Photos - Westfall family members buried in the Harrison Groove Cemetery, Murphy's Creek, Lewis County, West Virginia

WESTFALL CEMETERY PHOTOS

HARRISON GROVE CEMETERY, MURPHY'S CREEK RD (CR22) SOUTHWEST OF WESTON, LEWIS COUNTY, W. VA.
Photos by Ronald N. Wall taken April 17, 2008

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Harrison Grove Cemetery on Murphy's Creek Road (County Road 22) a few miles southwest of Weston, Lewis County, West Virginia. The cemetery needs care. Vandals have toppled many of the headstones and monuments. Some are laying face down. Several Westfall's and their relatives are buried here. There are many Turner and Moneypenny family members buried here also.	Headstone for Nathaniel Jonathan Westfall (1852-1915), father of Osa B. Westfall Corbett (my grandmother), son of John H. Westfall and Lydia Wilson Smith Westfall and my great grandfather; Harrison Grove Cemetery, Lewis County, W. VA. Nathaniel died in Akron, Summit County, Ohio three years after moving to Ohio from Lewis County. His home in Lewis Co. was on Cove Lick two miles above Copley and a few miles from this cemetery.	Peter Westfall (1840-1913) headstone, Harrison Grove Cemetery. He served in Company C, 10th Virginia Infantry U.S. during the Civil War. Peter lived in Edmiston a short distance south of the cemetery. Today, there is no evidence of the community but the road branching off Murphy's Creek Road is named "West Fall Road." The space between "West" and "Fall" on the street sign is curious.
Marker for Peter's three wives; Barbara and Mary Jane (Reger) and Peggy (Taylor) Westfall. The actual graves are marked by foot stones with the initials of each lady and are located between this marker and Peter's further to the right.	Harrison Grove Cemetery; Lydia Ann (Westfall) Markley was the daughter of John H. Westfall and Lydia Wilson Smith Westfall, and younger sister to Nathaniel. She married Frank (Francis) M. Markley about 1871. The couple lived on Laurel Run about three miles west of the Harrison Grove Cemetery.	My grandson Daniel Wills and his mother and my daughter Tonya Madia at the Markley monument in Harrison Grove Cemetery, Murphy's Creek Rd., Lewis County (Courthouse District), West Virginia, April 17, 2008. This grave is located at the rear (up hill) of the cemetery by a large oak tree.
Thomas G. Smith (Mar. 21, 1841-Aug. 11, 1924) marker, Harrison Grove Cemetery. Thomas was the son of Lydia (Wilson) Smith and Solomon P. Smith of Lewis County, and older half brother of Nathaniel Westfall and Lydia Ann (Westfall) Markley. He was step-brother to Peter Westfall	Marker for Mildred Smith, wife of Thomas G. Smith, Harrison Grove Cemetery. The monument has been toppled by vandals; her grave is to the left of Thomas' grave and below that of their infant daughter Eliza.	Eliza L. Smith (1895-1896) infant daughter of Thomas G. and Mildred Smith. These markers near the front of the cemetery, below and to the left of Peter and Nathaniel Westfall monuments.
My daughter Tonya standing next to a badly weathered Westfall monument located in the rear of the cemetery to the right and below the Markley monument.	Tonya attempted to copy the inscription. It appears to be Laura L. (unreadable) Westfall, Born Aug. 18, 1879; Died Apr. 6, 1903. "Laura" (if the name was copied correctly) may have been the wife of a Westfall and her maiden name may have been in the blank or unreadable space between her first name and initial, and "Westfall." Please contact me if you have any information on this grave marker. See next>>>	In May, 2009 we returned to Harrison Grove Cemetery better prepared and were able to bring out the inscription, "LAURA L. Wife of I. S. WESTFALL, Born Aug 16, 1879 Died Apr. 6, 1903. Laura L. Lancaster was the wife of Isaac Simpson Westfall, son of Peter and Mary Jane Reger Westfall. They were married in Lewis County on August 18, 1902. Laura apparently died in childbirth. According to family members Isaac moved to Florida where he died some time between 1960 and 1970.
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