Rev. Charles West
Rev. Charles West was born in 1792, in Hunterdon county, New Jersey, from which State he moved to Ohio, and settled in Colerain township in 1819. His death occurred in August, 1878, in Butler county, Ohio. By trade he was a tanner and curries, but after coming to Ohio was engaged in farming. In 1817 he united with the Methodist Episcopal church, and took an active part in its work. In 1850 he built a church with his own funds - the West Union church, at Greusbeck, in Colerain township - and was pastor of the church until his death. He was an active, earnest Christian, respected by all. In 1817 he married Rebecca Sparks, of Baltimore, Maryland. She died at the age of sixty-eight years, in Butler county. The had nine children: Manning, now married to Amanda Stout, and residing in Iowa; Stockston, now of Illinois, whose wives were Catharine Bevis and Mary Applegate; Pieson, whose wife is Mary Gps;omg; Allison Sylvester, Pitman; Augustus E., married to Annie H. Johnson; Miranda, now Mrs. Samuel Wilson of Indiana; and Charles, married to Harriet Ponder.
From History of Hamilton County, Ohio, Henry & Kate Ford, L. A. Williams & Co., Publishers, 1881