Claiborne West

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Claiborne West (* around 1800 in Tennessee ; † September 10, 1866 ) was a Texan settler and politician . He belonged to the Freemasons .

Career

Claiborne West's teenage years were overshadowed by the British-American War . In 1824 he moved to Louisiana and married Anna Garner there. The couple had nine children. The West family moved to Texas in 1831, which was then still part of Mexico . In 1832 West represented the Liberty District at the 1832 Convention and sat on the District of Cow Bayou's Subcommittee for Safety and Vigilance . In 1835 he represented the Liberty parish at the consultation . After being shaped by the General Council West was selected to the community Jefferson in the Convention of 1836 in Washington to represent, where he Declaration of Independence of Texas co-signed. During the Runaway Scrape , West returned to southeast Texas, where he stocked up on provisions prior to the Battle of San Jacinto . In the following years he enrolled in a company under Benjamin Franklin Hardin and served there from July 1 to October 7, 1836. Then he was elected by voters in Jefferson County to the first Congress of the Republic of Texas , where he was from 1836 served until 1837. After serving as postmaster in the Jefferson Ward, West moved to Montgomery County , where in 1830 he owned six slaves, four horses and five cattle, according to tax records. His wife died on March 3, 1847. Shortly afterwards he married Prudence Kimbell, the widow of George C. Kimbell , who died at the Battle of the Alamo . In 1850 he moved to Guadalupe County , where his fortune included $ 3,000 in real estate and nine slaves. After the death of his second wife in 1861, he married Florinda McCulloch Day (1814-1893), widow of George W. Day (1808-1859), a third time.

After his death in 1866, West was buried in Riverside Cemetery in Seguin, Texas.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Florinda McCulloch West in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved April 30, 2016.
  2. ↑ George W. Day in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved April 30, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME West, Claiborne
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Texan settler and politician
DATE OF BIRTH around 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH Tennessee
DATE OF DEATH September 10, 1866