Charles Joseph West

1872 - 1947  (75 years)

• Name	Charles Joseph West  [1]
  Birth	16 Mar 1872	Savannah, Chatham, Georgia   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	26 Dec 1947	Muskogee, Muskogee, Oklahoma   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I7596	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2020

  
  

  Father	Charles Nephew West
  Mother	Mary C. Cheves
  Family ID	F5400	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sophia Lovell Haskell,   b. 15 Aug 1870, Hopefield, Jefferson, Arkansas d. 6 Jan 1948, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma (Age 77 years)
  Children	1. Jean West,   b. 5 Mar 1901, Oklahoma d. 27 Feb 1989, ..., Butte, California (Age 87 years)   2. Sophia Lovell West,   b. 6 Aug 1905, Oklahoma d. 7 Dec 1978, Muskogee, Muskogee, Oklahoma (Age 73 years)   3. Evelyn Ella West,   b. 17 Nov 1908, Oklahoma d. Yes, date unknown   4. Margaret Mary West,   b. 1913, Oklahoma d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F5235	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017

  
  

• Notes

  Former Sergeant Charles West of company "M," was elected as the first attorney general of Oklahoma in 1907 and re-elected in 1910. In 1914 he was defeated as a candidate for the nomination of governor in the Democratic primary. He served as a captain of infantry in the World War and was a gas casualty in front line service with the Ninetieth division. Reference Chronicles of Oklahoma Volume 20, No. 1 March, 1942 OKLAHOMA IN THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR By JOHN ALLEY1 _____ Charles Joseph West was an attorney and was the first Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma. He was President of the Waverley Investment Company.

  
  

• Sources

  [S43259] RootsWeb.com, West-Despard-Bleecker-Cheves-Anderson-Miller-Hartwich (Jennifer Miller). [S59822] Ancestry.com, elaine family view.