Jul-28-2018                   
             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 1
Other spouse 3
Notes 1 
                Wife: Ellen Icy Watton     
         Census name: Icy Watton 2
             Married: Mar- 3-1900          in Rivesville, Marion Co, WV  6,1
                Born: May-17-1881           7,2,3 (see note 1)
                Died: Jan-15-1960          in Zanesville, Muskingum Co, OH  8
              Census: 1910                 in Morgan Co, OH   (see note 2)
              Census: 1900                 in Paw Paw District, Marion Co, WV  
             Resided: 1900                 in Marion Co, WV  3
              Father: Thomas T. Watton   (1854 - 1929) 
              Mother: Rebecca Hayhurst   (1857 - 1929) 
           F Child 1: Inez West      
                Born: 1900                  9
                Died: Feb-14-1931          in Wheeling, Ohio Co, WV  10
              Buried:                      in Mount View Cemetery, Dallas, Marshall Co, WV  11,10
             Resided:                      in Dallas, Marshall Co, WV  10
           M Child 2: Elmore Jackson West      
                Born: Dec-17-1902           12
                Died: Oct-22-1959          in Fowlersville, Livingston Co, MI  12
              Buried: Wrights Cemetery     in Livingston Co, MI  12
           M Child 3: William Burr West      
                Born: Jun- 6-1904          in Morgan Co, OH  12
                Died: Apr-17-1933          in Zanesville, Muskingum Co, OH  12
           M Child 4: Frank West      
                Born: ca 1907              in Ohio  13
              Census: 1910                 in Morgan Co, OH  
           F Child 5: Pearl West      
                Born: Feb-  -1909          in Ohio  13
              Census: 1910                 in Morgan Co, OH  

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) Marion County Marriage Records, Fairmont, WV, Identified as Owen A. West, widowed, 27, b. Upshur Co, res. Marion Co; and 
Ellen Watton, 19, b. Doddridge Co, res. Marion Co.  Married Mar 3 1900 at Rivesville, Marion County, W.Va.  Written 
consent given by Rebecca Watton, mother of Ellen Watton. MR p. 79 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12528759&Type=Marriage. 
(7) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(8) Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 (online), Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. 
(9) Headstone (year only) 
(10) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(11) Findagrave.com. 
(12) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com) 
(13) 1910 Census. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birthplace given in 1900 marriage record as Doddridge County, but WV Births
Index shows it as Harrison County.
Note (2) Listed as Icy E. West, 28, b. WVa, married 10 yrs, mother of 5 children (all
still living), servant in the household of John (65, b. Ohio) & Mary (79, b.
Ohio) Smith.  Listed as boarders in the household were Frank West (3, b. Ohio)
and Pearl West (1y 2m, b. Ohio).  Icy's husband and other children were not
present.







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