Susannah (Dixon) West (1833 - 1897)

Born 28 Apr 1833 in Ohio

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Stewart West — married 26 Apr 1855 in Brown, Ohio, United States

Descendants

Died 9 Dec 1897 at age 64 in Brown, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Grave marker photo clearly has 1833 birth date, not 1838 as recorded by Find a Grave.

1870 Census, Russellville, Byrd Twp., Brown, Ohio: West Joseph age 44 b Ohio; West Susan age 37 b Ohio; West Louisa age 14 b Ohio; West Elizabeth age 12 b Ohio; West John age 10 b Ohio; West Mary age 8 b Ohio; West William age 7 b Ohio; West Thomas age 5 b Ohio; West James age 4 b Ohio; West Joseph age 2 b Ohio. ^[1]

1880 Census, Byrd Township, Brown, Ohio Joseph S West age 54 b OH; Susan West age 47 b OH; Louisa West age 24 b OH; Lizzia West age 22 b OH; John W West age 19 b OH; Mary J West age 18 b OH; William W West age 17 b OH; Thomas A West age 15 b OH; James H West age 13 b OH; Joseph S West age 12 b OH; Oscar A West age 9 b OH; Martha E West age 7 b OH; Sallie W West age 5 b OH; Susan West age 3 b OH; Susan Stuart, aunt, age 97 b PA ^[2]

Susannah was born in 1833. She was the daughter of William Dixon and Mary Carr. She passed away in 1887. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6KC-JYS : 12 April 2016), Susan West in household of Joseph West, Ohio, United States; citing p. 26, family 189, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,674.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ1D-ZRH : 11 September 2017), Susan West in household of Joseph S West, Bryd, Brown, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district ED 1, sheet 4C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0995; FHL microfilm 1,254,995.
3. ↑ Unsourced family tree handed down to Mary Sodt.

• "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZ4V-RVY : 10 December 2017), Joseph S. West and Susan Dixon, 26 Apr 1855; citing Brown, Ohio, United States, reference bk H pg 147; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 384,274.

"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGW-Q4NW : 11 July 2016), Susannah Dixon West, 1897; Burial, Decatur, Brown, Ohio, United States of America, Liberty Chapel Cemetery; citing record ID 114971295, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114971295/susannah-west