Background
West, Charles was born on March 16, 1872 in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Son of Charles Nephew and Mary (Cheves) W.
West, Charles was born on March 16, 1872 in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Son of Charles Nephew and Mary (Cheves) W.
Bachelor of Arts, Johns Hopkins, 1891. Post-graduate work, University of Leipzig, 1892-1893, Johns Hopkins, 1893-1894.
Admitted to bar Oklahoma Ty., 1894, and practiced at Pond Creek and Enid. Attorney-general of Oklahoma, 1907-1915. Practiced in Oklahoma City, 1915-1917.
Member West, Hall & Hagan, then West & Petry, now alone.
Member National Tax Association Active in Territorial and State National Guard, 1898-1910 (retired as lieutenant colonel). Lecturer on law, Oklahoma U. Mason (32 degree), Elk, Redman.
Commissioned First lieutenant, North.A., 1917.
Married Sophia Lovell Haskell, of Abbeville, South Carolina., March 27, 1900.