In a message dated 3/13/99 1:26:15 AM Eastern Standard Time, starwolf@io.com writes: << WEST-L@rootsweb.com >> Dale, Could Due West be "Du Val West" born in Austin, TX in 1862, son of Charles Shannon and Florence Du Val West? Du Val West gained national fame by being the personal representative of President Wilson in Mexico in 1915. He had already gained distinction in Texas as a lawyer and judge. Judge West was an officer in the Spanish-American War. The West Family Register by Letta Brock Stone, 1928, list Du Val West as "Wests of Today Prominent in Public and Professional Life. Dan West Springfield VA Descendant of John West/Sarah Pearson, Joseph West/Jane Owen