This week I am featuring Elizabeth Clark, my maternal 3x great grand mother.
Elizabeth was born about 1796 to Captain William Clark and her mothers name is unknown at this time, in Hampton, Orange County, New Jersey according to a published family history on her grandson John L. Dougherty.
Staten Island, NY
John L. Dougherty
Elizabeth married a John Westfall in Sussex Co., New Jersey and soon after moved to the Milford Area in Pike County, Pennsylvania. She and John had seven children. William Westfall was born about 1820 in New Jersey, James about 1821, Solomon about 1824 in Pennsylvania, Jane in 1826 Milford, Pennsylvania, Gabriel 1828 in Pennsylvania, Maria about 1829 in Pennsylvania, John about 1833 in Pennsylvania and Mary Catherine (Kate) about 1836 in Pennsylvania.
Elizabeth (Clark) Westfall died about 1839 and is buried in Rowland Cemetery, Pike County, Pennsylvania. From the obituary for John Westfall (d. 1878) we found this account on the death of his wife.
Mrs. Westfall died about 30 years ago, and was burned to death, it is supposed.
What does that mean? She was in a fire and they do not know if she died before the fire or from the fire? This was in the Port Jarvis, New York newspaper the Evening Gazette. I have looked for something from the time of Elizabeth’s death but have not located anything. Would love to have more on Elizabeth.
I miss spoke John L. Dougherty was her grandson not son-in-law. This is what happens when you are in a hurry to get your posts ready . Sorry about the miss information.
So I have now corrected the blog above. You would think that this was such a short blog I could have gotten my facts straight. I was so excited to share my find on the newspaper clipping that I rushed, never a good thing.