Charles Richard West

Charles Richard West

• Charles Richard West was born on 22 September 1878 in Clinton County, Kentucky.
• He married Mary Elliott on 6 August 1901 in Mayfield, Graves County, Kentucky.
• Charles Richard West and Mary Elliott appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Camden, Ouachita County, Arkansas, 1910 AR Ouachita Camden - A.com
  
  Chas/Char? R West 31 KY M1 TrSlsman
  Mamie West 28 KY 8y, 1 of 1
  Elizabeth West 4 KY. Other members of the household included Elizabeth West.
• Charles Richard West and Mary Elliott appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas. Other members of the household included Elizabeth West. Also in the household was son Charles R. Jr. (age 7)
  
  Chas R West 41 KY Dealer Autos
  Mary E West 38 KY
  Mary e 14 MO
  Chas R Jr 7 TX.
• The following appeared on 5 August 1951 in The Dallas Morning News: (Cisco, Aug. 4) Mr. and Mrs. C. R. West, active in civic and church work here for twenty-six years, will celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary Monday.
       They were married Aug. 6, 1901, in Mayfield, Ky. Both are natives of Kentucky. They moved to Cleburne, Johnson County, in 1911, after residence in St. Louis, Mo., and Camden, Ark. In Cleburne West was in the mercantile and automobile business.
       In 1925 they moved to Cisco, where he established a department store. Since 1929 he has been in the insurance business.
       They are memberts of the First Christian Church.
       A son, Dick West of The Dallas News, lives in Dallas, and a daughter, mrs. George Swinebroad, in Lexington, Ky. Grandsons include Richard West and Elliott West, of Dallas, and Allen West Wood, diplomatic courier with the State Department in Washington.
• At the time of his death Charles Richard West was living in Cisco, Eastland County, Texas, at 500 Avenue F.
• Charles Richard West died on 2 September 1952 at age 73 in Cisco, Eastland County, Texas, at Graham Hospital . Informant was Charles R. West, Jr.
• His wife Mary Elliott became a widow at his death.
• He was interred at Lancaster Cemetery, Lancaster, Garrard County, Kentucky.

• Last Edited: 20 Nov 2014