Nineva Phillips1

#15709, (17 April 1827 - )
Father*Elisha Phillips Sr.1 (1803 - 1875)
Mother*Volly Burlison1 (1808 - 1871)

Family

Josiah West b. c 1824
Children 1.Volley J West6 (c 1846 - )
 2.Elisha P West6 (c 1848 - )
 3.Rebecca West6 (c 1851 - )
 4.Mary A West6 (c 1855 - )
 5.Rachael West6 (c 1859 - )
Her married name was West.2 
Birth*17 April 1827She was born on 17 April 1827 at Posey Co., IndianaG.3 
Marriage*24 January 1843She married Josiah West on 24 January 1843 at Posey Co., IndianaG.2 
6 August 1850She and Josiah West appeared on the census of 6 August 1850 at Black Twp., Posey Co., IndianaG; (nei. Elisha (45) and Volley (40) Phillips, fam. 229.)4 
12 February 1874She was mentioned in the will of Elisha Phillips Sr. on 12 February 1874 at Posey Co., IndianaG, as Nineva West, wife of Josiah West (bequest to their children.)5

Citations

  1. [S1450] Posey County Will Record Vol. 1 1852-1875 (Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, microfilmed Jul 1875), pp. 486-488, last will of Elisha Phillips, dated 12 Feb 1875. Online Ancestry.com.
  2. [S272] Ruth M. Slevin, compiler, Posey County Indiana Marriages, Index, Book 2 1832-1846 (Indiana: n.pub., unk. yr.), Brides p. 26, no. 1408. Winny Phillips and Josiah West, marr. 24 jan 1843.
  3. [S46] John C. Leffel, History of Posey County (Leffel) (Chicago IL: Standard Publishing Company, 1913), p. 384.
  4. [S20] 1850 U.S. Federal Census. Josiah P (26), b. IN, farmer; Nineveh (23), b. IN.
  5. [S1450] Posey County Will Record Vol. 1 1852-1875, pp. 486-488, last will of Elisha Phillips, dated 12 Feb 1875. Names children (apparently in order of birth, except Fidelia precedes John T.): son-in-law Josiah C. West and his heirs by dau. Nineva West (presumably deceased); Andrew H.; grandson William Alldredge, son of dau. Elizabeth Alldredge (presumably deceased); Fidelia Williams (sp. of Charles Williams) and her children; John T. Phillips; and Elisha H. Phillips. Not mentioned are Volley Ann (d. prob. before 1864) and Jonathan (d. 1870). Appoints son John T. as executor; witnesses Perry Allyn and Field A. Pentecost. Proved 19 Apr 1875, Posey Co. Circuit Court, Mount Vernon IN.
  6. [S19] 1860 U.S. Federal Census.