I am searching for the parents of Arthur West and or Henry. I believe Henry to be the father or brother of Arther , any help would be appreciated. Thanks.>From the West Registar by Letta Brock Stone I extracted the following from pg 408-9. Decatur Co TN. There moved to Tennesee about 1812 CAPT. HENRY WEST, who had been in the War of 1812. He was born in Halifax District of NC, but who his parents were is not known by his descendants. There was a Dempsey West in the Family. the census of 1790 of Halifax District contains the names of Dempsey, William, Arthur, and Nathaniel West. Henry West was born about 1775, and moved to Scott Co, KY after his marriage to Nancy Lyle, who was born in NC. His stay here was short, and he soon moved to Decatur Co TN. His son John was born there in 1813. The children of Henry WEst and Nancy Lyle were: 1. John; 2. Irving; 3. William; 4. James. 1. John West married Martha Ashcraft in TN. They had one son and seven daughters, two infant sons having died: 5. Thomas Henry b 1846; 6. Helen b 1848; 7. Lulu b 1855. 5. Thomas Henry, one of the best known bankers of St. Louis for almost half a century, was in business in Louisville, New Orleans, and Mobile before he came to St. Louis in 1880. He married Florrie Terry in Memphis in 1868, and after her death in 1898, married Virginia Hodges. He had several children, some of whom are now living in St. Louis. mr. West had a prominent place on the Board of Commissioners of the Exposition and took an active interest in the promotion of art in the city. At his death in 1926, Mr. West left the following children: John Terry, Allen, Thomas H., Florence (Mrs Howard Eltinge), Walter H., Carroll (Mrs. Hugh McKittrick Jone), Frances H. A grandson Allen West Jr., is studying for the Foreign Service in Washington DC.