Individual Details

Myron Howard West Jr.

(21 Mar 1858 - 27 Feb 1940)



Married Viola Benoit, b. 1870, d. 1950. She is buried next to him in Sarah's Grove Cemetery.

HISTORY IN HEADSTONES has another listing: Mary Elizabeth Moss West, wife of M. H. West Jr. 1851-1906. This must be a first wife; Viola was the second.

1880:
Census Place: Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas
Source: FHL Film 1254042 National Archives Film T9-0042 Page 608B
Miron West, age 22, b. AR, Farmer, father, b. TN, mother b. AR
Mary E., wife, age 28, b. AR, Keeping House, father b. TX, mother b. AR
Alta, Dau, age 2, b. AR, parents b. AR
Ida May Moss, Niece, age 8, b. AR, parents b. AR
William Moss, Nephew, age 5, b. AR, parents b. AR

Children of Myron and Elizabeth Moss were Alta, b.22 Dec 1878, d. 4 Dec 1965 and buried Sarah's Grove Cemetery; Jessie, buried in Stevenson-West Cemetery, wife of Charlie McIntyre; Daisy; Robert who marrried Roxie Bassham, and Emma who married Harry Toney.

Alta married Charley C. McEntire and had: Lucy Juanita b. 11 Aug 1902, d. 7 Nov 1946 & buried at Sarah's Grove Cemetery. Grace & Eula died young and both buried at the McEntire Cemetery in unmarked graves.

Daisy married Frank Briley and had: Mary Edith who married Aylette Scott, Nina Mae married A. B. Slaughter, Jewel married Byron Webb, Wilbur Myron married Loretta Kendrick, Ben J. married Frances Lynn, and James Theron.

Events

Birth21 Mar 1858
Death27 Feb 1940Crawford County, Arkansas

Families

FatherMyron Howard West (1817 - 1860)
MotherMary Ann Stevenson (1824 - 1887)
SiblingRev. John Quincy West (1843 - 1908)
SiblingLavina J. West (1847 - 1931)
SiblingMiranda Ann West (1848 - )
SiblingSusan L. West (1852 - )
SiblingJames Graham West (1855 - 1914)

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