Husband: Owen A. West
Born: May-16-1872 in Upshur Co, WV 1,2 Died: Jul- 2-1938 in Ashland, Ashland Co, OH 1 Buried: in Maple Grove Cemetery, Ashland, Ashland Co, OH 1 Census: 1930 in Ashland Co, OH Census: 1920 in West Finley, Washington Co, PA Resided: 1918 in West Finley, Washington Co, PA Census: 1900 in Paw Paw District, Marion Co, WV Resided: 1900 in Marion Co, WV 3 Resided: 1894 in Harrison Co, WV 3 Census: 1880 in Upshur Co, WV Occupation: farmer 4,5 Occupation: 1900 coal miner 2 Father: John Jackson West (1837 - 1906) Mother: Mary Elizabeth Cozad (1840 - 1922) Other spouse 2 Other spouse 3 Notes 1
Wife: Eva Palmer 6
Married: Mar-10-1894 in Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV 7,1
Born: Sep-17-1877 in Harrison Co, WV 8,9
Died: Apr-13-1899 10
Buried: in Duck Creek Mission Church Cemetery, near West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 11,12
Census: 1880 in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV
Father: William James Palmer (1845 - 1917)
Mother: Mary Jane Watton (1852 - 1912)
F Child 1: Edna Mabel West Born: Apr- 3-1895 at Big Isaac, Doddridge Co, WV 13,14 Died: Aug- 2-1988 in Washington, Washington Co, PA 15,14 Resided: in Washington, Washington Co, PA 13,16 Census: 1910, 1920, 1930 in Washington Co, PA Education: nursing, Washington City Hospital (1914) Husband: Hershel Sylvester "Syl" Ross b. Sep-23-1893 d. Mar- -1969 Also known as: Silvester Ross 17
M Child 2: Hansen Carson West Also known as: Carson West 18 Born: Sep- 5-1897 in West Virginia 19 Died: bef Aug 1988 18 Resided: 1918 in West Finley, Washington Co, PA 19 (see note 1) Census: 1910 in Washington Co, PA
Sources: (1) William F. Donnelly, The Wests of Duck Creek, Harrison County, Virginia (now West Virginia), Gateway Press, Baltimore MD, 1997, p. 418. (2) 1900 Census, Marion County, WV. (3) Marion County Marriage Records, Fairmont, WV. (4) 1920 Census. (5) 1930 Census. (6) Obituary of daughter. (7) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as O. A. West, single, 21, b. Upshur Co, res. Harrison Co, son of J. J. & M. E. West; and Eva Palmer, 16, b. & res. in Harrison Co, dau of William & Mary J. Palmer. Married Mar 10 1894 at Lost Creek, W.Va. Informants for marriage license: O. A. West & Earl Palmer. MR p. 228 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=23215&Type=Marriage. (8) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death. (9) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (10) Headstone. (11) Cemeteries of Grant District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV. (12) Findagrave.com. (13) Obituary. (14) Social Security Death Index. (15) Obituary - Hospital. (16) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Pennsylvania before 1951. (17) National Archives and Records Administration, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (Ancestry.com online database) (18) Obituary of sister. (19) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online database) Event Notes Note (1) Address given on WW I draft registration as RD 3, West Finley, Pa. Nearest relative listed as Owen A. West at the same address.