Joseph West and Mary Lowrey

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Husband Joseph West ^{1 2 3 4 5}

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died:  - Allegheny Co, PA
         Buried:  - Franklin Cemetery, Allegheny Co, PA

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         Father: Edward West (      -      ) 1 2
         Mother: 

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       Marriage: 

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   Other Spouse: Katherine Whittaker (      -      ) 2 5

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Wife Mary Lowrey ^{2 4 5 6}

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           Born: 21 May 1761 4 6
     Christened: 
           Died:  - Allegheny Co, PA
         Buried:  - Lebanon Cemetery, Mifflin Twp, Allegheny Co, PA

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         Father: Col. Alexander Lowrey (1723/1725-1805) 7 8 9 10
         Mother: Mary Waters (1732-1767/1773) 4 11

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   Other Spouse: Matthew Hay (      -      ) 5

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Children

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1 M Alexander Lowrey West ^{2 5}

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died:  - Illinois
         Buried: 

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2 M Edward West ^{2 5}

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died:  - Illinois
         Buried: 

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3 M Joseph West ^{2 5 12}

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           Born:  - Mifflin Twp, Allegheny Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Abt 1872 - Allegheny Co, PA
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Sarah "Sallie" Whittaker (      -      ) 1 2 5

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4 M Matthew Hay West ^{2 5 13}

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           Born: 23 Feb 1799 - Mifflin Twp, Allegheny Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 1872 14
         Buried:  - Lebanon Cemetery, Mifflin Twp, Allegheny Co, PA

         Spouse: Elizabeth Hoffer (      -      ) 14
           Marr: Abt 1821

         Spouse: Mary Glass (1813-1871) 14

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General Notes: Husband - Joseph West

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He was a wood turner by trade, which line of work he followed throughout the active years of his life. He was prominent in the politics of his day.

He was a slave owner of Pennsylvania.

He was a farmer and at one time owned a portion of the land on which Homestead, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, now stands.

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General Notes: Wife - Mary Lowrey

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She married Hay and they settled in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, prior to 1800, on land overlooking the Monongahela, a part of which became the borough of Homestead. After the death of her first husband she married Joseph West, their home continuing on the farm in Allegheny County.

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

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

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

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

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

7 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 659.

8 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 17, 761.

9 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 18.

10 Addams S. McAllister, The Descendants of John Thomson, Pioneer Scotch Covenanter (Easton, PA: The Chemical Publishing Company, 1917), Pg 101.

11 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 761.

12 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 294, 653.

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

14 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.