During the Civil War he did hospital work in Warrenton for Dr. Samuel Fisher; at the age of 13 he ran the blockade to procure food for people in Warrenton; and during the last year of the War he did scout work for Col. John S. Mosby.
descendant of Anthony West, Gent., who d. 1652 in Northampton Co., a member of the family of Lords De La Warr.