WEST, Eliza Jane (Conaway)

Date of birth:  About 1830 – Indiana
Date of death: 24 Oct 1895 – Edinburg, Johnson County, Indiana

The Franklin Democrat Friday, November 1, 1895,
Vol XXXVI Number 16, page 6 column 6

FROM OVER THE COUNTY

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EDINBURG.

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Eliza West, an elderly lady residing on N. Kyle street, died last Thursday and was buried Sunday. Funeral ser­vices were held at her residence, con­ducted by Rev. Chas. E. Huffer of the Presbyterian church.

Note: The Johnson County Indiana WPA Death Index 1882-1920 records on page 225, referencing Book H-25, page 35, that Eliza J. West, a sixty-five-year-old white female, died 24 Oct 1895 in Edinburg.
The US Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 records that Eliza J West, widow of John D West, received a widow’s pension Certificate Number 349698 in 1890 for his service in Company G, 35th Indiana Infantry.
The Indiana State Library Genealogy Database: Marriages through 1850 records that John West married Eliza Jane Conaway on 12 Oct 1848 in Jefferson County, Indiana.

Submitted by Mark McCrady, Cathea Curry and Lois Johnson