----- Original Message ----- From: "Carolyn Neal" <kcneal@charter.net> To: <TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 10:21 AM Subject: Re: [TXWISE-L] Sam West > Samuel Martin West was my greatgrandfather. I believe my grandmother > (Carrie West) told me that her father SMW was born in Tarrant County near > Keller and Southlake. It was a community called Lonesome Dove. I found the > cemetary with my mother years ago, but I did not get information about how > to find out who and where people are buried there. I know Carrie Ellen West > Minor had a cousin named Earnest Jones and he owned a hardware store. I > believe he had a deaf brother named Newt. I would love to have any > information about the West family. Sam West had an older brother that lived > in Bridgeport before he went there. I believe he married (Laura Ellen > Sullins West), was a sister to his brother'w wife. I am not positive about > that. There were second cousins somewhere in that generation of the family. > I know Sam West was a Mason and belonged to the lodge in Bridgeport and the > First Baptist Church. He was a rural mail man. He used a horse and buggy > to deliver the mail. Later he used a car. In 1901 they lived right by the > East Cemetary. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "MERAL DAVIS" <meda@advantexmail.net> > To: <TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2004 9:22 PM > Subject: Re: [TXWISE-L] Sam West > > > > Hi, > > > > I checked the book BIRTH RECORDS WISE COUNTY, TEXAS 1864-1902, by Julian G > > Allen, 1907. > > > > In it I found listed the birth of WEST Samuel Edgar 03/24/1901 Male > > Decatur (15106) * WEST John (AR) * RUSHING Myrtle T (TX). > > > > Also listed is the birth of WEST Carrie Ellen 03/02/1901 Female > Bridgeport > > (22086)* WEST Samuel Martin (TX) * SULLINS Laura Ellen (MO). > > > > Also listed is the birth of WEST Sidney Littleton 02/06/1900 Male > Paradise > > (10022) * WEST Samuel Littleton (AL) * TOWRY Margaret Elizabeth (AR). > > > > These are the only "Sam" West's that are listed. Hope it helps. > > > > Meral Davis > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <dmross14@juno.com> > > To: <TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2004 2:00 PM > > Subject: Re: [TXWISE-L] Sam West > > > > > > > > > > Hello, do you have the name of Sam West's father? My GGGrandmother is > > Tempa Ann West (1847-1930)and married Kerney McDonald (1843-1900). > Tempa's > > parents are James Madden West and Elizabeth W. Sullivan from Tennessee. I > > have more information on the West and Sullivan sides of the family if > > interested. Thank you, Donna > > > > > > > > > > > >