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Note N8687
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1860 United States Federal Census
Name: E B West Age: 22 Birth Year: abt 1838 Birth Place: Georgia Home in 1860: Southern Division, Randolph, Alabama Post Office: Wedowee Dwelling Number: 142 Family Number: 142 Occupation: Personal Estate Value: 1300
Household Members Age
Elizabeth Prince 51
James Prince 21
E B West 22
U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865
Name: Ephraim N West [Ephraim B West] Enlistment Age: 26 Birth Date: abt 1838 Birth Place: Hurde, Georgia Enlistment Date: 1 Feb 1864 Enlistment Place: Pulaski, Tennessee Enlistment Rank: Captain
Muster Date: 13 Apr 1864 Muster Place: Alabama Muster Company: B Muster Regiment: 1st Cavalry Muster Regiment Type: Cavalry Muster Information: Commission
Muster Out Date: 20 Oct 1865 Muster Out Place: Huntsville, Alabama Muster Out Information: Mustered Out
Side of War: Union Survived War?: Yes Was Officer?: Yes Occupation: Farmer
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Ephraim Benaih West BIRTH 10 Mar 1837 Heard County, Georgia DEATH 1865 (aged 27-28) Wedowee, Randolph County, Alabama BURIAL Greens Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery Randolph County, Alabama MEMORIAL ID 152867235
Parents Ephraim Hamilton West 1798-1864 Lucinda Wallace McClendon West 1809-1899
Siblings
Augustus Arlington West 1828-1906
Sarah Emaline West Bell 1833-1918
Mary Ann Elizabeth West Murphy 1841-1944
Martha Adaline West Smith 1843-1918
Hiram Warner West 1846-1915
Joseph Daniel West 1849-1935
Nicholas Ware West 1854-1928
West, Ephraim B. - Ephraim B West enlisted in Company B of the 1st Alabama Cavalry, USV as a Captain on February 1, 1864, in Pulaski, Tennessee, and was mustered in March 27, 1864, in Decatur, Alabama. He was enrolled by General Dodge for a period of 3 years. The Company Descriptive Book recorded him as 26 years of age, 6’ tall, having a light complexion, gray eyes, light hair, born in Heard County, Georgia and a farmer by occupation. Ephraim B. West was appointed from Citizen to Captain of Company F, 1st Alabama Cavalry Volunteers by authority of the Secretary of War to Brigadier General G.M. Dodge by Special Order No. 94, Headquarters Left Wing, 16th Army Corps. A Notation in his file from the Military Secretary’s Office of the War Department dated July 22, 1904, stated the following: “Under the provisions of the act of Congress, approved February 24, 1897, this officer is held and considered by this Department to have been mustered into the service of the United States in the grade of Captain, Company B, 1st Alabama Cavalry Volunteers to take effect from April 12, 1864, to fill an original vacancy. He was mustered out October 20, 1865, from Huntsville, Alabama stating the following: “Mustered in from Civil life to fill original vacancy by authority of Secretary of War. This officer has made an affidavit before me that he has duly rendered all returns of public property for which he has been accountable in accordance with Army regulations.”
Ephraim B. West was born about 1840 in Heard County, Georgia to Ephraim Hamilton West and Lucinda Wallace McClendon. Ephraim Hamilton West was born May 2, 1798, in Oglethorpe County, Georgia and died February 15, 1864, in Randolph County, Alabama. Lucinda was born April 27, 1809 in Georgia and died in July 1887 in Randolph County, Alabama.
From Unionists in the Heart of Dixie, Volume IV.
Written by Glenda McWhirter Todd
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Notes
Note N8688
Index
1860 United States Federal Census
Name: James West [James Edward West] Age: 2 Birth Year: abt 1858 Birth Place: Alabama Home in 1860: Southern Division, Randolph, Alabama Post Office: Wedowee Dwelling Number: 145 Family Number: 145
Household Members Age
E R Burns 55
Nancy Burns 55
James S Burns 18
Edward S Burns 16
Mary J West 20
James West 2 grandson
William Thornton 14
1870 United States Federal Census
Name: James Bunes [Burns] [James Edward West] Age in 1870: 12 Birth Date: abt 1858 Birthplace: Alabama Dwelling Number: 247 Home in 1870: Wedowee, Randolph, Alabama Post Office: Wedowee Father of Foreign Birth: Yes
Household Members Age
E R Bunes 65
Nancy H Bunes 60
James Bunes 12 = James West
William Bunes 12
Joseph Bunes 10
1900 United States Federal Census
Name: James E West [James Edward West] Age: 41 Birth Date: Jan 1859 Birthplace: Alabama Home in 1900: Brindley, Cullman, Alabama Sheet Number: 1 Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 12 Family Number: 12
Marriage Year: 1879 Years Married: 21 Father's Birthplace: South Carolina Mother's Birthplace: Alabama Occupation: Farmer Months Not Employed: 0 Can Read: Yes Can Write: Yes
Can Speak English: Yes House Owned or Rented: Own Home Free or Mortgaged: Mortgaged Farm or House: F
Household Members Age Relationship
James E West 41 Head
Sarah B West 41 Wife
Edward S West 12 Son
Homer M West 7 Son
Bud Hearse 19 Boarder
1920 United States Federal Census
Name: J E West [James Edward West] Age: 62 Birth Year: abt 1858 Birthplace: Alabama Home in 1920: Fort Worth Ward 10, Tarrant, Texas Street: So. Adams Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Alabama Mother's Birthplace: Alabama Able to Speak English: Yes Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes
Household Members Age Relationship
W R West 37 Head = William R West?
Lorena West 31 Wife
Jimmie Lee West 14 Daughter
Victoria West 1 Daughter
J E West 62 Father
U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current
Name: James Edward West Birth Place: Randolph county Ala Death Date: Abt 1940 Death Place: Simsborn Obituary Date: 2 Oct 1940 Obituary Place: Shreveport, Louisiana Newspaper Title: The Shreveport Journal
Child:
Luther West
Bill West
Shelby West
Homer West
OCR text: JAMES E WEST DIES Sims boro -- Funeral rites e ere r:held Sunday by Rev J D Huff Methodist pastor for James Edward West S5 who died Saturday rip night at his home near Simsborn k::iiinterment was in Simsboro cente- rtery Mr West was born in Ran- r dolph county Ala on Jan 1 1S55 m ::Ioved to Louisiana in 1900 Sur- :1 viving relatives are four sons f ' Luther West of Simsboro Bill NVest of Fort Worth Texas Shelby West of Ruston and Homer West rii:of Los Angeles Cal and several grandchildren
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James Edward West BIRTH 1 Jan 1858 DEATH 28 Sep 1941 (aged 83) BURIAL Simsboro City Cemetery Simsboro, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana PLOT Section #2 Row 4 MEMORIAL ID 65429348
Inscription: At rest
