City: Nashville
WEST, Joseph Ready, attorney-at-law; born Hadensville, Todd County, Ky., January 16, 1858; son of Joseph Burrus and Mary Rebecca (Jarrad) WEST; English descent; educated Nashville and Clarksville, Tenn.; graduated S. P. University, Clarksville, June, 1877, B.A.; Vanderbilt University, June, 1880, B.L.; he taught school and practiced law in early life; married Patti SOUTHWORTH, November 5, 1885; member Nashville Council No. 92, Royal Arcanum; he has been Chief Deputy in office of Clerk and Master of Davidson County, Tenn., continuously since August 4, 1885; member and Secretary of Board of Education, Nashville, from January, 1899, to January, 1905; member M. E. Church.
Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
