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Samuel Taylor West

Samuel Taylor West

Male 1849 - 1929  (80 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Samuel Taylor West was born in 1849 in Johnson, Ripley, Indiana (son of Charles B. West and Barbara Ryker); died on 9 Jul 1929 in Laddonia, Audrain, Missouri, USA.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Charles B. West was born on 22 Dec 1816 in Jefferson, Indiana, USA (son of John S. West and Martha R. Benefiel); died in 1860-1870 in Bartholomew County, Indiana, USA.

    Notes:

    1850 census Johnson, Ripley, Indiana.
    1860 census Hamblin township, Brown, Indiana.

    Charles married Barbara Ryker on 6 Sep 1837 in Jefferson, Wells, Indiana. Barbara (daughter of Peter Ryker and Susanna Caplinger) was born in 1818 in Indiana, USA; died on 12 Oct 1893 in Taylorsville, Bartholomew, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Barbara Ryker was born in 1818 in Indiana, USA (daughter of Peter Ryker and Susanna Caplinger); died on 12 Oct 1893 in Taylorsville, Bartholomew, Indiana, USA.

    Notes:

    Marriage record and a couple of others records have her as Barbary, rather than Barbara.

    In the 1870 census for Union, Bartholomew, Indiana, family nr. 68, Barbary is married to John Fry. He was previously married to Sarah A, and had the sons Thomas and John. With them is also Barbarys sons Samuel and Johnny.
    In family nr. 69, next dwelling we find her daughter Eliza Ann and second husband James Harvey with family.

    Children:
    1. Eliza Ann West was born on 3 Nov 1838 in Johnson, Ripley, Indiana; died on 2 Mar 1926 in Henryetta, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, USA; was buried in West Lawn Cemetery, Henryetta, OK, USA.
    2. Martha Jane West was born on 6 Dec 1840 in Johnson, Ripley, Indiana; died on 28 Jun 1918 in St Louis, Missouri.
    3. Mary Ann West was born in 1843 in Johnson, Ripley, Indiana; died in in Indiana, USA.
    4. 1. Samuel Taylor West was born in 1849 in Johnson, Ripley, Indiana; died on 9 Jul 1929 in Laddonia, Audrain, Missouri, USA.
    5. John Leonard West was born on 21 Jan 1857 in Indiana, USA; died on 11 May 1950 in Columbus, Bartholomew, Indiana, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  John S. West was born in 1787 in Chapham, Bedfordshire, England; died on 20 Jan 1865 in Jefferson, Indiana.

    John married Martha R. Benefiel on 12 Jan 1816 in Jefferson, Indiana. Martha (daughter of George Eli Benefiel and Mary Buchanan) was born on 13 Mar 1789 in Kentucky; died on 31 Dec 1878 in Jefferson, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Martha R. Benefiel was born on 13 Mar 1789 in Kentucky (daughter of George Eli Benefiel and Mary Buchanan); died on 31 Dec 1878 in Jefferson, Indiana.
    Children:
    1. 2. Charles B. West was born on 22 Dec 1816 in Jefferson, Indiana, USA; died in 1860-1870 in Bartholomew County, Indiana, USA.

  3. 6.  Peter Ryker was born on 28 Jun 1791 in Shelby Co., KY (son of Samuel Ryker and Barbara Fullenwider); died on 22 Jan 1875 in Ripley County, IN, USA.

    Notes:

    Blacksmith Peter Ryker, 1850 census, Shelby twp, Jefferson, Indiana, age 58, with wife Sarah, age 44.
    Farmer Peter Ryker, 1870 census, Shelby, Ripley, Indiana, age 79, with wife Mary, age 60, children Samuel and Nancy M.

    Peter married Susanna Caplinger on 17 Jul 1811 in Shelby Co., KY. Susanna (daughter of Henry Keplinger and Elizabeth Barbara Harpole) was born about 1791 in Virginia, USA; died on 10 Jul 1825 in KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Susanna Caplinger was born about 1791 in Virginia, USA (daughter of Henry Keplinger and Elizabeth Barbara Harpole); died on 10 Jul 1825 in KY.
    Children:
    1. 3. Barbara Ryker was born in 1818 in Indiana, USA; died on 12 Oct 1893 in Taylorsville, Bartholomew, Indiana, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 10.  George Eli Benefiel was born on 25 Dec 1759 in York, Pennsylvania; died on 1 Apr 1832 in Shelby Township, Jefferson, Indiana.

    Notes:

    George was a Revolutionary War veteran who served under Capt James Patton; 4th Battalion, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Militia.

    George Eli Benefiel and Mary Buchanan had the following children, born in Kentucky:

    child + 2 i. Robert2 Benefiel was born November 29, 1787.

    child + 3 ii. Martha Benefiel was born March 13, 1789.

    child + 4 iii. William Buchanan Benefiel was born April 14, 1791.

    child + 5 iv. Esther Campbell Benefiel was born January 2, 1793.

    child + 6 v. George Washington Benefiel was born January 8, 1795.

    child + 7 vi. Mary "Polly" Benefiel was born January 11, 1797.

    child 8 vii. Jane Benefiel was born in Clark Co., KY December 8, 1798.

    child + 9 viii. Jesse Benefiel was born October 26, 1800.

    child + 10 ix. Wilson B. Benefiel was born November 18, 1802.

    child + 11 x. James C. Benefiel was born May 11, 1806.

    child + 12 xi. Samuel M. Benefiel was born May 11, 1806.

    child + 13 xii. Eliza S. "Betsy" Benefiel was born June 16, 1808.

    In 1785, a George Benefiel owned land in Fayette Co., Pa. and a number of Benefiels appear in the frontier rangers in the Revolutionary War records in the area. George served in Culbertson's Pennsylvania militia, a unit that served from Cumberland Co..

    The Benefiels moved to Kentucky where George appears 1795 in the Scott Co. tax list, 1796 and 1797 in Bourbon County, but does not appear in further tax lists there.

    He appears in the tax list for Montgomery County, Kentucky in 1799, 1801 and 1802.

    George Eli Benefiel was listed in the 1810 Census for Clark County, Kentucky under the name George Bennifield with 3 white males under 10, 2 10-16, 2 16-26, 2 over 45, 1 white female under 10, 2 10-16, 2 16-26, and 1 over 45.

    He moved to Jefferson County, Indiana in 1814. When Benefiel moved to Indiana, he was joining his wife's four Buchanan brothers, who had settled along the Ripley Co.-Jefferson Co. border by 1809. George owned land in Section 3 Twp. 5N Range 11E in Shelby Township.. His will is recorded in Jefferson Co.

    George was listed as the head of a family on the 1820 Census in Jefferson County, Indiana, with 2 white males under 10, 2 10-15, 1 16-18, 2 19-25, 1 over 44, 1 white female under 10, 1 10-15, 2 16-25, and 1 over 44. Four persons were engaged in agriculture.

    George was listed as the head of a family on the 1830 Census in Jefferson County, Indiana, with 1 male white 70-80, 1 white female under 5, 2 20-30, and 1 60-70.

    The biography of George Benefiel by Robert W. Scott from the Jefferson County, Indiana USGenWeb.

    George married Mary Buchanan in 1787 in Northumberland Co., PA. Mary (daughter of George Buchanan and Esther Campbell) was born on 15 Mar 1764 in Ireland; died on 21 May 1857 in Jefferson, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 11.  Mary Buchanan was born on 15 Mar 1764 in Ireland (daughter of George Buchanan and Esther Campbell); died on 21 May 1857 in Jefferson, Indiana.
    Children:
    1. 5. Martha R. Benefiel was born on 13 Mar 1789 in Kentucky; died on 31 Dec 1878 in Jefferson, Indiana.

  3. 12.  Samuel Ryker was born on 3 Nov 1769 in Closter, Bergen, New Jersey (son of Gerardus Ryker and Rachel Demarest); died in 1835 in Madison, Jefferson, Indiana.

    Samuel married Barbara Fullenwider on 5 May 1790 in Donegal, Washington, Pennsylvania. Barbara (daughter of Henry Peter Vollenwieder) was born in 1769 in Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, USA; died on 16 Jun 1824 in Jefferson, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 13.  Barbara Fullenwider was born in 1769 in Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, USA (daughter of Henry Peter Vollenwieder); died on 16 Jun 1824 in Jefferson, Indiana.
    Children:
    1. 6. Peter Ryker was born on 28 Jun 1791 in Shelby Co., KY; died on 22 Jan 1875 in Ripley County, IN, USA.

  5. 14.  Henry Keplinger was born about 1760 in Augusta Co, VA (son of Johann Georg Keplinger and Maria Barbara Abendschoen); died in in Virginia, USA.

    Henry married Elizabeth Barbara Harpole on 27 Mar 1786 in Rockingham Co., VA. Elizabeth was born about 1765 in Virginia, USA; died in 1806 in KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 15.  Elizabeth Barbara Harpole was born about 1765 in Virginia, USA; died in 1806 in KY.
    Children:
    1. 7. Susanna Caplinger was born about 1791 in Virginia, USA; died on 10 Jul 1825 in KY.


 

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