The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1906-11-22
SUDDEN DEATH
OF J. R. WEST
Life Goes Out in a Twink
ling While Working at
Aliens Feed Store

ternoon by the sudden death OF
John Robert West. He was in his
usual health, and was assisting
Bnndy Allen in unloading wagon
load of corn. Marshal Allen was
talking to him about the corn,
while Mr.. West was shoveling into
the crib. Mr.. Allen had just left
him and gone into the store when
Mr.. Warner came in and said Mr..
West had sat down in the bed of
the wagon, in faint. They both
went to him, and also called DR..
Campbell, and upon examina tion
they found that Mr.. West was
stilled by the hand of death, heart
failure having released his soul
from its tenement of clay,
MIR. West has always been a
very active man in life, had ac-
cumulated some considerable
wealth by hard work on farm,
but in late years moved to Logan
where he has been called upon by
courts in several instances to act
as administrators or executor of
estates, and performed the du6y
well. In the past year he has been
serving as the manager of the II.
l.. Wright farms and properties.
His sudden demise was shock to
this community where he has been
business fixture for many years.
John Robert West was born in
Bluerock Township, Muskingum
County August z, 1888, and died
at Logan, Ohio, November 16, 1906
aged 6S years, 3 months and 9
days.
He was the eldest of family of
eight sons and three daughters, and
is the fourth of this large family to
pass into the Beyond.
He grew to manhood on his faith
er's farm near New Straitsville, and
with his father cleared away the
the forest and builded the home for
the large family. In 1859 he
bought a small farm near New
StraitsYille, and by working on the
farm in the summer and teaching
school in the winter he promptly
paid the mortgage and the interest
as it became due. Having sold the
farm at New Straitsville, he went
to Washington Township, Hooking
County, where, with his family he
resided for % years. Here, again,
by working on the land in the sum-
mer and teaching in the winter he
paid as promptly as before, the lar
ger obligations which he had taken
upon himself and family.
In 1892 he moved to Logan with
the purpose to enjoy the comforts
of life which he had accumulated
by the thirty.two years of the hard
est kind of labor and self-denial.
But he could not endure Il life
of inactivity. He longed for the
farm, its toll and harvests, and it
was while he was gathering in the
the last golden ears OF the season
that the Great Reaper called him
into the fields beyond the Banks of
the Golden River.
As a young man he received such |
as the schools near his
fathers farm afforded. 1t is re-
membered of him, that as a boy he
would plow corn and work in the
fields before daylight in order that
he might have the time to attend |
the schools during the summer
term. AT the age OF eighteen he be-
gan teaching, and taught his home
and neighboring district schools for
more than twenty-five years. He |
was regarded as an excellent school
teacher. universally loved and res
pected by his pupils. In order to
keep abreast of the times, he at
tended a number OF terms of select |
school. He believed thoroughly in |
education, and he never, without |
good cause, denied a single day at |
school or any educational adyan-
tages to his children. His interest
in teaching remained to the last, |
and he seldom failed to attend the
County Teachers Institute during a |
part of its sessions,
He believed in the sacred servic-
es OF the Church and all its inter-
ests. For thirty-six years he has
been member OF the United
Brethren denomination, and for
many years at the old Fairyiew
church. he was Sabbath school