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 birth date differs on various sources, including
 death certificate, which lists age as 80 years, 8 months, 2 days, which
 would indicate 30 Aug 1839, however a number of sources suggest
 that the year was 1838.
 Not sure this Charles in Lee in 1860 is the same, one, but the
 age is correct.
 in his invalid pension application, he states that he lived in
 Lee for 4 years prior to his enlistment, and in Oswego Town for
 the last year before his enlistment. That would have put him in
 Lee from C.1859 to C.1862 and in Oswego Town in 1862-1863.
 marriage performed by Rev. James Erwin
 age at enlistment was 24
 According to his invalid pension application, he lived in Orwell from
 his discharge in 1865 to the spring of 1882.
 Orwell historian mentioned a daughter, but no name.  Census records
 do not show this.
 claimed to be 40 on 25 Aug 1881, which seems too young by at least
 2 years.
 Mailing address in 1920 was R.F.D. 6, Oswego Township, Oswego County, NY.
 may have died in Volney
 cause of death; apoplexy, arteriosclerosis
 Found in 1880 census on Orwell with a group of other Wests.

 In his Civil War diary, he mentions cousin Sanford, and William
 his son mentions Uncle Monroe several times, in the same diary.
 We now know that Uncle Monroe is a reference to James Monroe Phillips,
 who is the brother of Elizabeth Phillips Dopp, mother of Frances Amelia
 Dopp West, William's mother.  James went by the name Monroe, and would
 have been William's great uncle.  Cousin Sanford is still a mystery,
 however, if the Eliza A. Smith whois buried in Lorena Road Cemetery is
 Charles' mother, then cousin Sanford is Sanford Smith, the son of David
 and Susan Smith, Eliza's brother and sister-in-law.  He would be a first
 cousin of Charles.

 Notes from Orwell historian:

 Charles E. West, born August 19, 1839 in Annsville, Oneida County,
 died May 1, 1920, son of Ira West and Lucy Curtis.  On October 1,
 1862, he married Frances Amelia Dopp, born in Lee, Oneida County, died
 April 5, 1921 at age 78 in Oswego Center, NY.  Their children: William
 W. born 1864; Melvin G.; a daughter.  William married Georgianna
 Sterns.

 Charles was drafted August 14, 1863.  Entered service Rt. 146th Reg.
 Received honorable discharge on August 23, 1865.  Came to Orwell
 following war.  Spent childhood in Lee, Oneida Center.  In 1882 moved
 to Oswego Town.  On his death, 1920, he left wife, 2 sons, 2 sisters,
 2 brothers, 3 grandchildren; Mabel West Thompson, Howard West of
 Syracuse, Harold West of Oswego City.