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Martha J. West

Martha J. West

Female 1853 - 1927  (74 years)

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  • Name Martha J. West  [1
    Born 7 Apr 1853  Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Died 26 Aug 1927  Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried 27 Aug 1927  Mountain View-Center Hill Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I3299  Full
    Last Modified 8 Feb 2009 

    Father Sanford West,   b. Abt 1826, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Between 1860 and 1870  (Age ~ 34 years) 
    Mother Nancy [Inknown],   b. Abt 1828, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married Bef 1853  [4
    • Eldest child, Elizabeth, is age 8 in the 1860 Newton Co MO census.
    Family ID F816  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Harrison Colcleasure,   d. Abt 1875 
    Married 4 May 1873  Marion County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Children 
     1. Mary Colcleasure,   b. Abt 1874, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 8 Feb 2009 
    Family ID F307  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Marion Houston Bolerjack,   b. 23 Oct 1847, White County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jan 1918, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Married 22 Nov 1877  Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6
    • Info from a COCLEASURE descendant (Tricia Colcleasure Carothers; bcaroth@jps.net; indicates that Martha J. Bolerjack was previously married to a Harrison Colcleasure. Her daughter, Mary A. (listed in the 1880 census, and appearing as Marion's daughter) is actually the daughter of the previous marriage.
    Children 
     1. Charles Wesley Bolerjack,   b. 1878, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1882, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 4 years)
     2. Alta R. Bolerjack,   b. 22 May 1880, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Nov 1880, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    +3. Willis Shelba Bolerjack,   b. 24 Jul 1882, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1944  (Age 61 years)
     4. Oliver Rice Bolerjack,   b. 3 Oct 1884, Mountain View-Center Hill Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jan 1942  (Age 57 years)
    Last Modified 8 Feb 2009 
    Family ID F1120  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S201] Bolerjack, Martha Jane (West) - Obit (1927), (Obituary for Martha Jane (West) Colcleasure Bolerjack; loose clipping, publication data unknown; possibly from the «i»West Plains [Missouri]Gazette.«/i»).

    2. [S40] Missouri - Death records 1910 - 1955 (MO Archives online), («i»Missouri Digital Heritage«/i» (http://www.sos.mo.gov/mdh/), "Missouri Death Certificates, 1910 - 1956," digital image,), entry for Martha J. Bolerjack, certificate no. 24189, Howell County, Missouri (1927) (Reliability: 3), 31 Dec 2007.

    3. [S51] Missouri, Howell - census 1880 (Ancestry), Missouri, Howell County, (http://www.ancestrry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

    4. [S247] Missouri, Newton - 1860 U.S. Census, Missouri. Newton County., Capps Creek, Van Buren township, Newton County, Missouri, Page 190, Dwelling 1276, Family 1206, Sanford West household, jpeg image (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S45] Illinois - Marriages, online, State Archives (1763 - 1900), ("Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900," (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/marriage.html)), entry for Harrison Colclasure [Colcleasure] and Martha West, Marion County, Illinois, vol 88, p. 85 (4 May 1873) [a second listing of the same marriage indicates the same names and date, but vol. D, p. 55]. (Reliability: 3).
      Harrison Colclasure to Martha West on 4 May 1873, Marion County, Illinois, Book 088, page 0085 [a second listing of the same marriage indicates the same names and date, but Book 00D, page 0055].

    6. [S6] Missouri, Howell - Marriage Book 1, 1866-1889 (book, Gen Soc'y), Audrey Teeter Caplinger, Irene McDaniel Kimberlin, Idell Vest Vaughan, transcribers, (West Plains, Missouri: South Central Missouri Genealogical Society, n.d.), entry for M. H. Bolerjack and M. J. Coucleasure (22 Nov 1877) (Reliability: 3).
      officiant Rev. William K. Glass MG