Charles
Orson
"Charlie"
West
Born in Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Orson Chiles West
and Catherine (Griffith) West
Brother of
James Griffith West, Alfred Lynn West, Albert West, Pleasant Morris West, Cora E. (West) Beardsley and Opal Rachel (West) Colley
Husband of
Ella Beaver (Calhoun) West
— married
8 Oct 1889 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
Father of
Cora Verlinda West
Died
at age 69
in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
Profile last modified
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Biography
Charles was born in 1862 in Quincy, Illinois. He had four brothers and 2 sisters. He was the only one of his siblings to leave descendants. He married Ella Calhoun in Kansas City in 1889. They had two sons and two daughters--one of which died as a young child. Ella died in 1912. Charles remarried to Charlie May Garrett in 1917. Charles passed away in 1932.
Sources
- Family Bible of Ella Calhoun West transcribed at [1]
- Death: Charles O. West, Missouri State Death Certificate, Register 2412, Jackson Co., Kansas City, 16 June 1932, at age 69 years 8 mos 17 days. Business; Proprietor Of Laundry. Information given by wife, Mary West (second wife) 4714 Harrison. Cause of death acute endocarditis, gastroenteritis, chronic neuritis affecting nervous system. Burial at Mt. Washington Cem, 17 June 1932. Grave stones photographed by Marilou West Ficklin.
- Marriage: Charles O. West and Ella B. Calhoun, marriage License, 7 Oct 1889, Kansas city, Jackson County, MO, # 2636; includes certification of marriage 8 Oct 1889 by George P. Wilson, Minister.
- U.S. Census 1870, Illinois, NARA microfilm M 593, (LDSRoll#0545686) Adams Co., [Viewed at National Archives, San Bruno, CA September 1982] Roll 186, Quincy, Ward 2 , p. 36, dwelling 253, household 270 .
- U.S. 1880 Census, Missouri, NARA Microfilm, T9 [Viewed at Mid-Continent Public Library, Independence Missouri, 5 May 2002] Jackson Co., Roll, 692, Vol 16, Kansas City Ward 1, Sup Dist 6, Ed. 1, p. 18, East Levee, dwelling 117, household 127
- U.S. 1900, 12th Census, Missouri, NARA Microfilm T623 [viewed at Salt Lake City, LDS FHL, 4 October 2001] Jackson Co., Roll 862, Vol. 43, ED 49, Kaw Twp., Sheet 7, line 86, 3005 Terrace St.
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