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Charles B. West
1816 - 1870 (53 years)
1. 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. 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]
Children:- 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.
- Martha Jane West was born on 6 Dec 1840 in Johnson, Ripley, Indiana; died on 28 Jun 1918 in St Louis, Missouri.
- Mary Ann West was born in 1843 in Johnson, Ripley, Indiana; died in in Indiana, USA.
- Samuel Taylor West was born in 1849 in Johnson, Ripley, Indiana; died on 9 Jul 1929 in Laddonia, Audrain, Missouri, USA.
- John Leonard West was born on 21 Jan 1857 in Indiana, USA; died on 11 May 1950 in Columbus, Bartholomew, Indiana, USA.
2. 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]
3. 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. Charles B. West was born on 22 Dec 1816 in Jefferson, Indiana, USA; died in 1860-1870 in Bartholomew County, Indiana, USA.
Generation: 3
6. George Eli Benefiel was born on 25 Dec 1759 in York, Pennsylvania; died on 1 Apr 1832 in Shelby Township, Jefferson, Indiana. 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]
7. 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:
- 3. Martha R. Benefiel was born on 13 Mar 1789 in Kentucky; died on 31 Dec 1878 in Jefferson, Indiana.
Generation: 4
14. George Buchanan was born on 16 May 1721 in Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland (son of William Alexander Buchanan and Rachel van Scheik); died in 1815 in Madison, Jefferson County, Indiana, USA. George married Esther Campbell. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
15. Esther Campbell Children:
- 7. Mary Buchanan was born on 15 Mar 1764 in Ireland; died on 21 May 1857 in Jefferson, Indiana.