Ira Enos West (1824 - 1893)

Born 20 Nov 1824 in Allegheny Acres, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Charlotte Amelia (Van Orden) Peck — married before 28 Jan 1846 (to about 2 Dec 1851) in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois

Died 10 Jan 1893 at age 68 in Harqua, Maricopa, Arizona

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Biography

Brigham Young "cancelled the sealing" of Ira West to Charlotte Amelia Van Orden in his office on December 2, 1851, and the following day she was married as a plural wife (his fourth) to Martin Horton Peck in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Ira was born in 1824. He was the son of Alva West and Sally Benedict. He passed away in 1893.

Alternate birth location: Benango, Alleghany, Pennsylvania

Sources

• Dictionary of Mormon Biography, Ira Enos West (1824-1893)

• "Died Ripe in Years," Arizona Sentinel 22, no. 9 (21 Jan 1893): 3.

• Turner, John G. "There is no sin in killing him": the case of Ira Enos West. Salt Lake City, Bear Hollow Books, 2013.

• Van Orden, Dell R. "Waded through sorrow and affliction": The story of Julia Ann Haight Van Orden from the time of the death of her own husband until her own death in 1865." Van Orden Family. www.vanordenfamily.org/jah-bern.pdf

• Find A Grave Memorial 125356134