History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.
by William Henry Perrin,  O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882.  p. 770.
[Nicholas County]  [Carlisle City and Precinct]

ELIJAH WEST, who died June 3, 1877, was born in the year 1804, upon the
farm where the family now reside; his father was Amos West, a native of
North Carolina; subsequently removed to Maryland, where he was married to
Elizabeth Robbins, and came to Nicholas County before 1800; they had ten
children, of which number the subject was the fourth; he was married to
Maria B. Smoot, a daughter of one of the first merchants of Millersburg;
she died in 1863, at fifty-two years of age; her children were thirteen
in number, six of whom died childless; those living are : Sarah A., widow
of Col. R. A. Stewart, residing at Orange Lake, Fla.; William H. at the
old homestead; Mary G., wife of John W. Parker in Vermillion County,
Ill.; Lizzie A., wife of Rev. Henry W. Abbott of Monmouth, Kan.; George
B. at Wichita, Kan.; Laura T. and Emma R. unmarried.  Mr. West was again
married in 1863, to Mrs. Rosanna Hughes, widow of Jess Hughes.  He began
life as a merchant, learned the carpenter's trade and carried on farming.
He was a Magistrate in the county for many years, also held the position
of County Judge for a considerable period.  Mrs. Sarah A. M. Blackford,
widow of Merritt Blackford, is the daughter of Mary W., eldest daughter of
Amos West; she married Enoch Conyers and in 1832 moved to Quincy, Ill.,
where both died; they had eight children, three of whom are now living,
viz: Millicent A. P., a twin sister to the above, married William P.
Burns, at Portland, Or.; and Enoch W., residing at Columbia County,
Oregon.  Mr. Blackford was born Oct. 22, 1821, at Lebanon, Ohio, to Allen
and Nancy (Merritt) Blackford.  He was married Oct 9, 1854, in Quincy,
Ill., to Sarah A. M. Conyers, by whom he had five children: Emma A., has
been thrice married; first, to Horace Ludwig, by whom he had three
children: Oscar, Willie and John, the two eldest in Missouri, her second
marriage to Lou B. Hamilton; third, to William West, who resides near
Carlisle.  The second child of Merritt Blackford, is John M., married,
and living in Pike County, Ill.; Enoch C., married, and living in
Princeton, Ill.; Allen W. and George L. B., single.  Mr. Blackford
enlisted in October 1861, in Company D., 50th Illinois Infantry; he was
made Second Lieutenant, and died July 15, 1863, after three days sickness;
he was in the Army of the Cumberland under Col. Dr. Bain, of Payson, Ill.;
he was a good soldier, and gallant leader during his short military career.
Before entering the service, he was a mechanic of considerable note and a
worthy and highly esteemed citizen.

West Robbins Smoot Stewart Parker Abbott Hughes Blackford Conyers
Burns Merritt Ludwig Hamilton
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Quincy-Adams-IL Vermillion-IL Pike-IL Columbia-OR OH MO KS FL NC MD

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