Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Matthew Hay West and Mary Glass




Husband Matthew Hay West 1 2 3

           Born: 23 Feb 1799 - Mifflin Twp, Allegheny Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 1872 4
         Buried:  - Lebanon Cemetery, Mifflin Twp, Allegheny Co, PA


         Father: Joseph West (      -      ) 2 3 5 6 7
         Mother: Mary Lowrey (1761-      ) 2 3 7 8


       Marriage: 

   Other Spouse: Elizabeth Hoffer (      -      ) 4 - Abt 1821



Wife Mary Glass 4

           Born: 1813 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 1871 4
         Buried: 


         Father: Johnston Glass (      -      ) 4
         Mother: Agnes Thornberry (      -      ) 4




Children
1 F Eliza West 4 9

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1904
         Buried: 
         Spouse: James Harvey Irwin (1825-1901) 9
           Marr: 10 Jun 1860 9


2 F Agnes West 1 4

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 1903 4
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Hiram M. Neel (1832-      ) 10 11


3 M Samuel G. West 4

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Mary Speelman (      -      ) 4


4 F Elizabeth West 4 12

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1915
         Buried: 
         Spouse: John Noble (1822-1884) 4 13 14


5 M Joseph West 4

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: when five years old
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


6 M Johnston G. West 4

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Mary Harlan Vickroy (      -      ) 4


7 M Dr. Matthew Hay West, Jr. 4

           Born: 20 Oct 1845 - Baldwin Twp, Allegheny Co, PA 15
     Christened: 
           Died: 6 Nov 1907 - Homestead, Allegheny Co, PA 15
         Buried:  - South Side Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA



8 F Sarah West 4

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 30 Mar 1902 4
         Buried:  - Homestead Cemetery, Homestead, Allegheny Co, PA



9 F Anna Margaret West 4

           Born: Abt 1850
     Christened: 
           Died: 1870 4
         Buried:  - Lebanon Cemetery, Mifflin Twp, Allegheny Co, PA



10 M Edward E. West 4

           Born: 18 Nov 1852 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



11 F Elva L. West 4

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Charles Dudgeon (      -      ) 4


12 F Mary Lowrey West 4

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: in childhood
         Buried:  - Lebanon Cemetery, Mifflin Twp, Allegheny Co, PA
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


13 M Robert G. West 4

           Born: 1856 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 1902 4
         Buried:  - Homestead Cemetery, Homestead, Allegheny Co, PA




General Notes: Husband - Matthew Hay West


He was a farmer on part of the family homestead in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; later engaged in mercantile dealings in partnership with a Mr. Willock, an association that was later discontinued, after which Matthew West returned to farming and was so engaged at his death.

He was educated in public schools, reared on a farm, and his first work was farming, after which he conducted flour mills for several years for Daniel Risher at Six Mile Ferry. In 1840 he associated himself with Foster Willock in Pittsburgh, the partnership continuing for about three years. He then moved to Baldwin township, becoming owner of a farm, the patent of which was taken out by John Baptist Christopher Lucas, of St. Louis, where the Lucas family became very prominent.
He was a man of more than ordinary abilities, and his counsel was sought by the neighbors in the settling of estates and other important matters. He served in the capacity of school director, and treasurer and director of the Old Plank Road. He was a Presbyterian in religion and a staunch supporter of Republican principles,

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Sources


1 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 682.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 34.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 603.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 35.

5 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 294.

6 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 637.

7 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 19.

8 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 762.

9 —, Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Vol. I (Madison, WI: Northwestern Historical Assosciation, 1904), Pg 260.

10 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 387, 682.

11 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1108.

12 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 628.

13 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part I (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 657.

14 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 627, 944.

15 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 36.


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