When Augustus Arrington West was born on 12 March 1828, in Coweta, Georgia, United States, his father, Ephraim Hamilton West, was 29 and his mother, Lucinda Wallace McClendon, was 18. He married Martha Ann Formby on 31 October 1848, in Coweta, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Randolph, Alabama, United States in 1850. He registered for military service in 1861. He died on 25 December 1906, in Benton, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Bentonville, Benton, Arkansas, United States.