Wife:1st spouse
(Julia Marie Porter)
2nd spouse:
(Louisa Mary Cowell)
His childhood days were passed upon a farm in Plainfield N.H. Attending School two terms per year until he was sixteen years of age.Afterwards he attended the
New London Academy and from there went to Dartmouth College(report cards are in archives) from which he graduated in 1860.He commenced teaching at once and was principal of the academies of at Chester and Bradford VT.And at new Ipswich,N.H. He was also superintendent of the schools in Montpelier,VT and Lebanon, N.H. He fitted students for
Amherst,Williams,Dartmouth,and Harvard colleges.
In 1854 he joined the Baptize church and remained active and efficient in the church work in all places in which he since lived. Preferring a more independent life he relocated to Manhattan,KS in 1883.From then he lived on a farm on College Hill until the present time of his death 1916.A leading spirit,Master of the Kansas State Grange 1900-1906 and served in the House of Representative for Riley,KS.For seventeen years Mr. Westgate has been recognized as one of our best citizens,genial and affable to all.
Manhattan Nationalist
Wife:1st spouse
Julia Marie Porter M. August 21, 1861
Daughter of George Porter and Fannie Marie Martin.
Children:
Julia Winifred Westgate B.03 Jun 1868
Porter Earlton Westgate B.15 Feb 1870
Siblings:
John H. Westgate B. 17 Jul 1834
Henry E. Westgate B. 28 Jan 1836
Earl Webster Westgate B 31 Aug 1838
Hollis Smith Westgate B. 07 Feb 1841
Helen C. Westgate B. 06 June 1843
Frank Benjamin B. 13 Sept1845
Betsey Annie Westgate B. 26 Aug 1847
Hattie L. Westgate B.4 Feb 1851D. 19 April 1875
Parents:
Father:John B. Westgate
Wife: Betsy Ann Clough
Grandparents:
Father: Earle Westgate B. 26 Nov 1764
Wife: Elizabeth Waite B. 07 Jul 1767
G. Grandparents:
Father: John Westgate B.1731
Wife: Grace(Church)Westgate
Wife:2nd spouse
Louisa Mary Cowell(Westgate)
M.11 Nov 1905,St.Louis,Missouri
B.19 Mar 1865 Islington,England
D.19 Jan 1957 Los Angeles California
Children from 2nd spouse:
Frank Cowell Westgate
B.13 Aug 1912 Manhattan,KS
D.29 Aug 1990 Kansas,(Unknown)
Wife:1st spouse
(Julia Marie Porter)
2nd spouse:
(Louisa Mary Cowell)
His childhood days were passed upon a farm in Plainfield N.H. Attending School two terms per year until he was sixteen years of age.Afterwards he attended the
New London Academy and from there went to Dartmouth College(report cards are in archives) from which he graduated in 1860.He commenced teaching at once and was principal of the academies of at Chester and Bradford VT.And at new Ipswich,N.H. He was also superintendent of the schools in Montpelier,VT and Lebanon, N.H. He fitted students for
Amherst,Williams,Dartmouth,and Harvard colleges.
In 1854 he joined the Baptize church and remained active and efficient in the church work in all places in which he since lived. Preferring a more independent life he relocated to Manhattan,KS in 1883.From then he lived on a farm on College Hill until the present time of his death 1916.A leading spirit,Master of the Kansas State Grange 1900-1906 and served in the House of Representative for Riley,KS.For seventeen years Mr. Westgate has been recognized as one of our best citizens,genial and affable to all.
Manhattan Nationalist
Wife:1st spouse
Julia Marie Porter M. August 21, 1861
Daughter of George Porter and Fannie Marie Martin.
Children:
Julia Winifred Westgate B.03 Jun 1868
Porter Earlton Westgate B.15 Feb 1870
Siblings:
John H. Westgate B. 17 Jul 1834
Henry E. Westgate B. 28 Jan 1836
Earl Webster Westgate B 31 Aug 1838
Hollis Smith Westgate B. 07 Feb 1841
Helen C. Westgate B. 06 June 1843
Frank Benjamin B. 13 Sept1845
Betsey Annie Westgate B. 26 Aug 1847
Hattie L. Westgate B.4 Feb 1851D. 19 April 1875
Parents:
Father:John B. Westgate
Wife: Betsy Ann Clough
Grandparents:
Father: Earle Westgate B. 26 Nov 1764
Wife: Elizabeth Waite B. 07 Jul 1767
G. Grandparents:
Father: John Westgate B.1731
Wife: Grace(Church)Westgate
Wife:2nd spouse
Louisa Mary Cowell(Westgate)
M.11 Nov 1905,St.Louis,Missouri
B.19 Mar 1865 Islington,England
D.19 Jan 1957 Los Angeles California
Children from 2nd spouse:
Frank Cowell Westgate
B.13 Aug 1912 Manhattan,KS
D.29 Aug 1990 Kansas,(Unknown)