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Deward Corwin WEST

Deward Corwin WEST

Male 1916 - 2000  (83 years)

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  • Name Deward Corwin WEST 
    Born 23 Dec 1916  Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Military ENLISTED 11/27/1943  [1, 3, 4, 5] 
    Pfc, US Army, World War II, Europe (wounded in action) 
    Census 1930, 1940  Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Education Salem College  [6] 
    Occupation food service supervisor, VA Hospital, Clarksburg, WV - 17 yrs  [1] 
    Residence Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Residence 1949, 1950  Big Isaac, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    Residence 1995  Laurel Valley (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Died Dec 2000  [2] 
    • Death date given in SSDI as Dec 1 2000, but Veterans records indicate Dec 22 2000.
    Buried Floral Hills Memorial Gardens, Quiet Dell, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I21085  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 15 Feb 2017 

    Father William Burr WEST,   b. 17 Sep 1874, Upshur Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jan 1949, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Mary Etta CARDER,   b. 16 Aug 1880, Union District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Mar 1963, Coudersport, Potter Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Family ID F9040  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jewell Virginia SNIDER,   b. 23 May 1922, Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Sep 2016, Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years)  [1] 
    Married 5 Jun 1940  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Children 
    +1. James Deward WEST,   b. 20 Jul 1941, Baltimore, MD Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Dec 2018, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     2. Richard L. WEST,   b. 1 Nov 1943,   d. 17 Aug 2003  (Age 59 years)
    +3. Living
    Family ID F7793  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Deward Corwin West, Salem College, 1950    		Deward Corwin West, Salem College, 1950

  • Sources 
    1. [S1623] The Wests of Duck Creek, Harrison County, Virginia (now West Virginia), William F. Donnelly, (Gateway Press, Baltimore MD, 1997), p. 430.

    2. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    3. [S1978] U.S. Veterans Gravesites, National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator, (www.ancestry.com).

    4. [S2512] U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    5. [S2580] U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    6. [S1913] Dirigo, (Salem College Yearbook), 1950.

    7. [S643] Obituary of father.

    8. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11797666&Type=Marriage.