George W WEST Mini tree diagram

Jennett COWAN1,2

about 18161 - about 18881,2

Life History

about 1816

Born in Ireland.1

before 1840

Married George W WEST in South Carolina.1

about 1888

Died in Forsyth County, Georgia.1,2

Notes

  • "The 1890’s brought more tragedy for the West Family. Lightner’s grandmother and the family matriarch, Jennet (Cowen) West, died in about 1888 after a long decline that left her able to walk only on crutches. During 1891, flu or other illness decimated the area and four of George W. West’s children (Lightner West’s aunts and uncles) passed away within the year. In 1895, George W. West, who had remarried the widow Nancy (Bagwell) Clayton, also passed away. His farm in the Hightower District of Forsyth County was sold off. Lightner West’s only three remaining aunts and uncles on his West side had all immigrated to Arkansas by the mid-1890’s. The West family of Forsyth County, Georgia had effectively moved on."
    --  The West Family for Hightower History Book, excerpt on the West Family Facebook Genealogy page, 18 June 2015

Sources

  • 1. Jennealogy - Research and genealogy of Jennifer Dunn
  • 2. West Family for Hightower History Book

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