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James Matthew West

James was born on September 5th, 1881 in Louisiana.

Birth Notes
- Sources:
  
     1. Title: 1920 LA Census Evangeline Pine Prairie ED 69 Sheet 3 A
        Text: James M West 37 LA
        Martha 28 LA
        James M Jr. 15 LA
        Charlie L 14 La
        Elizabeth 12 LA
        William A 10 LA
        Addie V 7 LA
        Nora M 5 LA
        Roy R 2 LA
     2. Title: 1910 LA Census St Landry Pine Prairie Ward 6 ED 116 Sheet 7B
        Text: James M West 25 LA
        Martha 20 LA
        Mathew 5 LA
        Charley 4 LA
        Lizzie 1 LA

James' father was James West and his mother was Mary Ann Goodwin. His paternal grandparents were William West and Sarah Celeste Johnson; his maternal grandparents were George Goodwin and Elizabeth Watson. He had three brothers and five sisters, named Wiley, Jeff, Felix, Emily, Sarah, Sophia, Ida and Lila. He was the seventh oldest of the nine children. He died at the age of 46 on September 8th, 1927.

General Notes
- James M West
  B:     5 Sep 1881
  Louisiana
  D:     8 Sep 1927
  M:     8 Mar 1904
  St. Landry, Louisiana
  
  HAS: b.1883

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Nathaniel West Jr
  - b.1776 in Louisiana, USA d.22 Oct 1839 in Louisiana, USA
  
  William West
  - b.1806 in St. Landry, Louisiana d. in Louisiana, USA
  
  Anthony Patrick Corkran
  - b.1736 in Fort Pitt, Pennsylvania
  
  Anthony Corkran
  - b.1760 in Fort Pitt, Pennsylvania d.1819 in St. Landry, Louisiana
  
  Bridget Num
  - b.1740 in Fort Pitt, Pennsylvania
  
  Mary Margaret Corkran
  - b.1788 in Pennsylvania, USA d. in Louisiana, USA
  
  William Watson
  - b.1738 in Fort Pitt, Pennsylvania
  
  Mary Margaret Watson
  - b.1764 in Fort Pitt, Pennsylvania d.1818
  
  Margaret Senet
  - b.1742 in Fort Pitt, Pennsylvania
  
  James West
  - b.1848 in St. Landry Parish,LA d.30 Nov 1929 in Evangiline Parish, Louisiana, USA
  
  Sarah Celeste Johnson
  - b.1807 in Louisiana, USA d. in Louisiana, USA
  
  James Matthew West
  - b.05 Sep 1881 in Louisiana d.08 Sep 1927
  
  Henry Goodwin
  - b.1779 d.<  1879
  
  George Goodwin
  - b.1818 in Alabama, USA d.1886
  
  Sarah
  - d.<  1879
  
  Mary Ann Goodwin
  - b.1846 in Flordia, USA d.18 Nov 1940 in Evangiline Parish, Louisiana, USA
  
  Elizabeth Watson
  - b.1821 in Tennessee, USA d.1879

Personal Timeline

Details of James' family with Martha Nugent

Sources/Citations 1920 LA Census Evangeline Pine Prairie ED 69 Sheet 3 A, 1910 LA Census St Landry Pine Prairie Ward 6 ED 116 Sheet 7B