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I went to that webpage that you provided. It makes a lot of sense that if Matthew McKeever died, that Esther would remarry, and interestingly into the Stoops family! This is getting to be a lot of fun. There is also a "Gillespie House" pictured on the Punxatawny Historical Society homepage. Which opens a whole new avenue of geneological possiblities. I have never seen record of Esther being buried in any Westmoreland County area churches, so, it looks like I have another trip to Punxy coming up, heh heh.
I have something I would like to know your opinion about. In the older historical books that were published between 1876 and 1890, which are a great resource, there have been mentions that state that there could have been confusion regarding the first name of our William, the Revolutionary War soldier. Do you recall that somewhere in the Warden documents that it was said that James lost an eye in the War of 1812? I am wondering if one of the historians who was reviewing the older records may have been confused by the records of William ELwood Jr, who I also believe served in the War of 1812. A three-way set of confusion. If that is not cunfusing enough, here is another thing I think about...
William, who settled in the Punxy area, also had a son he named William. I am thinking that there exists the possibility that his son (William Sr.'s grandson) could have been born in Westmoreland County, on a trip back home to visit his father (William Sr.). He was born about 1810 and this was two years before his father was in the War of 1812. This would mean that his place of birth would be the same of his father's and his grandfather's but he lived his life up north in the Punxy area. Maybe this could be the "background" to why it is said that the William who was born in 1810, and lived in the Punxy area, was born in Westmoreland County. Just a thought.
Bill Elwood
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