Joseph was in Portsmouth, Norfolk Co., VA on 22 Aug. 1844
U.S. Records, found in the Adjutent General's Office, Washington D.C. indicate that Joseph S. West was parolled at Greesboro, North Carolina about May 1st, 1865.
Richmond, Its History, by Mary Newton Staudard, P. 573. records a J.W. West, 2nd Corporal. This was probably my (Miriam West) father was was soon transferred to the Navy. (Don't understand why he was J.W. West if this is same person??? - Paul West)
-- Records of Miriam West, Great aunt to Paul Wyndham West, Great Grandson of Joseph Simeon West --
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Records from the West Family Bible, by Joseph Simeon West:
Great Grandfather West married Sallie Cowell of Indian Ridge, Currituck Co., N.C. Issue: Grand Father Joshua West who married Milbury Dozier (Dauge) of Gibbs Woods, Currituck Co. N.C. Issue: Joseph Simeon West, born Gibbs Woods Currituck Co. N.C. where the West stock of family had lived many years.
The writer of this entry, Joseph Simeon West, records that his Great Great Grandfather, his Great Grandfather, his Grand Father, and his father were all named Joshua and from most authentic accounts were all born at Gibbs Woods on West Property.
He also wrote: "Joseph Simeon, son of Joshua & Sarah Frances born Thursday, August 22, 1844."
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The following should clear up the discrepancy of his wife's maiden name. He also wrote the following: "Annie Augusta daughter of John S. and Elizabeth F. Saunders was born August 27, 1845." Later he wrote: "Joseph S. West married Annie Augusta Saunders at home of Colonel Hasker in Portsmouth, VA by Reverend Thomas Hume, Sr., on Tuesday evening August 14, 1866. Marriage license Portsmouth, Norfolk Co., VA."
(Now all I have to do is figure out who Colonel Hasker is and why Annie was called Annie Hasker at times. I have the suspecion that Elizabeth divorced John Saunder sometime during the Civil War. I have found census records showing that he remarried Frances Lyons. I believe she may have been previously married as well. Elizabeth remarried Charles H. Hasker and I suspect Annie A. may have preferred to call him father over her own father for some reason.)
Also recorded is the following:
Paul Joseph, Born Saturday August 31, 1872, Indian Creek, Norfolk Co., VA.
Sydney Vattel, born Tuesday Jan 27, 1874, Indian Creek... .Also recorded:
Miriam Milton daughter of Joseph S. died July 15, 1870 aged 11 months
She lies in yard of Black Water Baptist Church, Princes Anne Co., VA.
Paul Joseph died July 21, 1886, aged 13 years, buried Colusa, CA.-----------------------------------
A couple of interesting notes: In the 1870 Census of Portsmouth, Norfolk Co., Va Joseph is listed as having the occupation of school teacher and his mother Sarah F. (Wigington) West was living with him, and evidently did so until she died sometime around 1883.
------------------------------------------------ Biographical Sketch -----------------------------------------------------------------Joseph S. West, M.D. - Among the strong and forceful personalities who have lent their aid to medical science the name of Joseph S. West stands out with peculiar clearness. He was born at Argyle's Landing, Currituck County, N.C., on August 22, 1844, his youth being spent in the usual way, attending school and helping to operate his father's plantation; he then set about to learn engine construction at the Tredegar Iron Works at Richmond, Va. In March, 1861, he entered the service of his country in Company C under Captain W. Prescott, Tredegar Battalion, for the purpose of defense of the Tredegar Iron Works. On August 15, 1861, he joined the Norfolk Light Artillery Blues, C.S.A., under Captain Vickery, stationed at Sewell's Point, on Hampton Roads, Norfolk County, Va. For defense of Norfolk, Portsmouth and Gosport navy Yard; several naval battles were participated in between the Confederate Virginia (Merrimac) and the U.S. ships Cumberland, Congress, Roanoke, St. Lawrence, etc., and with the famous Monitor, these battles occurring during March, 1862; he also participated during the Seven Days fight with McClellan around Richmond, Va., remaining with the "Blues" until September 21, 1862, when he received a commission in the Confederate Navy as third assistant engineer; he reported for duty to Commodore Josiah Tattnall, flag officer commanding at Savannah, Ga., on October 8 and two days later was assigned to duty on board the C.S. Iron Clad Atlanta, Captain W. Blair, commander, as third assistant engineer and on May 21, 1863, was promoted to second assistant engineer. About June 17, 1863, the Atlanta, then being commanded by Captain Webb, in Warsaw Sound, on the coast of Georgia, engaged in battle with two monitors, the Weehawken and the Nahaut, and a wooden "double ender" gunboat. Going aground on a bar, about three miles from land, the Iron Clad finally surrendered, after losing several men. The men on board the ship were paroled and sent ashore, and Mr. West with the officers was held a prisoner until October 16, 1864; meantime being shifted from Warsaw Sound, Ga., to Hilton Head, S.C., to Fortress Monroe, Va., to Philadelphia, to Fort LaFayette, New York Harbor, and to Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, arriving there on July 4, 1863, where the prisoners remained until they were carried back to the James River, Va., where they were exchanged at a landing called Verina, above City Point, General Grant coming aboard the little river steamer on which they were detained and addressing them kindly and assuring them of their exchange. The prisoners were taken up to Richmond, Va., visiting the Secretary of the Navy, who then took them over to President Jefferson Davis. Within the next few days, Mr. West went on board the C.S. gunboat Hampton of the James River fleet, as chief engineer, remaining with her until the evacuation of Richmond, with the other vessels of the fleet guarding the river approach to Richmond. At the end of the evacuation of Richmond, the fleet was commanded by Rear Admiral Raphael Simms, late commander of the Alabama in her battle with the Kearsarge; the shipping was destroyed at Richmond and the soldiers marched inland as far as Greensboro, N.C., where the most of them joined Gen. Joseph E. Johnson's army, Mr. West taking the rank as junior lieutenant, and on May 1, 1865, the army surrendered to Gen. W. T. Sherman, Mr. West being then twenty years of age.
Returning home, Mr. West was employed for a time, as steam engineer; later he began reading medicine and attending lectures at the Eclectic Medical Institute and at the Ohio Medical College, both located in Cincinnati, Ohio, and was graduated from the former institution in 1874. Returning to his home at Hickory Ground, Norfolk County, Va., Dr. West began the practice of medicine and continued until March 4, 1878, when he started for California, locating in Colusa, where he engaged in the practice of his profession until his removal to Tracy in 1904. During Dr. West's residence in Colusa, he became very actively connected with the Methodist Church as choir leader, member of the official board, and teacher in the Bible school for many years.
About 1894 Dr. West had the misfortune to be injured in an accident, which within a few months necessitated the amputation of his left leg, just below the hip, and by some mistake in the care he received a poison was introduced into his system which paralyzed the other limb as well as both arms and hands. A man of only ordinary cast of character would have surrendered at least his practice of his profession; but in a wheel chair and carried by his son, he went back and forth to his office on week days and to church on Sunday, where he always led the choir, and taught the Bible class, and was easily the leading spirit in the church as well as in all public matters and community affairs. Along with his professional studies, Dr. West had mastered music in a rare degree. He was also a student of the Greek New Testament, and had some knowledge of Hebrew and was an able critic and expositor of the scriptures.
Early in 1904, the family located in Tracy, where he became very active in the mercantile line and in the affairs of the community. He was also the founder of the confectionery and ice cream parlor on Central Avenue, which is now conducted by his son Warwick W. West, whose sketch appears in this work. In 1910, when the town of Tracy was incorporated, Dr. West was among the most active: he served as secretary of the Board of Trade for many years, upholding every movement of any merit for the continued good of the community; he served as clerk of the original high school board and was one of the energetic members of the board which organized the West Side Union high school. Always a strong advocate of irrigation, he worked and sacrificed much in the interest of the first district started, though the successful completion of the system did not come for many years, yet he lived to enjoy some of the results of his labor and sacrifice. He was a member of the board of trustees of the Tracy Methodist Church.
The marriage of Dr. West occurred in the East and united him with Miss Anna Augusta Hasker, a native of Virginia, and five sons and two daughters were born to them. Sidney V., M.D., of Cenco, Cal., was in the late war; Raleigh C., D.D.S. of Oakland, Cal; Marian M., now Mrs. R. G. Hyatt, was an accomplished musician of Los Angeles, Cal; Warwick W., merchant at Tracy, Cal., whose sketch appears elsewhere in this work; Paul Ambrose, in business in Los Angeles. The two oldest children are deceased. Merriam died in Virginia in infancy and Paul passed away in Tracy in 1910, while Dr. West passed away on January 24, 1920. Fraternally he was an honored member of the Colusa Lodge of Masons and Odd Fellows, and politically a stanch Democrat. Dr. West lived to see the going of "John Barleycorn" to the fight against which he had given heroic service, and to see the end of the World War and the return of his two sons, Capt. Sidney V. and Paul A., who served overseas, with the 182nd and returned with the 91st Division; he fought in the Argonne and in Flanders, and was badly gassed several times.
Source: Tinkham, George H., 1923. History of San Joaquin County, California With Biographical Sketches. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, California, p. 437.---------------------------------------------------
In the 1910 Census, Joseph S. West is shown as owing his own home free and clear of mortgage. He is employed as a physician and has two servants: Annie Tanky (age 51) and her son John F. Tanky (age 7). Mrs Tanky was a divorcee from Switzerland, and evidently her husband was from France. It also shows he took in borders. There were 6 borders at that time.
The census record also shows that Annie A. (Saunders) West was the mother of 7 children, 5 of whom were still alive at that time. It shows Paul A. West as her youngest son, being born in 1887.
The census record also shows Joseph's mother, Sarah F. (Wigington) West as still living, and with the West family in Colusa, California. She was 83 years old at that time. It also shows her as the mother of 4 children (instead of the two I know about), with two still living. She mentions that her mother (Frances Whitehead) and her father (James Wigington) were both born in Virginia - not North Carolina.
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Death Certificate Transcription:
Looks like - 0078 Could be - 0878 For the State Index #
County - San Joaquin
City and State - Tracy, CA
Full Name - Joseph Simeon WEST
Date of Death - Jan 24, 1920
Sex - Male Race - White
Birthplace - Virginia
Date of Birth - Aug. 22, 1844
Age - 75 Years 5 Mos 2 Days
Fathers Information - John C WEST
Birthplace - England
Mothers Information - Sarah WIGGINTON
Birthplace - Virginia
Marital Status - Widowed
Usual Occupation - Retired Physician
Informant - Warwick W WEST, Tracy, CA
Physicians signature - Allan R Power MD, Tracy, CA
Dated - 1/24/1920
Burial/date 1/27/1920 Place of Burial/Cremation - Colusa, CA
Funeral Director - Pope Smith Stockton, CA # 1336
Registrars signature and date - Unreadable signed 1/27/1920
Immediate Cause of Death - Chr Myocarditis Intescitial duration - 10 years
Nephitis (Not sure of the spelling)
Other Conditions - Arteio Sclerosis
Other significant information - Length of Residence in county - 16 Years 1 Mo
In California - 42 years
Seen by Physician from 1/1917 to 1/24/1920. Last seen alive 1/24/1920 at 2:30 P.M.--------------------------------------
Handwritten notes from my father's aunt Miriam indicate that her name is Annie H. Saunders or Annie A. Saunders.
Notes from Aunt Miriam say that her name was Anna Agusta Saunders Hasker, who's father was an English Sea Captain. (Question. Which father, Colonel Hasker or John S. Saunders???)
-- Notes held by Paul W. West, Great Grandson --
From a biographical sketch about Joseph S. West, M.D. in the "History of San Joaquin County", published in 1923, it mentions that Joseph's wife's name was Anna Augusta Hasker. So which is it???
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(Based on deductions reached after finding marriage information found in West Family Bible by Joseph Simeon West:
It appears that Annie, or Anna, Augusta was the daughter of John S. Saunders and Elizabeth F. Rodd. She was born August 27, 1845. According to LDS Church Archives records, John Saunders was remarried to Frances Lyons on 11 Jun 1857 when Annie was only 11 years old. It appears that John and Elizabeth must have been divorced at that time. Annie appears to have had a preferrence for using the name Hasker instead of Saunders. In addition she and Joseph S. West were married in the home of Colonel Hasker on Aug 14, 1866. This possible divorce may explain why the name Hasker keeps coming up. Perhaps, her mother Elizabeth married a second time to Col Hasker, and Annie considered him her father more-so than her real father.)
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The 1880 Census of Richmond, Virginia indicates Anna (Annie) A. West was wife of Joseph S. West. It also indicates that her father was born in England. I suspect that she meant her step-father, not her real father.
As a side note, they were living at 818 Twenty-fourth Street, Richmond, VA.
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May 5, 1912
MRS. WEST OF TRACY IS DEADWife of Tracy Physician Succumbs to Heart Failure Following a Long Illness
Correspondence Record.
TRACY, May 14. Mrs. Anna West, wife of Dr. Joseph West, and one of Tracy’s most venerable matrons, answered the summons of her Maker yesterday afternoon after having been confined to her bed with heart trouble during the last seven months. Despite the fact that the passing of the deceased was expected, her death has cast an extreme feeling of regret upon this city.
Mrs. West was 66 years of age and was a native of Virginia. Her early life was spent in that city, which was during the Civil War, she saw much of the conquest between the residents of the nort and south of the Mason and Dixon line. Her father, John Hasker, was chief engineer on the Mrrimac at the time that Ironclad war vessel did battle with the Monitor. The deceased witnessed the naval engagement from shore. Later she was in Richmond at the time that city was besieged by the Federal troops.
To mourn her death are her husband. Dr. Joseph West of this city, and five children - Dr. R. C. West of Alturas, Dr. S. V. West of San Diego, W. W. West of DeSable, Butte county, Paul A. West of this city and Mrs. Russell Hyatt of Los Angeles.
The remains of the deceased will be shipped to Colusa, Colusa County, a former home, Thursday morning, and the interment made in the family plot there.
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DIED
WEST - In Tracy, May 13, 1912. Annie A. West, wife of Dr. Joseph S. West, mother of P. A., S. V., R. C., and W. W. West of Tracy and Mrs. M. M Hyatt of Los Angeles, a native of Virginia and aged 66 years, 2 months, and 16 days.
According to the 1900 Census of Kansas City, Missouri (Kaw Township) Howard B. Moore was occupied as a telegrapher. He and his family were renting a house at 536 Lawndale Street, in Kansas City, Jackson County, Kaw Township, Missouri.
He was married to Virginia H. Walker. Their offspring as of 1900 included:
Arthur H. Born March 1895, Oaklahoma
Ruth A. Born August 1896, Missouri (my grandmother)
James E. Born July 1899, Missouri--------------------------------------------------
According to the 1870 and 1880 censuses of Pike Co., Pebble Twp., Ohio, Elwood F. Moore was b. abt. 1839 or 1838. He was a farmer. His farm was valued at 1344 in 1870 and personal property at 416.
Elwood's wife was named Samaria Bartley. She was b. abt. 1842 or 41.
The 1870 Census lists the family:
Elwood F. Moore, age 31, Farmer, b. Ohio
Samaria, wife, age 28 - keeping house, b. Ohio
Howard B., age 3 - b. Ohio
John Leslie, age 1 - b. OhioThe 1880 Census lists the family:
Elwood F. Moore, age 41 - Farmer, b. Ohio, Father b. Ireland, Mother b. Virginia.
Samaria, age 38, had brochittis, b. Ohio, Father b. Virginia, Mother b. Canada.
Howard B., age 13 - Farm hand?, b. Ohio
John S. or L., age 11 - at school, b. Ohio
Willis E., age 5 - at school, b. Ohio
Loorina (Loorin A.) Barr (Baw) - age 19, b. Ohio, Father b. Md, Mother b. Virginia---------------------------
In the "Advent Review, and Sabbath Herald": 1960, Sep 29 and the "Pacific Union Recorder": 1960, Jun 20 Howard's birth and death dates are given as Nov. 11, 1866 to May 8, 1960. He was 93 when he died. Evidently he was a Seventh Day Adventist.
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San Diego Evening Tribune - Obituary - May 11, 1960
Dr. Howard B. Moore
Services for Dr. Howard B. Moore, 93, of 3827 46th St. were to be held today in Rogers Mortuary with Burial in Mt. Hope Cemetery.
Dr. Moore was a retired chiropractor and a native of Ohio. He had lived in San Diego for 43 years.
Surviving are his widow, Jennie of San Diego, one son, and two daughters.------------------------------
San Diego Evening Tribune - Death Notices - May 9, 1960
MOORE - Howard B. Dr. Husband of Jennie M. Moore. Father of James L. Moore, Ruth West, and Esther Huntley. Services Wed. 11 a.m. Rogers Mortuary. Interment.
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Death Certificate Transcription:
San Diego 91-119
Howard B. Moore
3827 46th St., San Diego, CA
Died: 5/8/1960, 9 am, at home
male, white, married, age 93, chiropractory x 53 years.
Spouse: Jennie M. Moore (housewife)
Birth: 11/11/1866, Ohio
FA: Elwood Moore
MO: Samaria Bentley
Cause: Terminal bronchopneumonia, adenocarcinoma, rectum with general metastasis.
DR: A. E. Gallegher, coroner
Mortuary: Rogers Mortuary
Burial: 5/11/1960, Mt. Hope Cemetery.
In County and State: 48 years
Autopsy: Yes.
According to the 1900 Census Virginia Walker was married to Howard B. Moore. They lived with their three childern in a rented house on 536 Lawndale Street, Kansas City, Missouri. Their three children were:
Son Arthur H. Born Aug. 1871 in Oaklahoma
Daughter Ruth A. Born Mar. 1895 in Missouri (My Grandmother)
Son James E. Born Jul. 1899 in MissouriBoth of Virginia's parents were born in New York.
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Virginia and Howard were married 24 July 1894 in Enid, Garfield Co., Oklahoma
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1880 Census of Steuben County, Lindly Town, New York supplies the following facts:
James Walker, age 35, Farmer, b. NY, father b. Ireland, mother b. Ireland
Mary A. Walker, age 31, keeping house, b. NY, father b. NY, mother b. NY
Nella I., age 12, at school, b. NY
Eliza, age 11, at school, b. NY
Virginia, age 9, at school, b. NY (my great grandmother)
Robert I., age 7, at school, b. NY
John R., age 6, at school, b. NY
Mary A., age 4, b. NY
Winefred, age 1, b. NY
Winfield, age 1, b. NYEvidently Winefred and Winfield are twins.
The 1870 Census only supplies one additional fact, that James was a laborer at that time, rather than a farmer (if that makes any difference).
Jay was married to Georgia, or Georgie, A. Rhodes. Her father, Daniel Lambert Rhodes, owned a farm in Mendocino County, California in 1900. He worked the farm with his son James L., and son-in-law Jay B. Fosgate. Jay and Georgia had two sons: Earl W. Fosgate (my grandfather - age 3), and Raymond G.? Fosgate (age 2), and a daughter Alice B. Fosgate (age 7 months).
The 1880 Census of Redwood Co., Minnesota shows Jay as a child. His father was Edward Fosgate, age 55 at that time. His mother was Carline, age 48. Both were born in New York. He had a brother and 3 sisters:
Name Age Birth Place
Elmer 19 Minnesota
Alice D. 16 "
Pearl 10 "
Jay 7 "
Grace 4 "
Not sure if her given name is Georgia, or Georgie?
Her father, Daniel Lambert Rhodes, owned a farm in Mendocino County, California in 1900. He worked the farm with his son James L., and son-in-law Jay B. Fosgate. Jay was married to his daughter, Georgia A. Rhodes and they had two sons: Earl W. Fosgate (my grandfather - age 3), and Raymond G.? Fosgate (age 2), and a daughter Alice B. Fosgate (age 7 months). Evidently, Daniel's wife was deceased as she does not show up on the 1900 census. Daniel claimed that he was 67 at the time of that census. That means he would have been born in 1833. The 1880 census records that he claimed to be 45 at the time of that census. That means he would have been born in 1835. In the 1840 Census of Dekalb, Indiana, it shows his father as having living with him one male under 5 years old. That would fit with the 1835 birth date. So, it is supposed that his year of birth was 1835 and not 1833. The 1880 census also says that Daniel was a loborer and Mary was a house keeper. Evidently they only had 2 children, that lived at least. It shows that he had several people living with him at that time:
Name Relationship Age Birthplace
Mary A. Wife 43 Indiana
Georgie A. Daughter 4 California
James L. Daughter 5 mos. CaliforniaMargret E. Copple Niece 19 Missouri
William H. Copple Nephew 16 Missouri
Celia Jane Copple Niece 11 MissouriBased on the fact that the nieces and nephew were named Copple, it may indicate that Mary A.'s maiden name was Copple, but it may not as well.
The latest info confirms that Mary A. was Mary Ann (Rhoads) Copple before she married Daniel Lambert Rhoads. Mary Ann was married to Samuel Copple in 1860. In 1870 he died and Daniel who was living in Mendocino County, California at the time went back to Missouri to marry her and take her back with him to California. I can't prove it yet, but I strongly suspect Daniel and Mary Ann were cousins or some other close relation.
In the 1910 Census, Charles was living in house #114 in the coal town of North Cumberland, Wyoming. There was no street name at that time. The census reports that he had been married for 6 years, or was married in 1904, which is about right. His first daughter Emma Lavonne Beveridge (LaVon) was born in 1906. It also reports that he was 32 years old which puts his birth in 1878, not 1880 as my Grandmother LaVon and my mother claimed. It says his father was born in Scotland, and his mother born in England. He was working as a pipefitter (I believe, since the writing was hard to decipher) in a coal mine. It also says he was not working on April 15, 1910, but no indication of why. He was working in 1900, but no indication of where.
Based on personal rememberances from my Grandmother, Charlie was quite a party animal. He was known as "Good-time" Charlie, and was quite popular with the bar-room girls. In 1918, his wife Annie died, and some time around that time, I don't remember if it was before or after his wife died, he moved to Port Costa, California where he got a job working for the Southern Pacific Railroad. His 2 daughters went to live with their Grandmother Emma (her married name was Sweeting) in Salt Lake City, Utah. When Grandma LaVon was about 15 or 16 she and her sister Stella moved to Port Costa to live with their father.
The 1910 Census shows she and Charles S. Beveridge were living in House #114 in North Cumberland, Wyoming. She was 24 and at that time had one child, Emma Lavonne Beveridge (my grandmother). Annie was born in England as were her mother and father. They immigrated with the Mormon Pioneers in 1886 and were Naturalized.
In 1918, she died of the plague that was so prevelent at the time, and her two daughters went to live with her mother Emma in Salt Lake City, Utah. I'm not sure if her husband left her before or after she died, but he went to live in Port Costa, California where he got a job with the Southern Pacific Railroad. Later in about 1920, their 2 daughters Emma Lavonne (LaVon) and Stella went to California to live with their father.