Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: John M. McWhorter    
                Born: ca 1845              in Harrison Co, (W)VA  1
              Father: Levi McWhorter   (1814 - 1878) 
              Mother: Eliza Alkire   (1817 - 1874) 
                Wife: Mary M. Davisson   2  
             Married: Nov-28-1872          in Harrison Co, WV  1
                Born: ca 1846              in Harrison Co, (W)VA  1,3
              Census: 1850                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
              Father: William Davisson   (1808 -     ) 
              Mother: Elizabeth Allman   (1818 -     ) 
           F Child 1: Eliza Ann McWhorter      
                Born: Feb-10-1877          in Harrison Co, WV  4
                Died: May-16-1952          in Harrison Co, WV  4
              Buried:                      in Broad Run Baptist Church Cemetery, Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV  4
             Husband: Owen Aldo West  b. Apr- 4-1868  d. Sep- 3-1942  
             Married: Nov-28-1894          in Harrison Co, WV  4
           F Child 2: Alma McWhorter 2     
                Born: Sep- 9-1878          at Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV  5,6
                Died: May-14-1951          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  5
              Buried: (mausoleum)          in Elkview Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  7,5
             Resided:                      in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  5
             Husband: Olandus West  b. Nov-28-1871  d. Jul-28-1939  
             Married: Nov-29-1906          in Harrison Co, WV  8
         No children:                        9

Sources:
(1) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(2) William F. Donnelly, The Wests of Duck Creek, Harrison County, Virginia (now West Virginia), Gateway Press, Baltimore 
MD, 1997, p. 417. 
(3) 1850 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA. 
(4) William F. Donnelly, The Wests of Duck Creek, Harrison County, Virginia (now West Virginia), Gateway Press, Baltimore 
MD, 1997, p. 420. 
(5) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(6) Harrison County WV Marriages 1895-1912, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Feb 2001) 
(7) Cemeteries of Clark District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV. 
(8) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, 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.), MR p. 148. 
(9) William F. Donnelly, The Wests of Duck Creek, Harrison County, Virginia (now West Virginia), Gateway Press, Baltimore 
MD, 1997, p. 210. 







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