Seventh Generation

5107. Marcus Willard West was born about 1879 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC. Marcus died in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC on 19 June 1961 and was buried at Union Baptist Church Cemetery in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC in June 1961 .¹⁶⁶⁴⁴

Marcus Willard West and Laura Grace "Gracie" Sherrill were married on 24 December 1895 in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC.¹⁶⁶⁴⁵ They^{¹⁶⁶⁴⁵} lived with his parents in Little River, Caldwell Co., NC on 11 June 1900. Laura Grace "Gracie" Sherrill was born on 22 February 1878 in North Carolina. Laura died in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC on 9 December 1947 and was buried at Union Baptist Church Cemetery in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC in December 1947 .¹⁶⁶⁴⁶

Marcus Willard West and Laura Grace "Gracie" Sherrill had the following children:

11067	i.	Floyd Eugene West was born on 5 September 1896 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC.⁷¹⁷¹ Floyd died in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC on 18 November 1985.^16647,16648
11068	ii.	Caroline West was born in July 1899 in North Carolina.
11069	iii.	Carl Decatur West was born on 24 February 1901 in North Carolina. Carl died in Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA on 16 July 1928 and was buried at Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC in July 1928.¹⁶⁶⁴⁹
11070	iv.	Leonard Sherrill West was born in 1906 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC.¹⁶⁶⁵⁰
11071	v.	Lexie Orilla West was born in 1908 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC.¹⁶⁶⁵¹