Jacob West and Elizabeth Bell

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Husband Jacob West ¹

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           Born: Abt 1768 - Philadelphia Co, PA
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           Died: 1852 1
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         Father: Jacob West (      -Abt 1787) 1
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       Marriage: Abt 1796

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Wife Elizabeth Bell ¹

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Children

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1 M Adam West ¹

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           Born: 1798 1
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2 M Alexander West ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1800 - Lancaster Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: Ann Snyder (Abt 1790-Aft 1880) 1

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3 M Morton West ¹

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           Born: 1802 1
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4 M John West ¹

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           Born: 1803 1
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5 M Samuel West ¹

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           Born: 1805 1
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           Died: Abt 1825
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         Status: Twin

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6 M Jacob West ¹

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           Born: 1805 1
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         Status: Twin

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7 M Joseph West ¹

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           Born: 1807 1
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General Notes: Husband - Jacob West

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He served four years in the Revolutionary war, and with his father endured the hardships of the winter at Valley Forge. Subsequently he moved to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where he engaged in farming, and in addition to this he ran a six-horse team and wagon from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh on the Somerset and Philadelphia pike. He moved to Fairfield township, Westmoreland County, about 1834, worked on the old canal, and settled on the West farm which was located near the West school house. He was a Presbyterian in religion, and a Whig in politics. [HWC 1906 iii, 218] The same source gives the year of his birth as 1768. He must have been very young when he served in the Revolutionary army!

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 218.

2 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 377.