General Information

Birth
25 NOV 1837
Prairie Grove, Washington County, Arkansas
Death
26 JAN 1920
Prairie Grove, Washington County, Arkansas

Notes

Alvah G. West was born in Washington County, Ark., near Viney Grove,

November 25, 1837, and is one of four surviving members of a family of nine

children born to James S. and Mary A. (Crawford) West, who were Tennesseeans

by birth. The father came to Arkansas when a young man (about 1834),

and located in Washington County, where he reared his family and became a

wealthy land owner. He was married three times, and died in 1881. Alvah G.

West attended the common schools and the Cane Hill College, receiving au

excellent education in the higher English branches and higher mathematics in

the latter institution. In 1859 he went to the Rocky Mountains, locating at

Pike's Peak, where he was engaged in mining for about three years, then

removed to Nevada Territory, where he mined nearly two years. About this

time he met with a serious accident, which unfitted him for further hard work,

and in the latter part of 1866 he returned home, and in 1867 engaged in agricultural

pursuits. On January 22, 1868, he was married to Elizabeth J. Blair, a

native of the county, and daughter of Rev. Jesse M. Blair, formerly of Tennesssee,

and soon after his marriage took charge of his father-in-law's farm of

220 acres. lie has made some valuable improvements, and has 135 acres cleared

and under cultivation, with a fine orchard, consiEting of fourteen acres. Mr.

West has been a member of the school board for a number of years, and takes a

great interest in educational matters. He is a member of the Cane Hill Lodge

of A. F. & A. M., No. 57, and is a Master Mason, and secretary of his lodge,

which position he has held for a number of years. His children are as follows:

Jesse Blair, James E., Mary J., George C., Maggie E., William R. and

Hattie E. Mrs. West is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

Parents

James Sanders West
- Father
1814 - 1881
Birth
30 APR 1814
Death
5 FEB 1881
Cincinnati, Washington County, Arkansas
Mary Armstrong Crawford
- Mother
1810 - 1849
Birth
20 JUN 1810
Augusta County, Virginia
Death
14 OCT 1849
Prairie Grove, Washington County, Arkansas

Spouse

Elizabeth Betty Jane Blair
- Wife
1844 - 1917
Birth
2 NOV 1844
Washington County, Arkansas
Married
22 JAN 1868
Death
26 NOV 1917
Washington County, Arkansas

Children

Jessie Blair West
- Son
1868 - 1943
Birth
ABT 1868
Washington County, Arkansas
Death
17 APR 1943
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California
Mary J. West
- Daughter
George Crawford West
- Son
1875 - 1947
Birth
9 APR 1875
Cane Hill, Washington County, Arkansas
Death
12 FEB 1947
Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma
Burial
14 FEB 1947
Cane Hill Cemetery, Washington County, Arkansas
Maggie E. West
- Daughter
Hattie E. West
- Daughter