William Pierson West (1841 - 1908)

Born 7 Apr 1841 in Viney Grove, Washington, Arkansas, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Jane (Campbell) West — married 23 Feb 1871 (to 1879) in Boonsboro-Washington Co, Arkansas, United States

Husband of Sarah Julina (Womack) West — married 5 May 1880 in Washington, Arkansas, United States

Descendants

Died 23 Apr 1908 at age 67 in Bonham, Fannin, Texas, United States

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Biography

William Pierson West was born 7 April 1841 in Viney Grove, washington co, Arkansas and died 23 April 1908 in Ravenna, Fannin co, Texas. He was the son to James Sanders West-(1814-1881), a native to Tennessee but died in Arkansas, and Mary Armstrong Crawford, West-(1810-1849), who is the daughter of James Crawford a native of Tennessee but also died in Arkansas at the age of 85.

Marriages

He married twice;

#1. Mary Jane Campbell on 23 Feb 1871 in Boonsboro, Washington co, Arkansas. She is the daughter of William Campbell and Catherine Queener,West. William Campbell was a saddle and Harness Maker in Tennessee. Mary Jane Campbell, West is the great grand daughter of Mr. Queener, a noted Iron-Founder of Campbell County, Tennessee and a member of the First Families.

Mary Jane Campbell died due to complication of child birth with thier son Thomas L. West -1879. William and Mary Jane had 4 children; Ella May West-(1872-1873); Annie Kate West, Kennedy-(1874-1954); Lillie Etta West-(1876-1965); Thomas L. West-(1879).

#2. He married Sarah Julina Womack on 5 May 1880 in Viney Grove, Washington co, Arkansas. She is the daughter of William Clary Womack and Elizabeth Jane Corder, Womack, Moore. William Clary Womack was born in Arkansas and died at Fort Smith while in the Army, and a granddaughter of William Womack, who was Murdered on Red River in Texas in 1846.

William and Sarah J. Womack had 12 children; James "Jim" Samuel West-(1881-1958); William Fay West-(1883-1959); Eugene Lee West-(1884-1885); Mary Elizabeth "May" West-(1887-1970); Harriet "Hattie Lou" Elizabeth West, Butler-(1889-1934); Joe Edgar West-(1891-1966); Lucy Allie West-(1892-1927); Nathan Hay West-(1894-1896); Homer Alvah West-(1896-1985); Roy Oren West-(1898-1944); Hiram Pearson West-(1900-1901); and Elmer Earl West-(1903-1973). All of these children were born in Ravenna, Fannin co, Texas.

William and Sarah moved soon after their marriage they moved to Texas with the 3 daughters from his first marriage. William and Sarah began farming and being a Merchantile business. William was a boot and shoe maker, as well as a farmer.

Fannin County Records

According to the Fannin County: Family Pages of this family;

William Pearson "W. P." West was born in Washington Co., Arkansas on 7 Apr 1841 to James Sanders West and Mary Armstrong Crawford West.

He enlisted in the Confederate Army on 12 Oct 1861 at Fayetteville.

He served with the 1st Battalion Cavalry, Company E. He was wounded once across the neck and a second in the knee which left his leg permanently crippled.

My father, James E. West told me that W.P. had the nickname of "Figure 4" because the wound in his knee made that one leg draw up slightly and to look at him sideways while he was standing looked like the number 4.

He married first Mary Jane Campbell 23 Feb 1871 in Boonesboro, Arkansas. They had 2 children together - Annie K. born in 1874 and Lillie Etta born March 9, 1876. Mary Jane died in childbirth in 1879.

W.P. married my great grandmother, Sarah Julina Womack on 5 May 1880 at Viney Grove, Washington Co., Arkansas. Sarah was called Sally and was born on 5 Jan 1859. She was the daughter of William C. Womack and Elizabeth Corder Womack.

W.P., Sally & the 2 girls moved to Ravena, Fannin Co., Texas sometime during of 1880. The 1880 Washington Co., Arkansas, census shows them still in Arkansas when their household was enumerated 12 Jun 1880 [Series: T9 Roll: 58 Page: 622]. Sarah had received a Texas land grant - #1155. W.P. & Sally homesteaded part of the land grant and built their house there. In later years it became known as the "old West homeplace." W.P. & Sally had 12 children together. The 2 from W.P.'s first marriage made 14. W.P.'s & Sally's children were:

1. James Samuel b 5 Sep 1881 d 21 Aug 1958; buried in Willow Wild Cemetery

2. William Fay b 30 May 1883 d before or by 13 Apr 1966

3. Eugene Lee b Dec 1883 or Jan 1884 d 18 Oct 1884; buried Brown Cemetery

4. Mary Elizabeth b 6 Jan 1887 d 26 Feb 1970 married Roy Taylor 23 Dec 1906; buried at Willow Wild Cemetery - was called May by everyone but her husband. After Sally died she and Uncle Roy lived at the "old West homeplace".

5. Harriet Lou (Hattie) b 7 Jan 1889 d ? Married Tom Butler in 1908

6. Joe Edgar my grandfather (we called him Papa Joe) b 10 Jan 1891 d 13 Apr 1966; buried at Brown Cemetery; married Della Ruth Patterson Sep 1923.

7. Lucy Allie b 2 Dec 1892 d 4 Apr 1927 married Hiram Campbell Darwin 1908; buried in Brown Cemetery

8. Nathan Hay b 7 Jul 1894 d ?

9. Homer Alvah b 16 Apr 1896 d before or by 13 Apr 1966

10. Roy Oran b 27 Jan 1898 d ?

11. Hiram Pearson died in infancy 17 Jun 1900 buried at Brown Cemetery

12. Elmer Earle b April 23 Apr 1903 d after 13 Apr 1966

Joe Edgar West married Della Ruth Patterson in Sep 1923. Della was the daughter of James Louis Patterson and Sally Joe Finley Patterson. They had 2 children:

1. James Edgar (my Dad) b 3 Jul 1924

(see below for more details)

2. Helen Ruth b 31 Dec 1925

We called Joe & Della, Papa Joe and Momma Della. Joe & Della divorced in the early 1940's. Momma Della moved to Dallas and was an LVN and worked after her retirement from nursing at The Torch restaurant in Dallas. Papa Joe had many talents. In his early years he was a bank teller. He ran an exchange at a military base in Peyote, TX during WWII. He and my father owned and ran a gas station in Howe, Tx after the war. Then Papa Joe opened up another business in Howe - a repair shop that he named "Joe's Fix-It Shop." Papa Joe could repair anything. Grandma Sally accidentally dropped him off the front porch when he was a baby and as a result of that he had a hunchback. He was babied as he was growing up because of the fall. He said that in his younger days he was a "hellion" because he didn't expect to live very long. He was a wonderful grandfather and thought that grandkids could do no wrong. James Edgar West graduated from Bonham High. He served in WWII in the Army. He married Melba Jean Hays on 1 May 1947 in Bonham. They had 2 children: Cynthia Jo & Gloria Jean (me) Mom died 29 Oct 2003 in Sherman TX at Wilson N. Jones Hospital. Dad died Jan 31 Jan 2004 at Walls Regional Hospital in Cleburne, TX. They are buried at Cedar Lawn Memorial Gardens in Sherman, Grayson County, TX. Momma Della is buried next to them. [1]

Military

In 1861, he Enlisted in the Arkansas State Troops, and after taking part of many battles the same yr, enlisted in Company E, 1st Battalion, Arkansas Calvary. He went thru many more battles. He had been wounded in a slight one, Oct 4, 1862, in the second fight at Cornith, in August, 1863, he was tiwce wounded at Grenada, Mississippi, across the throat and in the Knee, the latter wound crippling him for life. He went out the service as a independant, and continued until the close of the war.

He then moved to Boonesboro, Arkansas, and went into Boot and Shoe business.

In 20 May 1862, William P. West received a land grant of 160 acresin Harrison, Arkansas, from President Ulysses S. Grant, who signed it. According to the U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907; Acession Number: AR2430_.124 Metes and Bounds: No; Land Office: Harrison; Canceled: No; US Reservations: No; Mineral Reservations: No; Authority: May 20, 1862: Homestead Entry Original (12Stat.392); Document number: 672; Legal Land Description: Section Twp Range Merdian Counties 2 20-N-20-W 5th PM Boone 11 20-N-W 5th Pm Boone

Sources

Fannin County, Texas-The TxGenWeb Project https://www.txfannin.org/familypage/049/west-william-pearson-&-family

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Created by: MARY O Added: 26 May 2011 Find a Grave Memorial 70404040 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 November 2020), memorial page for William Pierrson West (7 Apr 1841–23 Apr 1908), Find a Grave Memorial no. 70404040, citing Brown Cemetery, Bonham, Fannin County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by MARY O (contributor 46853578) .