City: Lafayette
WEST, Perry Bunyan, traveling salesman; born Walnut Shade, Tenn., Dec. 22, 1872; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Jesse and Sarah F. (HUDDLESTON) WEST; father’s occupation farmer; trustee and clerk and master of Chancery Court, Macon county; educated at Lafayette, Tenn. and Peabody College, Nashville, Tenn.; in early life taught in the public schools of the state of Tenn.; entered the mercantile business in 1902; later went on the road as traveling salesman for a wholesale grocery house; married Sallie ROARK, May 23, 1894; member Masons, Knights of Pythias, Eastern Star and Pythians’ Sisters; Democrat; member of Missionary Baptist church.
Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
