Winnie Elizabeth Bivens was born in the Edgerly Community in Georgia in 1804. Her family later moved to the Natchez District of Spanish Louisiana where she married Levi West in 1828. By 1850 she was listed in the Newton County Texas Census. In 1851 she was living with her husband in Brazoria County Texas. By the time of the Civil war she was a resident of Caldwell County Texas. They were living in Caldwell County Texas during the Civil War where in 1864 she was assessed 42 pounds of bacon as "tax in kind". She was a country doctor, and a midwife and she took care of the sick & delivered babies. An old family story goes as follows: "One dark rainy night in the 1860's, a man rode up & asked for her & told her she was needed but would not tell her where. She was blindfolded & told to ask no questions. They rode till morning & arrived at a fine home. The girl was a lovely, young blond. Her baby was born & a negro woman took it away. They brought her back the same way - she never knew or would not tell who they were." She died in 1885 in Caldwell County Texas and was buried on the West family farm.
Winnie is buried in the forgotten brush overgrown cemetery on the old West family farm land in Caldwell County.
by Richard Autry
Spouse & Children
Levi West
Married 1828 in Natchez district spanish LA
1. David West b. 1822 in MS
2. James Berry West b. 4 Sep 1824 in LA
3. Daughter West b. 1825
4. Mary M. West b. 1827
5. William Henry West b. 27 Mar 1829 in Natchez LA
6. Richard Berry West b. 1830 in Natchez LA
7. Isabella Elizabethson West b. 12 Dec 1831 in LA
8. Anthony West b. 1832
9. Aquila West b. 1835
10. Levi Oliver West b. 21 Mar 1837 in Natchez LA
11. Meredith Francis West b. 22 Sep 1839 in Edgerly, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana
12. Tabitha Jane West b. 14 Feb 1841 in Natchez LA
13. Lydia Arbana West b. 1844
14. Cynthia Ann West b. 1848
Winnie Elizabeth "Bivens" West was our ggg grandmother and her daughter Isabella Elizabethson "West" Cochran was our gg grandmother and she was also a country doctor.
{Biography by: Terry Lee Cochran
Winnie is buried in the forgotten brush overgrown cemetery on the old West family farm land in Caldwell County.
by Richard Autry
Spouse & Children
Levi West
Married 1828 in Natchez district spanish LA
1. David West b. 1822 in MS
2. James Berry West b. 4 Sep 1824 in LA
3. Daughter West b. 1825
4. Mary M. West b. 1827
5. William Henry West b. 27 Mar 1829 in Natchez LA
6. Richard Berry West b. 1830 in Natchez LA
7. Isabella Elizabethson West b. 12 Dec 1831 in LA
8. Anthony West b. 1832
9. Aquila West b. 1835
10. Levi Oliver West b. 21 Mar 1837 in Natchez LA
11. Meredith Francis West b. 22 Sep 1839 in Edgerly, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana
12. Tabitha Jane West b. 14 Feb 1841 in Natchez LA
13. Lydia Arbana West b. 1844
14. Cynthia Ann West b. 1848
Winnie Elizabeth "Bivens" West was our ggg grandmother and her daughter Isabella Elizabethson "West" Cochran was our gg grandmother and she was also a country doctor.
{Biography by: Terry Lee Cochran
Winnie Elizabeth Bivens was born in the Edgerly Community in Georgia in 1804. Her family later moved to the Natchez District of Spanish Louisiana where she married Levi West in 1828. By 1850 she was listed in the Newton County Texas Census. In 1851 she was living with her husband in Brazoria County Texas. By the time of the Civil war she was a resident of Caldwell County Texas. They were living in Caldwell County Texas during the Civil War where in 1864 she was assessed 42 pounds of bacon as "tax in kind". She was a country doctor, and a midwife and she took care of the sick & delivered babies. An old family story goes as follows: "One dark rainy night in the 1860's, a man rode up & asked for her & told her she was needed but would not tell her where. She was blindfolded & told to ask no questions. They rode till morning & arrived at a fine home. The girl was a lovely, young blond. Her baby was born & a negro woman took it away. They brought her back the same way - she never knew or would not tell who they were." She died in 1885 in Caldwell County Texas and was buried on the West family farm.
Winnie is buried in the forgotten brush overgrown cemetery on the old West family farm land in Caldwell County.
by Richard Autry
Spouse & Children
Levi West
Married 1828 in Natchez district spanish LA
1. David West b. 1822 in MS
2. James Berry West b. 4 Sep 1824 in LA
3. Daughter West b. 1825
4. Mary M. West b. 1827
5. William Henry West b. 27 Mar 1829 in Natchez LA
6. Richard Berry West b. 1830 in Natchez LA
7. Isabella Elizabethson West b. 12 Dec 1831 in LA
8. Anthony West b. 1832
9. Aquila West b. 1835
10. Levi Oliver West b. 21 Mar 1837 in Natchez LA
11. Meredith Francis West b. 22 Sep 1839 in Edgerly, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana
12. Tabitha Jane West b. 14 Feb 1841 in Natchez LA
13. Lydia Arbana West b. 1844
14. Cynthia Ann West b. 1848
Winnie Elizabeth "Bivens" West was our ggg grandmother and her daughter Isabella Elizabethson "West" Cochran was our gg grandmother and she was also a country doctor.
{Biography by: Terry Lee Cochran
Winnie is buried in the forgotten brush overgrown cemetery on the old West family farm land in Caldwell County.
by Richard Autry
Spouse & Children
Levi West
Married 1828 in Natchez district spanish LA
1. David West b. 1822 in MS
2. James Berry West b. 4 Sep 1824 in LA
3. Daughter West b. 1825
4. Mary M. West b. 1827
5. William Henry West b. 27 Mar 1829 in Natchez LA
6. Richard Berry West b. 1830 in Natchez LA
7. Isabella Elizabethson West b. 12 Dec 1831 in LA
8. Anthony West b. 1832
9. Aquila West b. 1835
10. Levi Oliver West b. 21 Mar 1837 in Natchez LA
11. Meredith Francis West b. 22 Sep 1839 in Edgerly, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana
12. Tabitha Jane West b. 14 Feb 1841 in Natchez LA
13. Lydia Arbana West b. 1844
14. Cynthia Ann West b. 1848
Winnie Elizabeth "Bivens" West was our ggg grandmother and her daughter Isabella Elizabethson "West" Cochran was our gg grandmother and she was also a country doctor.
{Biography by: Terry Lee Cochran
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