John Frank WEST^[1]

1883 - 1937  (54 years)

• Name	John Frank WEST
  Nickname	Frank
  Birth	24 Mar 1883	Bedford, Bedford Co, VA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1918 thru 1930s  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  	Frank made his living as a traveling shoe salesman, and as a real estate agent.
  Death	17 Nov 1937	Kinston, Lenoir Co, NC   [1]
  	Frank died at 9:30 am Memorial General Hospital. Cause of death was noted as hypertensive encephalopathy [brain dysfunction due to acutely elevated blood pressure] followed by apoplectic stroke [archaic term for cerebral stroke]. He was 54 years old at the time of his death.
  Burial	18 Nov 1937	Kinston, Lenoir Co, NC   [1]
  Person ID	I33664	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Samuel A. WEST,   b. Virginia
  Mother	Lucy HINTON,   b. Virginia
  Family ID	F2246	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Harriette Louise RANDOLPH,   b. 23 Nov 1889, New Bern, Craven Co, NC d. 17 Nov 1939, Kinston, Lenoir Co, NC (Age 49 years)
  Marriage	10 Dec 1913	Kinston, Lenoir Co, NC   [5]
  	Hattie and Frank were married by J.C. Shive, Presbyterian minister. Mrs. O.T. Boney, Elwood Boney, and Miss Ruby Foy signed as witnesses to the marriage.
  Children	1. John Francis WEST,   b. 30 Jan 1915, Raleigh, Wake Co, NC   2. Harriette Randolph WEST
  Family ID	F1723	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		John Frank West. WWI Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Record. Ancestry .com. 103 Park, Raleigh, NC.
  		1920 US Census / West, John F. E. Peyton St, Kinston, NC.
  		1930 US Census / West, J. Frank 104 W. Vernon Ave, Kinston, NC. (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)

  
  

• Sources

  [S3955] John Frank West, Lenoir Co, NC death certificate no. 299 (1937). [S3958] John Frank West. WWI draft registration card. [S811] 1920 US Census / West, John F. [S814] 1930 US Census / West, J. Frank. [S646] John Frank West - Hattie L. Randolph, Lenoir Co, NC marriage record no. 1060 (1913).