GILES COUNTY TENNESSEE CEMETERIES NOT LISTED BY CEMETERY


 


WEST, John Walter, Sep 1834 - 12 Oct 1924, son of Samuel A. & Minerva Ann (Samuel) West, husband of Nancy B. "Nannie" (Anderson) West. Lived in Dist 7 of Giles County at time of death. Interred in Maplewood Cemetery.

John Walter West
Birth: Sep., 1834
Giles County
Tennessee, USA
Death: Oct. 12, 1924
Giles County
Tennessee

Transcription of Death Certificate by C. Wayne Austin 11/21/2011:

Full Name: John Walker West. (note:The middle name should be Walter, named after his grandfather, as shown in a draft registration by C. Carson West 9/12/1918)
Place of death: Dist 7 Giles County Tn
Marital Status: Widowed
Birth Place: in Giles County
Date of Birth: Sep., 1834
Occupation: Contractor
Father: Sam West (Samuel A. West)
Birth Place of Father: Don't know
Mother: Minerva Ann Samuel
Birth Place of Mother: Don't know
Carson C. West - giver of Death Certificate information (Note: actually his name was Christopher Carson West)
Attending Physician: (Can't read, perhaps: Carl or Cal Deason or Dean.)
Date of Death: Oct 12, 1924 at 11:00 PM
Death due to: Heart Failure from Age? (can't translate any word except heart)
Place of burial: Maplewood Cemetery
Date of Burial: Oct 13, 1924.
Funeral Director: Bennett-May? Pulaski Tennessee (very faint)

Death Certificate sent to C.W.A. - by Linda Munroe on 21 Nov 2011 - from Ancestry.com.

Censuses show Nancy B. (?) West as deceased wife's name. Further investigation by Linda Munroe find a death certificate with her name as Nancy B. (Anderson) West
So far no gravestone has been reported in Maplewood Cemetery for either John Walter West or his wife. Either he is in an unmarked grave or it was missed by transcribers thus far.

Sources: Death certificate sent here by Linda Munroe. 21 Nov 2011. Transcribed and Posted here by 21 Nov 2011 by C. Wayne Austin.