Opal Annie WEST1,3,4,2,5

7th Mar 18971,3 - 29th May 19771,3

Life History

7th Mar 1897	Born in Arkansas.1,3
between 1900 and 1920	Resident in Prairie Township, Arkansas, Arkansas.1,2
1st Feb 1915	Married Robert Lee FREAD in Arkansas County, Arkansas.5
9th Dec 1963	Death of Robert Lee FREAD in St Charles, Arkansas, Arkansas.6
29th May 1977	Died in DeWitt, Arkansas, Arkansas.1,3

Notes

1900 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 19 June, Prairie Township, District 7, Page 14B, House #240, Family #245
West, Asberry Head W M Mar 1849 51 Married 21 years NC NC NC Farmer Owns Farm
West, Susan A Wife W F July 1856 43 Married 21 years 8 children/7 living TN TN TN
West, Annie O Dau W F Mar 1898 2 Single AR NC TN

Family genealogies I find have Annie's name a Opal Annie, though the 1900 census has O as her middle initial.

There is a one-year discrepancy, as happens very often in the 1900 census, between the census birth date and family sources in genealogies. The census reports that Annie was born in Mar 1898, but family sources report the birth was 7 March 1897. Her age reported in the censuses matches 1898 better.

1910 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 29 April, North Prairie Township, District 12, page 5B, Hse/Fam #93
West, R A Head M W 61 Married 32 years NC NC NC Farmer Owns [b abt 1849]
West, Susan Wife F W 53 Married 32 years 8 children/7 living TN TN TN [b abt 1857]
West, Annie Dau F W 12 Single AR NC TN Farm Laborer [b abt 1898]

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Bond For Marriage License
Arkansas County, Arkansas

Applicants Lee Fread and A B Cullipher, 1 Feb 1915 for the marriage of Lee Fread and Miss Opal West.

License issued 1 Feb 1915 Arkansas County, Arkansas, for Lee Fread of Ethel, Arkansas County, Arkansas and Miss Opal West of Ethel.

Certificate issued 1 Feb 1915 by Rev R R Moore fo Methodist Episcopal Church, filed 1 Feb 1915

"Copied 22 Jul 2003, Marriage Book O, Page 442 County Clerk's Office, DeWitt, Arkansas County, Arkansas"

-- Certificate cortesy ofT A Maffitt, posted on Ancestry on 26 Jun 2012, accessed 20 June 2017
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Social Security Death Index
Opal Fread
Born 7 Mar 1896
Died May 1977
Last Residence De Witt, Arkansas, Arkansas 72042
SSN 430-19-5860 issued Arkansas (1973)

Sources

1. Ancestry Trees
2. 1900 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 19 June, Prairie Township, District 7, Page 14B, House #240, Family #245
3. Social Security Death Index
4. 1910 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 29 April, North Prairie Township, District 12, page 5B, Hse/Fam #93
5. Arkansas Marriage License
6. DeWitt (Arkansas) Era-Enterprise