Individual Details

"Headstones" gives birth year as 1842; another source says born in 1843.

"History in Headstones" lists John West as Elder John Q. West (Christian Minister)
In the 1870 Census, the only child is given as a female, age 1, "N. A.".
Enlisted at 25 years of age in Company L, 2nd AR Vol Cavalry USA, as quarter master sergeant and served two years. He was discharged at LaGrange, TN. He was listed as present at a Civil War Reunion held on the 30th & 31st of Aug in 1883 at Van Buren. Both Union and Confederate soldiers were honored. [VAN BUREN PRESS, Sept 1, 1883]
John Q. was ordained in the ministry of the Christian Church in 1875, though he had preached prior to that date.

1870 Census. Mountain Twp, Crawford Co, AR, Hh 76
J. Q. West, 27, Farm Laborer, b. AR
M. L., 26, female
N. A., age 1, female

1900 Census. Oliver Springs Twp, Crawford Co, AR, Hh 220
John Q. West, b. Apr 1843, age 57, married 32 years, b. AR, father b. KY, mother b. AR, Farmer
Mary E. b. Jul 1843, age 56, 10 children - 7 living, b. TN, as were her parents
Bennie, dau, b. Jan 1883, age 17
Bessie, dau, b. Mar 1885, age 15
Fannie, dau, b. Feb 1887, age 13


History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford,
Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Chicago: The Goodspeed
Publishing Co., 1889.
John Q. West was born April 13, 1843, in Crawford County, Ark., and is
a son of Miram [Myron] H. and Mary A. (Stevenson) West. The father was born in
Kentucky, and when a young man came to Washington County, Ark., and
farmed until 1840, when he came to Crawford County. In 1842 he married
Mary A. Stevenson, daughter of James G. and Jane Stevenson, pioneer
settlers of the county, who came here about 1830. To Mr. and Mrs. West
six children were born: John Q., James G., Miram H., Lavinia J., wife
of L. W. Thomas, of Indian Territory; Anna, wife of Louis J. Keifer,
of the same place, and Susan, wife of Fred Keifer, Peru, Kas. Mr. West
represented the county in the House of Representatives in 1856. He
died in 1860, and his wife in 1887, she being sixty-one years of age.
James Stephenson, the maternal grandfather, came to Crawford County
from Cape Girardeau, Mo., represented the county in 1865, and was also
justice of the peace. He died December 1, 1865, and his wife in 1888,
at the age of eighty. Our subject attended the log cabin school-house
during his youth, but has since become well informed by study and
observation. When twenty-five years of age he left the paternal roof
and enlisted in Company L, Second Arkansas Volunteer Cavalry, United
States Army, as quartermaster-sergeant, serving two years. The most
important battles in which he participated were Booneville, Big Blue,
Upshaw, and Jefferson City. He was discharged at LaGrange, Tenn. In
1865 Mr. West married Mary E. Campbell, daughter of Anderson and Nancy
C. Campbell, and a native of Lawrence County, Ark. This union was
blessed with ten children, seven now living: James W., Nettie,
Florence, Etta, Benie, Bessie and Fannie. Nannie, Louella and Nora are
deceased. After his marriage Mr. West began farming, and in 1875 was
ordained in the Christian Church, although he had preached prior to
his ordination. He has been of great assistance in building up that
denomination [p.1213] in the county, and has charge of the Antioch,
Van Buren and Philadelphia Churches. In 1882 he was elected assessor
on the Republican ticket in a Democratic county, and held that office
four years. He is a Republican, but also a worker in the Prohibition
cause. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. and A. O. U. W., and his wife
and two children have become identified with the Christian Church. For
two years he served as justice of the peace.


Obituaries, Death Notices & News Items Extracted from the Van Buren Press 1908 Fran Alverson Warren, p.2
11 Jan 1908
Death of Elder J. Q. West
Elder John Q. West died at his home at Oliver Springs at an early hour Wednesday morning after an illness of 18 months. The remains were interred in Stevenson Cemetery, Rev. Gilliam C. Yoes conducting the services.
The deceased was born in Crawford County in 1843 and was in his 65th year. Few men were better known and honored throughout the county than Mr. West, as his entire life was spent in his native county except during the war. He was elected county assessor in 1882 and held the office four hears, he having been a candidate on the Republican ticket. He was ordained a minister of the Christian Church in 1875 and during his entire life has been an earnest advocate of prohibition.
p. 3
Died - At his home near Oliver Springs, January 8, 1908, Elder John Q. West, aged 64 years.
Brother West was born April 13, 1843 near Van Buren, Ark. His whole eventful and useful life had been spent in Crawford County, and the greater part of it near the place of his death. [cont on next page but I failed to copy]

Birth	13 Apr 1843	Crawford County, Arkansas
Marriage	1868	Mary E. Campbell
Death	8 Jan 1908	Crawford County, Arkansas

Spouse	Mary E. Campbell (1843 - 1921)
Child	Mary E. West (1869 - 1884)
Child	James William West (1870 - 1926)
Child	Louella West (1874 - 1874)
Child	Nettie West (1875 - )
Child	Florence Isabel West (1877 - 1951)
Child	Nora West (1879 - 1880)
Child	Etta West (1880 - 1951)
Child	Nannie West (1883 - )
Child	Bessie West (1885 - 1943)
Child	Fannie West (1887 - 1969)

Father	Myron Howard West (1817 - 1860)
Mother	Mary Ann Stevenson (1824 - 1887)
Sibling	Lavina J. West (1847 - 1931)
Sibling	Miranda Ann West (1848 - )
Sibling	Susan L. West (1852 - )
Sibling	James Graham West (1855 - 1914)
Sibling	Myron Howard West Jr. (1858 - 1940)