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Accession Number: 61
The West-Vanhook Family Papers, 1867-1992
Bulk Dates: 1880-1952
2.0 linear feet
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Record (BANC)
Overview
History
Series I - Correspondence
Series II - Family
History
Series III - Financial
Records
Series IV - Printed
Material
Series V - Miscellaneous
Overview of the Collection
These are correspondence, family history, tapes, photographs,
financial records, and printed materials that document
the lives and work of the West-Vanhook family.
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History
The West-Vanhook family farm was bought by F.A. Vanhook and his wife Nancy
in 1884. They moved there from Science Hill, in Pulaski County, Kentucky. The
death of the current farm owner delayed the official property transfer until
1890. By this time F.A. Vanhook had already passed away. Henry West, of Pulaski
County, Kentucky married F.A. Vanhook’s daughter, Sarah, in 1867. His
son, William W. (better known as W.W. West), was the first West to move to
the farm, being sent to help his grandmother Nancy manage the farm in about
1895. Two years after W.W. moved to the farm he met his wife-to-be, Patience
Amanda Rebecca Arimenta Kelly (better known as Minnie). W.W. and Minnie’s
sons, Logan and Floyd, attended Berea College, but did not graduate. Beulah
was the only child of W.W. and Minnie still living at the time of this writing
[since deceased]. She was retired from a teaching career at Paint Lick. Beulah,
along with Floyd’s sons, Bill and Henry, are the current owners of the
farm. Recently Bill and Henry decided to split up the land, which made Bill
the owner of the original farm that had been acquired by F.A. Vanhook.
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