Notes
Note N4412
Index
Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950
Name Dan West Spouse's Name Mattie Lou Howell Event Date 20 May 1903 Event Place Dyer, Tennessee
United States Census, 1910
Name: Daniel West Event Place: Holland, Pemiscot, Missouri Age: 32 Birth Year (Estimated): 1878 Birthplace: Tennessee Father's Birthplace: Kentucky Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky
Sheet Letter: B Sheet Number: 26
Role Sex Age Birthplace
Daniel West Head Male 32 Tennessee
Mattie L West Wife Female 22 Tennessee
Lillian West Daughter Female 5 Tennessee
Carl West Son Male 3 Tennessee
Bertha West Daughter Female 0 Tennessee
United States World War I Draft Registration Cards dated 1918
Name Dan Isom West Event Date 1917-1918 Event Place Pemiscot County, Missouri Nationality United States Birth Date 14 Oct 1877 Birthplace , , United States Contact Mattie L West
United States Census, 1920
Name Daniel I West Event Place Hayti, Pemiscot, Missouri Age 42 Can Read Yes Can Write Yes Own or Rent Rent Birth Year (Estimated) 1878 Birthplace Tennessee
Father's Birthplace Tennessee Mother's Birthplace Tennessee Sheet Letter B Sheet Number 15
Role Sex Age Birthplace
Daniel I West Head M 42 Tennessee
Mattie West Wife F 32 Tennessee
Bertha West Daughter F 10 Tennessee
Sarah West Daughter F 4 Missouri
Edgar West Son M 0 Missouri
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Pvt Daniel Isom West BIRTH 1877 Tennessee DEATH 1922 (aged 44-45) Dyer County, Tennessee BURIAL Fairview Cemetery Newbern, Dyer County, Tennessee PLOT Old Section MEMORIAL ID 68553327
Parents John H. West 1840-1923 Sarah Elizabeth Haley West 1841-1920
Siblings James H. West 1871-1957
Inscription: h/o Mattie Lou (Howell) West December 18, 1888 - December 4, 1968 She is buried in #8 Cemetery, Cooter, MO Company G 2 Tennessee Infantry Spanish-American War
Listed as Daniel I R West on father's headstone
Notes
Note N4414
Index
U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865
Name: John H West Enlistment Date: 1 Oct 1861 Enlistment Rank: Private Muster Date: 1 Oct 1861 Muster Place: Tennessee Muster Company: C Muster Regiment: 33rd Infantry Muster Regiment Type: Infantry
Muster Information: Enlisted Side of War: Confederacy
Tennessee, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865
Name: John H West Event Date: 1862 Age (Original): 21 Military Unit Note: Thirty-third Infantry
U.S., Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865
Name: Jno H West Rank: Private Imprisonment Date: 25 Nov 1863 Imprisonment Place: Missionary Ridge Side of War: Confederate Company: C Regiment: 33 Tenn Inf
released as part of prisoner exchange on 12 May 1865. Said to have walked 500 miles to Calloway, KY
United States Census, 1880 1880 - Mary is wrong, children correct.
Name Mary West Event Place District 5, Dickson, Tennessee Age 35 Birth Year (Estimated) 1845 Birthplace Tennessee Father's Birthplace Tennessee Mother's Birthplace Tennessee
Sheet Letter A Sheet Number 312 Person Number 1 Volume 1
Role Sex Age Birthplace
John West Self M 40 Tennessee
Mary West Wife F 35 Tennessee
Emma West Daughter F 11 Tennessee
James West Son M 9 Tennessee
Anna West Daughter F 6 Tennessee
United States Census, 1900
Name John West Event Place Civil District 5 (south part), Dyer, Tennessee Age 60 Years Married 32 Birth Date Aug 1840 Birthplace Tennessee Marriage Year (Estimated) 1868
Father's Birthplace Tennessee Mother's Birthplace Tennessee
Role Sex Age Birthplace
John West Head M 60 Tennessee
Sarah E West Wife F 59 Kentucky
Eliza C Haley Mother-in-law F 85 Virginia
United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865
Name: John H. West Military Beginning Rank: Private Military Final Rank: Private Military Side: Confederate State or Military Term: Tennessee Military Unit: 33rd Regiment, Tennessee Infantry Military Company: C
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Pvt John H. West BIRTH 3 Aug 1840 Tennessee DEATH 1 Aug 1923 (aged 82) Dyer County, Tennessee BURIAL Fairview Cemetery Newbern, Dyer County, Tennessee PLOT Old Section MEMORIAL ID 68553071
Spouse Sarah Elizabeth Haley West 1841-1920
Children
James H. West 1871-1957
Daniel Isom West 1877-1922
Co C 33 Tennessee Infantry Confederate States Army
Inscription - Back of stone:
John H. 1840-1923
Daniel I. R. 1878-1922
Charles E. 1919-1983
C. Larry 1941-
Larry K 1966-
Kenton D. 1993-
Civil War Veteran Questionnaire for John Henry West
1. State your full name and present Post Office address: Answer: John Henry West, Newbern, Dyer Co., Tenn.
2. State your age now: 90 yrs. will be on the 3d of August
3. In what State and county were you born?: Tenn., Sumner Co.
4. In what State and county were you living when you enlisted in the service of the Confederacy, or of the Federal Government?: Caloway Co., Kentucky
5. What was your occupation before the war?: Wagoner hauling tobaco
6. What was the occupation of your father?: Blacksmith
7. If you owned land or other property at the opening of the war, state what kind of property you owned, and state the value of your property as near as you can: no
8. Did you or your parents own slaves? If so, how many?: no
9. If your parents owned land, state about how many acres:
10. State as near as you can the value of all the property owned by your parents, including land, when the war opened:
11. What kind of house did your parents occupy? State whether it was a log house or frame house or built of other materials, and state the number of rooms it had:
12. As a boy and young man, state what kind of work you did. If you worked on a farm, state to what extent you plowed, worked with a hoe, and did other kinds of similar work (Certain historians claim that white men wouldn't do work of this sort before the war.): Helped Father in blacksmith shop some. White men who owned slaves did not work on farm, some did. I never knew anything about farming then.
13. State clearly what kind of work you father did, and what the duties of your mother were. State all the kinds of work done in the house as well as you can remember -- that is, cooking, spinning, weaving, etc.: Father worked in the blacksmith shop done general blacksmith work. Mother did all of the house work such as cooking, washing, ironing, carding, spinning, weaving and making clothes.
14. Did your parents keep any servants? If so, how many?: no
15. How was honest toil -- as plowing, hauling and other sorts of honest work of this class -- regarded in your community? Was such work considered respectable and honorable?: yes, most assuredly we were all workers the farmers had all kinds of workings that is they would invite their neighbors to help rolling logs, shucking corn
16. Did the white men in your community generally engage in such work?: they did with a vim. I have been to them workings and then we would dance.
17. To what extent were there white men in your community leading lives of idleness and having other do their work for them?: no, that might of course the women would have quiltings and would cook a big dinner then the youngsters engage in a dance at night.
18. Did the men who owned slaves mingle freely with those who did not own slaves, or did slaveholders in any way show by their actions that they felt themselves better than respectable, honorable men who did not own slaves?: As a rule the majority of slave owners seemed to think you wasent mutch if you dident own slaves, no they dident mingle freely with white people that had to do their own work.
19. At the churches, at the schools, at public gatherings in general, did slaveholders and non-slaveholders mingle on a footing of equality?: Answer: no as a rule each class was mostly seperate of course some slave holders were friendly and sociable.
20. Was there a friendly feeling between slaveholders and non-slaveholders in your community, or were they antagonistic to each other?: I dont remember any antagonism between the two parties
21. In a political contest in which one candidate owned slaves and the other did not, did the fact that one candidate owned slaves help him in winning the contest?: Answer: yes the slave owner was shown favor the non slave owner was rarely elected
22. Were the opportunities good in your community for a poor young man -- honest and industrious -- to save up enough to buy a small farm or go in business for himself?: no it was almost imposible
23. Were poor, honest, industrious young men, who were ambitious to make something of themselves, encouraged or discouraged by slaveholders?: of course there was difference in men some was kind and encouraged the honest ambitious young men some thought them selves above taking notice of poor people
24. What kind of school or schools did you attend?: country school there were no free school in them days
25. About how long did you go to school altogether?: I guess twelve months all together
26. How far was it to the nearest school?: about 2 miles
27. What school or schools were in operation in your neighborhood? : only one
28. Was the school in your community private or public?: public
29. About how many months in the year did it run?: 3 months
30. Did the boys and girls in your community attend school pretty regularly?: as a rule they did
31. Was the teacher of the school you attended a man or a woman?: one woman and the next 2 times a man
32. In what year and month and at what place did you enlist the Confederate or of the Federal Government?: the year 61 September enlisted Union City, Tenn.
33. State the name of your regiment, and state the names of as many members of your company as you remember: 33rd Tenn. W. F. Marbery was Captain. Job Stublefield, Barnett Stublefield, Iverson Stublefield, John Allen, William Walker, J. C. Stublefield, Bob Stublefield, Jim Bucie, John Bucie, George Bucie, John E----s, Pink Hubbard, newt Smith.
34. After enlistment, where was your company sent first?: at Columbus, Ky.
35. How long after your enlistment before your company engaged in battle?: Seven months
36. What was the first battle you engaged in?: Shilo
37. State in you own way your experience in the war from this time on until the close. State where you went after the first battle -- what you did, what other battles you engaged in, how long they lasted, what the results were; state how you lived in camp, how you were clothed, how you slept, what you had to eat, how you exposed to cold, hunger and disease. If you were in the hospital or in prison, state you experience here: After the first battle went to Corinth, Miss. and drilled then the battle of Murfreesboro lasted 2 days then the battle of Perryville lasting 4 hours hurt heavily in camp We were poorly clad. We slept on the ground in the tent. We eat corn bread and sometimes pulled beef. Yes, exposed to cold, hunger and diseases. Was in field hospital was in Rock Island prison 15 months.
38. When and where were you discharged?: Was payrolled at Richmond, Va. about the 12th day of May 1865
39. Tell something of your trip home:: I walked home had to sleep out of doors. Was one month on the road. Wasent alowed to sleep even on the porch or in an out house had terable experience.
40. What kind of work did you take up when you came back home?: my old trade hauling tobaco. When I got able in a short while I married then went in to merchantile business in a few years went to farming am conected with the Church of Christ have been elder for years.
41. Give a sketch of your life since the close of the Civil War, stating what kind of business you have engaged in, where you have lived, your church relations, etc. If you have held an office or offices state what it was. You may state here any other facts connected with your life and experience which has not been brought out in the questions: have had misfortune bad health am now on invalid dependent on my pensin and it does not meet needs.
42. Give the full name of your father: Isham Hodges West born in the county of Sumner Co, TN
43. Maiden name in full of your mother: Mary Ann Clay; She was the daughter of (full name) John Clay and his wife (full name) Elizabeth; who lived at Sumner Co., Tenn.
44. Remarks on ancestry. Give here any and all facts possible in reference to your parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, etc., no included in the foregoing, as where they lived, office held, Revolutionary or other war services; what country the family came from to America; where first settled, county and state; always giving full names (if possible) and never referring to an ancestor simply as such without giving the name. It is desirable to include every fact possible and to that end the full and exact record from old Bibles should be appended on separate sheets of this size, thus preserving the facts from loss: This is dictated by John H. West. Written by his daughter, Mrs. J. W. Scott (Emma Clay West), as he is unable to write. He cannot remember enough about his ancestors to be of any use.
barbaradycus originally shared this on 06 Jun 2018
John Henry West was born on 3 Aug 1840 in Sumner County, TN. He served in the military between 1861 and 1864 in 33rd Infantry Regt, TN; Private; POW - Chickamauga; Interred at Richmond, VA/ Joliet/ Louisville.
He died on 6 Jul 1923 in Newbern, Dyer, TN. He was buried on 8 Jul 1923 in City Cemetery, Newbern, Dyer County, TN. Date of death, date of burial per funeral home record. Confederate States Army; Army of Tennessee, Private, Co C, 33rd Tennessee Infantry Regt
Wounded at Battle of Perryville, KY; Wounded and captured at Chickamauga, October 1863, POW - Joliet, Illinois Prison; Military record obtained from National Archives He was married to Sarah Elizabeth Haley on 12 Jan 1868 in Calloway County, KY. Family information provided by oral conversations of Bertha West White (1909-1997) and Connie West Dalton (1949- ), and from Otis Lynn West, Jr. information provided by Mrs Thelma Golden during 1995.
Sarah Elizabeth Haley was born on 20 Mar 1841 in Todd County, KY. She died on 1 Mar 1920 in Newbern, Dyer, TN. Funeral home records She was buried on 3 Mar 1920 in City Cemetery, Newbern, Dyer County, TN. Obituary-Newbern newspaper; Funeral home records Children were
Emma Clay West was born on 15 Dec 1868 in Calloway County, KY. She died on 4 Jan 1950 in Newbern, Dyer, TN.
James Henry West was born on 2 Apr 1871 in Murray, Calloway Co, Ky. He died on 21 Jan 1957 in Van Nuys, CA. He was buried on 26 Jan 1957 in City Cemetery, Newbern, Dyer County, TN. Newbern, TN newspaper obituary dtd 23 January 1957
Alice Virginia West was born on 25 Nov 1872 in Murray, Calloway Co, Ky. She died on 15 Nov 1873 in Murray, Calloway Co, Ky. per family group sheet provided by Otis L West (1927-1996) based upon West family bible
Anna Bell West was born on 24 Jun 1875 in Gibson County, TN. She died on 6 Mar 1930 in Newbern, Dyer, TN
Daniel Isom Wright West.
John was from Sumner County, Tennessee. In 1861, he enlisted in the 33rd Tennessee Infantry for the Confederate cause of the War Between the States. He was captured in Nov 1863 and held at the infamous Rock Island Prison in Illinois. Conditions were horrendous and all prisoners suffered greatly. Invalid, he was transferred for exchange in Feb 1865. He remained in the hospital until parole in May 1865. He walked roughly 500 miles home.
John was from Sumner County, Tennessee. In 1861, he enlisted in the 33rd Tennessee Infantry for the Confederate cause of the War Between the States; He was captured in Nov 1863 and held at the infamous Rock Island Prison in Illinois; Conditions were horrendous and all prisoners suffered greatly; Invalid, he was transferred for exchange in Feb 1865; He remained in the hospital until parole in May 1865; He walked roughly 500 miles home
barbaradycus originally shared this on 04 Jun 2018
John Henry West was born on 3 Aug 1840 in Sumner County, TN. He served in the military between 1861 and 1864 in 33rd Infantry Regt, TN; Private; POW-Chickamauga; Interred at Richmond, VA/ Joliet/ Louisville. He died on 6 Jul 1923 in Newbern, Dyer, TN. He was buried on 8 Jul 1923 in City Cemetery, Newbern, Dyer County, TN. Date of death, date of burial per funeral home record. Confederate States Army; Army of Tennessee, Private, Co C, 33rd Tennessee Infantry Regt
Wounded at Battle of Perryville, KY; Wounded and captured at Chickamauga, October 1863, POW - Joliet, Illinois Prison
Military record obtained from National Archives He was married to Sarah Elizabeth Haley on 12 Jan 1868 in Calloway County, KY. Family information provided by oral conversations of Bertha West White (1909-1997) and
Connie West Dalton (1949- ), and from Otis Lynn West, Jr. information provided by Mrs Thelma Golden during 1995
Sarah Elizabeth Haley was born on 20 Mar 1841 in Todd County, KY. She died on 1 Mar 1920 in Newbern, Dyer, TN. Funeral home records She was buried on 3 Mar 1920 in City Cemetery, Newbern, Dyer County, TN. Obituary-Newbern newspaper;
Funeral home records Children were:
i. Emma Clay West was born on 15 Dec 1868 in Calloway County, KY. She died on 4 Jan 1950 in Newbern, Dyer, TN.
ii. James Henry West was born on 2 Apr 1871 in Murray, Calloway Co, Ky. He died on 21 Jan 1957 in Van Nuys, CA. He was buried on 26 Jan 1957 in City Cemetery, Newbern, Dyer County, TN. Newbern, TN newspaper obituary dtd 23 January 1957
iii. Alice Virginia West was born on 25 Nov 1872 in Murray, Calloway Co, Ky. She died on 15 Nov 1873 in Murray, Calloway Co, Ky. per family group sheet provided by Otis L West (1927-1996) based upon
West family bible
iv. Anna Bell West was born on 24 Jun 1875 in Gibson County, TN. She died on 6 Mar 1930 in Newbern, Dyer, TN.
v. Daniel Isom Wright West.
