• Born: 3 January 1888, Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, USA ³
• Marriage (1): Rose Isabelle CENTER on 4 February 1912 in Fresno County, California, USA ¹
• Marriage (2): Maggie Elizabeth VANSICKLE before 1935 in prob West Virginia, USA
• Died: 20 May 1935, Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio, USA at age 47 ⁴
• Buried: 22 May 1935, Southside, Mason County, West Virginia, USA ⁴

   Cause of his death was Homicide (gunshot wound to abdomen, internal hemorrhage and ruptured intestines)..⁴

   Other names for Chester were Chester WEST,¹ Chester H. WEST and Howard Chester WEST.

  Death Notes

Holzer Hospital; usual residence Pliny, West Virginia

  Burial Notes

Van Sickle Cemetery

  Recorded Events in His Life

• He has conflicting birth information of Abt 1884 and Colorado, USA. ¹

• He has conflicting birth information of January 1887 and Colorado, USA. ⁵

• He has conflicting birth information of 4 January 1890 and Oregon, USA. ⁴

• He appeared on the 1900 US Federal Census on 2 June 1900 in Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA. EH Thornton       47
  Mary Thornton       38
  Edgar Thornton       7
  Clara J Thornton       4
  Isabella Thornton       2
  Lillian West       17
  Chester West       13
  Helen West       11
  Emma Knittel       19
  Albert Yale       72

• He had a residence on 5 June 1917 in Los Banos, Merced County, California, USA.

• He served in the military in 1918: medals for valor in WWI. Croix de Guerre; French, Italian and British decorations; Congressional medal of honor

• He had a residence in 1919 in Los Banos, Merced County, California, USA.

• He had a residence in 1920 in Los Banos, Merced County, California, USA.

• He had a residence before 20 May 1935 in Pliny, Putnam County, West Virginia, USA.

Chester married Rose Isabelle CENTER, daughter of Henry Ebenezer CENTER and Dulcena Permina A. HARBOUR, on 4 February 1912 in Fresno County, California, USA.¹ The marriage ended in divorce before November 1916. (Rose Isabelle CENTER was born on 23 September 1890 in Melvern, Osage County, Kansas, USA, died on 3 January 1923 in Kern County, California, USA and was buried in 1923 in Bakersfield, Kern County, California, USA.)

Chester next married Maggie Elizabeth VANSICKLE before 1935 in prob West Virginia, USA. (Maggie Elizabeth VANSICKLE was born on 15 November 1886 in Mason County, West Virginia, USA,⁶ died on 18 January 1968 in Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA ⁶ and was buried in 1968 in South Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA.)