Notes for: Rachel West
The second daughter of Isaac & Rachel West Husk, Dorcas Emma Husk Carpenter, died in childbirth with her fourth child, a son Boyd, who also died shortly afterwards. Her three remaining children were taken in by Isaac & Rachel, who raised their three granddaughters as their own children. This left Emma's widower, Lewis Johnson Carpenter, free to marry his wife Emma's first cousin, Eunice Ann Coon (daughter of Isaac's sister Jane), also a recent widow.
1910 Census, Calhoun Co, WV (Lee District), enumerated on May 5 1910:
Isaac Husk, 64, farmer, married 40 yrs; wife Rachiel (sic) Husk, 63, mother of 9 children (7 still living); dau Cordelia Husk, 12; granddau Villetta Carpenter, 8; granddau Viola Carpenter, 7; granddau Vilena Carpenter, 4.
Entries for the three oldest household members indicated that Isaac and daughter Cordelia were able to read and write, while Rachel could do neither.
1920 Census, Calhoun Co, WV (Lee District), enumerated on Apr 21 1920 on Richardson Road:
Isaac Husk, 73, farmer; wife Rachel Husk, 71; granddau Violena Carpenter, 13.
Again, Rachel was the only household member unable to read or write.