Individual Details

1860 Census. Polk Twp, Dade Co MO. Hh 324
Baily P. West, age 28, b. TN. Margaret L., age 31, b. TN
Children b. in MO: Robert J. age 7. Louisa age 4. Mary E. age 3.

1870 Census. Center Twp, Dade Co MO. Hh 69
Margaret L. West, age 41, b. TN
Robert J. age 17, b. MO. Martha L. age 15. Mary, 13. Belvedora age 11. Albert L. age 9. Josephine age 7.
Children all born in MO

The online database states that Bailey died in Lamar Co, TX, circa 1869. Yet here is his widow in Dade Co, MO in 1870. All their children born in Missouri prior to 1863.

Birth	1831	Tennessee
Death	1869	Lamar County, Texas

Father	Isham West (1806 - 1889)
Mother	Alzada Perry (1808 - 1887)
Sibling	William J. West (1825 - 1872)
Sibling	Mahalia West (1827 - )
Sibling	Dolly West (1829 - 1869)
Sibling	Isham Jentry West (1833 - 1882)
Sibling	James A. "Morre" West (1833 - )
Sibling	Jeptha West (1836 - )
Sibling	John Gilbert West (1839 - )
Sibling	Doctor West (1841 - )
Sibling	Arminda West (1843 - )
Sibling	Clarinda Josephine West (1845 - 1941)
Sibling	Mary Francis West (1849 - 1905)