James Barnes Westfall

1829 - 1870  (40 years)

• Name	James Barnes Westfall  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Birth	16 Nov 1829	Upshur County, West Virginia, USA   [1, 5, 6]
  	(Note: Upshur County was in Virginia until 1863)
  Gender	Male
  Census	1850	Ritchie County, West Virginia, USA   [5]
  	Age: 20; Son of Eliz and John W Westfall (Note: Ritchie County was in Virginia until 1863)
  FSID	L7GN-TB2
  _MILT	Abt 1863	West Virginia, USA   [1, 3, 4, 7]
  	Union Army - War of the Rebellion: 2nd LT, Company E, 6th Regiment, West Virginia Infantry
  Death	28 Mar 1870	Ritchie County, West Virginia, USA   [1, 6]
  	James died after swimming in the river in an effort to dislodge a log jam at Webb's Mill. ... The river was in flood stage and bitterly cold. The U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index states the cause of death as "frozen".
  Burial	Smithville, Ritchie, West Virginia, USA   [1]
  		Cemetery-Smithville (Smithville WV)
  Person ID	I27174	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	John Wesley Westfall,   b. 3 Nov 1798, Virginia, USA d. Mar 1865, Smithville, Ritchie, West Virginia, USA (Age 66 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth Simon,   b. 4 Dec 1797, Virginia, USA d. Aft 1880, Ritchie County, West Virginia, USA (Age > 84 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	7 Feb 1819	Lewis County, West Virginia, USA   [2, 9]
  	(Note: Lewis County was in Virginia until 1863)
  Family ID	F2312	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha Jane Zickafoose,   b. 14 Oct 1828, Virginia, USA d. 21 Oct 1915, Mariposa County, California, USA (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	1850	Ritchie County, West Virginia, USA   [2]
  	(Note: Ritchie County was in Virginia until 1863)
  Children	1. James David Westfall,   b. 2 Feb 1865, Ritchie County, West Virginia, USA d. 15 Oct 1952, Merced, Merced, California, USA (Age 87 years)  [natural]   2. Sampson Wesley Westfall,   b. 28 Sep 1851, Ritchie County, West Virginia, USA d. 14 Jun 1925, Mariposa County, California, USA (Age 73 years)  [natural]   3. Malinda Jane Westfall,   b. 15 Dec 1860, Virginia, USA d. 12 Oct 1949, Fresno County, California, USA (Age 88 years)  [natural]   4. Sarah E Westfall,   b. 6 Jul 1853, Ritchie County, West Virginia, USA d. 9 Feb 1935, Mariposa County, California, USA (Age 81 years)  [natural]   5. Rev Charles Kuykendall 'CK' Westfall,   b. 2 Jan 1856, Ritchie County, West Virginia, USA d. Jul 1917, Mariposa County, California, USA (Age 61 years)  [natural]   6. Mary Catherine Westfall,   b. 16 Jul 1858, Ritchie County, West Virginia, USA d. 7 Feb 1937, Ritchie County, West Virginia, USA (Age 78 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F11702	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 16 Nov 1829 - Upshur County, West Virginia, USA Census - Age: 20; Son of Eliz and John W Westfall (Note: Ritchie County was in Virginia until 1863) - 1850 - Ritchie County, West Virginia, USA Marriage - 1850 - Ritchie County, West Virginia, USA _MILT - Union Army - War of the Rebellion: 2nd LT, Company E, 6th Regiment, West Virginia Infantry - Abt 1863 - West Virginia, USA Death - 28 Mar 1870 - Ritchie County, West Virginia, USA Burial - - Smithville, Ritchie, West Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Headstones

  Cemetery-Smithville (Smithville WV)

  
  

  Arms and Icons

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• Sources

  [S34] Ancestry.com, Find a Grave, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), James Westfall. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43388582/james-barnes-westfall [S227] Ancestry.com, West Virginia, Marriages Index, 1785-1971, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;). [S73] National Archives and Records Administration, U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;). U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [S1009] National Park Service, U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;). [S18] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1850; Census Place: Western District, Ritchie, Virginia; Roll: M432_973; Page: 229B; Image: 47. 1850 United States Federal Census [S1277] Ancestry.com, U.S., Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index, 1850-1880, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1999;). [S76] Historical Data Systems, comp, U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;). [S150] Ancestry.com, West Virginia, Births Index, 1804-1938, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;). [S226] Ancestry.com, Virginia, Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1999;).