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Wilson WEST

Wilson WEST

Male 1819 - 1897  (78 years)

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  • Name Wilson WEST 
    Born 4 Jun 1819  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation farmer  [3] 
    Residence From 1873  Stone Lick, Horn Creek, Coxs Mills, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Residence UNTIL 1873  Duck Creek (West Milford), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Died 25 Jun 1897  Troy, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Buried Auburn Community Cemetery, Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5] 
    Person ID I24662  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 10 Apr 2016 

    Father Nathan WEST,   b. CA 1780, Harford Co, MD Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar 1863, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 83 years) 
    Mother Sarah DAVISSON,   b. CA 1786, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Dec 1872, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 86 years) 
    Family ID F8994  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Matilda BAILEY,   b. 9 Apr 1827, Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Apr 1916, Troy, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Married 18 Dec 1845  Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Notes 
    • Wilson West and Matilda Bailey were the parents of sixteen children, 14 sons and 2 daughters, eight of whom survived their mother. [3, 6]
    Children 
    +1. Washington Lee WEST,   b. 2 Jun 1847, Duck Creek (West Milford), Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Sep 1932, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
    +2. Albert Maywood WEST,   b. 6 Feb 1858, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Oct 1941, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     3. George N. WEST,   b. 23 Dec 1863, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Mar 1941, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
    +4. Ethel WEST,   b. 6 Sep 1870, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Oct 1946, Kanawha City, Kanawha Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
    +5. Oliver Worthy WEST,   b. 31 Jan 1872, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Aug 1930, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
    Family ID F9237  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1623] The Wests of Duck Creek, Harrison County, Virginia (now West Virginia), William F. Donnelly, (Gateway Press, Baltimore MD, 1997), p. 292.

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S1623] The Wests of Duck Creek, Harrison County, Virginia (now West Virginia), William F. Donnelly, (Gateway Press, Baltimore MD, 1997), p. 293.

    4. [S692] Obituary of wife.

    5. [S123] Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995).

    6. [S14] Obituary.