My great-great Grandpa. Son of William Henry West & Lucianna Shipe (1838-1900). Uncle Lon said John Cecil West and his cousin, John Shipe "Went to Fort Wayne and went to school and went to teaching."
Married Sarah Jane Reynolds, 1879 in Ellsworth Co., KS. They were the parents of eleven, but I have lost track of Raymond Thomas West, born March 29, 1897 in Meno Co., OK; he joined the military on Oct 5, 1916 in Portland, Washington Co., OR.
Grandpa West had made the run for the Cherokee Strip and he stayed in Oklahoma and worked at the carpenter trade. During the winter months he taught school. Their first living quarters on the homestead was a sod house. After Grandma died in 1922, he married Eva M. Danon on Dec 20, 1923 (he was 65, her 53 [1st marriage for her]); in the 1940 census, she was living with granddaughter Enid Arline (West) Zeleny in Meno. I have found no further record of her.
The Enid Events, Enid, Garfield Co., OK, February 21, 1935
Supplement, Lahoma
J.C. West, 78, pioneer farmer living near Meno died Wednesday in Enid after a short illness. West homesteaded in the Meno community at the Strip opening. He is survived by the widow, five sons and three daughters. The sons are L.A. and I.J. West of Meno, R.D. and William West of Portland, Ore.; and L.C. West of Gastle, Ore. Two daughters, Mrs. Nora Pitman and Mrs. Mabel Scott, reside at May, and the third, Mrs. Lillian Cottom, at Meno. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon.
My great-great Grandpa. Son of William Henry West & Lucianna Shipe (1838-1900). Uncle Lon said John Cecil West and his cousin, John Shipe "Went to Fort Wayne and went to school and went to teaching."
Married Sarah Jane Reynolds, 1879 in Ellsworth Co., KS. They were the parents of eleven, but I have lost track of Raymond Thomas West, born March 29, 1897 in Meno Co., OK; he joined the military on Oct 5, 1916 in Portland, Washington Co., OR.
Grandpa West had made the run for the Cherokee Strip and he stayed in Oklahoma and worked at the carpenter trade. During the winter months he taught school. Their first living quarters on the homestead was a sod house. After Grandma died in 1922, he married Eva M. Danon on Dec 20, 1923 (he was 65, her 53 [1st marriage for her]); in the 1940 census, she was living with granddaughter Enid Arline (West) Zeleny in Meno. I have found no further record of her.
The Enid Events, Enid, Garfield Co., OK, February 21, 1935
Supplement, Lahoma
J.C. West, 78, pioneer farmer living near Meno died Wednesday in Enid after a short illness. West homesteaded in the Meno community at the Strip opening. He is survived by the widow, five sons and three daughters. The sons are L.A. and I.J. West of Meno, R.D. and William West of Portland, Ore.; and L.C. West of Gastle, Ore. Two daughters, Mrs. Nora Pitman and Mrs. Mabel Scott, reside at May, and the third, Mrs. Lillian Cottom, at Meno. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon.
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Family Members
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Gertie Blanche West Pittman
1880–1913
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Nora Belle West Pittman
1881–1978
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Rev Lorenzo Cecil "Lon" West
1883–1969
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William Andy West
1885–1951
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Irl Jason West
1887–1978
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Raleigh Dean West
1890–1970
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Mabel Viola West Scott
1891–1967
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Arlie Lavern West
1894–1956
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Jason West
1904–1904
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Lillian Mae West Cottom
1907–1989
