Bio of William W. WEST (b.1871), Yellow Medicine Co., MN

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WILLIAM W. WEST (1900)

William W. West, who farms the north half of section 12, Hazel Run 
township, is a "Hawkeye" by birth, having been born in Black Hawk county, 
Iowa, July 8,1871.  His father, Thomas West, was a native of Ohio, and 
his mother, Mary (Davis) West, of New York.  Both died in Iowa.

William West was reared in Black Hawk county, receiving his education 
in the Cedar Falls schools.  When twenty-three years of age he went to 
Butler county, Iowa, where he worked on a farm until 1900.  That year 
he came to Yellow Medicine county and purchased the north half of section 
12, Hazel Run township, from Messrs. Gust. Miller and Henry Lamberton, 
and he has since then been engaged in the operation of that farm.  One 
of the principal items of interest on the farm is the fine herd of 
shorthorn cattle.

Mr. West was married in Minnesota Falls in 1909 to Isabelle Collins, 
who was born in New York state.  She is a daughter of Michael and 
Isabelle (Quayle) Collins, born in Massachusetts and Connecticut, 
respectively.  There are six West children, namely: Ralph, Helen, Lela, 
Mary, Grace and Alice.

Source: "A History of Yellow Medicine County" by Arthur P. Rose
Published 1914