Sarah E. Westfall was a daughter of Samuel D. Westfall and his wife, Elizabeth Kipp. Sarah was born in Van Buren Twp., Wayne Co., MI, near the village of Belleville. She married 24 Dec. 1863, Van Buren Twp., Wayne Co., MI, to Calvert M. Coleman.
Sarah and Calvert Coleman lived in Belleville and in Detroit during their marriage. They had eight children. They were divorced in 1910. Sarah remarried in Apr. 1910, to James Renton.
After James Renton died in 1918, Sarah lived with her daughter Jennie Coleman Freer in Highland Park, MI. She died there in 1922 and the funeral was held from the home at 39 Geneva St. Burial was on 4 April 1922, Woodlawn Cemetery on the William Skerrett plot.
Children of Sarah E. Westfall and Calvert M. Coleman:
i. William H. b. 24 Sept. 1864, Wayne Co., MI; d. 2 Aug. 1941, Ferndale, MI; mar. to Jessie Croton
ii. Mary E. b. 9 Dec. 1866, Wayne Co., MI; d. 10 Apr. 1904, Ypsilanti, MI; mar. to Joseph Cady
iii. Samuel J. b. 20 Sept. 1868, Wayne Co., MI; d. 9 Apr. 1933, Ypsilanti, MI; mar. (1) to Vadah Shaw; mar. (2) to Jane Wood
iv. George C. b. 12 Sept. 1870, Wayne Co., MI; d. 30 July 1946, Wayne Co., MI; mar. (1) to Myrtle Wagner; mar. (2) to Winnifred Black
v. Addie b. 1 Feb. 1872, Wayne Co., MI; d. 17 June 1925, Wayne, MI; mar. to William F. Skerrett
vi. Claud Edwin b. 12 Jan. 1875, New Boston, MI; d. 18 Aug. 1915, Belleville, MI; mar. to Jennie Maude Heath
vii. Jennie b. 1877, Wayne Co.., MI; d. 15 May 1957, Rochester, MI; mar. to Edgar Freer
viii. Arthur Roy b. 22 Oct. 1884, Wayne Co., MI; d. in 1932, Highland Park, MI; mar. (1) to Myrtle Fitzgerald; mar. (2) to Florence Curtis Knapp; mar. (3) to Margaret Paterson
Records at Woodlawn Cemetery have Sarah's name spelled as Penton instead of Renton.
Sarah E. Westfall was a daughter of Samuel D. Westfall and his wife, Elizabeth Kipp. Sarah was born in Van Buren Twp., Wayne Co., MI, near the village of Belleville. She married 24 Dec. 1863, Van Buren Twp., Wayne Co., MI, to Calvert M. Coleman.
Sarah and Calvert Coleman lived in Belleville and in Detroit during their marriage. They had eight children. They were divorced in 1910. Sarah remarried in Apr. 1910, to James Renton.
After James Renton died in 1918, Sarah lived with her daughter Jennie Coleman Freer in Highland Park, MI. She died there in 1922 and the funeral was held from the home at 39 Geneva St. Burial was on 4 April 1922, Woodlawn Cemetery on the William Skerrett plot.
Children of Sarah E. Westfall and Calvert M. Coleman:
i. William H. b. 24 Sept. 1864, Wayne Co., MI; d. 2 Aug. 1941, Ferndale, MI; mar. to Jessie Croton
ii. Mary E. b. 9 Dec. 1866, Wayne Co., MI; d. 10 Apr. 1904, Ypsilanti, MI; mar. to Joseph Cady
iii. Samuel J. b. 20 Sept. 1868, Wayne Co., MI; d. 9 Apr. 1933, Ypsilanti, MI; mar. (1) to Vadah Shaw; mar. (2) to Jane Wood
iv. George C. b. 12 Sept. 1870, Wayne Co., MI; d. 30 July 1946, Wayne Co., MI; mar. (1) to Myrtle Wagner; mar. (2) to Winnifred Black
v. Addie b. 1 Feb. 1872, Wayne Co., MI; d. 17 June 1925, Wayne, MI; mar. to William F. Skerrett
vi. Claud Edwin b. 12 Jan. 1875, New Boston, MI; d. 18 Aug. 1915, Belleville, MI; mar. to Jennie Maude Heath
vii. Jennie b. 1877, Wayne Co.., MI; d. 15 May 1957, Rochester, MI; mar. to Edgar Freer
viii. Arthur Roy b. 22 Oct. 1884, Wayne Co., MI; d. in 1932, Highland Park, MI; mar. (1) to Myrtle Fitzgerald; mar. (2) to Florence Curtis Knapp; mar. (3) to Margaret Paterson
Records at Woodlawn Cemetery have Sarah's name spelled as Penton instead of Renton.
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