Benjamin Boles Westgate and Abigail St. John

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Husband Benjamin Boles Westgate ¹

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           Born: 10 Jul 1795 2
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           Died:  - Riceville, Crawford Co, PA
         Buried:  - Riceville, Crawford Co, PA

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         Father: Sylvanus Westgate (1766-      ) 2
         Mother: Deborah Hammond (1757-      ) 2

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       Marriage: 18 Feb 1819 2

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   Other Spouse: Martha St. John (1796-1865) 2 - 10 Aug 1828 - Saratoga, Saratoga Co, NY 2

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Wife Abigail St. John ²

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         Father: Matthew St. John (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Abigail [Unk] (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 M Lorenzo Westgate ²

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           Born: 14 Dec 1819 2
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2 M Reuben B. Westgate ^{1 3}

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           Born: 9 Jan 1822 - Riceville, Crawford Co, PA 2
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           Died: Aug 1874 3 4
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         Spouse: Huldah T. Ferry (      -1866) 3 4

         Spouse: Clemina Gray (      -      ) 3 4
           Marr: 1867 4

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3 M St. John Westgate ²

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           Born: 24 Jan 1824 2
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4 M Orson Westgate ²

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           Born: 2 Sep 1825 2
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General Notes: Husband - Benjamin Boles Westgate

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He was educated in public schools and spent his early life at Fishkill and Providence, Rhode Island, coming to Pennsylvania in 1839 and locating at Riceville, Crawford County. His early business was the manufacture of bent-wood ware, cheese boxes, bowls, etc. After coming to Riceville he established a sash, blind and door factory, marketing his products in Erie, Pennsylvania, transporting them from mill to market by teams. He operated his Riceville factory for twenty-five years and was rated one of the substantial men of the town. He was a Whig in politics, later a Republican, holding the office of postmaster and justice of the peace. He was an attendant of the Congregational church, of which his wife was a member.

The original firm was B. B. Westgate & Sons. In 1866 the plant was sold to Joshua Bruner, who operated it two years. In 1866 the entire Westgate family moved from Riceville to Vineland, New Jersey, and resided there the next two years. At the end of that time the son, Reuben B. Westgate, purchased back the sash and blind works and continued to operate them until his death. After his death the executors of his estate continued to operate the plant until 1880.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 393, 1115.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 393.

3 Samuel P. Bates, LL.D., Our County and Its People, A Historical and Memorial Record of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (W. A. Fergusson & Co., 1899), Pg 783.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 1115.