Name: John Warren West
Born: 6 Jun 1812, KY
Died: 27 Nov 1890 near La Monte, Pettis County, MO
Buried: LaMonte Cemetery, La Monte,MO
Married: Sally Smith, 4 Aug
1832 in Bond County, IL
Cynthia
Mariah Morrell, 22 Jul 1846 in Bond County, IL
Children: by Sally Priscilla
Jane, James M, Thomas W, Mary Ellen
by Cynthia Sarah M, Alzada, John Jasper
Census 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880
John was born on 6 Jun 1812 in Kentucky to Jeptha West and Millie "Sewachie" Gentry. Millie was Cherokee and her name was Sewachie. In the 1830's John moved to Bond County, Illinois. He purchased several plats of land south of the town of Greenville. He married Sally Smith on 4 Aug 1832. Sally lived next to John. She died around 1845 and he remarried to Cynthia Morrell on 22 Jul 1846. In the 1850 census John and family are living in Camden County, MO. They moved to Jim Henry Township in Miller County MO for the 1860 census. John's eldest daughter, Priscilla married James Stone and James joined the Confederate Army. He was fatally wounded in the Battle of Helena, Ark. Priscilla and her family were harassed due to this and her and John's family moved to Montieau county, MO. John is in Moniteau County for the 1870 and 1880 census. In the 1880's he moved to the La Monte, MO area and lived by his son, John Jasper West. He died in 1890 and is buried at the La Monte city cemetery.
John was a Primitive Baptist Preacher. He married his grand daughter Lucy Ellen Stone and William E. Williams.