Be it far from me to argue...Rev. James Wilson West, a circuit riding Baptist preacher in Southern MS, and the son of Shadrach Nelson West, first married Mary Jane Hough who bore him about 13 children before she died...He then married her sister, Charlotte Hough, but soon she died, childless. Afterward, he married a woman named Evans but her children, if any, have not been identified. After she died, he married Annie Taylor and she bore eight more children, although it was commonly reported family lore that he fathered 23-24 children... Polygamy was not accepted, although practiced... >From: BIGGAFIVE@aol.com >Reply-To: GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com >To: GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [GA-Roots] Marrying Ages and Sexual Abuse >Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 22:53:05 EDT > >Since so of us seem to argue with everyone and what everyone says, I would >like to add to this marrying young. It's not really marrying young but it >is >something that also went on back then. My great grandfather not only >married >a young girl but also let her sister come along. He had a total of children >by both of these young ladies. The sister that her really married died >young >and he never married the other sister. They were common law husband and >wife. >She also raised all the children as her own. Now you can argue with this >but >this is a fact. > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com