Sketch of the West Family, Audrain County, Missouri >From "A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri, with numerous sketches, anecdotes, adventures, etc., relating to Early Days in Missouri" by William S. Bryan and Robert Rose, Published by Bryan, Brand & Co., St. Louis Missouri, 1876. ********************************************************************** William West married a Miss Bybee, and removed from Virginia to North Carolina, and in 1800 he settled in East Tennessee. Mr. West was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and while he was in the Army his wife kept all the pewter ware, of which she had quite an amount, buried to keep the soldiers from moulding it into bullets. Their eldest son, Jolley H., married Nancy Williams, of North Carolina, by whom he had: James, John, Emily, William, Elizabeth, Jeremiah J. and Louisa. After the death of Mr. West his widow came to Missouri with three of her children, Jeremiah J., William and Elizabeth, and they settled in Audrain County in 1834. Mrs. West afterward married Elias Gilpin, who removed to Texas. William West married Polly Mullins, of Tennessee. Jeremiah J. married Zelpha Hatton, of Kentucky, by whom he had ten children, nearly all of whom are named for Methodist prea- chers. Louisa West married B. A. Fields, and died in 1856, leaving seven children. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Penny Harrell ====================================================================