General Information

Birth
29 MAR 1888
Death
19 JUL 1906
Prairie Grove, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
Prairie Grove Cemetery, Washington County, Arkansas

Notes

WEST, Minnie - Prairie Grove, July 23.- Miss Minnie West of

Wedington, almost twelve miles west of Prairie Grove, committed suicide

by shooting herself through the heart with a 32-caliber pistol. She was the

daughter of Will West who died and was buried here about one year ago.

She was a young lady of accomplishments and had a good home and seemed

to enjoy good health. She borrowed a 32 caliber Smith & Wesson revolver

from some member of the Harris family, near neighbors, and reported that

another neighbor, Dr. Wilson, wanted it. Some suspicion was felt and she

was followed. She went as close to the residence of Mr. Harris as she could,

on a small creek, having reached it in a circuitous route, and near the edge

of the water soon afterward her body was found and by the side lay the

pistol which she had a short time before borrowed. The affair casts a gloom

over friends and acquaintances as no excuse or reason can be suggested for

the rash act. Funeral services were conducted here by Rev. Dyer of

Fayetteville. [The Springdale News 8/3/1906]

Parents

James W. West
- Father
1860 - 1905
Birth
4 AUG 1860
Death
23 SEP 1905
Burial
Prairie Grove Cemetery, Washington County, Arkansas
Amelia
- Mother
1864 - 1891
Birth
7 AUG 1864
Death
2 SEP 1891
Burial
Prairie Grove Cemetery, Washington County, Arkansas