Individual Details
Merton Tilghman West
(10 May 1836 - 1915)
Married Mary Emeline Baily [a sister to Clarissa who married Marion West?]. Mary was born 22 May 1838 and died 19 Jul 1913 but there is no marker in Gill Cemetery where she is buried. The following children of Merton & Mary are also believed to be buried in unmarked graves in this Cemetery: Martha Louise West, b. 8 Aug 1862, d. 1864; John Francis West, b. 20 Sep 1865, d. 1880; Mary Francis West, b. 27 Feb 1870, d. 1871; and Marion Tilghman West, b. 19 Jan 1873, d. 1874.
Arkansas Confederate Veteran Records
Arkansas History Commission
Biographical Memoranda (Pursuance of Act 3363, 1911)
Mirton (sic) T. West of Van Buren, AR. Born 10 May 8136 at Fayetteville, Washington Co, AR. Father: John West, born in Kentucky, lived at Washington Co, AR. John West was in the war of 1812. Mother was Lavinia Howard who lived at Kentucky and Indiana.
Occupation was farming.
Justice of the Peace of Van Buren for twenty years.
Enlisted in Crawford Co, AR in 1861 and served until the close of the war. Co. D, Carrol Regiment and Co. G, 2nd Arkansas. Belongs to Democratic Party
Member of the Christian Church. Served as Deacon and Elder.
Member of the Odd Fellows and filled every office.
Married Mary E. Baily, Crawford Co, 1861. Parents were Hiram H. Bailey and Martha H. Bailey; lived in KY and AR.
Children:
1. John Q. West, Dead
2. Miron R. West, Married Josephine Hawkis, Van Buren, AR
3. William H. West, married Ida Williams, Van Buren, AR
4. Randolph M. West, married Allene Cannon, Van Buren, AR
Signed by G. W. Fine, Assessor of Crawford Co, 8 Feb 1912.
Buried Gill Cemetery. Served in 22nd Regt, AR Inf. CSA
Events
| Birth | 10 May 1836 | Washington County, Arkansas |  | ||
| Death | 1915 | Crawford County, Arkansas | |
Families
| Father | John West (1784 - 1859) |
| Mother | Lavinia Jane Howard (1795 - 1867) |
| Sibling | Ophelia Quine West (1815 - 1886) |
| Sibling | Myron Howard West (1817 - 1860) |
| 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 | Marion Newton Rector West (1839 - 1885) |
Endnotes
1. Lucy Jane (Hays) Lumsden, Research Papers from Lucy Jane (Hays) Lumsden. Email Correspondence. Personal knowledge.
2. WorldConnect database at Rootsweb.
3. U.S. Federal Census - Digital Images Online by Subscription (Ancestry.com); 1790-1940.
4. Lucy Jane (Hays) Lumsden, Research Papers from Lucy Jane (Hays) Lumsden. Email Correspondence. Personal knowledge.
5. 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.184 Gill Cemetery..