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Family: Jefferson Bowell WEST / Ruhama MADDOX (F474)

m. 5 Sep 1850


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  • Jefferson Bowell WESTFather | Male
    Jefferson Bowell WEST

    Born  26 Sep 1826  Smithfield, Fayette Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  12 Feb 1902  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Sheets Mill (Old West) Cemetery, West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  5 Sep 1850  [1]  Harrison Co, (W)VA  [1] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Nathaniel "Natty" WEST | F6496 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Mary EVERLY | F6496 Group Sheet 

    Ruhama MADDOXMother | Female
    Ruhama MADDOX

    Born  26 Aug 1833  Duck Creek (West Milford), Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  26 Jan 1909  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Sheets Mill (Old West) Cemetery, West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  William MADDOX | F471 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Sarah GASTON | F471 Group Sheet 

    James Madison WESTChild 1 | Male
    James Madison WEST

    Born  26 Jun 1851  West Milford, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  6 Oct 1927  Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Sheets Mill (Old West) Cemetery, West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

    William Jackson WESTChild 2 | Male
    William Jackson WEST

    Born  10 May 1853  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  7 Aug 1900  West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Spouse  Sarah Louise MICK | F6494 
    Married  5 Sep 1880  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

    Mary Virginia "Jennie" WESTChild 3 | Female
    Mary Virginia "Jennie" WEST

    Born  13 Aug 1855  West Milford, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1 Sep 1929  West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Sheets Mill (Old West) Cemetery, West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

    Bell Jane WESTChild 4 | Female
    Bell Jane WEST

    Born  19 Aug 1857  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  24 Nov 1861  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     

    Charles Howard WESTChild 5 | Male
    Charles Howard WEST

    Born  14 May 1859  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  16 Oct 1937  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Elkview Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Diana LINN | F6497 
    Married  29 Dec 1887  Moundsville, Marshall Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Mary E. SHELHAMMER | F6498 
    Married  30 Jan 1907  Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location

    Ambrose Jefferson WESTChild 6 | Male
    Ambrose Jefferson WEST

    Born  24 Oct 1861  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  4 Jan 1936  West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Sheets Mill (Old West) Cemetery, West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Florence Lillie LEE | F6499 
    Married  12 Jul 1899   

    Laura Alice WESTChild 7 | Female
    Laura Alice WEST

    Born  28 Mar 1864  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1 Jan 1936  Fairmont, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Manley Cemetery, Shaver, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Richard T. MANLEY | F6501 
    Married  26 Mar 1890  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

    Hiram Thomas WESTChild 8 | Male
    Hiram Thomas WEST

    Born  15 Mar 1866  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  14 Jan 1949  West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Sheets Mill (Old West) Cemetery, West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Allie Belle DAVIS | F6503 
    Married  28 Jul 1895  West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

    Judson Lee WESTChild 9 | Male
    Judson Lee WEST

    Born  7 Jul 1868  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  30 Sep 1955  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Sheets Mill (Old West) Cemetery, West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Minnie Otto COTTRILL | F6507 
    Married  17 Nov 1903  Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

    Emma Frances WESTChild 10 | Female
    Emma Frances WEST

    Born  25 Mar 1870  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  13 Feb 1911  West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Sheets Mill (Old West) Cemetery, West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  James Warner KERBY | F6508 
    Married  1 Sep 1901  West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

    Arthur Ernest WESTChild 11 | Male
    Arthur Ernest WEST

    Born  3 Jul 1873  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  21 May 1929  West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Sheets Mill (Old West) Cemetery, West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

    Ida Mae WESTChild 12 | Female
    Ida Mae WEST

    Born  2 Feb 1876  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  19 Aug 1964  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Rose Hill (formerly IOOF) Cemetery, West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  George Lemuel BARTLETT | F6509 
    Married  22 Sep 1895  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

    Hattie Odessa WESTChild 13 | Female
    Hattie Odessa WEST

    Born  8 Feb 1879  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  13 Aug 1963  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Sheets Mill (Old West) Cemetery, West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

  • Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Jun 16 1900:
      Jefferson B. West, 73, b. Sep 1826 in Pennsylvania, farmer, married 49 yrs; wife Ruhama, 66, b. Aug 1833 in WVa, mother of 13 children (12 still living); son James M, 48, b. Jun 1851, house carpenter, single; dau Mary V, 44, b. Sep 1855, single; dau Emma F, 30, b. Mar 1870, dress maker, single; son Arther E, 26, b. Jul 1873, farmer, single; dau Hattie O, 21, b. Feb 1879; grandson Madison W. Manley, 7, b. Jun 1892.
      (Note: Grandson Madison Manley was also enumerated in this census with his parents, Richard & Laura West Manley, in Fairmont District of Marion Co, WV.)

      1910 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on May 6 1910:
      James M. West, 59, carpenter, single; sister Jennie M. West, 54, single; brother Judson L. West, 41, farmer, widowed; brother Arthur E, 36, farm laborer, single; sister Hattie D. (?) West, 31, single; niece Gladys L. West, 3.

      1920 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Jan 2 1920:
      Arthur E. West, 46, farmer, single; brother James M. West, 68, farm laborer, single; brother Judson L. West, 51, farm laborer, single; sister Mary V. West, 68, single; sister Hattie O. West, 40, single; niece Gladys L. West, 13.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1623] The Wests of Duck Creek, Harrison County, Virginia (now West Virginia), William F. Donnelly, (Gateway Press, Baltimore MD, 1997), p. 553.