Matilda Westerfield 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 5 Jan 1847 - Laurel Co., Kentucky
    Christening: 
          Death: 25 Sep 1900 1
         Burial: in McHargue Cem., Lily, Laurel Co., Kentucky
 Cause of Death:
Parents 
         Father: Jesse H. Westerfield (1811-1886)
         Mother: Malinda Elliott (1813-1895) 2
Spouses and Children 
1. A. J. Hale (       -       )
       Marriage: 26 Mar 1872 - (Laurel Co., Kentucky) 1

2. *John Parker Grinstead (25 Nov 1810 - 12 May 1888)
       Marriage: 27 Dec 1883 - Knox Co., Kentucky 3 4 5
Notes
General:
CENSUS:

<pre>1880 Knox Co., Kentucky, ED 52; June 2; pg 5
37/38
Matilda Hale 33 Wd Ky Ky Ky Seamstress
Mahala " 7 dau S Ky Ky Ky
Jesse " 6 son S Ky Ky Ky
William A. " 4 son S Ky Ky Ky
George M. " 3 son S Ky Ky Ky (crippled)
Malinda " 1 dau S Ky Ky Ky </pre>

This census entry indicates that a woman named Matilda married a man with surname Hale in about 1871.

FIRST MARRIAGE:

I cannot find a marriage record in Kentucky for her first marriage. According to the record of her second marriage she was born in Laurel Co. In the 1850 census for Laurel Co. there are several Matildas born about 1847 who might have married a man named Hale in about 1871 and who was a widow in 1880. Matilda Westerfield satisfies all the requirements and is the best choice. Note that two of her children have the same names as her mother and father.

In the 1870 census Matilda is in the census twice in Laurel Co., Kentucky. In one entry she is 22 and is living with her parents. In another entry she is 23 and is living with William Elliott (30), probably a relative of Matilda's mother. Both entries are in McHargue Precinct, and the post office is Lynn Camp. Wm. Hale (27, Tn, $1000/$2310), his wife, and one child live in the same precinct and have the same post office. John Hale (29, Tn, $---/$300) is unmarried and is living with William. John is probably William's brother, and he is probably the first husband of Matilda Westerfield. I cannot find him in the 1880 census.

SECOND MARRIAGE:

The marriage record on page 146 in Book R of the Marriage Records of Knox Co., Kentucky reads as follows:

27 Dec 1883 J. P. Grinstead (75, 3rd marriage) and Matilda Hale (36, 2nd marriage)
Book R, page 146
groom born Washington Co., Va; his father born Orange Co., Va; his mother born Washington Co., Va
bride born Laurel Co., Ky; her father born Mercer Co., Ky; her mother born Laurel Co., Ky
at home of Matilda Hale

DEATH:

Find-a-Grave Memorial # 74285152:

Daughter of Jesse and Malinda Elliott Westerfield

Married 1st AJ Hale 3-26-1872
Married 2nd Rev JP Grinstead 12-27-1883
picture

Sources

1 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 74285152.

2 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 74362408.

3 Knox County Genealogical Society, "Knox County, Kentucky Marriage Bonds and Records," Books P-T. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.

4 Knox County Genealogical Society, "Knox County, Kentucky Marriage Bonds and Records," Books BB & C. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.

5 "Familysearch.org," "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QD-JP3P), J. P. Grinstead and Matilda Hale, 27 Dec 1883; citing Marriage, , Knox, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 544,732; image 256/413.

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