Yes I have. My grandmother, Pirley Andrew WEST-MANNING, had a son, I believe his name was either Robert MANNING or Clayton MANNING, and he had asked his mother if she was going to go away and leave her little boy and she told him no and he told her he was going away and leaving his mother(mammy) and I believe this is the one that drowned in Couer d'Alene Lake in Couer d'Alene, Idaho. Has anyone every heard a story like that. Gramma always said he had been born with a veil over his face. I have never figured that out. Edith -- On Fri, 12 Feb 1999 20:56:35 Jacktar627 wrote: >My WESTS were: Leander Leedom WEST b. 1808 Loudoun Co. d. 1874 Rich Hill >Twp. Muskingum Co. OH & Elizabeth Humphrey b. 1807 Loudoun Co. VA d. 1899 >Mushingum Co. OH. Children: Rebecca b. 1832, William b. 1834, Louis b. 1838, >Joseph Sperry b. 1841, Amanda b. 1843, Mary Jane b. 1846, Calvin b. 1849...all >children b. Muskingum Co. > >Joseph Sperry WEST b. 1841 d. 1911 & Elizabeth Jane WATTS b. 1841 Guernsey >Co. OH d. 1922 Muskingum Co. OH were m. 1865...children: Amanda Awilda b. >1866, Charles Edward b. 1869, Nina Alice ( my grandmother ) b. 1872, Leander >Leedom b. 1875, and Lola Montes b. 1883. > >Nina Alice WEST was said to have an unusual "Gift" or "Power"...if she knew of >someone ( no matter how far away they were ) having a problem with >uncontrolled >bleeding...she could "Will" it or "Command" it to stop...& it would. Has >anyone ever >heard of such a thing? > >Jack R. Saylor >South Bend, IN > > >==== WEST Mailing List ==== >To keep free access to genealogy data, consider sending a donation to >http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > "Free web-based email available now at http://www.theglobe.com"