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Lydia Wilson Smith Westfall, widow of John H. Westfall. Lydia Wilson (1820-1907) first married Solomon P. Smith about 1838 and had five children. After the death of Smith, she married widower John H. Westfall (1806-1870) in Lewis County (West) Virginia in 1851. She was the mother of Nathaniel J. Westfall, my great grandfather and another son James, daughters Nancy, Lydia Ann and Mary Westfall. This picture was probably taken shortly before her death in 1907. She is buried in the Harrison Grove Cemetery on Murphys Creek in southern Lewis County, West Virginia. My grandmother Osa remembered her grandmother vividly and would tell me stories about the Westfalls that she heard from her grandmother Lydia. Half brothers William M. and Thomas Smith lived next door to Nathaniel Westfall and my grandmother grew up knowing them.

My grandmother Osa and her sister Nina, who never married. Nina lived in the county home in Medina County, Ohio when she became disabled and had no immediate family to care for her.
People in photo include: Osa B. (Westfall) Corbett and Nina J. Westfall

Osa Westfall and Her Jersey Cow: This is my grandmother Osa Westfall Corbett probably about 1912 just before the family removed to Ohio. She was the daughter of Nathaniel J. and Luvenia M. (Trowbridge) Westfall.
People in photo include: Osa B. (Westfall) Corbett

Fayhma (left) and her cousin, (first name unknown) Taylor. The younger girl was the daughter of Peggy Taylor who was the third wife of Peter Westfall.

What is the full name of the Taylor girl in this picture?

People in photo include: Fayhma Iris Westfall