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Ben F. West
Memorial
Birth: unknown
Gloucester County
Virginia, USA
Death: 1916

Co E, 26th Va Inf
C.S.A.
Died 1916
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Burial:
Singleton United Methodist Church Cemetery
Schley
Gloucester County
Virginia, USA

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Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 about Benjamin West
Name: Benjamin West
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Age: 25
Birth Date: 1844
Birth Place: Gloucester Co
Marriage Date: 15 Mar 1869
Marriage Place: Gloucester, Virginia
Father: Ambrose West
Mother: Hannah West
Spouse: Nancy West
FHL Film Number: 2048451
Reference ID: Gloucester Image 446