Joseph West and Katherine Whittaker

---

---

Husband Joseph West ^{1 2 3 4 5}

---

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

---

         Father: Edward West (      -      ) 1 2
         Mother: 

---

       Marriage: 

---

   Other Spouse: Mary Lowrey (1761-      ) 2 4 5 6

---

---

Wife Katherine Whittaker ^{2 5}

---

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

---

         Father: [Father] Whittaker (      -      )
         Mother: 

---

---

Children

---

1 M Aaron West ²

---

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

---

2 M Samuel West ²

---

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

---

3 M James West ²

---

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

---

4 M Charles West ²

---

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

---

5 M William West ²

---

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

---

6 M Frank West ²

---

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

---

7 F Katherine West ²

---

            AKA: Catharine West 3
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1890
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Davis Shepler (1818-1883) 7 8 9 10
           Marr: 2 Oct 1849 3

---

8 F Nancy West ²

---

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Cooper Dryden (      -      ) 2

---

---

General Notes: Husband - Joseph West

---

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.

1 Editor, 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 567.

8 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 635.

9 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 308.

10 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1220.