Notes for: Owen A. West
Researchers differ on the sequence of Owen A. West's three wives. The dates of his marriages to Eva Palmer and Ellen Watton are verified through marriage records. His marital status at the time of his 1894 marriage to Eva Palmer was listed as single, and at his 1900 marriage to Ellen Watton as widowed. Census records of 1920 and 1930 show him with his wife Mary.
1900 Census, Marion Co, WV (Paw Paw District), enumerated on Jun 25 1900:
Owen West, 28, b. May 1872, miner, married under 1 yr; wife Icy, 19, b. May 1881, no children.
(Note: The adjoining household was the family of Thomas and Rebecca Watton, parents of Owen West's wife.)
The two children of Owen West and Eva Palmer have not been found in the 1900 Census. In the 1910 Census, they were living in a foster home in Pennsylvania.
1910 Census, Washington Co, PA (Donegal Twp), enumerated on Apr 30 1910:
William A. Bonar, 55, b. Pa, stock farmer, single; sister Jennie Bonar, 53, b. Pa, single; foster dau Edna M. West, 15, b. WVa; foster son H. Carson West, 12, b. WVa.
1920 Census, Washington Co, Pennsylvania (West Finley Twp), enumerated on Jan 7 1920:
Owen West, 47, b. WVa, farmer; wife Mary, 37, b. Pa; son Owen, 2 yr 6 mo, b. Pa (father b. W.Va, mother b. Pa)
1930 Census, Ashland Co, Ohio (Orange Twp), enumerated on Apr 23 1930:
Owen A. West, 57, b. WVa, farmer; wife Mary E, 47, b. Pa; son Earnest O, 12, b. Pa.