The Family of Edwin H. Westbrook and Carrie Short Westbrook

The Parents of Edwin H. Westbrook

Walter Westbrook and Sarah Densmore Westbrook

The Parents of Carrie Short

Nathan B. Short and Speedie Hoppough Short

Westbrook Family Tree

Densmore Family Tree

Short Family Tree

Hoppough Family Tree

Marriages of Edwin H. Westbrook

Marriage to Carrie Short in 1890

Marriages of Carrie Short

Marriage to Edwin H. Westbrook in 1890

The Obituary Edwin H. Westbrook

1864 - 8 September 1939

From the Livonia Gazette, 14 September 1939

Hemlock - Edwin H. Westbrook, 75, of Hemlock, known only, however, as “Ed,” an official of the Hemlock Fair association for fifty-five consecutive years, and president for twelve years, died at his home early Friday morning, after a few days’ illness. He had been in failing health all summer, and a complication of troubles caused his death, though pneumonia developed at the last. It seemed a coincidence that Mr. Westbrook’s death should occur during the time of the Hemlock fair, in which he had always been so active and which he had attended every year since a mere lad. He was honorary vice-president of the Hemlock Lake Union Agricultural society at the time of his death.

Mr. Westbrook was the son of Walter and Antoinette Densmore Westbrook (1) and was born in Canadice in 1864. His family moved to Hemlock when he was a small boy. He married Miss Carrie Short of Hemlock in 1890.

Funeral services were held at the home Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock, the Rev. Ernest Riemer of Wyoming, NY, a former pastor of the Hemlock Baptist church and member of the Hemlock Odd Fellows, officiating.

The burial in Union cemetery, Livonia, was in charge of the Hemlock Odd Fellows Lodge of which Mr. Westbrook was a charter member. The bearers were Odd Fellows W. W. Hoppough, O. A. Beam, O. W. Locke, Bird Naracong, John Clark, and C. E. Wemett.

Mr. Westbrook took a keen interest in educational work in Hemlock and had served on the school board continuously from 1911, with the exception of two years. He was president of the board for about fifteen years.

Mr. Westbrook was chairman of the Republican town committee for a number of years and served as county committeeman for more that forty years. He was a former member of the town board, a former member of the Hemlock Grange and a past noble grand of the Hemlock I.O.O.F. He had also been a member of the Livonia Masonic Lodge for more than forty years.

A very fitting tribute was paid Mr. Westbrook by Frank Lowell, starting judge, from the judges’ stand at the fair, Saturday afternoon just before the races took place.

(1) Editor’s note: Edwin’s mother was Antoinette “Sarah” Densmore Westbrook.

The Obituary of Carrie Short Westbrook

12 March 1867 - 10 July 1947

From the Livonia Gazette, 17 July 1947

Hemlock - Mrs. Carrie Short Westbrook, 80, widow of Edwin H. Westbrook, died at her home in Hemlock, Thursday, July 10, after an illness of several months. She had the misfortune to break her hip some time ago, and never seemed to recover from the injury.

Mrs. Westbrook was born, Mar. 12, 1867, the daughter of Nathan and Spedie Hoppough Short, in the Short homestead on the Hemlock-Gullburgh road near Hemlock Lake. She received her early education in the Gullburgh district school, also the old Hemlock block school house and later attended Geneseo Normal school. She was married Feb. 12, 1890, to Edwin Westbrook, who passed away Sept. 8, 1939, just a few months before they were to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary.

Surviving are two sons, Glenn of Hemlock and O. K. Westbrook of Buffalo; five grandchildren, Janet of Hemlock, and Elaine, Waneta, Grace and Teddy of Buffalo.

Funeral services were held at the home, Sunday afternoon, July 13, with the Rev. Charles Carpenter, pastor of the Methodist church, officiating. Bearers were nephews of the deceased, Walter Short, Nathan Short, Reginald Westbrook, Lee Pemberton, George and Newton Thurston. Burial was in the Union cemetery, Livonia.

The Burial of Edwin H. Westbrook

Union Cemetery in Livonia NY

The Burial of Carrie Short Westbrook

Union Cemetery in Livonia NY