Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: George W. West    
                Born: Dec-  -1825          in Ohio  1
              Census: 1900                 in Centerville, Tyler Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      farmer  1,2
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Elizabeth Ellen Shepherd     
             Married: Feb-18-1889          in Ritchie Co, WV  3
                Born: Jan- 3-1869          in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  4,2 (see note 1)
                Died: Aug- 2-1938          in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  5
              Census: 1900                 in Centerville, Tyler Co, WV  
             Resided: 1889                 in Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1870, 1880           in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Father: Charles Elisha Shepherd   (1840 - 1908) 
              Mother: Sarah Ann Jones   (1841 - 1915) 
Notes 
           F Child 1: Sarah E. West      
                Born: Jun-  -1890           1
              Census: 1900                 in Centerville, Tyler Co, WV  
           M Child 2: James Boyd West      
                Born: Dec- 6-1894          in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  6
              Census: 1900                 in Centerville, Tyler Co, WV  
             Resided: 1943                 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  
                Wife: Myrtle Jetta Stull  b. Feb- 7-1908  
             Married: Oct-17-1923          in Ritchie Co, WV  7
            Divorced: bef Sep 1943          8
                Wife: Thurrida Thelma Stahl  b. Jul-16-1922  d. Aug- 7-1990  
       Also known as: Thurrida Thursia Stahl 6,2
             Married: Sep-30-1943          in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  9
            Divorced: bef May 1946          10
           M Child 3: William M. West      
                Born: Sep-  -1897           1
              Census: 1900                 in Centerville, Tyler Co, WV  

Sources:
(1) 1900 Census, Tyler County, WV. 
(2) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. 
(3) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as George W. West, single, farmer, 66, born in Ohio; and 
Elizabeth E. Shepherd, single, 19, b. & res. in Ritchie Co.  Married Feb 18 1889 in Ritchie County. MR p. 
68. 
(4) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(5) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(6) Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV. 
(7) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1916-1945, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Sep 1998), Identified as 
James B. West, 29, of Ritchie Co; and Myrtle J. Stull, 18, of Ritchie Co.  Married Oct 17 
1923. 
(8) Record of husband's remarriage. 
(9) Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV, Identifed as James Boyd West, divorced, 48, b. Dec 6 1894 in Pennsboro, 
res. Parkersburg, son of George W. & Elizabeth E. West; and Thurrida Thursia Stahl, divorced, 21, b. Jul 16 1922 in 
Cairo, res. Parkersburg, dau of D. W. & Lovie V. Britton.  Married Sep 30 1943 in Parkersburg. MR p. 
457. 
(10) Record of wife's remarriage. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date given in 1900 Census as June 1870, but birth record shows it as
January 3, 1869.  She was age 11 months in the 1870 Census, enumerated on Jul 25
1870.







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