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Monday, November 7, 2011

Samuel Stacker West


Samuel Stacker West was born in Stewart County, Tennessee in February 1848 to George and Sarah (Rains) West.  Samuel has no known brothers or sisters that have been documented at this time.  He spent his early years in his birthplace Stewart County, Tennessee located along the eastern shore of the Tennessee River/Kentucky Lake.  By 1860, his family including maternal grandmother Nancy Rains left the area and traveled to near by Eddyville, Lyon County, Kentucky.  Shortly after Samuel turned 15 years old, the American Civil War was at his door.  Both he and his father joined the war effort on the Union side, and served in Company G, 48th Kentucky Volunteer Mounted Infantry.  Serving along side him and his father was John Henry Fitts, the father of his future daughter-in-law (William Washington West marries Ellen Rose Fitts some 29 years later).   

Samuel married Nancy Ratliff Stone on January 30, 1868 in Hardin, Illinois.  Nancy was the daughter of William and Susannah P. (Gray) Stone born in Lyon, Kentucky in 1848.  The couple had nine children:
Samuel West Civil War Pension Card

Children of Samuel and Nancy
M. L. West 1870-1880
Ida B. West (Warfield) 1872-1896
Sarah Francis “Fanny” West (Browning) 1874-1933
William Washington West 1875-1959
Ada E. West (Warfield) 1879-1938
Bobie E. West 1880-
Dora A. West (Wilson) 1880-
Euchlas Duncan West 1884-1965
Rose Ellen West 1886-1929

Samuel and his family were some of the original charter members of the Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Eddyville, Kentucky, where ultimately Samuel became a preacher.  Pleasant Hill's first preacher Jim Oliver baptized Samuel, his wife and many of his children. John Fitts was one of the deacons of the church during that time.  Samuel and his wife are buried in the cemetery at the church, as are many of his children and grand children.

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Source: Biography written by Debbie West
John Fitts Biography written by Jordon Carroll
The Union Army, vol. 4, p. 342           


Samuel West Death Certficate

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I started researching my family tree last year. My father is a West and my mother is a McClellan. Researching my family history has truly been a monumental task. I’ve spent untold hours searching for long lost relatives… Where’s a ghost whisperer when you need one? With the surname McClellan being so popular due to General George B. McClellan and the surname West being a geographical direction, the hunt was hindered on many occasions. Search engines have run me through the ringer. The fact is, I threw my hands in the air and swore to walk away from this project more times than I can remember. It really is a roller coaster ride. This project has caused me tears of anger, tears of joy and has heightened my already existing anxiety disorder to its limits. It has forced me to be patient when I didn’t want to be and caused me to be organized and detail oriented, which that in itself is a huge achievement. But most of all, it gave me hope and a sense of belonging.