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Olandus WEST

Olandus WEST

Male 1871 - 1939  (67 years)

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  • Name Olandus WEST 
    Born 28 Nov 1871  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Education Wesleyan College, Buckhannon WV (later a trustee there)  [1] 
    Occupation teacher, businessman in coal, gas, oil & glass industries  [1] 
    Died 28 Jul 1939  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Buried (MAUSOLEUM)  Elkview Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I20682  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 15 Mar 2011 

    Father William Marshall WEST,   b. 9 Jun 1835, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jan 1904, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Mother Hannah Almeda DAVIS,   b. 5 Jan 1839,   d. 18 Oct 1894, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years) 
    Family ID F5455  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Alma MCWHORTER,   b. 9 Sep 1878, Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 May 1951, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Married 29 Nov 1906  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Count of Children 0   [3] 
    Family ID F9005  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1623] The Wests of Duck Creek, Harrison County, Virginia (now West Virginia), William F. Donnelly, (Gateway Press, Baltimore MD, 1997), p. 417.

    2. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 148.
      Identified as Olandus West, 34, b. Harrison Co, res. Clarksburg, son of William M. & Hannah West; and Alma McWhorter, 27, b. & res. in Harrison Co, dau of John M. & Mary McWhorter. Married Nov 29 1906 "at the Brides's Home." (Note: Other researchers, e.g. William F. Donnelly citing Minnie McWhorter, incorrectly report marriage date one day earlier, on Nov 28 1906.)

    3. [S1623] The Wests of Duck Creek, Harrison County, Virginia (now West Virginia), William F. Donnelly, (Gateway Press, Baltimore MD, 1997), p. 210.