WEST, W. E., Farmer and Stock Raiser, Sec. 3; Marengo P. O.; born in Madison Co., Ohio, August 4, 1823, came to Elgin, Ill., 1836, and to McHenry Co. February 25, 1876; owns 200 acres of land, value $50 per acre; was member of Co. B, One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Regt. Ill. Vol. Inf. Married Arvilla Lewis, of Stockholm, March 8, 1855 ; she was born February 8, 1831; has two children, both members of M. E. Church.

 

Source:  1877 McHenry County, IL Directory - submitted by K. Torp