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Cornelius Robert WESTFALL

Cornelius Robert WESTFALL

Male 1888 - 1918  (30 years)

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  • Name Cornelius Robert WESTFALL 
    Born 24 Apr 1888  Cascara (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Birth date April 1889 given in the 1900 Census is incorrect. Also incorrect is the 22 Apr 1890 birth date given on his WW I draft registration card, which specifies his birthplace as Cascara. His birth record shows that he was born on 24 Apr 1888 in Doddridge County.
    Gender Male 
    Military Pfc, 17th Fld Arty, 2nd Div, US Army, World War I (KIA)  [2, 3, 4] 
    Census 1900  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1917  [5] 
    mill worker at Belmont Mill in Wheeling 
    Residence 1917  Wheeling, Ohio Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Died 4 Oct 1918  France Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Buried Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, near Verdun, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6] 
    Person ID I94153  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 16 Jun 2020 

    Father Newton C. WESTFALL,   b. Nov 1853, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Sep 1934, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 80 years) 
    Mother Martha A. STARK,   b. Oct 1854, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F22202  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2569] West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    2. [S2624] Military Grave Marker.

    3. [S2585] WWI, WWII, and Korean War Casualty Listings [database online], (Ancestry.com and American Battle Monuments Commission).

    4. [S198] American Soldiers of World War I [database on-line], Original data: Haulsee, W.M., comp.. Soldiers of the Great War. Vol. I-III, (Ancestry.com).

    5. [S1875] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, National Archives and Records Administration, (Ancestry.com online database).

    6. [S934] Findagrave.com.