Samuel West and Maria Knappenberger

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Husband Samuel West ^{1 2}

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           Born: 2 Apr 1828 - Lehigh Co, PA 3
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           Died: 18 Nov 1898 2
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         Father: David West (      -1867) 3
         Mother: Catharine Beitnett (      -1863) 3

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       Marriage: Dec 1859 - West Salem Twp, Mercer Co, PA 4

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   Other Spouse: Mary L. Hommer (      -1855) 5 - 6 Apr 1852 4

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Wife Maria Knappenberger ⁴

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            AKA: Anna M. Knoppenberger 2
           Born:  - West Salem Twp, Mercer Co, PA
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           Died: 17 Jan 1903 2
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Children

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1 F Minnie West ⁴

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            AKA: Miner N. West 2
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2 F Lydia M. West ^{2 4}

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         Spouse: Dr. J. W. Schnetzler (      -      ) 2

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3 M Samuel A. West ^{2 4}

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         Spouse: Margaret May Baugh (      -      ) 2

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4 F Alice T. West ^{2 4}

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         Spouse: Rev. J. L. Miller (      -      ) 2

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5 M John W. West ^{2 4}

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           Born: Abt 1868
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           Died: 19 Nov 1907 2
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6 M Harry D. West ^{2 4}

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           Born: 20 Nov 1871 - Greenville, Mercer Co, PA 2
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7 F Anna May West ^{2 4}

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General Notes: Husband - Samuel West

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He left the parental roof in 1841, came to the vicinity of Greenville, Pennsylvania, and worked on a farm until his twenty-fourth year. In 1852 he got a government contract to carry a daily mail between Greenville and Mercer. He established a hack line, and carried the first daily mail between those points, which he continued to do for eight years. In 1856 he obtained a similar contract to carry the mail from Greenville to Warren, Ohio, which lasted four years, both contracts ending in 1860. He then engaged in farming, and in 1863 opened a grocery store in Greenville, which he conducted for one year. He purchased and ran the Greenville Steam Saw-mill for the next two years, and then sold out and went into the clothing business. In the spring of 1871 he disposed of his stock and again engaged in the grocery trade. The family belonged to the Lutheran Church, and Mr. West was a member of the I. O. O. F., and a stanch supporter of the Democratic party.

came to Poland, Ohio, when a small boy, with his parents. He attended school and later removed to Hempfield township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, where he also attended school and grew to manhood. Later he engaged in the saw milling industry at Greenville, some time in the eighteen-fifties. He had the contract for hauling the United States mail between Greenville, Pennsylvania, and Warren, Ohio, and ran a stage line, this being long before railroad days in this section. He held this contract until the Atlantic & Great Western Railway was built. This line is now known as the Erie Railroad. Along in the sixties he was engaged in the grocery business with Aaron Saul in Greenville for a number of years, after which he embarked in the clothing trade; after selling out his clothing stock he again entered the grocery business. He finally purchased a farm and ran both the farm and his store up to the date of his death.
He was a member of the Lutheran church and was connected with the Odd Fellows' order, Lodge No. 293, he being one of the charter members. He was treasurer of West Salem township for a period of twenty years.

1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 834, 1181.

2 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 528.

3 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 834.

4 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 835.

5 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1181.