Hamilton West and Clarissa Eleanor Hinds

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Husband Hamilton West

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           Born: Abt 1811 - Kentucky
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1860
         Buried: 

       Marriage: 12 Oct 1832 - Wayne Co., Kentucky 1 2

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Wife Clarissa Eleanor Hinds ³

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           Born: 1814 - Mill Springs, Wayne Co., Ky 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 8 Aug 1857
         Buried: 

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         Father: Levi Hinds (1766-1838) 5 6
         Mother: Susannah Gerron (      -1835/1838)

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Children

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1 F Susanna West ⁷

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           Born: 14 Dec 1835 - Kentucky
     Christened: 
           Died: 16 Dec 1917
         Buried:  - McNeil Cemetery, Caldwell Co., Tx

         Spouse: Gains Bailey Smith (1829-      ) 7
           Marr: 7 Aug 1851 - Brazoria Co., Texas 7

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2 F Margaret Jane West ⁷

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           Born: 10 Apr 1837 - Kentucky
     Christened: 
           Died: After 1860
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Henry Smith (      -      ) 7
           Marr: 7 Aug 1851 - Brazoria Co., Texas 7

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3 M Nelson Baylor West ⁷

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           Born: 12 Jul 1842 - Kentucky
     Christened: 
           Died: 24 Feb 1910
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Leonona Harrison (      -      ) 7

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4 M Harrison Henry West ⁷

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           Born: 12 Jul 1843 - Kentucky
     Christened: 
           Died: 9 Jan 1925
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Louvina Williams (      -      ) 7

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5 F Celia D. West ⁷

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           Born: 1845 - Kentucky
     Christened: 
           Died: 1876
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Joseph M. New (      -      ) 7

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6 F Elizabeth Annie West ⁷

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           Born: 1846 - Kentucky
     Christened: 
           Died: 26 Oct 1875
         Buried: 

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7 M Hamilton West ⁷

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           Born: 10 Jun 1847 - Kentucky
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Sara Jane Goodin (      -      ) 7
           Marr: 1871 - Caldwell Co., Texas 8 9

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8 F Lorinda D. West ⁷

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           Born: 9 Jun 1850 - Kentucky
     Christened: 
           Died: 30 Aug 1937
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Abner B. Etheridge (      -      ) 7

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9 M John West ⁷

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           Born: 1852
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

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General Notes: Husband - Hamilton West

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CENSUS:

<pre>1850 Cherokee Co., Texas, Town of Rusk; Nov 2; pg 65
444/444
H. West 39 MW Ky $1111 Farmer
Clarissa " 31 FW Ky
Susanna " 17 FW Ky
Margaret " 15 FW Ky
Nelson " 11 MW Ky
Harrison " 9 MW Ky
Celia D. " 7 FW Ky
Eliza A. " 5 FW Ky
Hamilton " 4 MW Ky
Larinda " 1/24 FW Tx
Saml. Goodwin 24 MW Ky Carpenter </pre>

He is not in the Slave Schedule.

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General Notes: Wife - Clarissa Eleanor Hinds

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BURIAL:

According to an article entitled "Levi Hinds" in "Historical Caldwell County" (Genealogical & Historical Society of Caldwell Co., 1984), "Clarissa Hinds died August 8, 1857, and was to be buried at McNeil Cemetery, but Plum Creek was out of bank. She is buried about fifty yards off the old stagecoach road on the Matthews place."

The same article says that the family came to Texas in 1850, and it describes her children.

AGE:

Two sources say that she married in October 1832. The only specific indication of her age is the 1850 census, which says that she is 31. If she was fifteen when she married, she was born in 1817.

1 June Baldwin Bork, "Wayne Co., Ky. Marriages & Vital Records 1801--1860," Vol 2, pg 187. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.

2 Genealogical and Historical Society of Caldwell Co, Historical Caldwell County, 1984, pg 192-93. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.

3 Genealogical and Historical Society of Caldwell Co, Historical Caldwell County, 1984, pgs 192-93. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.

4 Bernice Smith West, "The Hinds Family," Blanco County News, March 26, 2008, Repository: http://www.blancocountynews.com/news/article/1928.

5 Genealogical and Historical Society of Caldwell Co, Historical Caldwell County, 1984, pg 192. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.

6 , http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/1828census2.htm.

7 Genealogical and Historical Society of Caldwell Co, Historical Caldwell County, 1984, pg 193. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.

8 Francis T. Ingmire, Caldwell County, Texas Marriage Records 1868--1873, 1985, Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.

9 Marjorie Lee Burnett, "Caldwell Co. TX Marriages 1848--1886," 1997, Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.