Joseph Alva West
Joseph Alva West (1851-1926) was born 12 Sep. 1851 in Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake Co., Utah Territory. He was the son of Chauncey Walker West and Mary Hoagland. He married Josephine Richards on 4 Mar. 1873 in Salt Lake City; participated in plural marriage. He was baptized 12 Mar. 1860. He corresponded with Wilford Woodruff often in the 1880s, and he responded to a mission assignment in 1895 when Wilford Woodruff was President of the Church. He died 17 Apr. 1926 in Ogden, Weber Co., Utah.
Joseph Alva West (KVP2-Y41), “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 22 May 2023). Joseph Alva West, Wilford Woodruff Papers (https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/subjects/joseph-alva-west, accessed 22 May 2023. "Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959 / Book A, 1860 April 25-1894 April 27,” entry for Jos. A. West, p. 58, no. 2492, image 67/160, CR 301 22; Church History Library (https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/, accessed 22 May 2023). Joseph Alva West, The journal of Joseph Alva West, p. 1-9; digital images, FamilySearch (htpps://familysearch.org/, accessed 16 May 2023). "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 22 May 2023); Joseph Alva West, 17 Apr. 1926, Ogden, Weber Co., Utah, certificate 207; citing Utah, Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Records and Statistics, image 188/549; DGS 2259754.