Brief Life History of Solomon
When Solomon West was born in 1785, in South Carolina, United States, his father, Soloman West, was 48 and his mother, Isabella Boyd, was 50. He married Hetty Norton on 21 November 1806, in Wayne, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Wayne, Kentucky, United States for about 60 years. He died on 3 August 1888, in McLennan, Texas, United States, at the age of 103, and was buried in Lone Oak Cemetery, Axtell, McLennan, Texas, United States.
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- Solomon West, "United States Census, 1810"
- Solomon West, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Solomon West, "Find A Grave Index"
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1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
1788 · South Carolina becomes the 8th state in the Union
On May 23, 1788, South Carolina ratifies the Constitution of the United States making it the 8th State of the Union.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Name Meaning
English and German: from Middle English, Middle High German west ‘west’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived to the west of a settlement, or a habitational name for someone who had migrated from further west.
Americanized form of Finnish Vesterinen: from the personal name Vesteri (a short form of Sylvester ) + the surname suffix -nen.
History: This name was brought to North America independently by many bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. Thomas West, 12th Baron De La Warre, was captain general of Virginia in 1610–11. The state of DE is named for him. One of the earliest permanent settlers was Francis West (1606–92), who came to Duxbury, MA, from Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, in or before 1638.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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