Individual Details
Fannie West
(14 Feb 1887 - 14 Sep 1969)
Married (1) Sperry Matthews, and (2) Jess Bristow.
Matthews children were James & Ralph, died as infants and buried in Oliver Springs Cemetery, and Gerald, and a daughter Mary.
1910 Census. Oliver Springs, Crawford, AR, Hh 279
Spery Mathews, 23, married once for 4 years, b. AR, Farmer
Fanny, wife, 23, 2 children
Mary A., dau, 3
Jarrl, son, 1 year, 7 momths
Mary E. West, mother-in-law, 66, widowed, had 10 children - 6 are living, b. TN
1920 Census. Van Buren, Crawford, AR, Hh 71
Spery Mathews, 33
Fannie, wife, 32
Mary L., dau, 13. Gerald, son, 11. Loucille, dau, 9. Carl C., son, 4 years, 11 months. Fannie, dau, 2 years, 3 months.
1930 Census. Van Buren, Crawford Co, AR, Hh 22
Samuel Matthews, 44, married at 19, family all b. AR, farmer, truck farm
Fannie, wife, 43, married at 19
Mary, dau, 23. Gerald, son, 21. Lucile, dau, 19. Carl, son, 15. Fannie, dau, 12. Hellen, dau, 7. Jack, son, 3 years, 4 months.
Alice Sisley, Aunt, age 70, widow
1940 Census. Van Buren, Crawford, AR, Hh 228
Gerald Mathews, 31, Stone Mason, WPA Bridge Project. Drusilla, wife, 24.
William, son, 6. Betty, dau, 4. Jeanenne, dau, 2. Margaret, dau, 11 months.
Fannie, mother, 53. widow
Fannie, sister, 22, Seamstress, WPA Project. Helen, sister, 17. Jack, brother, 13.
Buried Oliver Springs Cemetery, Crawford Co, AR.
Events
| Birth | 14 Feb 1887 | Arkansas |  | ||
| Marriage | Abt 1906 | Sperry Samuel Matthews | | ||
| Marriage | Aft 1940 | Jess Bristow | | ||
| Death | 14 Sep 1969 | |
Families
| Spouse | Sperry Samuel Matthews (1886 - 1936) |
| Child | Mary Matthews (1907 - ) |
| Child | Gerald Matthews (1909 - ) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Carl Kirkland Matthews (1915 - 1998) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Helen Louise Matthews (1922 - 2000) |
| Child | Living |
| Spouse | Jess Bristow (1883 - 1966) |
| Father | Rev. John Quincy West (1843 - 1908) |
| Mother | Mary E. Campbell (1843 - 1921) |
| Sibling | Mary E. West (1869 - 1884) |
| Sibling | James William West (1870 - 1926) |
| Sibling | Louella West (1874 - 1874) |
| Sibling | Nettie West (1875 - ) |
| Sibling | Florence Isabel West (1877 - 1951) |
| Sibling | Nora West (1879 - 1880) |
| Sibling | Etta West (1880 - 1951) |
| Sibling | Nannie West (1883 - ) |
| Sibling | Bessie West (1885 - 1943) |
Endnotes
1. US Census 1900 AR, Crawford Co. (LDS Microfilm #1240056), Oliver Springs Twp; p.211a, Household 215.
2. Lucy Jane (Hays) Lumsden, Research Papers from Lucy Jane (Hays) Lumsden. Email Correspondence. Personal knowledge.
3. Lucy Jane (Hays) Lumsden, Research Papers from Lucy Jane (Hays) Lumsden. Email Correspondence. Personal knowledge.
4. Compiled by Doris Stevenson West & Susan Stevenson Sevenburn, History in Headstones; A Complete Listing of all Marked Graves In Known Cemeteries of Crawford County, Arkansas. August 1970. No index. Arranged by cemetery. (Original c1970; The Press-Argus. Reprinted in paperback 1993, Old Van Buren Press; Van Buren, AR), p.356; Oliver Springs Cemetery..