AKA MRS CHARLES O. WEST (1862 - 1912)

who lived in:
COLUMBIANA COUNTY, OH; BLOOMINGTON, IL; WELLINGTON ,KS; RICH HILL, MO; KANSAS CITY, MO; DENVER, CO; BOULDER, CO

LIST OF SURNAMES AND LOCATIONS MENTIONED IN ALBUMS AND BIBLE

Anderson
	J.M
Baily
	W.H.,
Bell
	Minnie,
Bertram
	N.H.
Bolivar MO
Boulder CO
Bowman
	Anna
	Ed.
Brodie
	Lizzie
	Robert
Burgess
	May
Burke
	Jaydeen
	Thomas Charles
Calhoun
	Carrie, sister
	Ella Beaver
	Eva
	Jew., sister
	Mary, sister
	Rosebud sister
	S.V.
	S.V., father
Carbon Center Vernon CO
Cleveland OH
Cole
	Rin
Columbiana Co. OH
Darst
	Jennie
Davies
	Ida
Davis
	Norma Jean
Davisson
	Susanne
Dawson
	Virlinda
Denver CO
Dixon
	Lucy
Duncan
	C.A.
Edgewater CO
El Paso, Illinois 1871-79
Elkhart School, Sumner Kansas 1881-82
Ervin
	Ida
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
Ferguson
	Cloa
	E.C.
	R.J.
Foote
	Thomas Rigdon
Franklin, Kentucky
Garrett
	Charlie May
	Ernest F.H
Hariss
	Lana Leota
Harrelson
	Lizzie
Herr
	Jewel K.
Hetrick
	Henry C.
Hirons
	A.R.
	C.C.
	John
	Lizzie
	Molly, 2
Hookstown PA
Independence School, Wellington Kansas 1881
Irvin
	Adda
Kansas  City MO
Kruse
	Barbara Sue
	Jacqueline Jean
	Richard Lynn
	Walter Bob
	Walter F.L.
Larswell
	Mrs. E.C.
Los Angeles CA..
Mallory
	J.A.
McCoy
	Will
Miami OH
Miller
	W.H.
Neptune
	J.P.
	John Beauregard
New York
Newbold
	W.J.
Newman
	M.D.
Oakes
	Elmer E.
Palo Alto CA
Parish
	Katherine
Pitts
	George T.
Pool
	Josie
Porter
	E.A.
Powers
	Mrs. Lydia
Price
	Sallie
Prunty
	Clara
Quincy IL
Rich Hill, Missouri 1880-81
Robinson
	Ollie, cousin
	T.T.
Rose
	A.J.
Russell
	W.G.,
San Francisco CA
Sander
	Marion A.
Schulte
	W.H.
Shade
	John Henry
Shearer
	A.V.
	Annie
Simmons
	D.T.
Spangler
	Mary E.
	Susan W.
St. Louis MO
Sugar Loaf, Colorado
Surname Unknown
	Charles
	Della
	E.B.
	H.M.
	J.W.N.
	Kiti
	Lee Ann
	Lizzie
	Mag. W.
	Mary B.
	Nettie H.
	Orlando
	Roxy
Waring
	Cora
	Lydia
Wellington KS
Werner
	William J.West
	Alfred Lynn
	Charles O.
	Cora Virlinda
	Dorothy Jean
	Frederick Vincent
	Jewel Herr
	Marjorie Kathryn
	Opal R.
	Orson.C.
	Shirley Lynella
Wichita KS
Willow Branch School, Arthur Mo. 1883-84
Wilson
	Lance
	Mrs. J.P.
Wood
	William
Wright
	S.F.

TRANSCRIPTIONS OF ACTUAL TEXT



Transcribed verbatim from the original and reproduced
1992 by Marilou West Ficklin
1260 Crow Haven Ct.
Colfax CA
95713

NOTE: Transcriber's notes are [bracketed]. Format and indentation approximates the originals



Wellington Kan
Jan 4th/80
"Be thou my friend forever blest
Have friends selected from the best
Have all the sweethearts you desire
but be my sweetheart for this hour
Will A. McCoy



Wellington Kansas
February 16th 1880
When you cast your Eyes upon this little leaf,
think of the one that pencilled the words,
for what is man that thou art mindful of him
for he is only as a flower,
for he soon fades away.
Yours Respectfully
W.H. Baily



To Miss Calhoun.
Look on a love which knows not to dispair
But  unquinched [sic] is still my better part
dwelling deep in this shut and silent heart
As dwells the gathered lightning in the cloud
Yours, truly.
S.F. Wright



Elkhart Jan. 25-1881
To Ella.
Outside of my family,
My favorites are few;
One of them is Minnie F,
Another one is "U".
Sumner Kan.				Jno. Hirons.




Dec  19th 1880
To Friend Ella
For many miles divide us,
And you I cannot see
Remember oh Remember
Who wrote these lines to Thee

A.R. Hirons



Sister Ella

Forget me not
Forget me never
And I will be
Your sister forever
Jew.



Friend Ella,

Will you remember me, when you are travling on the L.L. & G
R. (J?) Ferguson



Sumner Kan. Feb 26th 1881
To Ella
The rose of the valley may wither
The flowers of the forest decay
But friendship shall bloom forever
When all other charms fade away.
Your friend
Molly Hirons



When this you see,
remember me, tho many miles apart we be,
and if it be I shall
see your face no more,
I trust in eternity to
part no more.  my loving
friend Ella
Mary B.




Wellington Kan
Jan 4 1880
Ella,
Darling dont forget me
If in future we must part-
Don't forget your little bonnent
Who loves you with all her heart
Sister Carrie



Jan 1st 1880
Wellington Kan
Lifes
lifes journey is short.
daily are some stopping off
leaving us, and going
never to return  We follow on
Mrs. Lydia Powers



To Ella
So many wishes from others I see
I am sure you are entitle [sic] to one from me.
A.V. Shearer



Feb 19th 1882
Sister Ella,

If scribbling in books,
Remembrance secures,
With the greatest of pleasures,
I'll scribble in yours.
Rosebud



Reflections are cast on all we meet.
For our countenance is an index of the soul.
And love is one power to defeat
and keep mankind under perfect contrast [?]
D.T. Simmons




Fall from the bilows [?] into the deep,
Fall from the mountains, rocky and steep
Fall from the starry courts above,
But never, oh never fall in love.
I fear my advise to you will all be lost--
for alas, it is too late,
Very truly your friend,
Kiti
Sumner 	Dec. 19, 1880



Sumner Kan Feb 25th 1881
You will find girls a caution
Wherever you go
But Schoolmarms in particular
Are a very bad go
To Ella Cahoun [sic] The above is most respectfully inscribed
C.C. Hirons



Sumner Kans Feb 25th 1881
"To Ella"
When far away
Do not forget
A naughty girl
That once you met.
Ever your friend,
"Lizzie"



February the 18th 19__
Forget me not,
Forget me never,
Till the sun,
Shall set forever.
Think of me
Friend Ella
Lizzie Brodie



Alas! Alas! I am so dumb,
I cannot write in your album.
Anonymous

"Life is short
Time is fleeting"
Longfellow



And if it be that I shall see
Your face on earth no more
I trust that in eternity
We'll meet to part no more
J.P. Neptune



Remember me and beare in mind
A truthful friend is hard to find
The path of sorrow and that alone
Leads to a place where sorrow is unknown
Anna Bowman



"Procrastination is the thief of time."
Anonymous



"North Muddy School"
Rich Hill Mo. 1881-82
Bates Co. Mo.
E.C. [Ella Calhoun]



Elkhart School,
Sumner Kans, 1880-81
Sumner Co. Kans.
E.C.



Independence School
Wellington - 1881
Sumner Co.
E.C.



They say I shall forget thee,
But that can never be,
'Twould be as vain as to control,
The deep and boundless sea
{June 26 1881}1



Orie Kan. 15th 1881 [sic]
Forget me not
Forget me never.
Till yon bright sun shall set forever
Your Friend
Clara Prunty
Remember me

Happy Christmas glowing message written with a pen of love graven on our hearts forevertill we meet in heaven above--- Cloa Ferguson (July 15th 1881)

Wellington Sumner Co Kansas
Nonsense o'er the world is sown
But common sense like corn is grown
T.T. Robinson
[above verse is written backwards]
in haste

Willow Branch School
Arthur, Mo. 1884-84
Vernon Co.
(Ella Calhoun)

"Economy is the sure road to wealth"
M.S.
Ella Calhoun
Bates Co, Rich Hill, Mo.


Autograph Album [#2] of Miss
Ella Calhoun,
Wellington Kans.

July 25th 1881




The higher the moon climbs above,
The fairer and brighter it beams,
The older you grow my dear love
The fairer and brighter you seem.
Roxy
Wellington Kans
Aug 12th 1881



Hello Roxy
H.M.
Aug 12, 1881.



Sept 4th 1881
Sister Nellie

Had I the power to carve or print
Thy future dearest friend
'Twould be fair and ever bright
Unclouded to the end
Sister Mary
Rich Hill Mo



August 12 1881
To My Friend Ella
Peace be around thee wherever thou rovest  May life before
Thee one summer's day bind all
That thou wishest and all that thou Loveth
Come smiling around thy Sunny Way
Lydia Waring
Wellington Kans.




Dec the 31 = 81
Carbon Center Vernon Co
When in the west the sun is setting | and your mind from care is free | and
| you are thinking of your loved ones |
then Will you not think of me

Robert Brodie



August the 7 1881
Here is this book of memory dear,
My pen I'll try with out fear,
If these lines you chance to see,
Remember they were written by me.
Forget me not, Forget me never,
Till yonder sun shall set forever
Henry C. Hetrick
Wellington



Forget me not
Forget me never
Till the sun
Shall set forever
James Beauregard Neptune



To Ella
When pleasant hills divide us
And you no more I see,
Remember it is Annie
Who often thinks of thee,
Annie Shearer
March 19-3-88



Rich Hill March 19 1880
We sigh for erthly [sic] homes
And treasures transient as day
But how lightly our thoughts will linger
On our home that is far away
Your Cousin and Friend,

Ollie Robinson




Friend Ella:
Friends must meet and friends must part,
For months and perhaps forever.
Forgetfulness may do its part,
But I will forget thee never.
Your Friend
March 20th 1889			J.W.N.



August 25 1881
Don't forget me Ella Dear.
Though the days be dark and dreary
Don't forget me Ella Darling
But always think me near

Marion A. Sander



Rich Hill Mo Feb 18th -82
Of all sad words of tongue or pen,
The Saddest are these: "It might have been"
Ella - Your Friend.

Ed. Bowman



As sure as your wedding day,
A broom you I will send.
In sunshine use the brushy part,
In storms use the other end.
Sallie Price



At home	Rich Hill Mo Feb the 22 -82
Ida Ervin is my name single is my station.  Bates County is My Dwelling
place  Christ is my salvation.
Think of me			Miss Ida Ervin



Long may you live, and happy may you be, loved by all, but most by me.
Feb 18th 1882
At school				William Wood




Forget me not, Ella, C
Rich Hill Mo Feb 22nd
Oh! many a shaft at Random sent,
Finds mark, the archer Little meant.
And many a word at Random spoken,
Will soothe or wound a heart that's broken.
Would be remembered
from your friend
Anna Bowman



Howe'er it be, it seems to me
'Tis only noble, to be good--
Kind hearts are more than coronets
And simple faith, than Norman blood--
Kansas City			J.M. Anderson



Rich Hill Mo
March 17 1883
At home
Friend Ella.
'Twas innocence, the maid divine,
Who kept this volume bright and fair,
And saw that no unhallowed line,
Or thought profane should enter there;
Susan W. Spangler



W. H. Schulte
Wellington Kas July 6, 1888



Rich Hill Mo
July 9, 1882
To Miss Ella
How appropriate the album memory's own book!  Where, in after years we may
read words written by friendships pen.  So receive these lines as memory's
token, and when re read, may they recall some pleasant moments of your life
spent at Rich Hill, and associated with them the name of your friend,
Lizzie Harrelson

Pencil Sketch
[available by email on request]
W.G. Russell '87
6/27/87



Stop that hiliarity! [sic]
When ribbon is only 7 yds for 35 cents --
New York



Ella, Our acquaintance of more than a year,
Has made me a friend of yours, both true and sincere.
I hope this friendship will not end, no never
But that both may be the others friend "forever"
As you Journey through earth's bowers
May your pathway be strewn with flowers,
And may you love Jesus, with a love none can sever,
And he will be your best friend forever and ever
E.A. Porter,
Rich Hill Mo June 9th 1881



Rich Hill Mo Feb 23 82
Friend Ella
Whose Joys, so fast together flow
Their haste e'en makes their passage slow
Earth holds no other like to thee,
Or If it doth, In vain for me
Black eyes bespeak a lively heart
Whose soft emotions soon depart
The blue a steadier flame betray
That burns and lives beyond a day.
E.B.




Rich Hill 2-25/86
You will observe I've changed this relic. from off the pages perhaps less
true, as regards the Parobel, [sic] eyes of black & those of
blue.  I would as I have changed the emblem, change the real; dear with
you! And should those soft Emotions Soon depart; Mine would sure reflect
them back to you
Charles [? or J.L.L.S.]2



7/9/1882
Miss Ella.
Let one Jewel in memory's casket bear the name of Della.
Rich Hill, Mo.



Friend Ella,
When your toil some day is o're
May its departing ray
Be calm as this impressive hour
And lead to endless day
Your Friend

Lee Ann
Rich Hill June 4, 84  At Home



W.H. George
Wellington Kans Sep 4, 88



Friend Ella -

3[Written in Shorthand]
Wm. J. Werner
Wellington, Kansas
July 6th 1880					
Wellington, Ks. July 6th/88
For old acquaintence sake
This my signature make
W. J. Newbold



RichHill Feb the 23 1882
Desire not to live long but to live well,
How long we live not years, but actions tell.
Remember me		      Adda Ervin



Rich Hill Mar 19th 1882
Sister "Nell"
Remember me, when death shall close
My eyelids, in their last repose,
When evening breezes gently move
The grass, upon your sister's grave.
Mary.



"Miss Ella"
A Line of writing
Oh! what shall it be?
A token of friendship,
From Billy to Thee.
Feb. 22nd 1882		W.H. Miller



Wellington KS July 6/88
Miss Ella.
May your happy days be in excess of your sad ones is the wish of
Yours truly
M.D. Newman



Ernest F. Garrett4
Wellington Kan
Sept 5th 1888




1879			"{El Paso, Ill;
1887		Wellington Kan}"
Dear Ella:
When sorrow was yet unknown to us in childhoods tender years, we played
together, filling the air with our merry laughter and learning the same
lessions;  We, for a time were separated; shen we again met what various
changes time had wrought in our lives?  "The crown of care we both may
wear."  And should we separate never to meet again, I wish you well; and
whereever the tide of life drifts your bark may fortune favor you, and
strew your pathway with the rosebuds of life and happiness, is the wish of
a classmate of 1871.
May Burgess
Wellington Kan



Kansas City Mo
June 26. 1884
Friend Ella.
When the summer sun is sinking
And your heart from care is free,
When o'er a thousand things you are thinking
Will you place one thought for me.
Yours Truly
Ida Davies



Aug 7th 81
Accept this as the regards of a true friend who is ever ready to serve you
and one who will always remember you for your kindness.
Yours
J.A. Mallory
Wellington Kans



Sept 4th '81
Elmer E. Oakes
Rich HIll Mo



To My Friend Ella
When fore [sic] away and friends are few
Remember me and I will you
Lucy Dixon
Wellington Aug 12 1881




Sister Ella,
Remember me,
When this you see,
Although your face be dirty,
Remember me on your wedding day,
And send me a piece of turkey.
Rosebud
Sunday March 19t[msf1]h 1883
At home.



At Brodies	Rich Hill Mo Feb. 18th/82
Dear Sister Ella.
Mid gay scenes,
And merry sports,
Remember dear,
That life is short
Forget me not.  Think of me.  Sister Rosebud



Respectfully Yours,
Geo. T. Pitts
Wellington Ks June 28th 1889



Yours very truly,
John Henry Shade.
Wellington Ks, July 6th 1888.



Your true friend,
Lizzie Hirons
Wellington Kans July 6, 1888



Think of me			June 27/87
Wellington Ks
Friend Ella,
May your virtues ever spread like butter on hot Ginger bread.
Your Friend
Minnie Bell
'Remember me Prairie Dog'




Wellington Ks
Dear Ella.
"Oh fear not in a world like this
And thou shalt know ere long,
Know how sublime a thing it is
To suffer and be strong"
(Longfellow)
Your friend
Josie Pool
Aug 30 1880



Miss Ella Calhoun.
There is a golden chain
It weares a sweet name.
Every link is the same
Can you guess its name?
E.C. Ferguson
Wellington Aug 30th 1885



To Miss Ella			Rich Hill Mo
Apr 7/84
As you go down the
Stream of life in your
Little canoe, I hope
You will have a jolley
Time, with plenty of
Room for two, [Shorthand figures]
Love is to the human
Heart as sunshine is
To flowers, And friendship
Is the fairest thing in
This cold world of ours,
Yours Truly
Thomas Rigdon Foote
Eureka Springs Arkansas




Rich Hill May 30th 84
Written for Ella
As in the forest some wild birds song
Is suddenly hushed, and still;
So over my heart a feeling thrills
No voice but thine can fill.
The music that haunts the quivering air
Is only the echo faint
Of the beautiful one I so dearly love
In her manner, so modest and quaint.
Ah! fame is a beautiful living thing
For our souls to hold in store;
But the love of our hearts is a precious gem
That shineth forever mor
May the sweet  [cross] of Eternal life ever light up thy pathway to
a land of bliss Ella
Sweetest Epitaph on the corner of this page will not forget us in our old age
Orlando [?]
N.H. Bertram
Wellington June 27th 1887



"In the dark and trying hour
In the breaking forth of power
In the rush of steeds and men
Hig right hand will shield thee then."
"As unto the bow the cord is,
So unto man is woman."
Adolescentem vericundum esse decet.
W.R. Rockwell
June 20th 1887



Dearest Sister.
I fear we soon must part
In a different direction we will start
With love for each other in our hearts.
Your affectionate
Sister Opal R. West.
Sugar Loaf Colo. June,22 18965




Aug 6th 1881
Esteemed friend
Your cheeks possess the roses hue
No form is daintier or completer
No hair so black or eyes so true
No mouth is tenderer or sweeter
The favored youth who gains the hand
Of this fair lady will never regret it
Don't you forget it
Your friend
Mrs. E.C. Larswell
Wellington



S_____Service, is true Service while it lasts
Of friends how'ver humble, Scorns not one;
The daisy by the shadow that it casts;
Protects the lingering dew-drops from the Sun
Very truly your friend
Rin.? Cole
P____24th-1884



Aug 12th 1881
Forget me not
Dearest friend
Though many miles divide us
And you I cannot see,
Remember Oh! remember,
Who often thinks of thee.
Think of me.  Yours truly
Nettie H.
Wellington Kans



Remember me
C.A. Duncan
Franklin Ky
9/5/1888




August 12, 1881
Friend Ella
I have your album in which to write
Have turned to a page all blank and white
On dipping my pen into the ink
I knit my brows, and try to think;
I though, and thought, and thought in vain
And then I concluded to write my name
Cora Waring
Wellington Kansas



Come out-side please!!
Can you spell boat?
W.G. Russell



Rich Hill Feb 28th/83
Dear friend Ella
All that smile on thee
are not sincere
As has often been
proven by bitter tear
Anna Bowman



"The flower that blooms in the spring, tra-la-la"
Yours Truly
A. J. [?] Rose
Wellington 7/29-89



Rich Hill Mo. Sept, 12th 1881
Dear Ella
May your life be long, and full of hapiness [sic]
And when your spirit, leaves its clay,
Go up, to dwell with Christ in everlasting day.
S.V. Calhoun




Kansas City June 27 84
remember me when this you see though many miles apart
Mrs. J.P. Wilson



August 12, 1881
Friend Ella
They say I shall forget thee
But that can never be.
It would be a vain as to control,
The deep and boundless sea.
Your friend
Jennie Darst



Away back here near out of sight
I write my name just for spite.
without permission
Your friend
Chas. A. Newman
Wellington Ks. 6/27/87.



Forget me not			Aug 4th 1881
Dearest friend
As you go through the storms of life
You will want an umbrella
May yours ever be up-held by a
Handsome young fellow.
Yours truly
Think of me		Mag. W[?]
Wellington Kans.



Rich Hill Mo
At home			March 5, 1883
Friend Ella
In a hand more clean, and in letters more bright-
Than any found in these pages
May our names be inscribed in the Lambs book of life
An autograph through endless ages.
Mary E. Spangler

HOLY BIBLE

Presented to Mrs. Chas. O. West

by

Chas. O. West

Dec. 25th 1890,Denver Colo.


BIRTHS



O.C. West
S.V. Calhoun, Hookstown, Beaver Co. Penn, Apr 22,1835
Verlinda C. Dawson, Col. Co. Ohio, Aug. 26, 1831
Chas. O. West, Quincy, Adams Co., Ill, Sept 29, 1862
Ella B. Calhoun, Col. Co. Ohio, Oct. 18, 1862


[Children of Ella Calhoun West:]

Frederick Vincent West, Denver, Arapahoe Co., Colo., Nov. 29, 1890, 11:30 am
Cora Virlinda West, Edgewater, Jefferson Co., Colo., Nov 21, 1892, 11:30 am
Marjorie Kathryn West, Boulder Co. Colo., May 6, 1896, 9:30 am
Alfred Lynn West, Kansas City Mo., Sept. 30, 1901,3:15 am
Charlie May Garrett, Boliver, Mo., May 8, 1878

DEATHS


Virlinda C. Calhoun, Wichita, Kansas, Nov. 11, 1879
S.V. Calhoun, Rich Hill, Mo., Apr 22, 1904
O.C. West, San Francisco CA,, April 8, 1901
Cora V. West, Rich Hill Mo., Jan. 12, 1898
Ella B. West, Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 1st 1912
Chas O. West, Kansas City, Mo, June 16th 1932
Barbara Sue Kruse11, Kansas City, Mo, Sept. 29, 1946
Jewel Herr West, Palo Alto, Calif, Feb. 20, 1955
Frederick Vincent West, K.C. Mo, Nov. 4, 1963
Alfred Lynn West, Seattle WA, March 20, 1993, 4:38 am pst
Eva J. Calhoun Neptune died at age 62 in Nevada MO, about 1927

MARRIAGES


S.V. Calhoun & Virlinda C. Dawson, Oct. 6, 1859
Chas. O. West & Ella B. Calhoun, Kansas City, Mo. Oct. 8, 1889
Fred V. West & Lana Leota Hariss, Kansas City, Mo, Oct. 14th 1913
Marjorie K. West & Walter F.L. Kruse, Kansas City, Mo, Nov. 3rd 1915
Alfred L. West & Jewel K. Herr, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 29, 1926
[Marriages of living descendants deleted for privacy]

Sumner County

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