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.
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..