Background
West, Anson was born on September 3, 1832 in Robertson County, North Carolina, United States. Son of Alfred W.
West, Anson was born on September 3, 1832 in Robertson County, North Carolina, United States. Son of Alfred W.
Educated in Henry County, Alabama. Doctor of Divinity, University of Alabama, 1878.
In ministry, since 1856. Member of every general conference of Mechanical Engineering Church, South, since 1874. Delegate to Centennial Methodist Conference, Baltimore, 1884.
Author: The State of the Dead, 1869. The Old and the New Man, 1885. History of Methodism in Alabama, 1892.
Member of every general conference of Mechanical Engineering Church, South, since 1874.
Married Sarah B. Kittrell, January 4, 1866. Married second, Mistress.