June 1 1897. Groom Warner M. Wilson, Bride Ada Westfall. She would have been 19. Could this be her first marriage? In poss. relatives. Could Mary and Wm have had a son named Edgar H. Hite? His is listed as nearest of Kin on their records at Evergreen Cemetery. Perhaps 2 children??

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} State of Minnesota, City of Duluth, County of St. Louis, Division of Vital Statistics. Death Certificate
   Standard Certificate of Death, State of Oregon, Oregon State Board of Health-Portland, State File No. 4168, Local Registrar's #29, 24 Apr 1954.

   Name of Deceased: Mary Ada Hite
   Place of Death
   County: Malheur
   City: Ontario
   Length of Stay: 6 mos
   Full name of Hospital or institution: McKenzie Nursing Home
   Usual Residence
   State: Oregon
   County: Malheur
   City or Town: Harper
   Street Address: blank
   Date of Death: 24 April 1954
   Sex: Female
   Color or Race: White
   Marrital Status: Widowed
   Name of husband or wife: William S. Hite (d)
   Date of birth: 27 December 1878
   Age: 75yrs.
   Birthplace: Praire City, Oregon
   Father's Name: James Westfall
   Mother's Name: Amy Manwaring
   Usual Occupation: Housekeeping
   Informant: W. S. Hite by G. Beechler
   Cause of Death: Congestive Heart Failure due to Senile Heart Disease
   Autopsy?: no
   Burial/Cremation: burial
   Date: April 27 1954
   Name of Cemetery: Evergreen
   Location: Ontario, Oregon Reference number: DCOR016 Verified: YES

   Note the d in parans after husband's name-perhaps divorced?

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Legal papers
   Copies of Divorce in the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for Grant County., 13 Nov 1886.

   Amy Westfall Planitiff
   James W. Westfall Defendant
   
   Extract-planitiff is a resident and inhabitant of Grant Co. State of Oregon and has been such resident and inhabitant of said County and State ever since the year 1878.
   
   That there are now living the issue of said marriage:
   Ida Westfall a daughter aged about 12 years;
   Oscar Westfall a son aged about nine years;
   Ada Westfall a daughter aged about eight years and
   James Westfall a son aged five years.
   
   That in the month of February 1883 in said County and State the defendant without just cause and without the consent of planitiff wilfully deserted and abandoned planitiff and said youngest child, taking with him the said three elder children. Reference number: DVOR002

   Document is dated 13 Nov. 1886-it looks like William got all of the children.

3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 United States. 1910 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T624)
   Oregon, Malheur, Bully Precinct, ED 92, Sheet 3A, Series T-624, Roll 1283, Pg 129, 20 Apr 1910.

   Lines 42-43
   Line 42: WILSON, Warner M. (head) male white 36 M1 13 yrs born in Kansas father born in Indiana mother born in Iowa is a Farm Laborer rents home
   Line 43: WILSON, Ada (wife) female white 31 M1 13 yrs has given birth to 6 children of whom only 5 are alive born in Oregon parents both born in Virginia
   Line 44: WILSON, Harold (son) male white 12 single born in Oregon father born in Kansas mother born in Oregon
   Line 45: WILSON, Elizabeth (daughter) female white 8 single born in Oregon father born in Kansas mother born in Oregon
   Line 46: WILSON, Wesley (son) male white 6 single born in Oregon father born in Kansas mother born in Oregon
   Line 47: WILSON, Iran (son) male white 4 single born in Oregon father born in Kansas mother born in Oregon
   Line 48: WILSON, Eaton (son) male white 1 8/12 single born in Oregon father born in Kansas mother born in Oregon Reference number: CNOR033 Verified: YES

4. ↑ ^4.0 4.1 Oregon. Malheur County Clerk's Office.
   None given, pages 1-6, not known.

   Page 1-James W. Westfall died intestate on or about the fourth day of June, 1913 in the County of Malheur State of Oregon. He left real and personal property amounting to probably $1,000.00. Next of Kin and heirs in law and at law are:
   Mrs. Ida Millmon, residing at Boise, Idaho, age, 39 years;
   Oscar Westfall, residing at Salmon City, Idaho, age, 36 years;
   Page2
   Mrs. Ada Wilson, residing at Westfall, Oregon, age, 34 years; a daughter of said deceased;
   James F. Westfall, residing at Westfall, Oregon, age, 32 years; a son of said deceased.
   James F. Westfall is 32 years old and is petitioning for Administrator of estate.
   
   Page 3
   James is appointed as administrator.
   
   Page 4
   Money received $1,580.57 (owed to deseased plus the bal. of his bank acct.)
   Money paid out $794.17 (includes the cost of burial and bills owed + $14.57 taxes)
   
   Page 5
   Balance on hand 786.40.
   Propery consist of lots 3, 4, 5 and 6 of Block 15 in Madden's Addition to the Town of Westfall, has been, by agreement of the heirs, deede to Ada Wilson, on of the heirs of this estate.
   Personal property was divided up between the heirs along with the balance of money on hand.
   
   Page 6
   Monies in Bank-59.57
   Note J. W. Westfall-200
   James Stingle-100
   Henry Posey-30
   About 30 head of horses more or less on range-900
   Lots 3, 4, 5 and 6 of Block 15 in Madden's Addition to the Town of Westfall and house theron-300
   Total $1714.57 Reference number: WLOR003 Verified: YES

   We only copied the pages that we thought were important since the copies were 25 cents each. Somehow we missed the file no and date filed on this one.

5. ↑ Warner M., Ada, Harold, Elizabeth, Wesley Iran & Eaton Wilson.
6. ↑ She inherited this from her father.
7. ↑ See photo.