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Jefferson Bowell WEST

Jefferson Bowell WEST

Male 1826 - 1902  (75 years)

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  • Name Jefferson Bowell WEST 
    Born 26 Sep 1826  Smithfield, Fayette Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation farmer  [3] 
    Died 12 Feb 1902  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4] 
    Buried Sheets Mill (Old West) Cemetery, West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I1454  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 30 Jul 2010 

    Father Nathaniel "Natty" WEST,   b. 28 Jan 1789, Harford Co, MD Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 May 1853, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Mother Mary EVERLY,   b. CA 1794, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F6496  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ruhama MADDOX,   b. 26 Aug 1833, Duck Creek (West Milford), Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jan 1909, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 5 Sep 1850  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    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.
    Children 
     1. James Madison WEST,   b. 26 Jun 1851, West Milford, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Oct 1927, Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
    +2. William Jackson WEST,   b. 10 May 1853, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Aug 1900, West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years)
     3. Mary Virginia "Jennie" WEST,   b. 13 Aug 1855, West Milford, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Sep 1929, West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     4. Bell Jane WEST,   b. 19 Aug 1857, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Nov 1861, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 4 years)
     5. Charles Howard WEST,   b. 14 May 1859, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Oct 1937, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
    +6. Ambrose Jefferson WEST,   b. 24 Oct 1861, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jan 1936, West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
    +7. Laura Alice WEST,   b. 28 Mar 1864, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jan 1936, Fairmont, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
    +8. Hiram Thomas WEST,   b. 15 Mar 1866, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jan 1949, West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
    +9. Judson Lee WEST,   b. 7 Jul 1868, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Sep 1955, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
     10. Emma Frances WEST,   b. 25 Mar 1870, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Feb 1911, West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years)
     11. Arthur Ernest WEST,   b. 3 Jul 1873, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 May 1929, West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years)
    +12. Ida Mae WEST,   b. 2 Feb 1876, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Aug 1964, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
     13. Hattie Odessa WEST,   b. 8 Feb 1879, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Aug 1963, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
    Family ID F474  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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

    2. [S1604] Death record of son.

    3. [S1623] The Wests of Duck Creek, Harrison County, Virginia (now West Virginia), William F. Donnelly, (Gateway Press, Baltimore MD, 1997), p. 465.

    4. [S5] Headstone.