a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Clermont County, O., Nov. 25, 1825. He was the special object of the prayers of his pious parents from infancy, and the subject of deep religious impressions from childhood; experienced religion in his fourteenth year, was appointed class-leader at the age of eighteen, joined the Ohio Conference in 1848, and continued energetic and devoted until his death, which occurred at Urbana, O., May 8, 1865. Mr. West possessed a well-stored mind, was a man of deep and uniform piety, bold and firm in principle. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1865, p. 163.