Good afternoon, I just read Carole's story and thoroughly enjoyed it!! I just found out yesterday, my ggggrandfather, Rev. Andrew Jackson West, was a wagon maker here in Calhoun Co. in 1860. Had other things to do today so I wasn't able to get more information. I know he was from Spartanburg, SC and may have been in GA for a short while because the AL 1860 census has his daughter Sally as being born in GA about 1858. His oldest daughter, born about 1856 has that she was born in SC. His parents may have been William and Margaret White West. I have not done this research, just told this by a cousin. He also, may have had a brother named John Pinckney West that was also a minister and moved to AL, also. I am told the rest of the family stayed in SC. Hopefully, in the near future, I will have a great story to share. Until then, I will continue to enjoy the ones I get now from all of you. Keitha Kirk Calhoun Co., AL

Keitha, My great-grandfather Strickland was a coach painter, and his sons worked with him. He was also a photographer for a time. A couple of his grandsons became house painters. They liked working outside. One of them, my Uncle Bob, was very artistic. He toyed with being a photographer for a bit, but went back to painting to be outside. He was an artist at his work, though. He had repeat customers and continued painting up until less than a year from his death from lung cancer in April of this year at the age of 78. (He just wouldn't quit smoking.) Carole Colquehoun Genealogyresearch@prodigy.net I am not a professional genealogist (by any means). Searching: Allaman, Breedlove, Broaddus, Calhoun, Carr, Garland, Lowry, Meekins, Mullicane, Noble, Overton, Parr, Sanders, Scott, Strickland, Stump, Webster, Winston, Wright England, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, Virginia Hansen, Jensen, Larsen, Milewski, Pedersdatter, Soerensen Denmark, Germany, Nebraska, Poland ----- Original Message ----- From: <KKirk6@aol.com> To: <Southern-Trails-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, 16 May, 2001 10:48 AM Subject: [SouthernTrails] Wagon makers > Good afternoon, I just read Carole's story and thoroughly enjoyed it!! > > I just found out yesterday, my ggggrandfather, Rev. Andrew Jackson West, was > a wagon maker here in Calhoun Co. in 1860. Had other things to do today so I > wasn't able to get more information. > > I know he was from Spartanburg, SC and may have been in GA for a short while > because the AL 1860 census has his daughter Sally as being born in GA about > 1858. His oldest daughter, born about 1856 has that she was born in SC. > > His parents may have been William and Margaret White West. I have not done > this research, just told this by a cousin. He also, may have had a brother > named John Pinckney West that was also a minister and moved to AL, also. I > am told the rest of the family stayed in SC. > > Hopefully, in the near future, I will have a great story to share. Until > then, I will continue to enjoy the ones I get now from all of you. > > Keitha Kirk > Calhoun Co., AL > > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog >