Rachel WEST

1850 - 1929  (79 years)

• Name	Rachel WEST
  Born	20 Mar 1850	Roane Co, WV   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	13 Sep 1929	Grantsville, Calhoun Co, WV   [1]
  Buried	Samuel A. Husk Family Cemetery, Millstone, Calhoun Co, WV   [1]
  Person ID	I1032	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	20 Dec 2006

  
  

  Father	Samuel WEST
  Mother	Martha COTTRILL,   b. CA 1815
  Family ID	F8820	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Isaac HUSK,   b. 13 Apr 1846,   d. 1 May 1928, Grantsville, Calhoun Co, WV  (Age 82 years)
  Married	15 Aug 1869	Roane Co, WV   [2, 3]
  Notes	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. [4, 5]
  Children	+ 1. Martha Ann HUSK,   b. 4 Mar 1869, Spencer, Roane Co, WV ,   d. 14 May 1945, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  (Age 76 years) + 2. Dorcas Emma HUSK,   b. 12 Aug 1870, Roane Co, WV ,   d. 21 Mar 1907, Rowles Run (Cremo), Calhoun Co, WV  (Age 36 years)   3. Louisa V. HUSK,   b. 19 Sep 1874, Roane Co, WV ,   d. Bef Jun 1880  (Age 5 years) + 4. Samuel Wesley HUSK,   b. 10 Jul 1876, Roane Co, WV ,   d. 30 Mar 1963, Calhoun Co, WV  (Age 86 years)   5. Roxelane "Lena" HUSK,   b. 5 Mar 1879, Roane Co, WV ,   d. Apr 1970, Grantsville, Calhoun Co, WV  (Age 91 years) + 6. Sarah H. HUSK,   b. 12 Dec 1880, Roane Co, WV ,   d. Apr 1970  (Age 89 years) + 7. Ota Matilda HUSK,   b. 15 Sep 1883, Spencer District, Roane Co, WV ,   d. 27 Jul 1919, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  (Age 35 years) + 8. Dilla HUSK,   b. 28 Aug 1885, Roane Co, WV ,   d. Bef May 1949  (Age 63 years) + 9. Cordelia HUSK,   b. 15 Apr 1888, Roane Co, WV ,   d. 19 Mar 1938, Cremo, Calhoun Co, WV  (Age 49 years)
  Family ID	F334	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		812_IsaacHusk_RachelWest_Family.jpg
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  Documents

  1032_HUSK_RachelWest_1850-1929_DeathCertificate.jpg

  
  

• Sources

  [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). [S1200] Roane County Marriage Records, Spencer, WV, MR 1-17. [S1574] West Virginia Marriage Records, 1863-1900, (http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4484.htm). [S1540] Charlotte Snyder Clark , (a descendant of Samuel Husk & Dorcas Anne Critchfield). [S1588] Death record of wife.