Mrs. Ruth Clarke Dare West, youngest daughter of Thomas and Ruth Dare, was born at Greenwich, N. J., April 22, 1832, and died September 5, 1915, aged 83 years, in the town of Deerfield, N. J., at the home of her son, Samuel West, where she had been living since last Thanksgiving.
She was married on May 27, 1856, to Richard West, of Shiloh, N. J., which then became her home and where she resided until last fall. Mrs. West is survived by one sister, Mrs. Mary Leap, of Glassboro, N. J., and three children, Mrs. F. A. Crumb, and Mrs. Elizabeth Whitford, of Alfred, and Samuel West, of Deerfield, N. J.
She was a member of the Shiloh (N. J.) Seventh Day Baptist Church. The funeral service was held at the home of her son, conducted by the Rev. Jesse Hutchins, of Marlboro, and the body was laid to rest in the Shiloh Cemetery. L. W.
