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History of Allegheny county, Pennsylvania : including its early settlement
Chicago : A. Warner Co., 1889
Cushing, Thomas, 1821
Pg. 653
CAPT. EDWARD WEST, Homestead, was born May 1, 1839, on the old homestead in Mifflin Twp., the son of JOSEPH WEST. At the age of 16 he floated coal boats during the winter for several years. Subsequently he was two years in the wholesale business in Pittsburgh, with the firm of Hill, WEST & Co., then sold out and bought stock in a steamboat, of which he became the captain. His first boat was the Boston, and he subsequently was captain of the Kangaroo and Willie Austen. In 1885 he sold his interest in the boats, and the following year made a trip west; then to St. Andrew’s Bay, Fla., where he merchandised, and he now resides in Homestead. CAPT. WEST married here MARIA A., daughter of HENRY and HANNAH (CLARK) NOBLE. The great-grandfather of MRS. WEST was CHARLEY CLARK, an English officer, who settled at Scotch Bottom, now Hazelwood, with Charles Duke, also a great-grandfather of MRS. WEST. CAPT. and MRS. WEST raised a family of six children, viz.: MRS. SADIE RACE, MRS. FLORA ACKARD, JOSEPH A., HATTIE B., EDWIN L. and LILLIAN. CAPT. WEST is a member of the A. F. & A. M., of the I. O. O. F., and is a democrat.
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