WEST, POOL, HOGAN, McDOWELL, DAVIS. They all lived in Lafayette Co Mo from about 1835 on. Probably all Irish descent. James West b ca 1808 NC m Elizabeth (surname unk), NC. Son- Henry Clay b 7 Dec 1842 Mo m Julia A.Pool b 12 Dec 1848 Mo. daughter of Ephraim Pool b 1815 Va. m Feb 25, 1846 Julia Hogan b ca 1830 Ky. Son of Henry Clay West was James Ephraim b 10 June 1868 Mo. m Oct 27, 1870, Florence McDowell b Aug 1879 Mo. daughter of James M. McDowell b ca1850 Mo. m Mary Susan Davis b Oct 1851 Mo. daughter of J. B. Davis b Jan 1826 Mo.