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  1. Mary Susie West: Birth: 4 Jan 1869 in , , Tennessee, USA. Death: 8 Jan 1946

  2. Seldon Lee West: Birth: 26 Jun 1871 in , Macon, Tennessee, USA. Death: 20 May 1939 in , Sumner, Tennessee, USA

  3. Perry Bunyan West: Birth: 22 Dec 1872 in , , Tennessee, USA. Death: 26 Jun 1937 in Gallatin, Sumner, Tennessee, USA

  4. Miles Robert West: Birth: 13 Jan 1875 in , Smith, Tennessee, USA. Death: 9 Dec 1938 in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA

  5. Jesse Felix West: Birth: 18 Jan 1877 in , , Tennessee, USA. Death: 2 Sep 1914 in , Macon, Tennessee, USA

  6. Henry Ora West: Birth: 2 Jan 1879 in , Macon, Tennessee, USA. Death: 20 May 1902 in , Macon, Tennessee, USA

  7. Merlin Arless West: Birth: 26 May 1881 in , Smith, Tennessee, USA. Death: 15 Jan 1942 in LaFayette, Macon, Tennessee, USA

  8. Verda Clyde West: Birth: 9 Jul 1883 in , Macon, Tennessee, USA. Death: 4 Jun 1910 in , Macon, Tennessee, USA

  9. Viva May West: Birth: 9 Jul 1883 in , Macon, Tennessee, USA. Death: 13 May 1915 in , Macon, Tennessee, USA

  10. Earl Huddleston West: Birth: 12 Jun 1887 in , Macon, Tennessee, USA. Death: 20 Oct 1930 in Ashville, Buncombe, North Carolina, USA

  11. Sarah Kathleen West: Birth: 4 Feb 1890 in , Macon, Tennessee, USA. Death: 3 Oct 1928 in , Macon, Tennessee, USA


Notes
a. Note:   Burial: West Cemetery Lafayette Macon County Tennessee, USA Created by: Stephen Coffman Record added: Mar 02, 2011 Find A Grave Memorial# 66403335
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  Note: Macon County Biographies
  Extracted from Goodspeed's History of Tennessee 1882. These are not the e ntire biography. They have been edited. If you are interested in the ent ire biography, a new reprint of these volumes are available or you might c heck your local library.
  Hon. Jesse West, farmer and prominent citizen of LaFayette, Tenn., and son of Miles F. and Susan (Payne) West, was born in Smith County in 1844, and is the second of three children, all of whom are living. The father is also a native of Smith County, born in 1819, and a son of Jesse West, of Tennessee, who was a son of Miles West, a native of Virginia. Miles F. West, our subject's father, was twice married, his first wife being the mother of our subject. She was born in Smith County about 1817, and was married in 1841. She died in 1856. In 1859 Miles F. married Miss Mary Denton, who bore him three children. He is still living in the Sixth District of Macon County, and is a farmer and Baptist minister by profession. He removed to Macon County in 1855, and resumed his ministerial duties, which he has followed for twenty-five years.
  Our subject was reared at home and educated in the common schools. At the early age of seventeen he enlisted in Company C, Twenty-eighth Tennessee Infantry (Confederate Army), and took part in all the battles in which his command engaged. He was wounded at the battle of Peach Tree Creek, which rendered him ineffective for duty several months. He returned home and resumed his labors on the farm after four years of gallant service. In April, 1868, he married Miss Sarah F., daughter of Robert and Mary Hudleston of Smith County, and by her became the father of nine children; six sons and three daughters: Mary Susan, Selden Lee, Perry Bunyan, Miles Robert, Felix Jesse, Henry Ora, Merlin Aolis, Veva May and Verdie Clyde (twins). After marriage Mr. West located in the Sixth District, where he remained until 1873 as a tiller of the soil. He then sold out and removed to Fayette, where he has since resided, being the owner of 200 acres of good, productive land, on which is a valuable and productive sulphur spring that is destined to make the place a famous health resort. He was magistrate of the Sixth District, but resigned to accept the position of trustee, to which he was elected in 1880. He was twice re-elected, serving six years to the general satisfaction of all. In 1886 he was elected to represent Macon and Clay Counties in the State Legislature. He is a life-long Democrat, and cast his first presidential vote for Horatio Seymour in 1868. He and wife are faithful and consistent members of the Primitive Baptist Church. *********************************************** Note: Military Service: Confederate Soldier see notes Occupation: Tobacco and lumber dealer,, clerk and master of the Chancery Court of Macon County, owner of a sawmill PROP: Owned two hundred acres of land in Macon Co. Religion: Baptist Note: Jesse West, less than eighteen years of age, answered the call of the Confereracy, enlisting in Company C, Twenty Eight Regiment, Tennessee Volunteers, Red Boiling Springs, Macon County TN Oct 21, 1961, commanded by Colonel John P. Murray.
  His death was a tragic one, which seem to hound the name Jesse in the West family. His grandfather of the same name having been killed by a falling tree. At about twelve noon on Nov. 11, 1892, he was at his mill when the boiler became over heated and exploded, throwing scalding hot water over him, scalding and blistering him practually over his entire body. He hovered near death for eleven days.
  Sources: Title: From the Book "What's in a Name" By Hope Holland West Page: pg 51 pg 73
  Russell Family Tree Jeanne Holcomb Ancestry.com Family Trees



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