Individual Details
Myron Howard West
(12 Aug 1817 - Sep 1860)
A letter in the possession of Jane Hays Lunsden written from Gratis Comstock to Minnie Hays Comstock had a typewritten article about John Q. West. The article states that "Miram" came as a young man first to Washington Co AR and then to Crawford Co about 1840. He married in 1842 to Mary A. Stevenson, daughter of James G. & Jane Stevenson who were pioneer settlers of Crawford Co having arrived in 1830. "Miram" served as a Representative of Crawford Co in 1856.
1850 Census. Van Buren Twp, Crawford, AR. Hh 61
Myron's brother William West, age 24, listed first, b. KY
Myron West, 35, b. KY
Mary A., 26, b. AR
John, 7. Lavinia J., 4. Ann, 2.
1860 Census, Crawford Co AR. Miron West age 43, b. KY. Mary A. age 37, b. AR. John Q. age 17, Lavinia J. age 13, Miranda A. 11, Susan L. age 8, James G. age 5, and Miron H. age 2. All children born in AR. They were two households from Mary Ann's father's James G. Stevenson.
Buried Stevenson-West Cemetery.
Events
| Birth | 12 Aug 1817 | Kentucky |  | ||
| Marriage | 1842 | Crawford County, Arkansas - Mary Ann Stevenson | | ||
| Death | Sep 1860 | Crawford County, Arkansas | |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Ann Stevenson (1824 - 1887) |
| Child | Rev. John Quincy West (1843 - 1908) |
| Child | Lavina J. West (1847 - 1931) |
| Child | Miranda Ann West (1848 - ) |
| Child | Susan L. West (1852 - ) |
| Child | James Graham West (1855 - 1914) |
| Child | Myron Howard West Jr. (1858 - 1940) |
| Father | John West (1784 - 1859) |
| Mother | Lavinia Jane Howard (1795 - 1867) |
| Sibling | Ophelia Quine West (1815 - 1886) |
| Sibling | Omira Lois West (1819 - ) |
| Sibling | Omiza Ann West (1821 - 1870) |
| Sibling | Osetta Susan West (1824 - 1907) |
| Sibling | Mercer William West (1827 - ) |
| Sibling | Omanda Melvina West (1829 - ) |
| Sibling | Milton John Tompkins West (1831 - 1913) |
| Sibling | Odelia Jemima Lavina West (1834 - ) |
| Sibling | Olitia Quine West (1834 - ) |
| Sibling | Merton Tilghman West (1836 - 1915) |
| Sibling | Marion Newton Rector West (1839 - 1885) |
Endnotes
1. Lucy Jane (Hays) Lumsden, Research Papers from Lucy Jane (Hays) Lumsden. Email Correspondence. Personal knowledge.
2. US Census 1850 AR; Digital images online at GenealogyLibrary.com., Crawford Co; Van Buren Twp; Household 61.
3. Compiled by Doris Stevenson West & Susan Stevenson Sevenburn, History in Headstones; A Complete Listing of all Marked Graves In Known Cemeteries of Crawford County, Arkansas. August 1970. No index. Arranged by cemetery. (Original c1970; The Press-Argus. Reprinted in paperback 1993, Old Van Buren Press; Van Buren, AR), p.422; Stevenson-West Cemetery..
4. Lucy Jane (Hays) Lumsden, Research Papers from Lucy Jane (Hays) Lumsden. Email Correspondence. Personal knowledge.
5. Lucy Jane (Hays) Lumsden, Research Papers from Lucy Jane (Hays) Lumsden. Email Correspondence. Personal knowledge.