Samuel Walker WEST
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Margaret was the second wife of Jesse N. She was the sixth of 10
children of Samuel W. and Margaret C. West. She joined the church at age
8 and went to Utah with her parents. She was the younger sister to
Emma, 1st wife of Jesse N. She died, supposedly of acute appendicitis
while Jesse N. was presiding over the Scandinavian Mission. Word
reached him in Copenhagen some six weeks later through a letter from
his brother Silas. He did not arrive home until Oct. of that year. Her two
children, Adelaide Margaret and Joseph West were tenderly cared for by
their Aunt Emma who reared them as her own. Emma received help in ther
rearing of all of the children from their grandmother, Mary Aikens Smith.
During the brief 8 year period of Margaret's married life, her husband
was away from home most of the time in church, civic or military
service. (Source: Journal of J.N.S.)
Margaret was endowed 2 Oct 1857 and sealed at the altar the same day
in the Salt Lake Endowment House by Brigham Young.
He married Margaret Cooper 20 Jan 1829 at Montgomery, Tennessee . Margaret Cooper was born at Montgomery, Tennessee 9 Dec 1804 .
They were the parents of 10
children:
Sarah Esther West
born 8 Nov 1829.
John Anderson West
born 19 Dec 1830.
Isles Marion West
born 23 Apr 1832.
Susan Elizabeth West
born 4 Dec 1833.
Emma Saraphine West
born 3 Jan 1836.
Margaret Fletcher West
born 22 May 1838.
Lydia Clementine West
born 21 Apr 1840.
William Moroni West
born 9 Feb 1842.
Nancy Melinda West
born 22 Mar 1844.
Samuel Wilford West
born 22 Apr 1847.
Samuel Walker West died 22 Feb 1873 at Washington, Washington, Utah .
Margaret Cooper died 19 Jun 1882 at Snowflake, Apache, Arizona .